There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
by Mother Goose
Note: The last line in the 1794 edition: "She whipp'd all their bums, and sent them to bed."
The 1901 edition changed the verse to "kissing" rather than "whipping" as a nod to more positive parenting methods, perhaps? Here is the classic story to accompany this rhyme, The little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth with plenty of bread, She kissed them all fondly and sent them to bed.
You might also enjoy the L. Frank Baum version of this nursery rhyme in verse, The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.
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