There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

Details

Instance of

nursery rhyme, musical work/composition

Inception

18th century

Publication date

1784

Composer

Samuel Arnold

Main subject

parenting, flagellation, shoe, large family, alternative housing

copyright status

public domain, public domain

country of origin

Kingdom of Great Britain

described by source

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, Infant Inſtitutes

first line

There was an old woman, she liv’d in a shoe,

form of creative work

song

has characteristic

traditional folk song

language of work or name

English

last line

She whipp’d all their bums, and sent them to bed.

published in

Gammer Gurton’s Garland, Gammer Gurton’s Garland, Juvenile Amuſement

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