Mythology & Folklore
There was an old woman (another version)
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
There was an old woman
Lived under a hill;
And if she's not gone,
She lives there still.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Gaffers and Gammers.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was an old woman (another version).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/257/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was an old woman (another version).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/257/.
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