Mythology & Folklore
There was an old woman had nothing
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 had nothing,
And there came thieves to rob her;
When she cried out she made no noise,
But all the country heard her.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Paradoxes.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was an old woman had nothing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/368/.
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