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 without any bread, She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed. The Nursery Rhymes of England - Page 1421858 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Granville Gepp - 1874 - 240 pages
...to-becovered by the damp ground. Observe the use of " mille," for an indefinite number. EXERCISE XXXV. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe ; She had...to do : She gave them some broth without any bread, Then whipp'd them all soundly, and sent them to bed. 1, 2. There lived a certain old woman, whom her... | |
| Amanda Minnie Douglas - 1874 - 392 pages
...accompaniment he sang all the Mother Goose melodies that he could remember. At last he came to, — " There was an old woman who lived in a shoe : She had so many children she didn't know what to do; To some she gave broth without any bread," — and Harry stopped to catch his breath, for the trotting... | |
| Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Anthologies - 1875 - 868 pages
...mother of nineteen children, and hence we may easily trace the origin of . that famous classic: — "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children she didn't know what to do." HISTORY AND FICTION. The archbishop of Canterbury once put the following question to Betterton, the... | |
| Amanda Minnie Douglas - American fiction - 1875 - 400 pages
...accompaniment he sang all the Mother Goose melodies that he could remember. At last he came to, — " There was an old woman who lived in a shoe : She had so many children she didn't know what to do; To some she gave broth without any bread," — and Harry stopped to catch his breath, for the trotting... | |
| Addison Peale Russell - Conduct of life - 1875 - 416 pages
...the mother of nineteen children, and hence we may easily trace the origin of that famous classic, " There was an old woman who lived in a shoe ; she had so many children she did n't know what to do." Now, as to the plays of the stage, we all know how some of them have gradually,... | |
| Lucy D Sale Barker - 1876 - 390 pages
...him to plunge in and bring out a fine fat fish for dinner ? THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. HERE was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she did not know what to do; She gave them some broth without any bread, And whipped them all soundly,... | |
| American periodicals - 1877 - 826 pages
...a heavy handful, and we do not wonder that she poured out her feelings in the celebrated lines — There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children she didn't know what to do. To entertain her young flock, Mrs. Goose was in the habit of telling little stories in prose and verse,... | |
| Children's poetry - 1878 - 252 pages
...Crooked Man, and he went a Crooked Mile, He found a Crooked Sixpence against a Crooked Stile . . . .116 There was an Old Woman who lived in a Shoe, She had so many Children she didn't know what to do . . . . 132 Two Legs sat upon Three Legs, With One Leg in his Lap 149 MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODIES. A, B,... | |
| National Educational Association (U.S.) - Education - 1879 - 294 pages
...too ; this is common ground ; something to build an acquaintance upon. The teacher repeats : — " ' There was an old woman Who lived in a shoe, She had so many children She didn't know what to do.' " I think I must be that old woman and you are the children, and this great big room is the shoe. "... | |
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