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1 | 1 | There was an old woman | There was an old woman went up in a basket |
2 | 2 | Seventy times as high as the moon, | |
3 | 3 | What she did there I could not but ask it | |
4 | 4 | For in her hand she carried a broom. | |
5 | 5 | "Old woman, old woman, old woman," said I, | |
6 | 6 | "Whiter, o whither, o whither so high?" | |
7 | 7 | "To sweep the cobwebs from the sky, | |
8 | 8 | And I shall be back again by-and-by." | |
9 | And so this old woman was said to be mad. | ||
10 | She’d nothing to eat and nothing to wear, | ||
11 | She’d nothing to lose and nothing to fear. | ||
12 | She’d nothing to ask and she’d nothing to give, | ||
13 | And when she did die, she’d nothing to leave. | ||
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15 | There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, | ||
16 | She had so many children she didn’t know what to do. | ||
17 | She gave them some porridge without any bread, | ||
18 | Then she borrowed a hammer and knocked them all dead. | ||
19 | She went to the town to bespeak ‘em a coffin, | ||
20 | But when she got back they were lying there laughing. | ||
21 | She went up the stairs to ring the bell | ||
22 | Then she slipped her foot and down she fell. | ||
23 | So she got the coffin to herself. | ||
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25 | There was an old woman tossed up in a basket, | ||
26 | Seventeen times as high as the moon. | ||
27 | And where she was going I couldn’t but ask it, | ||
28 | For in her hand she carried a broom. | ||
29 | Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth I, | ||
30 | Where are you going to, up so high? | ||
31 | To brush the cobwebs off the sky. |
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