“There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”

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1. A nursery rhyme:

   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 all broth, without any bread,

   Then whipped them all soundly, and sent them to bed.

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Example Sentences

We may also all be the tetchy grandmother of Vera Brosgol’s warm and weird “Leave Me Alone!,” which somehow mashes “There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” with something out of “Star Trek.”

From New York Times

And even if he had murmured: “There are milestones along the road to Dover,” she might have responded: “There was an old woman who lived in a shoe”; and neither of them would have heard anything at all except the rapid, confused, and voiceless conversation of two youthful human hearts beating out endless questions and answers that never moved their smiling lips.

From Project Gutenberg

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 well and put them to bed.

From Project Gutenberg

The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children—such naughty ones too!

From Project Gutenberg

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 sent them to bed.

From Project Gutenberg