There Was an Old Woman Had Three Cows
There was an old woman had three cows,
Rosy, and Colin, and Dun;
Rosy and Colin were sold at the fair,
And Dun broke his head in a fit of despair;
And there was the end of her three cows,
Rosy, and Colin, and Dun.
Notes
This rhyme is similar to There Was an Old Woman Had Three Sons.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. It can also be found in The Nursery Rhymes of England, 5th edition (1886), by James Orchard Halliwell.
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