There Was an Old Woman and What Do You Think?
There Was an Old Woman and What Do You Think?
Nursery Rhyme
There was an old woman and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink;
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
Yet this plaguey old woman could never be quiet.
Notes
Here's a slightly different version from The Little Mother Goose (1912):
There was an Old Woman,
And what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but
Victuals and drink;
And though victuals and drink
Were the chief of her diet,
This little Old Woman
Could never be quiet.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The 1st illustration is from The Baby's Bouquet, A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes by Walter Crane (1878). The 2nd illustration is from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
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