There Comes a Poor Widow from Barbaryland

Nursery Rhyme

There comes a poor widow from Barbaryland,*
With all her poor children in her hand;
One can brew, and one can bake,
And one can make a wedding cake.

There Comes a Poor Widow from Barbaryland

Nursery Rhyme

There comes a poor widow from Barbaryland,*
With all her poor children in her hand;
One can brew, and one can bake,
And one can make a wedding cake.

Notes

*Sometimes she comes from Sunderland or from Cumberland.

Sometimes this rhyme has this ending:

Pray take one,
Pray take two,
Pray take the one that pleases you!

Thanks and Acknowledgements

Thanks to Barbara Huet for pointing out this rhyme!

This rhyme can be found in "Games and Songs of American Children", collected and compared by W.W. Newell, 1883.

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