"There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19132. Debates over its meaning and origin have largely centered on atte
Illustration by W. W. Denslow, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose
Folding card, 1883
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Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. She also appeared in a song, the f
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
…There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" Illustration by W. W. Denslow, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose Nursery rhyme Published 1784 Songwriter Unknown "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, with a Roud…
The opening verse of "Old Mother Goose and the Golden Egg", from an 1860s chapbook
Mary Goose's gravestone in Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts
Frontispiece from the first English translation, 1729
Joseph Grimaldi (right) in the role, an 1846 print by George Cruikshank