There Was an Old Woman And What Do You Think

DESCRIPTION: "There was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink, Victuals and drink was the chief of her diet, And this old woman would never keep quiet." Another verse may refer to her husband dying then coming back to life
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1810 (Gammer Gurton's Garland)
KEYWORDS: food drink husband death
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 40, "There was an old woman who lived in a sink" (1 text)
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 539, "There was an old woman, and what do you think?" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #73, p. 80, "(There was an old woman and what do you think?)"
Roud #19683
File: KSUC040B

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