Nursery Rhyme. CCLXIV. Gaffers And Gammers.

    There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
    She had so many children she didn't know what to do;
    She gave them some broth without any bread,
    She whipped them all well and put them to bed.

    There was an old woman, her name it was Peg;
    Her head was of wood, and she wore a cork-leg.
    The neighbours all pitch'd her into the water,
    Her leg was drown'd first, and her head follow'd a'ter.

    There was an old woman
        Lived under a hill;
    And if she's not gone,
        She lives there still.

    There was an old woman of Norwich,
    Who lived upon nothing but porridge;
        Parading the town,
        She turned cloak into gown,
    This thrifty old woman of Norwich.

    There was an old woman in Surrey,
    Who, was morn, noon, and night in a hurry;
            Call'd her husband a fool,
            Drove the children to school,
    The worrying old woman of Surrey.

    Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
    Two old women got up in an apple tree;
    One came down,
    And the other staid till Saturday.