There Was An Old Woman (As I've Heard Tell) - The Nursery Rhyme Collections

There was an old woman
As I've heard tell,
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She went to market
Her eggs for to sell,
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She went to market all on a market day,
She fell asleep on the King's highway,
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Fol, lol, diddle diddle, dol.

Then there came a peddler
Whose name was Stout,
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He cut her petticoat all 'round about,
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He cut her petticoat up on the knees,
Which made the little woman shiver and freeze,
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Fol, lol, diddle diddle, dol.

And when this old woman
began to wake,
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She began to shiver, she began to shake,
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She began to wander, she began to cry;
Oh dearie me! This can never be [I].
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Fol, lol, diddle diddle, dol.

But if it be I
As I hope it may be,
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I've a dog at home
That I'm sure knows me,
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And if it be I he will wag his tail
And if it's not I he will bark and wail,
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Fol, lol, diddle diddle, dol.

Home went the old woman
All in the dark,
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The got up her dog and began to bark,
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He began to bark, she began to cry
Dearie me dear! This is none of I,
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Fol, lol, diddle diddle, dol.
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