There was an old woman

There was an old woman
the first line of a well-known children’s nursery rhyme. The full rhyme is:
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,
Then scolded them soundly and sent them to bed

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