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There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill

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49: 130:, added a note: "This is a self evident Proposition which is the very Essence of Truth. 'She lived under the hill, and if she is not gone she lives there still', Nobody will presume to contradict this." 156:, appears to refer to this version when he says "Pillycock sat on Pillycock hill," which indicates that the rhyme was known as early as the first decade of the seventeenth century. 126:, the first extant collection of nursery rhymes. The final lines first appeared in print c. 1843. One eighteenth-century editor, possibly 226:(London, c. 1760), reprinted c. 1780, p. 24. No copies of the first printing are extant. For the possible identity of the editor, see 261: 256: 122: 246: 54: 266: 271: 251: 135: 69: 8: 127: 120:. In 1744 these lines appeared by themselves (in a slightly different form) in 240: 65: 29: 187:
Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England
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which dates back to at least its first known printing in 1714. It has a
152: 44: 238: 198:William S. Baring-Gould and Ceil Baring-Gould, 90:And she's the old woman that never told lies. 84:And if she's not gone she lives there still. 81:There was an old woman lived under the hill, 62:"There was an old woman lived under a hill" 24:"There was an old woman lived under a hill" 94: 87:Baked apples she sold, and cranberry pies, 239: 146:If he's not gone—he sits there still. 143:Pillycock, Pillycock, sate on a hill, 174:The Only True Mother Goose Melodies 13: 14: 283: 47: 116:appeared as part of a catch in 217: 205: 192: 179: 166: 123:Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book 1: 262:Traditional children's songs 55:Children's literature portal 7: 185:J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, 10: 288: 228:The Annotated Mother Goose 212:The Annotated Mother Goose 200:The Annotated Mother Goose 118:The Academy of Complements 75: 35: 28: 23: 257:English children's songs 176:(Boston, c.1843), p. 26. 159: 150:Edgar, in Shakespeare's 202:(New York, 1962), p.28. 136:Gammer Gurton's Garland 95:Origins and development 247:English nursery rhymes 189:(London, 1842), p. 14. 112:She lives there still— 109:And if she ben't gone, 103:There was an old woman 224:Mother Goose's Melody 99:In 1714 these lines: 267:Year of song unknown 139:included a variant. 133:The 1810 edition of 70:Roud Folk Song Index 106:Liv'd under a hill, 272:Songwriter unknown 252:English folk songs 43: 42: 279: 231: 221: 215: 209: 203: 196: 190: 183: 177: 170: 128:Oliver Goldsmith 72:number of 1613. 57: 52: 51: 50: 21: 20: 287: 286: 282: 281: 280: 278: 277: 276: 237: 236: 235: 234: 222: 218: 210: 206: 197: 193: 184: 180: 171: 167: 162: 97: 78: 53: 48: 46: 17: 12: 11: 5: 285: 275: 274: 269: 264: 259: 254: 249: 233: 232: 216: 204: 191: 178: 164: 163: 161: 158: 148: 147: 144: 114: 113: 110: 107: 104: 96: 93: 92: 91: 88: 85: 82: 77: 74: 59: 58: 41: 40: 37: 33: 32: 26: 25: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 284: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 258: 255: 253: 250: 248: 245: 244: 242: 229: 225: 220: 213: 208: 201: 195: 188: 182: 175: 169: 165: 157: 155: 154: 145: 142: 141: 140: 138: 137: 131: 129: 125: 124: 119: 111: 108: 105: 102: 101: 100: 89: 86: 83: 80: 79: 73: 71: 67: 66:nursery rhyme 63: 56: 45: 38: 34: 31: 30:Nursery rhyme 27: 22: 19: 16:Nursery rhyme 227: 223: 219: 214:, pp. 28–29. 211: 207: 199: 194: 186: 181: 173: 168: 151: 149: 134: 132: 121: 117: 115: 98: 61: 60: 18: 172:Anonymous, 241:Categories 230:, p. 333. 153:King Lear 36:Released 76:Lyrics 160:Notes 64:is a 39:1714 243::

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nursery rhyme
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