Gammer Gurton’s Garland (1794):
“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”
by Joseph Ritson

Gammer Gurton's Garland

Title: “There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”

Medium: nursery rhyme

Publication date: 1794

Publisher: R. Christopher
Written by: Joseph Ritson

Roud Folk Song Index Number: 19132

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The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
(lead character)

[had so many children...]

R. Christopher

children who lived in a shoe

[1st app: Gammer Gurton's Garland (1794)]

R. Christopher

Gammer Gurton's Garland is also known as: Gammer Gurton's garland, or, The nursery Parnassus : a choice collection of pretty songs and verses for the amusement of all little good children who can neither read nor run.

The earliest known printed version of this nursery rhyme appeared in Joseph Ritson's Gammer Gurton's Garland in 1794.

Gammer Gurton’s Garland (1794): “There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” by Joseph Ritson

Gammer Gurton’s Garland (1794):
“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”
by Joseph Ritson