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Vetula Calceocola.
by Jacob BigelowThere was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
Who had so many children she didn't know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread,
And whipt them all soundly and sent them to bed.
Calceus inclusit vetulam turbamque suorum,
Multum qu' luctans natos compescuit arctos;
Jus illis profert oblita apponere panem,
Verberibusque datis dormitum s'va remittit.