Old Mother Hubbard
/ˌəʊld ˌmʌðə ˈhʌbəd/
/ˌəʊld ˌmʌðər ˈhʌbərd/
- a nursery rhyme about an old woman trying to feed her dog. Many people in Britain know the first verse: “Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboardTo get her poor dog a bone;But when she got there, the cupboard was bare,And so the poor dog had none.”
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Old Mother Hubbard