There Was a Crooked Man

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"There Was a Crooked Man"
Nursery rhyme
Published1842
Songwriter(s)Unknown
The Crooked House in Lavenham, England.
Alexander Leslie is reputed to be the crooked old man

"There Was a Crooked Man" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1826.[1]

  1. ^ "Roud Folksong Index S299349 There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile". Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. English Folk Dance and Song Society. Retrieved 20 May 2016.