[There was a mad man]

[There was a man and he had naught]

[There was a man in our town]

[There was an old man / And he had a calf]

[There was an old man in a velvet coat]

[There was an old woman, and what do you think?]

[There was an old woman lived under the hill]

[There was an old woman, she liv’d in a shoe]

[There was an old woman / Sold puddings and pies]

[There was an old woman tost up in a blanket]