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“Old Mother Hubbard” Lyrics. Old Mother Hubbard. Went to the cupboard, To give the poor dog a bone: When she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She went to the baker’s. To buy him some bread; When she came back. The dog was dead! She went to the undertaker’s. To buy him a coffin; When she came back.
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THE CUPBOARD IS BARE meaning: 1. used to say that there is no food in a house or that there is no money, etc. available: 2. used…. Learn more.
Went to the Cupboard, To give the poor Dog a bone; When she came there, The Cupboard was bare, And so the poor Dog had none. She went to the Baker’s To buy him some Bread; When she came back The Dog was dead! She went to the Undertaker’s To buy him a coffin; When she came back The Dog was laughing.
Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; But when she got there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She went to the baker’s To buy him some bread; And when she came back, The poor dog was dead. She went to the joiner’s To buy him a coffin; And when she came back, The doggy was laughin’. She went to the butcher’s
1. Literally, there is no or very little food in the house. Often pluralized. I wish I had something to offer you to eat, but we haven't done our grocery shopping this week, and I'm afraid the cupboards are bare. With three teenage boys in the house, I feel like our cupboard is bare five minutes after I fill it!
This metaphoric expression may have come from the nursery rhyme: “Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard, to fetch her poor dog a bone, And when she went there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none” (Sarah Catherine Martin, The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard , 1805).
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, To fetch her poor dog a bone. But when she got there the cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
