“The old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner. There were strings attached”

“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” is an English nursery rhyme.
   
“RT@punoftheday The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner - there were strings attached http://ping.fm/xSI7F” was posted in Twitter by Diana Dell, Ph.D on April 16, 2009. The joke originated on the website Pun of the Day. There are two puns—“sole owner” (the sole of a shoe) and “strings attached” (shoelaces).
   
Some versions of the joke use “the old woman”—minus the word “little.” “the old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner. there were strings attached” was posted on Twitter by Jaimie on July 8, 2013. “The old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner—there were strings attached” was posted on Reddit—Cleanjokes on January 18, 2022.
   
           
Wikipedia: There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” is a popular English language nursery rhyme, with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19132. Debates over its meaning and origin have largely centered on attempts to match the old woman with historical female figures who have had large families, although King George II (1683–1760) has also been proposed as the rhyme’s subject.
   
Twitter
Daniel Odio
@punnyfunny
The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner - there were strings attached.
6:37 AM · Apr 16, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
IG: FreddieBTV
@FreddieBTV
RT @punnyfunny The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner - there were strings attached.
7:16 AM · Apr 16, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Diana Dell, Ph.D
@dianadell
RT@punoftheday The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner - there were strings attached http://ping.fm/xSI7F
9:09 AM · Apr 16, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Landmark Services
@landmarkservice
The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner - there were strings attached.[Click to Vote!]
11:29 AM · Apr 16, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Jaimie.
@jaimielenth
the old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner. there were strings attached.
6:40 PM · Jul 8, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Cassie Owens Moore
@locdlibrariancm
The old woman who lived in the shoe wasn’t the sole owner—there were strings attached. #puns
8:48 AM · Jan 11, 2014·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/gwildcat September 18, 2014
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*The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner - there were strings attached.
 
Reddit—UPFORFUN
Posted by u/Say_Me_Your_dady September 7, 2016
[Jokes] The little old woman who lived in a shoe…
Jokes
The little old woman who lived in a shoe…
...wasn’t the sole owner - there were strings attached.
   
Twitter
Puns of Jokes
@punsofjokes
The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner - there were strings attached.      #lol #funnystuff
4:16 PM · Dec 29, 2021·punnyday
 
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/chacham2 January 18, 2022
The old woman who lived in a shoe wasn’t the sole owner
there were strings attached.