There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly
Perhaps, she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider
That wriggled and giggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly
Perhaps, she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird
How absurd to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and giggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps, she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat
Imagine that! To swallow a cat?
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and giggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly
Perhaps, she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog
What a hog, to swallow a dog
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and giggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps, she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a goat
Just opened her throat to swallow a goat
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and giggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps, she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow
I don't know how she swallowed a cow
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and giggled and tickled inside her

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps, she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse
She's dead, of course