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 the fly.
Perhaps she’ll die
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider
That wiggled and jiggled 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 bird
How absurd!
She swallowed a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
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! She swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
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 dog
She went whole hog to swallow 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
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 the cow.
She swallowed the cow 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
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 died of course.
Moral of the story:
Never swallow a horse.