There was an old lady who wallowed a fly
by Simms Taback
There was an old lady who wallowed a fly. I don't know why she wallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
Cow: I think I'll cry.
Bird: But it's only a fly.
Dog: Oh, my.
Cat: She gulped it out of the sky.
There was an old lady who wallowed a spider.That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she wallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
Dog: Gone to the by and by.
There was an old lady who wallowed 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 wallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
Cow and Dog: She'll leave us high and high.
There was an old lady who wallowed 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 wallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
Dog: I hope it's a lie.
There was an old lady who wallowed a dog. She went whole hog to swallowed 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 wallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
Cow: There's a tear in my eye.
There was an old lady who wallowed a cow. I don't how she swallowed the cow.
She swallowed the cow to catch to 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 wallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
Artist: I'd rather have a ham on rye.
Cat: And she had a frog on the sly.
Horse: She did it in one try.
There was an old lady who wallowed a horse. She died, of course.
Horse: I'm filled with remorse.
Cow: It was the last course.
Dog: It is such a loss.
Cat: She had no time to floss.
Bird: She missed out on the sauce.
Spider: What's left to say?
Fly: We'll miss her dearly.
Eve the artist is crying.
The moral of this story: never swallow a horse.