There Was An Old Woman
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly
I don’t know why
she swallowed a fly
Perhaps she’ll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a spider
that wriggled 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 woman who swallowed a bird
How absurd! to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
that wriggled 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 woman 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 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 woman 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 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 woman 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 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 woman 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 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 woman who swallowed a horse
She’s dead—of course!
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