I know an old lady who swallowed a fly I don't know why she swallowed a fly Perhaps she'll die I know an old lady who swallowed a spider That wriggled and jiggled and ticked inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don't know why she swallowed a fly Perhaps she'll die I know an old lady who swallowed a bird Now how absurd to swallow a bird She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wriggled and jiggled and ticked inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don't know why she swallowed a fly Perhaps she'll die I know an old lady who swallowed a cat Now fancy 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 ticked inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don't know why she swallowed a fly Perhaps she'll die I know an old lady who swallowed a dog What a hog to swallow a dog She swallowed a 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 ticked inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don't know why she swallowed a fly Perhaps she'll die I know an old lady who swallowed a goat She just opened her throat and swallowed 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 ticked inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don't know why she swallowed the fly Perhaps she'll die I know 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 jiggled and ticked inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don't know why she swallowed the fly Perhaps she'll die I know an old lady who swallowed a horse She's dead, of course