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 jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
But I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she'll die
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird
How absurd to swallow a bird
But she swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
But 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
Well, 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
But I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she'll die
There was an old lady who swallowed a dog
What a hog to swallow a dog
Well, 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
But I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she'll die
There was an old lady who swallowed a goat
She just opened her throat and in walked 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
But 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
But 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
Well, she swallowed the spider to catch the fly
But 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