There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly.

I guess 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 a fly.

I guess she'll die.

 

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird.

How absurd!  To swallow a bird!

She swallowed the bird to catch the 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.

I guess she'll die.

 

(continue verses)

 

Cat...Imagine that!

She swallowed a cat.

 

Dog...What a hog!

She swallowed a dog.

 

Goat...She opened her throat

And in walked a goat.

 

Cow...I don't know hoe

She swallowed that cow.

 

There was an old lady, she swallowed a horse.

She DIED of course!

-Nashua Valley/Pioneer Valley Pow Wow 1996