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Seligor's Castle, where there is so much fun for all of our children in the land. : Blogs

  The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

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 wiggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed a fly --
Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman who swallowed a bird
            Oh how absurd to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
               That wiggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed a fly --
Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman who swallowed a cat
              Imagine that! She swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
           Oh  how absurd to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
        That wiggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed a fly --
Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman who swallowed a dog
            Oh, what a hog to swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
             Imagine that! She swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
           Oh how absurd to swallow a bird
 She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
            That wiggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed a fly --
Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman who swallowed a goat
She opened her mouth and it went down her throat
          She swallowed the goat to catch the dog
Oh, what a hog to swallow a dog!
                 She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
Imagine that! She swallowed a cat.
            She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
How absurd to swallow a bird
                     She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her
       She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed a 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 a cow to catch the goat
     She opened her mouth and it went down her throat
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog
               Oh, what a hog to swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
                   Imagine that! She swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
                     How absurd to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
        That wiggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
               I don't know why she swallowed a fly --
Perhaps she'll die!