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I Know an Old Lady

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 wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her

She swallowed the  spider to catch the fly

I don’t know why, she swallowed a fly,

Perhaps she’ll die!

I Know 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 a fly,

Perhaps she’ll die!

 

I Know an old Lady who swallowed a CAT

Think of that to swallow a cat!

 

She swallowed the cat to catch the 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 a fly,

Perhaps she’ll die!

I Know an old Lady who swallowed a DOG

Oh 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 wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her

She swallowed the  spider to catch the fly

I don’t know why, she swallowed a fly,

Perhaps she’ll die!

 

I Know an old Lady who swallowed a GOAT

Popped open 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 wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her

She swallowed the  spider to catch the fly

I don’t know why, she swallowed a fly,

Perhaps she’ll die!

I Know an old Lady who swallowed a COW

Don’t ask me 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 wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her

She swallowed the  spider to catch the fly

I don’t know why, she swallowed a fly,

Perhaps she’ll die!

 

I Know an old Lady who swallowed a HORSE

 

SHE DIED, OF COURSE!!!!

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