I know an old lady who swallowed a fly
Here are some helps I have collected to go with this song!
I KNOW AN OLD LADY
(Traditional)
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I don*t know why she swallowed a fly,
I guess she*ll die!
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider
That wriggled and giggled 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!
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 giggled 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!
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 giggled and tickled insider 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 dog.
My, 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 wriggled and giggled and tickled insider 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 goat.
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 giggled and tickled insider 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 giggled and tickled insider 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!
Alternate Endings:
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse
She’s alive and well of course!
She’s sad of course
Sick of course
Another Alternate:
Change “perhaps she’ll die” to “perhaps she’ll cry”.*