There was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

There was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly is a song.

Lyrics
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 wriggled 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.

There was an old woman who swallowed a bird

How absurd to swallow a 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

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a cat

Now fancy that, she swallowed a 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

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a dog

What a hog to swallow a dog

She swallowed a 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

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a horse

She's dead, of course!