The old lady

There was an old lady
Who swallowed a fly.
I don’t know why
She swallowed a fly.
I wonder why.

There was an old lady
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.
I wonder why.

There was an old lady
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.
I wonder why.

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.
I wonder why.

The was 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 wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why
She swallowed a fly.
I wonder why.

The was an old lady
Who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how
To swallowed a cow.

She swallowed the cow
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 jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why
She swallowed a fly.
I wonder why.

The was an old lady
Who swallowed a horse.
She's dead, of course.