There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
    I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
    Perhaps she’ll die.
    There was an old lady who swallowed a spider.
    That wiggled and wriggled1 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 lady who swallowed a bird.
    Now, how absurd! To swallow a bird!
    She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
    That wiggled and wriggled 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 lady who swallowed a cat.
    Imagine that! She swallowed a cat!
    She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
    Swallowed the bird to catch the spider.
    That wiggled and wriggled 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 lady who swallowed a dog.
    My, what a hog2! To swallowed a dog!
    She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
    She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
    Swallowed the bird to catch the spider.
    That wiggled and wriggled 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 lady who swallowed a goat.
    Just opened her throat, and swallowed 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.
    Swallowed the bird to catch the spider.
    That wiggled and wriggled 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 lady who swallowed a cow.
    I don’t know how, but 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.
    Swallowed the bird to catch the spider.
    That wiggled and wriggled 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 lady who swallowed a horse.
    She died, of course.