There Was An Old Lady - Scout Song No. 527 of 819

Lyrics

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 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 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.
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 (etc.)

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog to swallow a dog.
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. (etc.)

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. (etc.)

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don’t know how she swallowed a cow.
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat. (etc.)

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse.
(Spoken) She’s dead of course.