I Know An Old Lady (Single Version)

I Know An Old Lady - Burl Ives

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly

I don't know why she swallowed the fly

Perhaps she'll die

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider

That wriggled and jiggled

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

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

But I don't know why she swallowed the fly

Perhaps she'll die

I know an old lady who swallowed a cat

Imagine 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

But I don't know why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she'll die

I know an old lady who swallowed a dog

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

But I don't know why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she'll die

I know an old lady who swallowed a goat

She just Opened her throat

And down went 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 jiggled

And tickled inside her

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

But I don't know why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she'll die

I know an old lady who swallowed a cow

I don't know how she swallowed the 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 jiggled

And tickled inside her

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

I don't know why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she'll die

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse

She's die of course

I Know an Old Lady - Burl Ives