I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives (伯爾·艾夫斯)

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

Now 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

Now fancy that to 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 swallowed 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

But I don't know why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she'll die

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse

She's died of course