Question:
what are the words to the old lady who swallowed the fly?
anonymous
2006-08-08 19:30:16 UTC
remember that song? all i can remember is the spider that wiggled and giggled and tickled inside her, she swallowed the spider to catch the fly i dont know why she swallowed the fly....
Nine answers:
shiningtreasure
2006-08-08 19:35:42 UTC
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a cat,

Imagine that, to swallow 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a dog,

My, 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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know 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,

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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a cow,

I wonder how 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,

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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a horse,

She's dead, of course!!
hambone1985
2006-08-08 21:54:36 UTC
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 wiggled and giggled and tickled in side'r

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

I don't know why she swallowed the fly

perhaps she'll die



I know an old lady who swallowed a mouse

she swallowed the mouse to catch the spider

......



I know an old lady who swallowed a cat

She swallowed the cat to catch the mouse

,........



I know an old lady who swallowed a horse

.....Something like this
Totoru
2006-08-08 20:05:32 UTC
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a cat,

Imagine that, to swallow 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a dog,

My, 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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know 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,

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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a cow,

I wonder how 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,

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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a horse,

She's dead, of course!!
anonymous
2006-08-08 19:50:13 UTC
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a cat,

Imagine that, to swallow 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,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a dog,

My, 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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know 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,

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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a cow,

I wonder how 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,

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 the fly,

I guess she'll die.



I know an old lady who swallowed a horse,

She's dead, of course!!
cging22
2006-08-08 19:35:56 UTC
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.

I dunno why she swallowed that fly,

Perhaps she'll die.



There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,

That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

But I dunno why she swallowed that 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 wiggled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

But I dunno why she swallowed that 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 ...

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

But I dunno why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she'll die



There was 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 wiggled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

But I dunno why she swallowed that 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 ...

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

But I dunno why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she'll die.



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... 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 wiggled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

But I dunno why she swallowed that fly

Perhaps she'll die.



There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -

She's dead, of course.
anonymous
2006-08-08 22:31:26 UTC
I just took that book back to the library! My 4 year old loved it...he thought it was absolutely hilarious!!
Plumeria
2006-08-08 19:35:21 UTC
try this site, it even has the melody playing for you.



http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/oldlady.htm
mar
2006-08-08 20:49:24 UTC
Wow, I think you have your answer.
?
2006-08-08 19:36:53 UTC
Perhaps she'll die.....


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