There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly - The Nursery Rhyme Collections

The Nursery Rhymes Collections 1-4 contain a total of 277 children's songs. Each double CD album showcases the highest quality children's music ever recorded with a total playing time in excess of 10 hours!

There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly (Audio Sample and Lyrics)

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly - perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman 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 - Perhaps she'll die! 

There was an old woman 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 - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman 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 - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman 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;
I don't know why she swallowed the fly - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman 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 - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman 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 tickled inside her;
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed the fly - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old woman who swallowed a horse...
She's dead, of course!