[P8riot]

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;
Well, fancy 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;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly – perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady that 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 a 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 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 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 a fly – perhaps she'll die!

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

[Fresh Wind]

LOL! I had a feeling I would see that. I must bee psychic!

[nwrep]

— Dorothy B. King, Happy Recollections (1946)

[nwrep]

— Dorothy B. King, Happy Recollections (1946)

[Verginius Rufus]

Maria von Trapp, in The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, tells how she accidentally swallowed a fly during a performance. Not only did she survive, but when she told the audience what had happened, they liked the family more than before.

[tumblindice]

A bee, flea and fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the bee, Let us flee!
Said the flea, Let us fly!
Said the fly, Let it be!
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

[MikelTackNailer]

There was an old hippie who swallowed a bee
He cycled as if life was all a Grand Prix
So proud of his bod, mocked the concept of God
Until the Lord gave him a personal prod
None of his sports drink would dislodge the bee
Now only the afterlife he will see
Should have went to ski.