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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

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 woman
who swallowed a spider
That wriggled and wiggled and tiggled 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 wiggled and tiggled 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.
Fancy that to swallow a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider.
That wriggled and wiggled and tiggled 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 wiggled and tiggled 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 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 wiggled and tiggled 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.