{"id":17260,"date":"2023-09-04T20:16:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17260"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:12:31","slug":"there-was-swallowed-a-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/there-was-swallowed-a-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"There was . . . Swallowed a Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a\u00a0Fly<\/a><\/h2>\n

August 17, 2010 by haefsongs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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01154.0200 There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
\nWritten by Alan Mills, lyrics by Rose Bonne,
\nBernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01154.0201 The Old Woman Who Swallowed A Flea<\/a><\/p>\n

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
\nI don\u2019t know why she swallowed the fly,
\nPerhaps she\u2019ll die.<\/p>\n

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
\nthat wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nI don\u2019t know why she swallowed the fly.
\nPerhaps she\u2019ll die.<\/p>\n

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird.
\nHow absurd to swallow a bird.
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
\nthat wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nI don\u2019t know why she swallowed the fly.
\nPerhaps she\u2019ll die.<\/p>\n

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
\nImagine that, she swallowed a cat.
\nShe swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
\nthat wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nI don\u2019t know why she swallowed the fly.
\nPerhaps she\u2019ll die.<\/p>\n

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
\nMy what a hog, to swallow a dog.
\nShe swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
\nShe swallowed the cat, to catch the bird,
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
\nthat wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nI don\u2019t know why she swallowed the fly.
\nPerhaps she\u2019ll die.<\/p>\n

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
\nI don\u2019t know how she swallowed a cow.
\nShe swallowed the cow to catch the dog.
\nShe swallowed the dog, to catch the cat.
\nShe swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
\nthat wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nI don\u2019t know why she swallowed the fly
\nPerhaps she\u2019ll die.<\/p>\n

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse\u2026<\/p>\n

She\u2019s dead of course!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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