D                        Bm
1. I know and old lady who swallowed a fly.
   Em               A
   I dunno why she swallowed the fly.
                   D   A7
   Perhaps she’ll die

   D                       Bm
2. I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
         Em                      A
   That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
        D                       D
   She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
      Em                A
   But I dunno why she swallowed the fly
                   D    A7
   Perhaps she’ll die.

   D =                     Bm
3. I know an old lady who swallowed a bird
   Em              A
   How absurd, to swallow a bird!
         D                    D
   She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
         Em                      A
   That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
        D                       D
   She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
      Em                A
   But I dunno why she swallowed the fly
                   D    A7
   Perhaps she’ll die.

4. I know 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 tickled inside her
   She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
   But I dunno why she swallowed the fly
   Perhaps she’ll die.

5. I know 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 tickled inside her
   She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
   But I dunno why she swallowed the fly
   Perhaps she’ll die.
 
6. I know and 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.
   But I dunno why she swallowed the fly
   Perhaps she’ll die.

7. I know and 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.
   But I dunno why she swallowed the fly
   Perhaps she’ll die.

8. I know an old lady who swallowed a horse –
   She’s dead, of course.