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 But I don't know why she swallowed the fly Perhaps she'll die ... How absurd to swallow a bird ... Imagine that to swallow a cat ... What a hog to swallow a dog ... She just opened her throat and in walked the goat ... I don't know she swallowed the cow There was an old lady who swallowed a horse She died of course