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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 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, 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. Fancy that she swallowed a cat!

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, she swallowed the bird to catch the spider, 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 lady who swallowed a dog. Oh what a hog, to swallow a dog!

She swallowed the dog the catch the cat, she swallowed the cat to catch the bird she swallowed the bird to catch the spider, 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 lady 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, 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.