[Verse 1]
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
Don't ask me why she swallowed a fly
I guess she'll die

[Verse 2]
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider
Who wiggled and jiggled and giggled insi-i-ide her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
Don't ask me why she swallowed a fly
I guess she'll die

[Verse 3]
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird
Oh, how absurd to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Who wiggled and jiggled and giggled insi-i-ide her
Shе swallowed the spider to catch thе fly
Don't ask me why she swallowed a fly
I guess she'll die

[Verse 4]
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat
Imagine that to swallow a cat
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Who wiggled and jiggled and giggled insi-i-ide her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
Don't ask me why she swallowed a fly
I guess she'll die
[Verse 5]
There was an old lady who swallowed a dog
Oh, 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
Who wiggled and jiggled and giggled insi-i-ide her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
Don't ask me why she swallowed a fly
I guess she'll die

[Verse 6]
There was an old lady who swallowed a goat
She opened her throat, and in walked 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
Who wiggled and jiggled and giggled insi-i-ide her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
Don't ask me why she swallowed a fly
I guess she'll die

[Verse 7]
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow
Don't ask me how she swallowed the 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
Who wiggled and jiggled and giggled insi-i-ide her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
Don't ask me why she swallowed a fly
I guess she'll die
[Verse 8]
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse
She died, of course!