There was an old woman who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed that fly, Perhaps she'll die. There was an old woman who swallowed a spider, That wriggled and wiggled and jiggled inside he She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed that fly, Perhaps she'll die. There was an old woman 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 that fly, Perhaps she'll die. There was an old woman 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, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed that fly, Perhaps she'll die.