African Treehouse and Relebogile Lebo Mabotja - There Was an Old Lady

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I dunno 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 dunno why she swallowed that 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
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was 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 that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was 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 that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an 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 that 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 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 that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse
She's dead of course

Written by:
ERIKA STRYDOM, GRAEME SIMON SACKS

Publisher:
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing

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