I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
Burl IvesVersion1
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I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
I know 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.
I know 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.
I know 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.
I know 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.
I know 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.
I know 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.
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
(strum once at every chord)
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Readable chord sheet for I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Burl Ives
I [D]know an old lady who [Bm]swallowed a fly. [Em]I dunno why she [A]swallowed that fly, Perhaps she'll [D]die.[A7] I [D]know an old lady who [Bm]swallowed a spider, That [Em]wriggled and jiggled and[A] tickled inside her. She [D]swallowed the spider to c[D]atch the fly. But [Em]I dunno why she [A]swallowed that fly - Perhaps she'll [D]die. [A7] I [D]know an old lady who [Bm]swallowed a bird; [Em]How absurd, to [A]swallow a bird! She [D]swallowed the bird to [D]catch the spider That [Em]wriggled and jiggled and[A] tickled inside her. She [D]swallowed the spider to [D]catch the fly. But [Em]I dunno why she [A]swallowed that fly - Perhaps she'll [D]die. [A7] I [D]know an old lady who [Bm]swallowed a cat. I[Em]magine that, she s[A]wallowed a cat. She [D]swallowed the cat to [D]catch the bird ... She [D]swallowed the bird to [D]catch the spider That [Em]wriggled and jiggled and[A] tickled inside her. She [D]swallowed the spider to [D]catch the fly. But [Em]I dunno why she [A]swallowed that fly - Perhaps she'll [D]die. [A7] I [D]know an old lady who [Bm]swallowed a dog. [Em]What a hog! To [A]swallow a dog! She [D]swallowed the dog to [D]catch the cat... She [D]swallowed the cat to [D]catch the bird ... She [D]swallowed the bird to [D]catch the spider That [Em]wriggled and jiggled and[A] tickled inside her. She [D]swallowed the spider to [D]catch the fly. But [Em]I dunno why she [A]swallowed that fly - Perhaps she'll [D]die. [A7] I [D]know an old lady who [Bm]swallowed a goat. Just [Em]opened her throat and [A]swallowed a goat! She [D]swallowed the goat to [D]catch the dog ... She [D]swallowed the dog to [D]catch the cat... She [D]swallowed the cat to [D]catch the bird ... She [D]swallowed the bird to [D]catch the spider That [Em]wriggled and jiggled and[A] tickled inside her. She [D]swallowed the spider to [D]catch the fly. But [Em]I dunno why she [A]swallowed that fly - Perhaps she'll [D]die. [A7] I [D]know an old lady who [Bm]swallowed a cow. [Em]I don't know how she [A]swallowed a cow! She [D]swallowed the cow to [D]catch the goat... She [D]swallowed the goat to [D]catch the dog ... She [D]swallowed the dog to [D]catch the cat... She [D]swallowed the cat to [D]catch the bird ... She [D]swallowed the bird to [D]catch the spider That [Em]wriggled and jiggled and[A] tickled inside her. She [D]swallowed the spider to [D]catch the fly. But [Em]I dunno why she [A]swallowed that fly - Perhaps she'll [D]die. [A7] I [D]know an old lady who [Bm]swallowed a horse - She's dead, of course. (strum once at every chord)