I know an old lady who swallowed a fly,

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly  

perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly,

perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed 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 the fly, perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed 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 the fly, perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who 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.

I know an old lady who swallowed 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,

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who 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,

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who 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,

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse,

She swallowed the horse to catch 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,

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die.

And then she sneezed, of course!