I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Burl Ives
Key:DD| Capo:0fr|
DBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
EmA
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
DA7
Perhaps she'll die.
DBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
EmA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
DD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
EmA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
DA7
Perhaps she'll die.
DBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
EmA
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
DD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
EmA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
DD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
EmA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
DA7
Perhaps she'll die.
DBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
EmA
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
DD
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
DD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
EmA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
DD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
EmA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
DA7
Perhaps she'll die.
DBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
EmA
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
DD
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
DD
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
DD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
EmA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
DD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
EmA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
DA7
Perhaps she'll die.
DBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
EmA
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
DD
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
DD
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
DD
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
DD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
EmA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
DD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
EmA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
DA7
Perhaps she'll die.
DBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
EmA
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
DD
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
DD
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
DD
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
DD
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
DD
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
EmA
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
DD
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
EmA
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
DA7
Perhaps she'll die.
DBm
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
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