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    The document is a rhyming poem about an old woman who swallows increasingly large animals, from a fly to a horse, in an attempt to catch the smaller animal she had previously swallowed. Each stanza describes what she swallows and the reason for swallowing it, with the repeating refrain of "I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die." The poem ends when she swallows a horse and dies.

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    The document is a rhyming poem about an old woman who swallows increasingly large animals, from a fly to a horse, in an attempt to catch the smaller animal she had previously swallowed. Each stanza describes what she swallows and the reason for swallowing it, with the repeating refrain of "I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die." The poem ends when she swallows a horse and dies.

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    The document is a rhyming poem about an old woman who swallows increasingly large animals, from a fly to a horse, in an attempt to catch the smaller animal she had previously swallowed. Each stanza describes what she swallows and the reason for swallowing it, with the repeating refrain of "I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die." The poem ends when she swallows a horse and dies.

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    There Was An Old Woman There was an old woman who

    swallowed a goat,
    There was an old woman who Just opened her throat! to swallow a
    swallowed a fly, goat,
    I don't know why she swallowed a fly, She swallowed the goat to catch the
    Perhaps she'll die. dog,
    She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
    There was an old woman who She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
    swallowed a spider, She swallowed the bird to catch the
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled spider,
    inside her, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled
    She swallowed the spider to catch the inside her,
    fly, She swallowed the spider to catch the
    I don't know why she swallowed the fly, fly,
    Perhaps she'll die. I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
    Perhaps she'll die.
    There was an old woman who
    swallowed a bird, There was an old woman who
    How absurd! to swallow a bird, swallowed a cow,
    She swallowed the bird to catch the I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
    spider, She swallowed the cow to catch the
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled goat,
    inside her, She swallowed the goat to catch the
    She swallowed the spider to catch the dog,
    fly, She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
    I don't know why she swallowed the fly, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
    Perhaps she'll die. She swallowed the bird to catch the
    spider,
    There was an old woman who That wriggled and jiggled and tickled
    swallowed a cat, inside her,
    Imagine that! to swallow a cat, She swallowed the spider to catch the
    She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, fly,
    She swallowed the bird to catch the I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
    spider, Perhaps she'll die.
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled
    inside her, There was an old woman who
    She swallowed the spider to catch the swallowed a horse,
    fly, She's dead—of course!
    I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
    Perhaps she'll die.

    There was an old woman who


    swallowed a dog,
    What a hog! to swallow a dog, Group 1
    She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
    Group 2
    She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
    She swallowed the bird to catch the Group 3
    spider,
    That wriggled and jiggled and tickled Group 4
    inside her,
    She swallowed the spider to catch the Group 5
    fly,
    I don't know why she swallowed the fly, Group 6
    Perhaps she'll die.

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