The document tells the story of an old woman who swallows progressively larger animals, from a fly to a horse. Each time, the chorus sings that she swallowed the latest animal to kill the previous one she had swallowed. In the end, after swallowing a horse, the chorus declares that she died, of course.
The document tells the story of an old woman who swallows progressively larger animals, from a fly to a horse. Each time, the chorus sings that she swallowed the latest animal to kill the previous one she had swallowed. In the end, after swallowing a horse, the chorus declares that she died, of course.
The document tells the story of an old woman who swallows progressively larger animals, from a fly to a horse. Each time, the chorus sings that she swallowed the latest animal to kill the previous one she had swallowed. In the end, after swallowing a horse, the chorus declares that she died, of course.
fly. Chorus: Oh my! Who swallowed a fly? Poor old woman I think she’ll die.
Solo: There was an old woman who swallowed a
spider. Right down inside her she swallowed a spider. Chorus: She swallowed the spider to kill the fly, Oh my! Who swallowed a fly? Poor old woman I think she’ll die. Solo: There was an old woman who swallowed a bird- How absurd, to swallow a bird!
Chorus: She swallowed the bird to kill the spider,
She swallowed the spider to kill the fly, Oh my! Who swallowed a fly? Poor old woman I think she’ll die. Solo: There was an old woman who swallowed a cat- Fancy that! She swallowed a cat;
Chorus: She swallowed the cat to kill the bird,
She swallowed the bird to kill the spider, She swallowed the spider to kill the fly. Oh my! Who swallowed a fly? Poor old woman I think she’ll die. Solo: There was an old woman who swallowed a dog, She went whole hog, she swallowed a dog.
Chorus: She swallowed the dog to kill a cat,
She swallowed the cat to kill the bird, She swallowed the bird to kill the spider, She swallowed the spider to kill the fly. Oh my! Who swallowed a fly? Poor old woman I think she’ll die. Solo: There was an old woman who swallowed a cow, I don’t know how, she swallowed a cow! Chorus: She swallowed the cow to kill the dog, She swallowed the dog to kill a cat, She swallowed the cat to kill the bird, She swallowed the bird to kill the spider, She swallowed the spider to kill the fly. Oh my! Who swallowed a fly? Poor old woman I think she’ll die.