“Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly”

Description

Singer says he knows an old lady who swallowed a fly; "I don't know why she swallowed that fly/Perhaps she'll die." She swallows a succession of animals, each to catch the last. At the end, "I know an old lady who swallowed a horse/She's dead, of course."

Same tune

• Pete Seeger, "Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie" [feminist parody] (DT, SWALLLIE; on PeteSeeger45; on PeteSeeger47)

Recordings

• Pete Seeger, "I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed a Fly)" (on PeteSeeger08, PeteSeegerCD02)
• Pete Seeger & Sonny Terry, "Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" (on SeegerTerry)

References

1. DT, SWALLFLY*
2. BI, RcIKAOLW