I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly - Burl Ives Chords
Chords: D, Bm, Em, A, A7
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Genre: children's, folk, novelty
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives and others
written by Rose Bonne and Alan Mills
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
Em A
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
Em A
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Em A
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
Em A
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
D D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
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