THURSDAY: A song and a rhyme a day with Margaret Bennett

Learn a song and a rhyme a day with Margaret Bennett
Songs and rhymes for young children. Learn a song and a rhyme a day with Margaret Bennett. Suitable for younger children, especially school beginners. All welcome (including grandparents).
COUNTDOWN TO SCHOOL: SONG LYRICS
1. THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird
How absurd to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;/ That wriggled
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat
Imagine that! She swallowed a cat!
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;/ That wriggled
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady that swallowed a dog
What a hog, to swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a goat
She just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;/ That wriggled
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;/ That wriggled
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
- She's dead, of course
Welcome to Grace Notes Scotland,
GNS is a small charity, founded in 2009 with the aim of ‘handing on traditions’ from one generation to the next ¬- songs, music and stories of all kinds, covering a host of subjects and interests, as well as oral history.
Though based in rural Perthshire, our outreach is wherever you are. Our trustees all live in Scotland and we all love to sing.
My name is Margaret Bennett - I’m one of five GNS trustees. As a writer, storyteller, singer and folklorist I have enjoyed the wealth of traditions that is our inheritance. We hope you will have fun! You can make the songs your own and pass them on.
A Grace Notes Scotland Project - www.gracenotescotland.org