The old woman who swallowed a fly

X:575
T:The old woman who swallowed a fly
C:anon.
O:England
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
F:http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/england/the-old-woman-who.abc
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|"G"GGB GGD|"G"GGB G2(G/G/)|
w:There was an old wo-man who swal-lowed a fly; and I
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w:don't know why she swal-lowed the fly; per-haps she'll die!
W:
W:There was an old wo-man who swal-lowed a fly;
W:and I don't know why she swal-lowed the fly;
W:  per-haps she'll die!
W:
W:There was an old woman who swallowed a spider
W:Who wiggled and jiggled an tickled inside her.
W:She swallowed the spider to swallow the fly
W:And I don't know why she swallowed the fly
W:  Perhaps she'll die!
W:
W:There was an old woman who swallowed a bird;
W:How absurd to swallow a bird.
W:She swallowed the bird to swallow the spider
W:Who wiggled and jiggled an tickled inside her.
W:She swallowed the spider to swallow the fly
W:And I don't know why she swallowed the fly
W:  Perhaps she'll die!
W:
W:There was an old woman who swallowed a cat,
W:Thin of that, to swallow a cat.
W:She swallowed the cat to swallow the bird,
W:(etc.)
W:
W:There was an old woman who swallowed a dog,
W:What a hog to swallow a dog.
W:She swallowed the dog to swallow the cat
W:(etc.)
W:
W:There was an old woman who swallowed a goat,
W:Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat
W:She swallowed the goat to swallow the dog,
W:(etc.)
W:
W:There was an old woman who swallowed a cow,
W:I don't know how she swallowed a cow.
W:She swallowed the cow to swallow the goat
W:(etc.)
W:
W:There was an old woman who swallowed a horse
W:   (spoken:) She's dead, of course!
W:
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