I Know an Old Lady

Rose Bonne and Alan Mills

Bass: 5/6/7/1

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I kn	ow an old lady who swallowed a fly

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I don’t know why she sw	allowed a fly

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Perhaps she’ll d	ie

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I kn	ow an old lady who swallowed a spider

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That wr	iggled and jiggled and t	ickled inside her

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She sw	allowed the spider to catch the fly

Bm	E7
I don’t know why she sw	allowed a fly

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Perhaps she’ll d	ie

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I kn	ow an old lady who swallowed a bird

	Bm	E7
Now th	at’s absurd to sw	allow a bird

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She sw	allowed the bird to catch the spider

	Bm	E7
That wr	iggled and jiggled and t	ickled inside her

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She sw	allowed the spider to catch the fly

Bm	E7
I don’t know why she sw	allowed a fly

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Perhaps she’ll d	ie

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I kn	ow an old lady who swallowed a cat

	Bm	E7
Im	agine that, she sw	allowed a cat

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She sw	allowed the cat to catch the bird

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

	Bm	E7
That wr	iggled and jiggled and t	ickled inside her

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She sw	allowed the spider to catch the fly

Bm	E7
I don’t know why she sw	allowed a fly

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Perhaps she’ll d	ie

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I kn	ow an old lady who swallowed a dog

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Oh, what a hog to sw	allow a dog

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She sw	allowed the dog to catch the cat

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

	Bm	E7
That wr	iggled and jiggled and t	ickled inside her

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She sw	allowed the spider to catch the fly

Bm	E7
I don’t know why she sw	allowed a fly

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Perhaps she’ll d	ie

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I kn	ow an old lady who swallowed a goat

	Bm	E7
She just	opened her throat and sw	allowed a goat

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She sw	allowed 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

	Bm	E7
That wr	iggled and jiggled and t	ickled inside her

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She sw	allowed the spider to catch the fly

Bm	E7
I don’t know why she sw	allowed a fly

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Perhaps she’ll d	ie

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I kn	ow an old lady who swallowed a cow

Bm	E7
I don’t know how she sw	allowed a cow

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She sw	allowed 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

	Bm	E7
That wr	iggled and jiggled and t	ickled inside her

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She sw	allowed the spider to catch the fly

Bm	E7
I don’t know why she sw	allowed a fly

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Perhaps she’ll d	ie

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I kn	ow an old lady who swallowed a horse

She’s dead, of course