There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly

(cut-outs)

Fly Spider Bird Cat

Dog Cow Horse

I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly

BBCD#4, Track #26

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly,

She swallowed a fly, but I don’t know why.

Perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider

That wiggled and wriggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

but I don’t know why she swallowed the fly.

Perhaps she’ll die.

(Continue with bird (how absurd), dog (what a hog), cow (I don’t know how), and horse)

Directions: Cut out each picture and paste to a circle of construction paper. Each animal can be “eaten” by an old lady paper bag puppet while you sing the song. Make the paper bag puppet with a plastic bag behind her mouth to catch the animals. You can even cut a viewing square in the old lady’s apron so you can see the animals in her stomach!