Hi!

This is Ron.

Now we're going to sing a cool old song together!
It's called
"There Was an Old Lady"

I sang this song when I was a kid. It's turned out to have a lot of meaning for me now that I'm a big man. Maybe some day when you are older you will think about it again.

Here's what you do:

  • Click here to download and listen to a recording of me playing and singing the song.

  • As you listen, read the song below and try to sing along.

If you practice this song over and over again, perhaps you will begin to remember the words and find you can sing it from memory.

If you play guitar and want to know the chords, contact me and I'll get them to you.

Good luck!

There Was an Old Lady
(Traditional) 

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 wiggled
  and tiggled 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,
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;
  How about that,
  she swallowed a 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
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 cow,
  I don't know how
  she swallowed a cow;
She swallowed the cow
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,
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 died, of course!