In the popular song, what did the old lady swallow, after she swallowed a fly?
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly of the song was released on Brunswick Records in 1953, where it was sung by Burl Ives. Ives' rendition appears on his album, "Folk Songs, Dramatic and Humorous"—which debuted in late summer, 1953. The 1961 illustrated book by Rose Bonne also indicates that the lyrics are hers, whereas the music was composed by Alan Mills. The following is one form of the lyrics, that are representative of the nature of this cumulative lyric: There was an old lady who swallowed a fly; There was an old lady who swallowed a spider; <br>That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her! There
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly was an old lady who swallowed a bird; <br>How absurd to swallow a bird! There was an old lady who swallowed a cat; <br>Imagine that! She swallowed a cat! There was an old lady that swallowed a dog; <br>What a hog, to swallow a dog! There was an old lady who swallowed a goat; <br>She just opened her throat and swallowed a goat! There was an old lady who swallowed a cow; <br>I don't know how she swallowed a cow! There was an old lady who swallowed a horse; There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly There Was