I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
(cut-outs)
Fly
Dog
Spider
Cow
Bird
Cat
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!