Biography:
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (14 June 1909 – 14 April 1995) was an Academy Award winning American actor and acclaimed folk music singer and author. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie The Big Country.
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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives and others
written by Rose Bonne and Alan Mills
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
Em A
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
Em A
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Em A
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
Em A
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
D D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Em A
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
D D
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
D D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
Em A
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
D D
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
D D
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
D D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
(strum once at every chord)
written by Rose Bonne and Alan Mills
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
Em A
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
Em A
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Em A
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
Em A
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
D D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Em A
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
D D
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
D D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
Em A
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
D D
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
D D
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
D D
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
D D
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
D D
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
(strum once at every chord)
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