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Songs and Poetry for ESL

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<strong>Songs</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Poetry</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>ESL</strong>I knew an old lady who swallowed a flyI knew an old lady who swallowed a flyI don't know why she swallowed the flyI don't know why she swallowed the flyPerhaps she'll die.There was an old lady who swallowed a spiderThat wiggled <strong>and</strong> jiggled <strong>and</strong> tickled inside her.She swallowed a spider to catch the FlyI don't know why she swallowed the flyPerhaps she'll die.There was an old lady who swallowed a bird.How absurd, to swallow a bird!She swallowed a bird to catch the spiderThat wiggled <strong>and</strong> jiggled <strong>and</strong> tickled inside her.She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,I don’t know why she swallowed the fly,Perhaps she’ll die.There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.Imagine that, she swallowed a cat!She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,That wiggled <strong>and</strong> jiggled <strong>and</strong> tickled inside her.She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.I don’t know why she swallowed the fly.Perhaps she’ll die.There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.What a hog, to swallow a dog!She swallowed the dog to catch the cat …There was an old lady who swallowed a goat.She opened her throat <strong>and</strong> swallowed the goat! ...There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.I don't know how she swallowed the cow! ...I knew an old lady who swallowed a horse.She's dead of course!Ruth Wickham, Brighton Education Training Fellow16

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