Begging works ... sometimes

[sinjun]

I know an old lady who swallowed a bird.
How Absurd! She swallowed a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
that wriggled and jiggled 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.

I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Fancy that! She swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That ....

I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! She swallowed a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to ...

I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know HOW she swallowed that cow.
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog
She swallowed the dog ...

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.
She died... of course.