there was an old lady who swallowed a fly book
Liam Parker
Updated on June 20, 2026
There Was an Old Lady Book Series (18 Books)
How old is the book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly?
About the Author
When she returned to Swindon in the 70’s she teamed up with Michael Twinn who had recently founded Child’s Play. Her first book ‘There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly’, published in 1972, is still Child’s Play best selling title.
How does the old lady who swallowed a fly end?
“There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” is a cumulative song that tells the story as funny as it is absurd of a woman who after swallowing a fly, and then a spider that has to catch the fly, ends up swallowing bigger and bigger animals, until she dies after swallowing a horse that was supposed to catch the cow.
