There was an old lady.

           There was an old lady.

There was an old lady who swallowed a bee.

I really can’t see why she swallowed a bee.

Perhaps it was her tea.

There was an old lady who swallowed a slug.

With a gluggity-glug she swallowed a slug.

There was an old lady who swallowed a rat.

Just like that, she swallowed a rat.

There was an old lady who swallowed a brick.

For her next trick, she swallowed a brick.

There was an old lady who swallowed clock.

She stood on a rock and just swallowed a clock.

There was an old lady who swallowed a cake.

She sat by a lake and swallowed a cake.

There was an old lady who swallowed a yak.

Now she needs a thwack on the back.

“Hic”