Monday, 1 August 2016

Watercolor Poem Illustration - I know an old lady who swallowed a fly


I know an old lady who swallowed a fly 

Design by shilpi
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
Perhaps she'll die.
Design by shilpi
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider.
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
Perhaps she'll die.
 Design by shilpi
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird.
How absurd to swallow 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.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
Perhaps she'll die.
Design by shilpi
I know 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 wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly. 
Perhaps she'll die.
Design by shilpi
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
Oh what a hog to swallow a dog.
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the 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.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly. 
Perhaps she'll die.
 Design by shilpi
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow.
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog.
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the 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.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly. 
Perhaps she'll die.
Design by shilpi
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.
She died, of course!
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