Canzoni in inglese per bambini:There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
Questa canzone assomiglia alla canzone che si canta durante le gite scolastiche e stimola la memoria perche’ man mano che si procede la canzone ripete cio’ che e’ successo prima proprio come la famosissima Alla Fiera dell’Est di Angelo Branduardi .
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she’ll die.
There was 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 the fly.
Perhaps she’ll die.
There was 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 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 wriggled and jiggled and 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.
My 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 the fly.
Perhaps she’ll die.
There was 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 the fly
Perhaps she’ll die.
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse…
She’s dead of course!
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E’ tra le prime canzoncine che hanno imparato le mie figlie, dall’America ci hanno anche spedito un bellissimo libro (che so trova anche su AmzonUK).
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