Tuesday, November 18, 2008

There was an old lady....

You've heard the song: "there was an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why she swallowed a fly? Perhaps she'll die"

Thing 2 was singing this song last night (apparently they sing it during music class) and I started singing along. We got up to "there was an old lady who swallowed a horse....."

She was not into "she died of course" being the ending!!! I haven't figured out what they say in school (apparently not that!) but she decided to add her own gruesome lines:

"There was an old lady who swallowed a horse! What happened? She puked of course! She puked up the horse, then puked up the cow (you get the idea)... she puked up the fly but I don't know why she swallowed the fly... at least she didn't DIE!!!!!

Yeah, I was a bit queazy after that but I thought it needed to be shared anyway!
I am always amazed at how a 5 year old's brain works.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello SAHmommy from Maine!

Thank you for stopping by Living senses blog this weekend and saying hello!

It was fun to find a new Mom to commune with. I hope you'll come by often and say hello again!

Jodi said...

I like this version better. :-)

It's like Rock a by Baby. Why are you having the baby fall out of the tree top?

Grammy always catches her babies instead of letting them fall. I prefer this version as well. ;-)

Anonymous said...

lol Now that's funny! There's an alternate version of "Baby Bumblebee" that's similar.

maine momma of 3 (formally: stayathomemommy from maine) said...

Oh yeah! I heard it for the first time at the Girl scout harvest fest! It was a riot!