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9. There Was Another Old Woman

(Guitar & Voice: Ginger Hendrix)

THERE WAS ANOTHER OLD WOMAN

Here's your chance not to have to sing about how the lady's going to die. And it's a great memory game to stop for each piece of the outfit as you build the chorus.

There was an old woman
who swallowed a shoe.

I don’t know why
she swallowed the shoe—
perhaps you do.

There was an old woman
who swallowed a belt,
fuzzy pink mohair
with dots made of felt.

She swallowed the belt
to go with the shoe.
I don’t know why
she swallowed the shoe—
perhaps you do.

There was an old woman
who swallowed a purse,
faux alligator—
it coulda been worse.

She swallowed the purse
to go with the belt.
She swallowed the belt
to go with the shoe.
I don’t know why
she swallowed the shoe—
perhaps you do.

There was an old woman
who swallowed a skirt,
green and blue paisley
(a set with a shirt).

She swallowed the skirt
to go with the purse.
She swallowed the purse
to go with the belt.
She swallowed the belt
to go with the shoe.
I don’t know why
she swallowed the shoe—
perhaps you do.

There was an old woman
who swallowed a shirt.
You know the one—
it came with the skirt.

She swallowed the shirt
to go with the skirt.
She swallowed the skirt
to go with the purse.
She swallowed the purse
to go with the belt.
She swallowed the belt
to go with the shoe.
I don’t know why
she swallowed the shoe—
perhaps you do.

There was an old woman
who swallowed a necklace,
her very best strand of pearls.
(She was feckless.)

She swallowed the necklace
to go with the shirt.
She swallowed the shirt
to go with the skirt.
She swallowed the skirt
to go with the purse.
She swallowed the purse
to go with the belt.
She swallowed the belt
to go with the shoe.
I don’t know why
she swallowed the shoe—
perhaps you do.

There was an old woman
who swallowed a shoe.
If you ask me,
seems like she'd need two.

She upturned and scoured and
tumbled her house,
but there was no match.
Was it under the couch?

© Ginger Hendrix