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She swallowed the spider to catch the fly; I don't know why she swallowed a fly – perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady that swallowed a dog; 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 ...
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Alan Mills CM (born Albert Miller ; September 7, 1912 or 1913 – June 14, 1977 ) [ 1 ] was a Canadian folksinger, [ 2 ] writer, and actor. He was best known for popularizing Canadian folk music, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and for his original song, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly .
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me or Shew Fly is a folk song from the 1860s that has remained popular since that time. It was sung by soldiers during the Spanish–American War of 1898, when flies and the yellow fever mosquito were a serious enemy. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album Join Bing and Sing Along (1959).
I just heard, "swallowed the spider to catch the fly" used as an aphorism, meaning ingesting some kind of harmful substance in order to achieve some ends. It seemed quite clever. Is this a common saying? Could it have predated this song, or is it a relative new saying, or could this have been a coining of the term that I heard.
“I swallowed a bug, I’m so sorry,” Swift told the crowd while experiencing a coughing fit. She added, “It’s totally fine, it’s just stupid,” and joked that the bug was “delicious.”
Robin said "It was one of my favorites, I think Barry's vocal on that is fantastic". Barry recalls: "['When the Swallows Fly'] that's something I brought in, but I don't remember how the song came about. It was probably written in Eaton Square or at the penthouse. A lot of the ballads in those days were written that way, like 'Words'. [3]
While some people may be more interested in swatting flies than studying them, some of the researchers found aesthetic satisfaction peering at the fruit fly brain, less than 0.04 inches (1 mm) wide.
Quit bugging her! Taylor Swift shook things off after accidentally swallowing a bug during her final Chicago show on The Eras Tour. “I swallowed a bug, I’m so sorry,” the “Anti-Hero ...