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"There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" is a cumulative (repetitive, connected poetic lines or song lyrics) children's nursery rhyme or nonsensical song. Other titles for the rhyme include "There Was an Old Lady", "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly", "There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly" and "I Know an Old Woman Who Swallowed a ...
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 .
Simms Taback (February 13, 1932 – December 25, 2011) was an American writer, graphic artist, and illustrator of more than 35 books.He won the 2000 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, and was a runner-up in 1998 for There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.
Ives had several film and television roles during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1961, he sang the folk song, "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" for a short film of the same name produced by the National Film Board of Canada. [23] In 1962, he starred with Rock Hudson in The Spiral Road, which was based on a novel of the same name by Jan de Hartog.
"No –– I swallowed a fly, that's all," he replied with a smile. Other newscasters laughed at what Adam Boulton experienced, but were also quick to praise his ability to continue the report.
There Was an Old Woman, 1943 mystery novel by Ellery Queen "There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly", 1950s children's song by Alan Mills "There Was an Old Woman" (The Twilight Zone), 1988 The Twilight Zone television episode
Talk about poise. Farah Nasser, a host on Canada’s Global News, kept on track after swallowing a wayward bug during a live broadcast. “Sharing because we all need a laugh these days,” she ...
After years of careful post-divorce dating, I’d never introduced a single woman to my children. Now, in one of the most impulsive decisions of my life, I’d invited a stranger to fly across the ...