This short animation film is cartoon illustration of the eponymous nonsense song by Canadian folksinger Alan Mills. Sung by Burl Ives, the song is given an unbridled interpretation by the cartoonist, and by the end of the song, our old lady has swallowed much more than a fly.
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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Derek Lamb, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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