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新年里送上的第一首儿歌，是一首神曲，而且是一首含有神逻辑的神曲，保证让你听了就不会忘。其实之前的文章里就提到过这首歌，这次单独拿出来，除了补上之前没有的音频部分外，还想多做一些介绍。
之前提到过，类似于这首歌的儿歌和绘本其实是一大类，但这首可以说是最经典的开山鼻祖，如今还能找到很多其它以这首童谣为基础改编的绘本和儿歌。这一类儿歌在英文中有一个专门的名字叫 cumulative song。就是说歌曲本身的旋律其实很简单，但是因为歌词部分会在第一段的基础上不断扩充，最终形成一个有前后关联的完整故事，所以整首歌就会以简单的旋律在脑中不断循环，挥之不去。而歌词部分虽然层层递进的关系看上去很有逻辑，但整个故事却会从一个很小的问题，越演越烈，如滚雪球般，最终演变成一个无法解决的大麻烦，让人啼笑皆非。
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I know an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly, perhaps she'll die
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider
that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't’ know why she swallowed a fly
Perhaps she’ll die
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird
Now how absurd to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't’ know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she’ll die
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat
Now fancy that, to swallow a cat
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't’ know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she’ll die
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog
Now what a hog to swallow a dog
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
Swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she’ll die
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat
She just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
Swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't’ know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she’ll die
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow
I don’t know how she swallowed a cow
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat
Swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't’ know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she’ll die
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse….
She’s dead of course!
音频源于：http://singwithourkids.com/
漫画作者：Jinling
《I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly》
用最简单的方式
介绍最经典的英文绘本
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