There was an old woman who swallowed a fly

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A famous cumulative nonsense song about an old woman and her bizarre diet!

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Age: 5 to 7 , 7 to 9 , 9 to 11
Song type: Cumulative , Curriculum , Fun
Style: Traditional, in English
Subject: English , Science
Scoring: Guitar chords , Piano accompaniment , Unison

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The audio tracks were created specially for the Sing Up programme by Southend Choirs, mixed and mastered by Ron Knights at mediagrove.com. The backing track was created specially for the Sing Up programme by Ned Bennett.

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All copyright music is used by permission. The songwriters and/or copyright holders have been remunerated under due licensing arrangements. Find out more about copyright by visiting UK Music and Copyright & Schools.

Please ensure you have the correct licences in place for using or copying music, and that song usages are reported correctly, for the following: CCLI, PMLL, PRS for Music. For more information, please visit www.singup.org/copyright-and-reporting.

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