
There was an old sailor
by Claire Saxby
Humorous storiesAdaptationsSailorsChildren's songsJuvenile fictionNonsense versesFictionTexts
The tale of an old salty sailor who swallows a krill which makes him ill, and who cures his terrible bellyache by eating each animal in the sea, one after another. This is a nautical take on the beloved childhood rhyme "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly."
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Book data: Open Library