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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly comes to the Belltable this February 3

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See your favourite childhood nursery rhyme, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly, brought to life at Belltable this Saturday, February 3

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Coming to the Belltable this Saturday, February 3, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly celebrates its 50th anniversary

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

See your favourite childhood nursery rhyme brought to life! Enjoy the wacky and delightful story of the old lady in the nursery rhyme There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly, coming to Belltable this February.

First written as a song in 1953 it was a chart-topping hit for singer and actor Burl Ives before being adapted into the best-selling book by Pam Adams a few years later.  This version, found in schools, nurseries and homes across the world, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary and to mark the occasion best-selling children’s author Steven Lee (How The Koala Learnt To Hug, Don’t Dribble On The Dragon, I Spy With My Little Eye) has turned this hugely popular tale into a magical musical stage show written especially for little ones to enjoy with their parents.

Steven says: “The book was a favourite of my children and reading it to them reminded me how much I had loved it when my grandmother had read it to me.”


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Steven is best known for his original stories so is it a surprise that he created what is essentially an adaptation of a known title?

“It probably is,” he says, “but for those who like my original work, rest assured that I’ve popped in some of my own suitably silly twists, in keeping with the charming nonsense of the rhyme.”

From your five a day to the latest weight loss advice, consumers have been presented with some remarkable diet plans down the years but none so wacky and delightful as the one enjoyed by the old lady in the nursery rhyme There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.

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