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Old Fat Spider Lyrics by Glenn Yarbrough

The Rankin/Bass Production of The Hobbit

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I met an old, fat spider
Spinning in his tree
I said, "Hey old, fat spider
I bet you can't catch me
You've grown too fat you lazy lob
You're just an old Tomnoddy
Hey Attercop
Hey Attercop
You can't catch anybody"
And then the old, fat spider
He spun a final thread
I said, "Hey old, fat spider
It's time that you were dead!"
I drew my sword to cut his silk
To kill the old Tomnoddy
But then I thought, I'll leave him be
He can't catch anybody
I met an old fat spider
In his spinning tree
His web all old and tattered
And he could hardly see
I shooed a fly into his lair
To feed the old Tomnoddy
'Cause how can you kill a spider who can't catch anybody?
How can you kill a spider who can't catch anybody?
I met an old, fat spider
In his spinning tree
His web all old and tattered
And he could hardly see
I shooed a fly into his lair
To feed the old Tomnoddy
'Cause how can you kill a spider who can't catch anybody?
How can you kill a spider who can't catch anybody
Credits
Glenn Yarbrough

Glenn Yarbrough

About “Old Fat Spider” by Glenn Yarbrough

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"Old Fat Spider" appears on "The Rankin/Bass Production of The Hobbit".

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