java/SwallowedAFlySong

SwallowedAFlySong.java

// Assignment: Write a program that prints the lyrics to: 
// "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly."
// This is Programming Project 3 of Chapter 1 of Building Java Programs.

public class SwallowedAFlySong {
    public static void main( String[] args) {
        // Animal verses that the Old Lady swallowed.
        flyVerse();
        spiderVerse();
        birdVerse();
        catVerse();
        dogVerse();
        goatVerse();
        cowVerse();
        horseVerse();
    }
    
    // Prints the Fly verse.
    public static void flyVerse() {
        System.out.println("There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.");
        perhapsDie();
    }
    
    // Prints the Spider verse.
    public static void spiderVerse() {
        System.out.println("There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,");
        System.out.println("That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.");
        System.out.println("She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.");
        perhapsDie();
    }
    
    // Prints the Bird verse.
    public static void birdVerse() {
        System.out.println("There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;");
        System.out.println("How absurd, to swallow a bird!");
        birdCatchSpiderCatchFly();
        perhapsDie();
    }
    
    // Prints the Cat verse.
    public static void catVerse() {
        System.out.println("There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.");
        System.out.println("Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.");
        System.out.println("She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...");
        birdCatchSpiderCatchFly();
        perhapsDie();
    }
    
    // Prints the Dog verse.
    public static void dogVerse() {
        System.out.println("There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.");
        System.out.println("What a hog! To swallow a dog!");
        dogCatchCatCatchBird();
        birdCatchSpiderCatchFly();
        perhapsDie();
    }
    
    // Prints the Goat verse.
    public static void goatVerse() {
        System.out.println("There was an old lady who swallowed a goat.");
        System.out.println("Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!");
        System.out.println("She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...");
        dogCatchCatCatchBird();
        birdCatchSpiderCatchFly();
        perhapsDie();
    }
    
    // Prints the cow verse.
    public static void cowVerse() {
        System.out.println("There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.");
        System.out.println("I don't know how she swallowed a cow!");
        cowCatchGoatCatchDog();
        dogCatchCatCatchBird();
        birdCatchSpiderCatchFly();
        perhapsDie();
    }
    
    // Prints the Horse verse.
    public static void horseVerse() {
        System.out.println("There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -");
        System.out.println("She's dead, of course.");
    }
    
    // Cow catch Goat catch Dog
    public static void cowCatchGoatCatchDog() {
        System.out.println("She swallowed the cow to catch the goat ...");
        System.out.println("She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...");    
    }
    
    // Dog catch Cat catch Bird
    public static void dogCatchCatCatchBird() {
        System.out.println("She swallowed the dog to catch the cat ...");
        System.out.println("She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...");        
    }
    
    // Bird catch spider catch fly end of verses.
    public static void birdCatchSpiderCatchFly() {
        System.out.println("She swallowed the bird to catch the spider");
        System.out.println("That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.");
        System.out.println("She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.");
    }
    
    // Perhaps she'll die verse ending.
    public static void perhapsDie() {
        System.out.println("I dunno why she swallowed that fly,");
        System.out.println("Perhaps she'll die.\n");
    }
}