diff --git a/cpp/food-chain/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/food-chain/CMakeLists.txt
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+# Get the exercise name from the current directory
+get_filename_component(exercise ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NAME)
+
+# Basic CMake project
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
+
+# Name the project after the exercise
+project(${exercise} CXX)
+
+# Locate Boost libraries: unit_test_framework, date_time and regex
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
+find_package(Boost 1.55 REQUIRED COMPONENTS unit_test_framework date_time regex)
+
+# Enable C++11 features on gcc/clang
+if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "(GNU|Clang)")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
+endif()
+
+# Configure to run all the tests?
+if(${EXERCISM_RUN_ALL_TESTS})
+    add_definitions(-DEXERCISM_RUN_ALL_TESTS)
+endif()
+
+# Get a source filename from the exercise name by replacing -'s with _'s
+string(REPLACE "-" "_" file ${exercise})
+
+# Implementation could be only a header
+if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${file}.cpp)
+    set(exercise_cpp ${file}.cpp)
+else()
+    set(exercise_cpp "")
+endif()
+
+# Build executable from sources and headers
+add_executable(${exercise} ${file}_test.cpp ${exercise_cpp} ${file}.h)
+
+# We need boost includes
+target_include_directories(${exercise} PRIVATE ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+# We need boost libraries
+target_link_libraries(${exercise} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+
+# Tell MSVC not to warn us about unchecked iterators in debug builds
+if(${MSVC})
+    set_target_properties(${exercise} PROPERTIES
+        COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_DEBUG _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+endif()
+
+# Run the tests on every build
+add_custom_command(TARGET ${exercise} POST_BUILD COMMAND ${exercise})
diff --git a/cpp/food-chain/README.md b/cpp/food-chain/README.md
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+# Food Chain
+
+Write a program that generates the lyrics of the song 'I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly'
+
+Write a program that generates the lyrics to the song
+"I know an old lady who swallowed a fly". While you could
+copy/paste the lyrics, or read them from a file, this
+problem is much more interesting if you approach it
+algorithmically.
+
+This is a [cumulative song](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative_song) of unknown origin.
+
+This is one of many common variants.
+
+```plain
+I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a spider.
+It wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a bird.
+How absurd to swallow a bird!
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
+Imagine that, to swallow a cat!
+She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
+What a hog, to swallow a dog!
+She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
+She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
+Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
+She swallowed the goat to catch the dog.
+She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
+She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
+I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
+She swallowed the cow to catch the goat.
+She swallowed the goat to catch the dog.
+She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
+She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
+She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
+She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
+I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.
+
+I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.
+She's dead, of course!
+```
+
+## Getting Started
+
+Make sure you have read the [getting started with C++](http://help.exercism.io/getting-started-with-cpp.html)
+page on the [exercism help site](http://help.exercism.io/).  This covers
+the basic information on setting up the development environment expected
+by the exercises.
+
+## Passing the Tests
+
+Get the first test compiling, linking and passing by following the [three
+rules of test-driven development](http://butunclebob.com/ArticleS.UncleBob.TheThreeRulesOfTdd).
+Create just enough structure by declaring namespaces, functions, classes,
+etc., to satisfy any compiler errors and get the test to fail.  Then write
+just enough code to get the test to pass.  Once you've done that,
+uncomment the next test by moving the following line past the next test.
+
+```C++
+#if defined(EXERCISM_RUN_ALL_TESTS)
+```
+
+This may result in compile errors as new constructs may be invoked that
+you haven't yet declared or defined.  Again, fix the compile errors minimally
+to get a failing test, then change the code minimally to pass the test,
+refactor your implementation for readability and expressiveness and then
+go on to the next test.
+
+Try to use standard C++11 facilities in preference to writing your own
+low-level algorithms or facilities by hand.  [CppReference](http://en.cppreference.com/)
+is a wiki reference to the C++ language and standard library.  If you
+are new to C++, but have programmed in C, beware of
+[C traps and pitfalls](http://www.slideshare.net/LegalizeAdulthood/c-traps-and-pitfalls-for-c-programmers).
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [view source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Was_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Fly)
diff --git a/cpp/food-chain/food_chain_test.cpp b/cpp/food-chain/food_chain_test.cpp
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+#include "food_chain.h"
+#define BOOST_TEST_MAIN
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(fly)
+{
+    string expected = "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verse(1));
+}
+
+#if defined(EXERCISM_RUN_ALL_TESTS)
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(spider)
+{
+    string expected = "I know an old lady who swallowed a spider.\n"
+        "It wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.\n"
+        "She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verse(2));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(bird)
+{
+    string expected = "I know an old lady who swallowed a bird.\n"
+        "How absurd to swallow a bird!\n"
+        "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.\n"
+        "She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verse(3));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(cat)
+{
+    string expected = "I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.\n"
+        "Imagine that, to swallow a cat!\n"
+        "She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.\n"
+        "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.\n"
+        "She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. "
+        "Perhaps she'll die.\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verse(4));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(dog)
+{
+    string expected = "I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.\n"
+        "What a hog, to swallow a dog!\n"
+        "She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.\n"
+        "She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.\n"
+        "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.\n"
+        "She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. "
+        "Perhaps she'll die.\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verse(5));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(goat)
+{
+    string expected = "I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.\n"
+        "Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!\n"
+        "She swallowed the goat to catch the dog.\n"
+        "She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.\n"
+        "She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.\n"
+        "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.\n"
+        "She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. "
+        "Perhaps she'll die.\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verse(6));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(cow)
+{
+    string expected = "I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.\n"
+        "I don't know how she swallowed a cow!\n"
+        "She swallowed the cow to catch the goat.\n"
+        "She swallowed the goat to catch the dog.\n"
+        "She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.\n"
+        "She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.\n"
+        "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.\n"
+        "She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. "
+        "Perhaps she'll die.\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verse(7));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(horse)
+{
+    string expected = "I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.\n"
+        "She's dead, of course!\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verse(8));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(multiple_verses)
+{
+    string expected = 
+        "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.\n"
+        "\n"
+        "I know an old lady who swallowed a spider.\n"
+        "It wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.\n"
+        "She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.\n"
+        "I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.\n"
+        "\n";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected, food_chain::verses(1, 2));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(the_whole_song)
+{
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(food_chain::verses(1, 8), food_chain::sing());
+}
+#endif