IF the butterfly courted the bee, <br /> And the owl the porcupine; <br />If churches were built in the sea, <br /> And three times one was nine; <br />If the pony rode his master, <br /> If the buttercups ate the cows, <br />If the cats had the dire disaster <br /> To be worried, sir, by the mouse; <br />If mamma, sir, sold the baby <br /> To a gypsy for half a crown; <br />If a gentleman, sir, was a lady,— <br /> The world would be Upside-down! <br />If any or all of these wonders <br /> Should ever come about, <br />I should not consider them blunders, <br /> For I should be Inside-out! <br /> <br /> Chorus <br /> <br />Ba-ba, black wool, <br /> Have you any sheep? <br />Yes, sir, a packfull, <br /> Creep, mouse, creep! <br />Four-and-twenty little maids <br /> Hanging out the pie, <br />Out jump’d the honey-pot, <br /> Guy Fawkes, Guy! <br />Cross latch, cross latch, <br /> Sit and spin the fire; <br />When the pie was open’d, <br /> The bird was on the brier!<br /><br />William Brighty Rands<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/topsy-turvy-world/
