If the butterfly courted the bee, And the owl the porcupine; If churches were built in the sea, And three times one was nine If the pony rode his master, If the buttercups ate the cows, If the cat had the dire disaster To be worried by the mouse; If mama sold the baby To a gypsy for half a crown; If a gentleman was a lady,- The world would be upside-down! If any or all of these wonders Should ever come about I should not consider them blunders, For I should be inside-out!