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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOPSY-TURVY WORLD, by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS Poet's Biography First Line: If the butterfly courted the bee Last Line: The bird was on the brier! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Matthew; Holbeach, Henry | |||
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 cats had the dire disaster To be worried, sir, by the mouse; If mamma, sir, sold the baby To a gypsy for half a crown; If a gentleman, sir, 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! Chorus Ba-ba, black wool, Have you any sheep? Yes, sir, a packfull, Creep, mouse, creep! Four-and-twenty little maids Hanging out the pie, Out jump'd the honey-pot, Guy Fawkes, Guy! Cross latch, cross latch, Sit and spin the fire; When the pie was open'd, The bird was on the brier! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CAT OF CATS by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS THE WORLD: A CHILD'S SONG by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS A SHOOTING SONG by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS CLEAN CLARA by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS DOLL POEMS: 3. DRESSING THE DOLL by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS GIPSY JANE by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS LILLIPUT LEVEE by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS LULLABY by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS THE FLOWERS by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS |
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