That’s What We’d Do
If you were an owl,
And I were an owl,
And this were a tree,
And the moon came out,
I know what we’d do.
We would stand, we two,
On a bough of the tree;
You’d wink at me,
And I’d wink at you;
That’s what we’d do,
Beyond a doubt.
I’d give you a rose
For your lovely nose,
And you’d look at me
Without turning about.
I know what we’d do
(That is, I and you);
Why, you’d sing to me,
And I’d sing to you;
That’s what we’d do,
When the moon came out.
Holloa!
What’s the matter?
Why this bustle,
Noise and clatter?
Mercy on us!
Don’t you know
Little Pipkin’s
Stubbed his toe!
What’s that?
Some one knocks.
How the wind
Shakes the locks!
Run, quick!
How absurd—
Only a beggar,
Upon my word!