Frank Loesser
Inchworm
(Two and two are four
Four and four are eight
Eight and eight are sixteen
Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two.)

(Two and two are four.)
Inchworm, inchworm
(Four and four are eight.)
Measuring the marigolds (golds)
(Eight and eight are sixteen.)
You and your arithmetic—
(Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two.)
You'll probably go far

(Two and two are four.)
Inchworm, inchworm
(Four and four are eight.)
Measuring the marigolds (eight)
(Eight and eight are sixteen.)
Seems to me you'd stop and see
(Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two.)
How beautiful they are

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(Two and two are four.)
Inchworm, inchworm
(Four and four are eight.)
Measuring the marigolds
(Eight and eight are sixteen.)
You and your arithmetic—
(Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two.)
You'll probably go far

(Two and two are four.)
Inchworm, inchworm
(Four and four are eight.)
Measuring the marigolds
(Eight and eight are sixteen.)
Seems to me you'd stop and see
(Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two.)
How beautiful they are
(Two and—)

(Two and two are four
Four and four are eight
Eight and eight are sixteen.)
Seems to me you'd stop and see
(Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two.)
How beautiful they are

(Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten! Eleven! Twelve! Thirteen!)