Funny face

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!    

William Brighty Rands