If You Were an Owl
If You Were an Owl
Poem
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.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This poem can be found in "Rhymes and Jingles" by Mary Mapes Dodge (1875).
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