Inch worm, inch worm Measuring the marigolds You and your arithmetic You'll probably go far Two and two are four Four and four are eight That’s all you have on your business-like mind Two and two are four Four and four are eight How can you be so blind? Inch worm, inch worm (Two and two are four) Measuring the marigolds (Four and four are eight) You and your arithmetic (Eight and eight are sixteen) You’ll probably go far (Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two) Inch worm, inch worm (Two and two are four) Measuring the marigolds (Four and four are eight) Seems to me, you’d stop and see (Eight and eight are sixteen) How beautiful they are (Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two) Two and two are four Four and four are eight Eight and eight are sixteen Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two Inch worm, inch worm (Two and two are four) Measuring the marigolds (Four and four are eight) Seems to me, you’d stop and see (Eight and eight are sixteen) How beautiful they are (Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two)