First Version
Written by Frank Loesser | Featured in the biographical movie "Hans Christian Andersen."
Inch worm, inch worm
Measuring the marigolds
Could it be, stop and see
How beautiful they are
Chorus
Two and two are four
Four and four are eight
Eight and eight are sixteen
Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two
Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigolds
You and your arithmetic
You'll probably go far
(Repeat Chorus)
Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigolds
Seems to me you'd stop and see
How beautiful they are
Another Version
Lyrics by Mark Rew
Stay, longer, for me,
Wait, longer, for me,
I know you must be getting sick,
of wondering exactly where this leads you,
Why did it take so long,
why did it take so long,
Why did it take so long,
Stay, longer, for me,
Wait, longer, for me,
I know you must be getting sick,
of wondering exactly where this leads you,
Why did it take so long,
Why did it take so long,
Why did it take so long,
Inchworm, inchworm,
measuring, the merrygold.