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
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
Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigolds
Seems to me you'd stop and see
How beautiful they are
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.
An inch is an inch, but do you know how many millimeters it is? In every day life, we measure in inches, pounds, or pints. But most countries use what is called the metric system. Scientists in the U.S. and other countries use the metric system, too.