IF I COULD FLY.

By Edwin Carty Ranck

If I had wings just like a bird

Do you know what I'd do?

I'd fly way up into the sky

An’ holler down at you.

I'd fly along the Milky Way

Feelin’ fine and chipper,

An’ then I'd drink some buttermilk

Fresh from out the Dipper.

I'd skim along through fleecy clouds,

An’ see the great, Big Bear

An’ ask him how he liked to live

So high up in the air.

Would n't it be dandy

To fly just when you please,

An’ go an’ ask the Dog-star

If he worried much with fleas?

I'd do all kinds of other things

If I could only fly,

But I am just a little boy

An’ so I dass n't try.