Only fancy, if you fell upon your feet,

And recovered pretty quickly from the jar,

And you understood the lingo which the people speak and sing, oh,

Who dwell upon a distant star!

Only fancy, only fancy, what a lot of things there are

Very likely to be met with on a distant star.

A goodish many things would prove

Not exactly quite the same as here, I guess;

P'raps the ladies all are pretty, and the men all smart and witty,

And marriage an unqualified success.