That's the short and long of it;
While they laughed the hours away—
That's the right and wrong of it;
Till the white wings ceased to strive,
Till the brown bee sought the hive;
"Wonderful!" they said—and I've
Made a silly song of it.
That's the short and long of it;
While they laughed the hours away—
That's the right and wrong of it;
Till the white wings ceased to strive,
Till the brown bee sought the hive;
"Wonderful!" they said—and I've
Made a silly song of it.