If no one ever marries me

If no one ever marries me -

And I don't see why they should,

For nurse says I'm not pretty,

And I'm seldom very good -

If no one ever marries me

I shan't mind very much,

I shall buy a squirrel in a cage

And a little rabbit-hutch;

I shall have a cottage near a wood,

And a pony all my own

And a little lamb, quite clean and tame,

That I can take to town.

And when I'm getting really old -

At twenty-eight or nine -

I shall buy a little orphan-girl

And bring her up as mine.