Inchworm (song)

"Inchworm", also known as "The Inch Worm", is a song originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. It was written by Frank Loesser. The song has become a popular children's song and is best known for its arithmetical chorus: Two and two are fourFour and four are eightEight and eight are sixteenSixteen and sixteen are thirty-two Towards the end of the song, the verses are sung in counterpoint with this chorus. Frank Loesser loved the intellectual challenge of such contrapuntal composition which he also did in other works such as Tallahassee.

Inchworm (song)

"Inchworm", also known as "The Inch Worm", is a song originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. It was written by Frank Loesser. The song has become a popular children's song and is best known for its arithmetical chorus: Two and two are fourFour and four are eightEight and eight are sixteenSixteen and sixteen are thirty-two Towards the end of the song, the verses are sung in counterpoint with this chorus. Frank Loesser loved the intellectual challenge of such contrapuntal composition which he also did in other works such as Tallahassee.