A Chapter of Ifs

Published in the mid-19th century, the poem “A Chapter of Ifs” elaborates at length on the phrase If ifs and ands were pots and pans. The gist is that one shouldn’t dwell upon things that may not come to pass. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “A Chapter of Ifs”

Earlier we were talking about the rhyme that goes if ifs and ands were pots and pans and then there’s

Some other things following that but there is a much longer verse actually there’s lots of verses

To a poem called a chapter of ifs that was published in the the mid-1800s and I

Thought I might share some of this. Sure. Let’s hear it. Here’s some of it. If ifs and ands were

Pots and pans, to would cure the tinker’s cares. If ladies did not carry fans, they’d give themselves

No airs. If down the starry skies should fall, the starlings would be cheap. If bells talked reason

At a ball, the band might go to sleep. And it goes on and on with many more verses and starts

Naming famous people who do this and who that. But the whole idea here is that let’s not

Wish for things that can’t be real because they’re just not going to come to pass.

Oh, that’s nice.

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