It was and I said not but..

[candy]

With added punctuation this makes sense. The order of the words and capitalization stays the same.

I had fun with this a long time ago.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. "It was and," I said, "not but"

[XNASA]

2. "It was", and I said, "not but".

[khashka]

3. It was. And I said "not". But....

Khash.

[Shell Beau]

4. It was, and I said, "Not but..."

I think I got it wrong...

[Orsino]

5. It was "and," I said, not "but." n/t

[trackfan]

6. "It was 'and'", I said, "not 'but'".