I Saw A Ship A-sailing

: MOTHER GOOSE SONGS AND STORIES
: Boys And Girls Bookshelf

I saw a ship a-sailing,

A-sailing on the sea;

And, oh! it was all laden

With pretty things for thee!



There were candies in the cabin,

And apples in the hold;

The sails were made of silk,

And the masts were made of gold.



The four-and-twenty sailors

That stood between the decks,

Were four-and-twenty white mice,

With chains about their necks.



The captain was a duck,

With a packet on his back;

And when the ship began to move,

The captain cried, "Quack, quack!"