I Saw a Ship a-Sailing   

I saw a ship a-sailing, 
A-sailing on the sea, 
And, oh! it was all laden, 
With pretty things for thee, 

There were comfits 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 around their necks 

The captain was a duck, 
With a packet on his back; 
And when the ship began to move, 
The captain said, "Quack! quack!"

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