I Saw a Ship a-Sailing

I saw a ship a-sailing

A-sailing on the sea

And oh but it was laden

With lovely things for me

There were chocolates in the cabin

And ice cream in the hold

The sails were made of candyfloss

And the masts were all of gold

The four-and-twenty sailors,

That stood between the decks

Were four-and-twenty white mice

With ribbons round their necks

The captain was a duck

With a parrot on his back

And when the mice were naughty

The captain said Quack! Quack!

Anon.