I Saw a Ship A-Sailing - Natalie Merchant

Well I saw a ship a sailing

It was sailing on the sea

It was full of pretty things

For baby and for me

There were sweetmeats in the cabin

There were apples in the hold

The sails were made of silk

And the masts were made of gold

I saw a ship a sailing

It was sailing on the sea

It was full of pretty things

For baby and for me

The four-and-twenty sailors

That stood upon the decks

Were four-and-twenty little mice

With chains around their necks

And the captain was a yellow duck

With a packet on his back

And when the ship began to move

The captain cried, a latter lap

I saw a ship a sailing

It was sailing on the sea

It was full of pretty things

For baby and for me