I saw a ship a-sailing,

A sailing on the sea.

And, oh! it was all laden

With pretty things for me.


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 about 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!"