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 raisins 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 jacket on his back;

When the ship began to sail,

The captain said, "Quack, quack!"

Old Rhyme