I SAW a ship a-sailing, a sailing on the sea,
		And it was deeply laden with pretty things for me.
		There were raisins in the cabin, and almonds in the hold,
		The sails were made of satin,
		         and the mast was
		            made of gold.

		The four and twenty sailors
		Who stood upon the decks,
		Were four and twenty white mice,
		with rings about their necks.

		The captain was a duck, a duck,
		With a jacket on his back,
		And when the fairy ship set sail,
		The captain, he said  "Quack !"