I Saw A Ship A-sailing Lyrics - 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