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THE QUEER SHIP by MOTHER GOOSE

First Line: I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING
Last Line: THE CAPTAIN SAID, QUACK! QUACK!
I SAW a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing on the sea,
And oh, but it was laden
With pretty things for thee!

There were comfits in the cabin,
And apples in the hold;
The sails were made of silk,
And the masts were all 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!





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