SAW three ships come sailing by, Come sailing by, come sailing by; I saw three ships come sailing by, On New Year's Day in the morning. And what do you think was in them then, Was in them then, was in them then? And what do you think was in them then, On New Year's Day in the morning? Three pretty girls were in them then, Were in them then, were in them then; Three pretty girls were in them then, On New Year's Day in the morning. And one could whistle, and one could sing, And one could play on the violin Such joy there was at my wedding, On New Year's Day in the morning. Y true love lives far from me, MY Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie. He sent me a goose without a bone; He sent me a Bible no man could read; Petrum, etc. How could there be a goose without a bone? How could there be a cherry without a stone? Petrum, etc. How could there be a Bible no man could read? How could there be a blanket without a thread? Petrum, etc. When the goose is in the egg-shell, there is no bone; When the cherry is in the blossom, there is no stone. Petrum, etc. When the Bible is in the press no man it can read; When the wool is on the sheep's back, there is no thread. Petrum, etc. The first said it was a hedgehog; The second he said nay; And all the night they hunted, The first said it was a hare; And all the day they hunted, One said it was an owl; The other he said nay; The third said 'twas an old man, OUR and twenty tailors went to kill a snail; FOUR The best man among them durst not touch her tail. She put out her horns like a little Kyloe cow; Run, tailors, run, or she'll kill you all e'en now. |