A Ship A-Sailing

New England Folk Song

Ed. D. Skydell

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I saw a ship a sai - ling, a - sail - ing on the sea. And it was deep - ly la - den with

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pret - ty things for me. There were com- fits in the ca - bin and al - monds in the

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hold. The sails were made of sa - tin, and the mast was made of gold.

2. The four and twenty sailors that stood between 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 this fairy ship set sail, the captain said "quack, quack."

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