X:85
T: the Little Ship
C: Old English Song
%R: air, waltz, jig
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/085_the_Little_Ship.abc	 2024-11-23 234758 UT
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w: 1.~I saw a ship* a sail-*ing,      A-sail-ing on the sea!*        And
w: 2.~The four and twen-*ty sail-*ors That stood be-tween the decks* Were
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w: oh! it was all la-*den  with pret-ty things* for thee!*        There were
w: four and twen-ty white* mice with chains a-bout* their necks;* The*
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w: com-fits in the cab-*in,     And* ap-ples in* the hold,   And the
w: cap-tain was a lit-tle duck, With a pack-et on* his back, And*
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w: spread-ing sails* were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold.*
w: when the ship* be-gan to move, The* cap-tain cried, "quack! quack!"*
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