THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN
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There were three jovial huntsmen, As I have heard them say, And they would go a-hunting All on a summer's day.
All the day they hunted, And nothing could they find But a ship a-sailing, A-sailing with the wind.
One said it was a ship, The other said Nay; The third said it was a house With the chimney blown away.
And all the night they hunted, And nothing could they find; But the moon a-gliding, A-gliding with the wind.
One said it was the moon, The other said Nay; The third said it was a cheese, And half o't cut away.
Anonymous.