Part 2 — MY SHIP AND I
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O! it’s I that am the captain of a tidy little ship, Of a ship that goes a-sailing on the pond; And my ship it keeps a-turning all around and all about; But when I’m a little older, I shall find the secret out— How to send my vessel sailing on beyond.
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For I mean to grow as little as the dolly at the helm, And the dolly I intend to come alive; And with him beside to help me it’s a-sailing I shall go, It’s a-sailing on the water, where the jolly breezes blow, And the vessel goes a divie-divie-dive.
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O! it’s then you’ll see me sailing through the rushes and the reeds, And you’ll hear the water singing at the prow; For beside the dolly sailor, I’m to voyage and explore, To land upon the island where no dolly was before, And to fire the penny cannon at the bow.
