Early to bed, and early to rise, Is the way to be healthy, wealthy and wise. If all the world were water, And all the water were ink, What should we do for bread and cheese? What should we do for drink? I saw three ships come sailing by, 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, Wire, brier, limber-lock, One flew east, and one flew west, Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler he had a fiddle, And a very fine fiddle had he; O! there's none so rare as can compare |