If into the basket, they ne'er can be ta'en!
Mother, he's gone, the sailor, oh!
"Ah! has he so!"
Mother, he's gone, the merchant, oh!
"Ah! has he so?"
Mother, the pastor's son's going they say!
"Then haul away!"--
Ah! ding dong,
The nose grows long,
Great fishes may bite, but what is the gain,