An’ I love to rock in a boat, don’t you?

Yes, I love the pranks o’ the handsum sea,

An’ the handsum things what it sez to me;

An’ I love its flash at the peep o’ day,

When the sails is fillin’ an’ goin’ away;

An’ I allers sez to myself, sez I,

As they nose an’ dip in the mornin’ sky,

“How I’d love to go!” An’ I would, ’tis true,

For I love to sail in a boat, don’t you?

I love the slide o’ the slantin’ deck,