Eighth Grade

THE THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN
There were three jovial Welshmen,
As I have heard them say,
And they would go a-hunting
Upon St. David'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 he said, nay;
The third said it was a house
With the chimney blown away.

And all 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 he said, nay;
The third said it was a cheese,
With half of it cut away.

And all day they hunted,
And nothing could they find,
But a hedgehog in a bramble-bush,
And that they left behind.

The first said 'twas a hedgehog,
The second he said, nay;
The third said it was a pin-cushion,
With the pins stuck in wrong way.

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