We built a ship upon the stairs All made of the back-bedroom chairs And filled it full of sofa pillows To go a-sailing on the billows.
We took a saw and several nails And water in the nursery pails And Tom said, 'Let us also take An apple and a slice of cake. Which was enough for Tom and me To go a-sailing on till tea.
We sailed along for days and days, And had the very best of plays; But Tom fell out and hurt his knee, So there was no one left but me.