There were three jovial huntsmen,

As I have heard them say,

And they would go a-hunting

All on a summer'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 the 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,

And half o't cut away.