Three Jovial Huntsmen

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 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 said Nay;
  The third said it was a cheese,
      And half o’t cut away.

Anonymous.