We’re going to build a ship some day,
Bobby, and baby, and I,
A ship to carry us far away,
Bobby, and baby and I;
A swift white ship in which to ride
With a sail of a cobweb, strong and wide,
We’ll launch it away on the blue, blue tide,
Bobby, and baby and I.
We’ll all climb in, with our baby cat,
Bobby, and baby, and I,
The sun may be hot, but we won’t mind that,
Bobby, and baby, and I;
For we’ll sail away to a country fair
And all that we want will be waiting there.
It’s a long, long way, but we know where,
Bobby, and baby, and I.
We’ll play all day, till the moon comes up,
Bobby, and baby, and I;
Then we’ll drink some cream from a silver cup,
And we’ll go to sleep by a drooping tree
That dips its arms in the sweet blue sea
To fish up dreams for just us three,—
Bobby, and baby, and I.