Sonny

A sailor gave his sonny,

Nearly half a pint of money

And sent him out to buy a ton of coal;

But he met a poor old miser,

Who told him it were wiser

To buy all his money in a hole.

A sailor gave his sonny,

Nearly half a pint of money

And told him he should by a suit of clothes;

But he saw a pretty maiden,

With all kinds of  posies laden

And he gave her all his money for a rose.

Then the sailor gave his sonny,

Nearly half a pint of money

To buy a little garden and a house;

But he found him the next day,

In a shop on Yesler way

A buying cheese and crackers for a mouse.

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