```Three little fishermen, down by the bay,
```Went on a voyage one sunshiny day;
```Dick had the bait in a pink china dish,
```Ted had a basket, to bring home the fish,
```And Tommy, the captain, went marching along
```With a gold-headed rod on his shoulder so strong.=
```Three little fishermen, out on the bay,
```Laughing and shouting, went sailing away,
```Sailing away with the wind and the tide,
```And the little waves danced as they ran by the side;
```But the worms wriggled out of the pink china dish,
```And the gold-headed rod only frightened the fish.=
```Three little fishermen, out on the bay,
```Weeping and wailing, went drifting away,
```Till a grimy old oysterman brought them to land,
```And set them down safe in a row on the sand;
```But the gold-headed rod, and the pink china dish,
```And the big willow basket were left for the fish.=
--EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER.