The apples in the orchard

Tumble from their tree.

Oh, will the ships go down, go down,
In the windy sea?

Three little children

On the wide wide earth

Motherless children

Cared for from their birth
By tender angels.

Three little children

On the wide wide sea,

Motherless children

Safe as safe can be

With guardian angels.

Fly away, fly away over the sea,

Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done; Come again, come again, come back to me, Bringing the summer and bringing the sun.

Minnie bakes oaten cakes,

Minnie brews ale,

All because her Johnny's coming

Home from sea.

And she glows like a rose,

Who was so pale,

And "Are you sure the church clock goes?'

Says she.

A white hen sitting
On white eggs three:
Next, three speckled chickens
As plump as plump can be.

An owl, and a hawk,

And a bat come to see :

But chicks beneath their mother's wing Squat safe as safe can be.