Один невинный челночок
От Берега отплыл
Туда, где властный океан
Красой своей манил!

Плеснула жадная вода
Прожорливой волной –
Качнулись статные суда,
Погиб кораблик мой!

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'T was such a little-little boat
That toddled down the bay!
'T was such a gallant-gallant sea
That beckoned it away!

'T was such a greedy, greedy wave
That licked it from the Coast;
Nor ever guessed the stately sails
My little craft was lost!