A Song For Hal

    Once I saw a little boat, and a pretty, pretty boat,     When daybreak the hills was adorning,     And into it I jumped, and away I did float,     So very, very early in the morning.     Chorus      And every little wave had its nightcap on,     Its nightcap, white cap, nightcap on.     And every little wave had its nightcap on,     So very, very early in the morning.     All the fishes were asleep in their caves cool and deep,     When the ripple round my keel flashed a warning.     Said the minnow to the skate, "We must certainly be late,     Though I thought 't was very early in the morning."     Chorus      For every little wave has its nightcap on,     Its nightcap, white cap, nightcap on.     For every little wave has its nightcap on,     So very, very early in the morning.     The lobster darkly green soon appeared upon the scene,     And pearly drops his claws were adorning.     Quoth he, "May I be boiled, if I'll have my slumber spoiled,     So very, very early in the morning!"     Chorus      For every little wave has its nightcap on,     Its nightcap, white cap, nightcap on,     For every little wave has its nightcap on,     So very, very early in the morning.     Said the sturgeon to the eel, "Just imagine how I feel,     Thus roused without a syllable of warning.     People ought to let us know when a-sailing they would go,     So very, very early in the morning."     Chorus      When every little wave has its nightcap on,     Its nightcap, white cap, nightcap on.     When every little wave has its nightcap on,     So very, very early in the morning.     Just then up jumped the sun, and the fishes every one     For their laziness at once fell a-mourning.     But I stayed to hear no more, for my boat had reached the shore,     So very, very early in the morning.     Chorus      And every little wave took its nightcap off,     Its nightcap, white cap, nightcap off.     And every little wave took its nightcap off,     And courtesied to the sun in the morning.