There were three jovial Welshman,

a
There were three jovial Welshman,
As I have heard men say,
And they would go a-hunting
Upon St. David's Day.

b
All the day they hunted
And nothing could they find,
But a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing with the wind.

c
One said it was a ship,
The other he said, Nay;
The third said it was a house,
With the chimney blown away.

d
And all the night they hunted
And nothing could they find,
But the moon a-gliding,
A-gliding with the wind.

e
One said it was the moon,
The other he said, Nay;
The third said it was a cheese,
And half of it cut away.

f
And all the day they hunted
And nothing could they find,
But a hedgehog in a bramble bush,
And that they left behind.

g
The first said it was a hedgehog,
The second he said, Nay;
The third said it was a pincushion,
And the pins stuck in wrong way.

h
And all the night they hunted
And nothing could they find,
But a hare in a turnip field,
And that they left behind.

i
The first said it was a hare,
The second he said, Nay;
The third said it was a calf,
And the cow had run away.

j
And all the day they hunted
And nothing could they find,
But an owl in a holly tree,
And that they left behind.

k
One said it was an owl,
The other he said, Nay;
The third said 'twas an old man,
And his beard growing gray.