Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience

I had a silver penny and an apricot tree

And I said to the sailor on the white quay

Sailor, oh, sailor, will you bring me

If I give you my penny and my apricot tree

A fez from Algeria, Arab drum to beat

My little guilt sword and a parakeet?

Well, he smiled and kissed me as strong as death

I saw his red tongue and I felt his sweet breath

You may keep your penny and your apricot tree

And I'll bring your presents back from the sea

From over the sea

The ship dipped down on the rim of the sky

And I waited while three long summers went by

Three long summers went by

Then one morning on the white quay

I saw a grey ship come in from sea

Slowly she came across the bay

And her flashing rigging was shot away

And all around her wake the seabirds cried

They flew in and out of the hole in her side

Slowly she came into the path of the sun

I heard the sound of a distant gun

Of a distant gun

Then a stranger came runnin' up to me

From the deck of the ship and said, said he

Oh, you the boy who would wait by the quay

With a little silver penny and an apricot tree?

For I've got a plum colored fez and a drum for thee

I've got a sword and a parakeet from over the sea

Where is the sailor with the bold red hair

And why is the foley in the bright air?

And where are all the other girls and boys?

Why have you brought me children's toys?

Brought me children's toys