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Name: I saw a ship a-sailing
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Author: Janina Domanska

📘 I saw a ship a-sailing by Janina Domanska

In this old rhyme, the captain (a duck) and his sailors (white mice) go to sea in their ship filled with pretty things.

First publish date: 1972

Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books

Authors: Janina Domanska

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