On Sea and Land

A little man went out to sea,
To sea he went a-going;
He found the wavelets pretty wet,
With moisture overflowing.

The little man put back to land,
To land he went a-putting;
For there 'twas not so damp, and there
He had a better footing.

Quite joyously he skipped on shore,
On shore he leaped a-skipping,
And said he nevermore would go
A-boating or a-shipping.

So now he hikes him on the land,
On land he trips a-hiking,
Because the wavelets wet his feet,^___
Which wasn't to his liking.

^___John Edward Everett