There was a ship of Rio

Sail’d out into the blue,

And nine and ninety monkeys

Were all her jovial crew.

 

From bo’sun to the cabin boy,

From quarter to caboose,

There weren't a stitch of calico

To breech'em tight or loose;

 

From spar to deck,

From deck to keel,

From barnacle to shroud,

There weren't one pair of reach-medowns

To all that jabbering crowd

 

But wasn’t it a gladsome sight,

When roar'd the deep sea gales,

To see them reef her fore and aft,

Aswinging by their tails!

 

Oh, wasn’t it a gladsome sight,

When glassy calm did come,

To see them squatting tail-or-wise

Around a keg of rum!

 

Oh, wasn’t it a gladsome sight,

When in she sail’d to land,

To see them all a scampering skip

For nuts across the sand!

 

有一艘里約的船

航向湛藍的大海，

九十九隻生性快活的猴子

是她的全體船員。

 

從水手長到艙服員，

從住宿房到廚房，

沒有一個船員穿著一針一縷

或鬆或緊的印花棉布馬褲。

 

從船桅到甲板，

從甲板到龍骨，

從附滿藤壺的船底到桅索上，

那群吱吱喳喳叫的猴子

沒有一隻穿上衣服的。

 

當海上強風低吼，

他們搖擺著尾巴，

船頭到船尾忙收帆，

多教人愉快的景象啊！

 

當海面平靜如鏡，

他們捲著尾巴蹲著，

圍著蘭姆酒桶暢飲，

多教人愉快的景象啊！

 

當船隻航抵陸地，

他們全都蹦蹦跳跳

瘋狂奔越沙灘

多教人愉快的景象啊！