The (almost really) Complete Works of Lewis Carroll

Beneath the Waters of the Sea

Source: Alice’s Adventures under Ground (extracted)

Parody on Negro minstrel song Sally Come Up

Beneath the waters of the sea
Are lobsters thick as thick can be—
They love to dance with you and me,
My own, my gentle Salmon!

Salmon come up! Salmon go down!
Salmon come twist your tail around!
Of all the fishes of the sea
There’s none so good as Salmon!