Bagpuss - I Saw A Ship A-sailing tab

Bagpuss - I Saw A Ship A-sailing

I derived this tab from a version of this popular old nursery rhyme on an old children's show from 
1974 called Bagpuss. It is a more upbeat folk version than most other variations but I think it sounds 
better this way. And also to fit the theme of this song, I have posted the tab for the mandolin as well! 
This is only the main melody, I haven't figured out any extra parts yet.


                                  (Singing starts here)
e|-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1-----------------0-3-3-1-0-------0-3-3-3-----0-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1------------|
B|-----3-------1-------3-1-0-1-----1-1-----------3-0-1-------------------3-------1-------3-1-0-1----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|    
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-3-3-8-8-5-7---3---3-3-8-8-5-7-------3-3-8-8-7-5p3-1-0-1-0h1-5-3-----|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|      X2
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----0-3-3-1-0-------0-3-3-3-----0-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1-------------7-8-------------|
B|-1-1-----------3-0-1-------------------3-------1-------3-1-0-1-------------0-1-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


If you don't like moving your hand up and down the neck that quickly then try this lower octave version:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------0-0-------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-0-3-2-2---2-2h3-0---------------2-----3-2-0-----2-----------2-3-3-0-3-2-2---2-2h3-0----------|
A|-------------3---------3-2-3-----3-3-------------2-3---------------------------3---------3-2-3----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1-1---0-----------1-1---0-----------1-1-0-----------------------|
G|-0-0-----2-----0---0-0-----2---------0-0-------2p0-----------2-0-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------3-2-3-2h3---------|      X2
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------0-1------------|
G|-------0-0-------------0-0-0------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2-----3-2-0-----2-----------2-3-3-0-3-2-2---2-2h3-0--------------------------|
A|-3-3-------------2-3---------------------------3---------3-2-3-------------2-3----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


And the Mandolin version:

E|-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1-----------------0-3-3-1-0-------0-3-3-3-----0-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1------------|
A|-----5-------3-------5-3-2-3-----3-3-----------5-2-3-------------------5-------3-------5-3-2-3----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-3-3-8-8-5-7---3---3-3-8-8-5-7-------3-3-8-8-7-5p3-1-0-1-0h1-5-3-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|    X2
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|     

E|-----0-3-3-1-0-------0-3-3-3-----0-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1-------------7-8------------|
A|-3-3-----------5-2-3-------------------5-------3-------5-3-2-3-------------2-3----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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