I scooped a pile of sand real high
and built a castle way up to the sky
On top of my castle I placed a tall steeple
and filled the courtyard with many people

Around my castle I built a river with a bridge
then mountains and valleys and green rolling ridge
I enclosed all the green meadow patches
with a log fence that was all made with matches

I used small acorns for birds that would sing
Over all that great kingdom I was the king
I had built my dream thereon the sand to stay
But alas! The tide came in and washed it away