When I was growing up in the 1950s, the children's choir that I belonged to sang "Get On Board, Little Children" this way:

Get on board, little children,
Board little children.
Get on board, little children,
Board little children.
Get on board, little children,
There's room for many ah more.

-snip-

I don't remember any verses to this song, though I'm sure we sang some verses.

But I do remember wondering why the children were bored.

:o)