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I Saw Three Ships
I Saw Three Ships is a traditional and popular Christmas carol from England. It is often regarded as a children's song, due to the simplicity and repetitiveness of its lyrics. Some sources assert that this song is "an upbeat variant of Greensleeves", which has a similar meter.
Lyrics
Version from "Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern", by William Sandys, 1833:
I saw three ships come sailing in |
| On Christmas day, on Christmas day; |
| I saw three ships come sailing in |
On Christmas day in the morning.
And what was in those ships all three, |
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On Christmas day, on Christmas day? |
| And what was in those ships all three, |
On Christmas day in the morning?
Our Savior Christ and His lady, |
| On Christmas day, on Christmas day; |
| Our Savior Christ and His lady, |
On Christmas day in the morning.
Pray whither sailed those ships all three, |
| On Christmas day, on Christmas day? |
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Pray whither sailed those ships all three, |
On Christmas day in the morning?
O they sailed into Bethlehem, |
| On Christmas day, on Christmas day, |
| O they sailed into Bethlehem, |
On Christmas day in the morning.
And all the bells on earth shall ring, |
| On Christmas day, on Christmas day; |
| And all the bells on earth shall ring, |
On Christmas day in the morning.
And all the angels in Heav'n shall sing, |
| On Christmas day, on Christmas day; |
| And all the angels in Heav'n shall sing, |
On Christmas day in the morning.
And all the souls on Earth shall sing, |
| On Christmas day, on Christmas day; |
| And all the souls on Earth shall sing, |
On Christmas day in the morning.
Then let us all rejoice amain, |
| On Christmas day, on Christmas day; |
| Then let us rejoice amain, |
On Christmas day in the morning.
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Digest of lyrics, as sung by Nat King Cole:
- I saw three ships come sailing in
- And what was in those ships all three?
- The Virgin Mary and Christ were there
- And all the Angels in Heav'n shall sing
- Then let us all rejoice again
- On Christmas Day in the morning
There are plenty of traditional versions of this that have been collected/ recorded in the UK. Here is the text of a version traditional in the repertoire of the romany traveller family, the Brazil family of Gloucester as sung by Lemmy Brazil, recorded by Peter Shepheard in the 1960s:
- I saw three ships go sailing by,
- Sailing by, sailing by;
- I saw three ships go sailing by,
- On Chrissemas day in the morning.
- Joseph and Mary was on the ship,
- On the ship, on the ship;
- Joseph and Mary was on the ship,
- On Chrissemas day in the morning.
- Joseph whistled and Mary singed,
- And all the bells in Heaven ringed;
- All the bells in Heaven ringed,
- On Chrissemas day in the morning.
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