I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing By
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing By
New Year's Song
I saw three ships come sailing by,
Sailing by, sailing by,
I saw three ships come sailing by,
On New Year's Day in the morning.
And what do you think was in them then,
In them then, in them then,
And what do you think was in them then,
On New Year's Day in the morning?
Three pretty girls were in them then,
In them then, in them then,
Three pretty girls were in them then,
On New Year's Day in the morning.
And one could whistle, and one could sing,
The other play on the violin;
Such joy there was at my wedding,
On New Year's Day in the morning.
Notes
There's another version of this carol that takes place on Christmas Day.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustrations come from The Baby's Opera by Walter Crane (circa 1877), The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897) and "Nursery Rhymes" by Paul Woodroffe (George Allen, 1897).
