I missed almost all the run-up to Christmas, and I couldn’t see my way to setting up a carol contest. But hang it all, I want my Christmas! I want the Christmas spirit to dwell here for a while.
So I’ll keep on taking and post Christmas hymn requests. Ask for your favorite carols: I’ll keep at it till New Year’s.
Here’s one of mine: I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing. Yes, I do know you can’t actually sail a ship to Bethlehem. But how badly does that matter?
It’s been horribly hot around here all week long, except for periods of torrential rain (which I got stuck in yesterday)… so why not a Christmas carol?
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing, sung by Blackmore’s Night–and please don’t get hung up on the difficulties of getting any kind of ship to Bethlehem. That’s not the point! The divine rescue of a fallen world is the point.
Can I rouse up a little Christmas cheer by posting one of my favorite Christmas carols? I Saw Three Ships–how I loved to play that on our little electric organ! Here we have it by Blackmore’s Night.
I do feel obliged to mention that there is no such thing as a “winter carol,” and I can’t imagine why they wanted to slap that label on to their video. But I’m not going to skip one of my favorite carols just because some fat-head is afraid to say “Christmas.”
This is one of my favorite Christmas carols, and I had just decided to post it on my own when I received a message from Phoebe requesting it. Happy to oblige! I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing, by Blackmore’s Night.
I’m not quite ready to stop posting Christmas music. Christmas must live and work all the year long, in our hearts.
Patty found me this Celtic-style rendition, by Blackmore’s Night, of I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing. It ought to loosen you up pretty good.
Now I have to go to the nursing home to visit Aunt Joan, but this is the last day of the year, and I’ll have more blog posts for you.
I love this carol. It dates back to the 1600’s, although it wasn’t until sometime in the 1830s that it first appeared in print. This version is by Morning Vocals.
Christmas is coming! And we stand ready to proclaim it by posting your requests for Christmas hymns and carols. Remember what fun we had doing this, last Christmas? Well, it’s time to do it again!