Requested by Ina: I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing.
This is a rather unusual rendition by The Fisherman’s Friends, and I don’t know quite what to make of it. I might wind up liking it.
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‘I Saw Three Ships’ (Nat King Cole)
Hey, what happened to our carol contest? No entries this morning.
Let me post this, then–I Saw Three Ships (On Christmas Day), sung by Nat King Cole. This is one of my favorite Christmas carols, even if it’s not exactly a teaching tool (you can’t sail a ship to Bethlehem, it’s too far inland). There are a couple of grand versions of it on YouTube.
‘I Saw Three Ships…’
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.”
By Request, ‘I Saw Three Ships’
Phoebe requested this, one of my very favorite Christmas carols–I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In. True, it’s impossible to sail a ship to Bethlehem; but geography wasn’t a priority when this song was first sung. This lively rendition is by Blackmore’s Night.
‘I Saw Three Ships’
Not much video to go with this–but just try and sit still: this hymn won’t let you do it. Another one of my favorite Christmas carols: I Saw Three Ships, performed by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.
How old is this carol. No one knows for sure. Old enough for the lyric to say, “sailing to Bethlehem.” You’d do better to get out and walk.
‘I Saw Three Ships’
Christmas defies the wickedness and evil of a fallen world. I chose to post this carol today, I Saw Three Ships, because I love it and because I was already reeling from the non-stop flow of bad news: and the joy of Christmas stands like a tower of refuge. God is our refuge and strength, for sure.
Come, Lord Jesus, come!