I Saw Three Ships

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. The earliest printed version is from the 17th century, possibly Derbyshire.

Trivia

*Bethlehem, being on an inland hill, has no actual seaport.
*The Carols for Choirs series of carol books features an arrangement of the carol by Sir David Willcocks. Organist Simon Preston and former conductor of the Choir of King's College, Sir Philip Ledger, also written arrangements that the choir have performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in recent years.
*The song features in the opening titles of the classic 1935 film version of David Copperfield.
*The song has been recorded by several popular singers including Burl Ives, Sting, Dan Fogelberg, Sufjan Stevens, and Yes's Chris Squire and Jon Anderson.
*This carol is also featured in the musical Caroline, or Change, but as a counterpoint.
*A Baroque-style instrumental version from the first Narada New Age-genre Christmas album has received much airplay due to its use as underscore music on The Weather Channel during Christmas season.
*The song was parodied in the Weebl and Bob episode "Christmas 4", with three ships carrying pie.
*This song is also sung by Shelley Marsh on "South Park".
*Adapted by Jon Schmidt on "Jon Schmidt Christmas" album.

External link

* Free sheet music for [http://cantorion.org/music/144/I%20Saw%20Three%20Ships piano] , [http://cantorion.org/music/146/I%20Saw%20Three%20Ships voice] and [http://cantorion.org/music/145/I%20Saw%20Three%20Ships SATB] from "Cantorion.org"


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