I SAW THREE SHIPS

Version from "Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern" by William Sandys, 1833:

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I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
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I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas Day in the mor - ning
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And what was in those ships all 3 ,On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?
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And what was in those ships all 3 On Christmas Day in the mor - ning
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The Virgin Mary and Christ were there
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On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day
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The Virgin Mary and Christ were there On Christmas Day in the morning
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Pray, wither sailed those ships all three
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On Christmas Day on Christmas Day
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Pray wither sailed those ships all 3 On Christmas Day in the mor - ning
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They sailed into Bethlehem, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
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Tthey sailed into Bethlehem, On Christmas Day in the mor - ning
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And all the bells on earth shall ring,
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On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
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And all the bells on earth shall ring On Christmas Day in the mor – ning