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| WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD |
| Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off on a wooden shoe - Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. "Where are you going and what do you wish?" The old man asked the three. "We have come to fish for the herring-fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we," Said Wynken Blynkon and Nod. The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked on the wooden shoe, And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew. The little stars were the herring-fish That lived in that beautiful sea - "Now cast your nets whereever you wish - But never afeared are we"; So cried the stars to the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken and Nod. All night long their nets they threw To the stars in the twinkling foam - Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe, Bringing the fishermen home; 'Twas all so pretty a sail, it seemed As if it could not be, And some folks thought 'twas a dream they'd dreamed Af sailing the beautiful sea - But I shall name you the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken and Nod. Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head, And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one's trundle-bed. So shut your eyes while mother sings Of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock on the misty sea, Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen thee: Wynken, Blynken and Nod |
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