I Saw Three Ships

PRODUCED, ARRANGED & PERFORMED BY DAN FOGELBERG
FOR MORNING SKY PRODUCTIONS
Recorded March 1998 to April 1999 at Mountain Bird Studios, Colorado
Released October 1999 by Chicago Records
Re-released October 2018 by Nether Lands Records-I have this CD
Dan Fogelberg - guitars, mandolin, piano, keyboards, autoharp, percussion, vocals
Hugh Marsh - violins
Philip Boulding - penny whistle
Pamela Boulding - hammer dulcimer
Package design by JEAN FOGELBERG
Cover painting ~ “Adoration of the Magi” by Antonio Vivarini

I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning

And what was in those ships all three
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And what was in those ships all three
On Christmas day in the morning 

'Twas Joseph and his lady fair
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
'Twas Joseph and his lady fair
On Christmas day in the morning

Oh he did whistle and she did sing
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
Oh he did whistle and she did sing
On Christmas day in the morning

Saint Michael was the steersman
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
Saint Michael was the steersman
On Christmas day in the morning

Pray, whither sailed those ships all three
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
Pray, whither sailed those ships all three
On Christmas day in the morning

O they sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
O they sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas day in the morning

And all the bells on earth shall ring
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And all the bells on earth shall ring
On Christmas day in the morning

I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning

from the 17th century, possibly Derbyshire, and was also published by William Sandys in 1833