I Saw Three Ships

I Saw Three Ships ( I Saw Three Ships on the Sea / Three ships came across the sea ) is a popular traditional Christmas carol from England.

The earliest printed version dates from the 17th century, possibly Derbyshire, and it was published by William B. Sandys in 1833. The text speaks of three sailing ships to Bethlehem.

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There are numerous edits and recordings of this song. An arrangement by Martin Shaw is included in the Oxford Book of Carols. Add to Carols for Choirs by David Willcocks an arrangement is included. The organist Simon Preston and former conductor of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Ledger have also written arrangements, which has performed at the ceremony of Nine Lessons and Carols in recent years the choir. The drum rhythm of the attacker in the black water bay in the television series "Game of thrones " is also borrowed from this song.