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Wynken, Blynken and Nod
Lyrics: Poem by Eugene Field Music: Tatiana Cameron
Arrangement & Performance © 2006 Tajko Music, BMI (Cameron
Productions Co)
WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD ONE NIGHT
SAILED OFF IN 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 MOON 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”
THE OLD MOON LAUGHED AND SANG A SONG AS THEY ROCKED IN 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 YOU NETS WHEREVER YOU WISH
NEVER AFRAID ARE WE”
SO CRIED THE STARS TO THE FISHERMEN THREE
ALL NIGHT LONG THEIR NETS THEY THREW
TO THE STARS IN THE TWINKLIN' FOAM
THEN DOWN FROM THE SKIES CAME THE WOODEN SHOE
BRINGING THE FISHERMAN HOME
'TWAS OH SO PRETTY A TAIL IT SEEMED
AS IF IT COULD NOT BE
AND SOME FOLKS THOUGHT 'TWAS A DREAM THEY'D DREAMED
OF SAILING THAT BEAUTIFUL SEA
BUT I SHALL NAME FOR YOU THE FISHERMAN THREE
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 IN THE MISTY SEA
WHERE THE OLD SHOE ROCKED THE FISHERMEN THREE
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