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