Name: I Saw Three Ships
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I Saw Three Ships

£18.50 – £140.00

This image is available as:

50 x 50cm giclée print mounted with an off-white mount board (image size 30 x30cm) – £140.00;

30 x 30cm giclée print mounted with an off-white mount board (image size 18 x18cm) – £80.00; or

pack of 6 greetings cards with envelopes, each in a cello bag – £18.50.

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Description

“I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)” is an English Christmas carol. The earliest printed version is from the 17th century. The song was probably traditionally known as “As I Sat On a Sunny Bank”,[3] and was particularly popular in southwest England. The lyrics mention the ships sailing into Bethlehem, but the nearest body of water is the Dead Sea, about 20 miles (32 km) away. The reference to three ships is thought to originate in the three ships that bore the purported relics of the Biblical Magi to Cologne Cathedral in the 12th century. Another suggestion is that the ships are actually the camels used by the Magi, as camels are frequently referred to as “ships of the desert”