我看見三隻船

我看見三隻船I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In))是一首傳統的英格蘭聖誕頌歌,是“綠袖子”的變種,最早版本印刷於17世紀的德比郡,1833年由威廉·桑德斯再版。[1][2] 歌曲描述的是航向伯利恒的船,不過實際上離此地最近的水域是20英里之外的死海,而“三隻船”可能指的是12世紀用來將東方三博士遺骸運往科隆主教座堂的三隻船。[2]

變種

  • 我在新年看見三隻船駛來(I saw three ships come sailing by on New Year's Day):19世紀版本,描寫三艘船上的三位姑娘在新年那天前去參加婚禮。[3]

參見

  • 聖誕頌歌列表

參考文獻

  1. Cecil James Sharp (2008) The Morris Book: With a Description of Dances as Performed by the Morris Men
  2. Website describing the carol and giving secondary references
  3. Crane, Walter. . Frederick Warne & Co. 1877: 18–19 [7 October 2010].
  • Camden Roll, dated c.1280, entry 11 and Heralds' Roll, dated c.1280 entry 18.

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