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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night, sailed off in a wooden shoe,
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They sailed down a river of crystal light into a sea of dew.
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"Now where are you going and what do you wish?" the old moon asked the three.
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"We're going out fishing for the herring fish that live in the beautiful sea,
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And such silver and gold have we," said Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
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So the old moon laughed and sang a song as they rocked in their wooden shoe,
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And the breeze that sped them all night long ruffled the waves of dew.
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Now the stars in the sky were the herring fish that live in the beautiful sea
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Come cast your nets wherever you wish, never a-feared are we.
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So sang the stars to the fishermen three, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
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So all night long their nets they threw to the stars in the twinklin' foam
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Then down from the sky came the wooden shoe a-bringin' the fishermen home.
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'Twas all so beautiful a sight it seemed as if it could not be.
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And some folks thought it was a dream they dreamed while sailin' the beautiful sea
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But I shall name you the fishermen three, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
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Now Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes and Nod is a little head.
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And the breeze that sped them all night long is a wee one's trundle bed.
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So close your eyes as mother sings of the beautiful sights that be,
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And you shall see such wondrous things as you rock in your misty sea.
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So sang the stars to the fishermen three, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.