The Night Mail and Other Poems

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'Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed

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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, Blynken, 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. Blynken. And Nod.