oggbashan
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I Saw Three Ships
I saw three ships come sailing in...
This carol is OK until Verse 2 asks "And what was in those ships all three?"
Verse 3 gives the answer "Our Saviour Christ and His Lady". How do the two of them fit into THREE ships? And who is 'His Lady'? That title is usually given to a spouse. Da Vinci Code?
Verse 4 asks "Pray, whither sailed those ships all three?" and
Verse 5 gives the surprising answer: "O, they sailed into Bethlehem."
Really? Bethlehem was and is landlocked.
It is a pleasant carol but navigationally challenged.
And if he was BORN in Bethlehem, how did he arrive by ship(s)?
Any others?
I saw three ships come sailing in...
This carol is OK until Verse 2 asks "And what was in those ships all three?"
Verse 3 gives the answer "Our Saviour Christ and His Lady". How do the two of them fit into THREE ships? And who is 'His Lady'? That title is usually given to a spouse. Da Vinci Code?
Verse 4 asks "Pray, whither sailed those ships all three?" and
Verse 5 gives the surprising answer: "O, they sailed into Bethlehem."
Really? Bethlehem was and is landlocked.
It is a pleasant carol but navigationally challenged.
And if he was BORN in Bethlehem, how did he arrive by ship(s)?
Any others?