I used to be a music teacher & choir dirctor, & also collected hymnals. I often found this carol in the various christian hymnals which were published in the earlier part of the 20th century, but less in the latter half. I never knew of anyone who sang the song until a lady who was ny voice student told me it was her favorite. Now that my great neice is going to a french school, it is one of the songs I know which they usually sing in their Christmas program, along with "Il est ne le devine enfant." However, my neice's class sang one of their own design:

Pirate ship, Pirate ship, Yo Ho! all the way;
Oh what fun it is to ride in a Pirate ship on Christmas da-ay . . .

(not quite the jingle bells I remember.)