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Thread #54593 Message #4084979
Posted By: GUEST,Julia L
25-Dec-20 - 05:59 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I Saw Three Ships.
Subject: RE: Origins: I Saw Three Ships.
Just thought I'd add this song written by my friend John Morris for his show "A Time for Singing", which was a broadway adaptation of the novel "How Green was my Valley" 1939 by Richard Llewellyn best- Julia Lane
Three Ships Gerald Freedman & John Morris ASCAP 1965?
One day in times of long ago Out on the mist and far away Three ships came sailing into view Glistening in fine array
The first was bronze and burnished gold Then one of pearl; a princely sight The last was plain with pure white sails Bathed in a beauteous light
And one ship held wisdom and truth for all men One ship held beauty their souls to delight The last ship so plain held a mother and child And shone with such light; with such radiant light
That ship so plain as plain could be Holding the things we think least of Had brought the greatest gift of all Brought us the gift of love