Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Songtext
von Buffy Sainte‐Marie

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe
Sailed on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
The old moon asked the three
"We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!"
Said Wynken, Blynken, And Nod


The old moon laughed and sang a song
As they rocked in the wooden shoe
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea--
"Now cast your nets wherever you wish
Never afeard are we";
So cried the stars to the fishermen three:
Wynken, Blynken, And Nod

All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe
Bringing the fishermen home;
′T was all so pretty a sail it seemed
As if it could not be
And some folks thought 't was a dream they ′d dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea
But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken, Blynken, And Nod