Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night <br /> Sailed off in a wooden shoe,-- <br />Sailed on a river of misty light <br /> Into a sea of dew. <br />"Where are you going, and what do you wish?" <br /> The old moon asked the three. <br />"We have come to fish for the herring-fish <br /> That live in this beautiful sea; <br /> Nets of silver and gold have we," <br /> Said Wynken, <br /> Blynken, <br /> And Nod. <br /> <br />The old moon laughed and sung a song, <br /> As they rocked in the wooden shoe; <br />And the wind that sped them all night long <br /> Ruffled the waves of dew; <br />The little stars were the herring-fish <br /> That lived in the beautiful sea. <br />"Now cast your nets wherever you wish, <br /> But never afeard are we!" <br /> So cried the stars to the fishermen three, <br /> Wynken, <br /> Blynken, <br /> And Nod. <br /> <br />All night long their nets they threw <br /> For the fish in the twinkling foam, <br />Then down from the sky came the wooden shoe, <br /> Bringing the fishermen home; <br />'T was all so pretty a sail, it seemed <br /> As if it could not be; <br />And some folk thought 't was a dream they'd dreamed <br /> Of sailing that beautiful sea; <br /> But I shall name you the fishermen three: <br /> Wynken, <br /> Blynken, <br /> And Nod. <br /> <br />Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, <br /> And Nod is a little head, <br />And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies <br /> Is a wee one's trundle-bed; <br />So shut your eyes while Mother sings <br /> Of wonderful sights that be, <br />And you shall see the beautiful things <br /> As you rock on the misty sea <br /> Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three,-- <br /> Wynken, <br /> Blynken, <br /> And Nod.<br /><br />Eugene Field<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dutch-lullaby/
