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,
But never afeared are we!"
So cried the stars to the fishermen three
Wynken, Blynken and Nod

All night long their nets they threw
For the fish in the twinkling foam
Then down from the sky came the wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home

Twas all so pretty a sail, it seemed
As if it could not be
And some folk thought 'twas a dream they'd dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea
But I shall name you the fishermen three
Wynken, Blynken and Nod

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes
And Nod is a little head
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one's trundle-bed

So close your eyes while daddy sings
Of the wonderful sights that be
And you shall see all the beautiful things
As you sail on the crystal sea
Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three
Wynken, Blynken and Nod