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 the beautiful sea. “Now cast your nets wherever you wish,-- Never afraid are we!” So cried the stars to the fisherman three, Wynken Blynken And Nod.
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.