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Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Part of The Holly and the Ivy, also Child in a Manger, Quelle est cette odeur agréable? and Gabriel's Message
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 6 of Choir of Clare College, Cambridge’s top 10 songs
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 64 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- Part of
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- Part of
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Holly and the Ivy
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Holly and the Ivy
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz I Saw Three Ships was performed by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
I Saw Three Ships was performed by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I Saw Three Ships was written by [traditional]
I Saw Three Ships was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I Saw Three Ships is part of the release The Holly and the Ivy
I Saw Three Ships is part of the release The Holly and the Ivy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song I Saw Three Ships
Decca Records is the label of the song I Saw Three Ships
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz I Saw Three Ships was released on 1989