Close Encounters of Three Ships

[bnewman]

A carol for Close Encounters of the Third Kind 

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "I Saw Three Ships", trad.

and featuring the Close Encounters of the Third Kind fanfare by John Williams

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/ G - / C D / 1st / C DG /

 

I saw three ships come sailing in

From the desert sky, from the desert sky

I saw three ships come sailing in

From the desert sky in the evening

 

I thought I heard them sing to me

{faint and high: A B G _G D}

I thought I heard them sing to me

In the desert sky in the evening

 

And whither sailed those ships all three

Through the desert sky, through the desert sky?

And whither sailed those ships all three

Through the desert sky in the evening?

 

They settled over Devil's Tor

From the desert sky, from the desert sky

They settled over Devil's Tor

From the desert sky in the evening

 

And all the bells on Earth shall ring

{A B G _G D}

And all the bells on Earth shall ring

In the desert sky in the evening

 

And aliens in Heaven shall sing

{LOUD: A B G _G D}

And aliens in Heaven shall sing

In the desert sky in the evening

 

Then some brave souls will sail away

To the desert sky, to the desert sky

Some few brave souls will sail away

To the desert sky in the evening