I Saw a Ship a-Sailing
Visual Interpretations
Introductory Context A quick frame for this rhyme
The Lone Captain What might his mission be?
Holiday Spirit Subtle contradictions
Ship's Bounty Protecting the cargo
Mysterious Girl Who is the child on the cliff?
Textual/Historical Information
Victorian society was transformed by engineering ingenuity and entrepreneurial prowess, with the most striking advances made in the field of communication. What is the legacy of these extraordinary advances?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/industrialisation/victorian_technology_01.shtml
The UK was a leading trading empire and perhaps the connection in the rhyme is valid.
http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/m_display.php?irn=82&sub=trade&theme=industry&crumb=UK
Versions and Variants
Textual Versions and Variants - A complete listing
of the versions and variants of this rhyme
Visual Versions and Variants -
A comparative listing of all associated within Eclipse
Rhyme Specific Bibliography
Baring-Gould, William S. and Cecil Baring-Gould, Eds. The Annotated
Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New. New York: Bramhall House,
1962.
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