In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two (Columbus Day Vintage Vinyl)

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The "In fourteen hundred and ninety two" song is a popular rhyme often taught to children, beginning with the lines "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue". It's the first line of a historically-based, yet often simplified, poem about Christopher Columbus's voyage and his landing in the Americas.

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00:00In 1492, three ships sailed on the ocean blue, because Columbus kept saying that,

00:13I'm sure the whole world can't be flat!

00:17At first they sailed on gentle waves, with winds so soft and calm sweet days.

00:23The ships moved on so gracefully, their sparkling sails above the sea.

00:30But then the winds began to blow, and made the ships rock to and fro.

00:38They rolled on waves from side to side, it was a rough and stormy ride.

00:48At last the stormy seas were calm, the wind and rain died down.

00:54The ships moved on so gracefully, their sparkling sails above the sea.

01:00They sailed and sailed for many a day, they sailed and sailed without knowing the way.

01:06Then Columbus said, I told you so, there's land ahead!

01:11Land who?

01:14In 1492, three ships sailed on the ocean blue, because Columbus kept saying that,

01:22I knew the whole world couldn't be flat!

01:28Yo-ho-ho!

01:28Ho-ho-ho-ho!

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