"I saw three ships come sailing by on New Year's Day" is a 19th-century version, which mentions three pretty girls in the ship entertaining at a wedding held on New Year's Day.
我在新年看見三隻船駛來（I saw three ships come sailing by on New Year's Day）：19世紀版本，描寫三艘船上的三位姑娘在新年那天前去參加婚禮。