“Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

Description

"Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream."

Notes

Fuld reports that this text, with a different tune, was published in sheet music form in 1852; this version had music by R. Sinclair, but the words were unattributed (said to be sung by "Master Adams of Kunkels Nightingale Opera Troupe").

Another melody was published in 1854; the common melody was first published in 1881, with a credit (not necessarily of authorship) to E. O. Lyte. - RBW

Same tune

  • Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Throw Your Teacher Overboard) (Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 93)
  • Propel, Propel, Propel Your Craft (Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 208)
  • Glub, Glub, Glub Your Boat (Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 213)

Broadsides

  • LOCSheet, sm1852 511180, "The Old Log Hut" or "Row, Row Your Boat," Firth, Pond and Co. (New York), 1852; also sm1853 710040, sm1853 531440, "Row, Row Your Boat" or "The Old Log Hut" (tune)

References

  1. Silber-FSWB, p. 412, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" (1 text)
  2. Fuld-WFM, pp. 475-476, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
  3. BI, FSWB412C

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1852 (broadside, LOCSheet sm1852 511180)
Keywords: nonballad
Found in: US