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