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"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is an English language nursery rhyme and a popular children's song, of American origin, often sung in a round. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19236. Lyrics
A man works a cornfield on St. Helena Island, where "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" was first attested. "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" (also called "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore", "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore", or "Michael, Row That Gospel Boat") is a traditional spiritual first noted during the American Civil War at St. Helena Island, one of the Sea Islands of South Carolina. [2]
Eliphalet Oram Lyte (June 29, 1842 – January 3, 1913) was an American teacher and author of grammar and composition textbooks. He is credited as the composer of the tune to the popular song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in the publication The Franklin Square Song Collection (1881, New York).
The “Row Row Row Your Boat Remix” featuring Big Freedia comes from the animated children’s YouTube channel Gracie’s Corner. Since the song’s release last month, it has garnered over 6 ...
The Highwaymen was an American 1960s "collegiate folk" group. The quintet's version of "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore", a 19th Century African-American work song, released in 1959 under the title "Michael," was a Billboard #1 hit in September 1961.
Attributed the song to William Swords, an actor at the Haymarket Theatre of London. The identity of "Bingo" in the song is formally ambiguous. Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea 'Bobby Shafto' United Kingdom 1805 [22] 18th century British politician Bobby Shafto is a likely subject for this song. Bye, Baby Bunting: Great Britain 1731 [23]
This is easiest with one chord, as in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat". Play melody ⓘ A new part can join the singing by starting at the beginning whenever another part reaches any asterisk in the above music. If one ignores the eighth notes that pass between the main chords, every single note is in the tonic triad—in this case, a C, E, or G.
Anthony D. Saletan (born June 29, 1931), known professionally as Tony Saletan, is an American folk singer, children's instructional television pioneer, and music educator. Saletan is responsible for the modern rediscovery, in the mid-1950s, of two of the genre's best-known songs, "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" and "Kumbaya".