BOAT SONGS & RHYMES
Sailboat

ROWING
Tune:  “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

Waves, waves, back and forth,
Rock the boat all day.
We row and row so we can go
Somewhere far away.
                                Jean Warren
 

MOTOR BOAT
Tune:  “Jingle Bells”

Motor boat, motor boat going ‘round the bay,
Motor boat, oh, motor boat, this is what you say.
Putt-putt-putt, putt-putt-putt, putt-putt all the way.
Motor boat, oh motor boat, you putt-putt-putt all day!
                                                                Liz Ryerson
Let your children putt-putt around the room as you sing the song.

 
RUB-A-DUB-DUB

Rub-a-dub-dub
Three men in the tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker
The candlestick maker
And all of them gone to sea!
                                Traditional

You can also adapt this rhyme to fit three children riding in a pretend boat.

Rub-a-dub-dub
Three kids in the tub,
And who do you think they be?
There’s _____ and ______
And ______________
And all of them gone to sea!
                                Jean Warren

IF A FROG JUMPS IN YOUR BOAT
Tune:  “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
If a frog jumps in your boat,
Don’t forget to scream!  (Scream)

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
If an alligator jumps in your boat,
Don’t forget to scream! (Scream)
                                                Author Unknown

Let your children help you make up other verses to this song.