For babies stick with 3-4 verses, for bigger kids add in more.
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| Gently down the stream | |
| Merrily, merrily, merrily | |
| Life is but a dream | (Lean child upside down) |
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| Gently down the stream | |
| If you see a crocodile | |
| Don’t forget to scream | (For the last line, lean child upside down and make a pretend screaming sound) |
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| Gently to the shore | |
| If you see a lion | |
| Don’t forget to roar | (Lean child upside down and make a roaring sound) |
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| All across the puddle | |
| If you see your mummy there | |
| Give her a big cuddle | (Lean child upside down and then cuddle them) |
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| Gently down the river | |
| If you see a polar bear | |
| Don’t forget to shiver | (Make an exaggerated shiver) |
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| Across the reservoir | |
| If you see a pirate | |
| Stop and say ooo-arrr | (For the last line, lean child upside down while making pirate sound and voice) |
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| Gently down the creek | |
| If you see a little mouse | |
| Don’t forget to squeak | (For the last line, bounce child on your lap and make a squeaking noise) |
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| Gently to the beach | |
| If you see a dinosaur | |
| Don’t forget to screech | (For the last line, lean child upside down and make a screeching noise) |
| Row, row, row your boat | (Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth) |
| Gently up the brook | |
| If you catch a little fish | (Pretend to catch a fish) |
| Let it off the hook | (Throw pretend fish back in water and make a splashing sound) |
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Date Created: September 8, 2012
Date Modified: July 3, 2018


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