child in row boat

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

Row Your Boat

  1. Partners face each other, hold hands, and gently sway back and forth.
  2. Sing or chant the verse.
  3. Describe how a storm is coming and the seas are getting stormy.
  4. Sing the song again. Partners wrap arms around each other rocking back and forth quickly.
  5. Sing the song a third time, after the seas have calmed. Partners hold hands again and gently sway back and forth.