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| + | '''"Row, Row, Row Your Boat"''' is a traditional nursery rhyme. The repetitive simple song lends itself easily to both singing in a round and parody lyrics. |
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| + | * [[Don Music]] has trouble remembering the last word to the song, and eventually rewrites the whole thing as "Drive, drive, drive your car." in a classic ''[[Sesame Street]]'' sketch. |
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| + | * [[Grover]], [[Herry Monster]] and [[Cookie Monster]] sing the song in "[[Bert & Ernie Sing-Along]]". |
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| + | * Three kids sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as a round in "[[Elmo's World: Singing]]". |
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| + | * In a ''[[Play with Me Sesame]]'' episode [[Grover]] tries to sing the song, but can't get the lyrics right, while [[Prairie Dawn]] plays the piano. He mange to get it right in the end and [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]] joins in. |
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| + | * [[Hansel and Gretel (Sesame Street)|Hansel and Gretel]] sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as a round. |
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| + | ==Muppet Babies== |
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| + | *[[Rowlf the Dog]] and [[Rowlf's Nephew|his nephew]] sang the song on [[The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 116|the January 9, 1964 episode]] of ''[[The Jimmy Dean Show]]''. |
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| + | ==Releases== |
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| + | *''[[Bert & Ernie Sing-Along]]'' (1975), arranged by Sam Pottle, sung by [[Grover]], [[Cookie Monster]], and [[Herry Monster|Herry]] |
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| + | *''[[Kids' Favorite Songs (album)|Kids' Favorite Songs]]'' (1997), sung by [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]] and [[Elmo]] |
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| + | *''[[Kids' Favorite Songs (video)|Kids' Favorite Songs]]'' (1999) |
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| + | *''[[Playtime with Prairie Dawn]]'' (2006) -- ''Play With Me Sesame'' version |
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| Written by | Eliphat Oram Lyte |
| Date | 1881 |
| Source | The Franklin Square Song Collection |
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is a traditional nursery rhyme. The repetitive simple song lends itself easily to both singing in a round and parody lyrics.
Sesame Street
- Don Music has trouble remembering the last word to the song, and eventually rewrites the whole thing as "Drive, drive, drive your car." in a classic Sesame Street sketch.
- Grover, Herry Monster and Cookie Monster sing the song in "Bert & Ernie Sing-Along".
- Three kids sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as a round in "Elmo's World: Singing".
- In a Play with Me Sesame episode Grover tries to sing the song, but can't get the lyrics right, while Prairie Dawn plays the piano. He mange to get it right in the end and Bert and Ernie joins in.
- Hansel and Gretel sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as a round.
Muppet Babies
- On the Muppet Babies episode Musical Muppets, Baby Bunsen invents a bouncing ball so that Baby Beaker can follow on-screen words and meep "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".
Other performances
- Rowlf the Dog and his nephew sang the song on the January 9, 1964 episode of The Jimmy Dean Show.
Releases
- Audio
- Bert & Ernie Sing-Along (1975), arranged by Sam Pottle, sung by Grover, Cookie Monster, and Herry
- Kids' Favorite Songs (1997), sung by Mr. Snuffleupagus and Elmo
- Video
- Kids' Favorite Songs (1999)
- Playtime with Prairie Dawn (2006) -- Play With Me Sesame version