A Sailor Went to Sea
"A Sailor Went to Sea" is a children's nursery rhyme, clapping game and jump-rope rhyme. It was initially called 'My Father Went to Sea', before becoming more widely known as 'A Sailor Went to Sea'.[1]
Lyrics
- A sailor went to sea, sea, sea
- To see what he could see, see, see
- But all that he could see, see, see
- Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.
In popular culture
The song was parodied in an episode of VeggieTales as "Some Veggies Went To Sea".
See also
References
- ↑ The British Library. "Clapping games - A sailor went to sea, sea, sea". Playtimes. The British Library. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
Further reading
- Curtis, Mavis (2004). "A sailor went to sea: theme and variations". Folk Music Journal 8 (4): 421–437. JSTOR 4522717.
- Opie, Iona Archibald (1985). The Singing Game. Oxford University Press. pp. 467–468.
External links
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