My Little Boat
(Source: "Sing a Song for Sixes", Girl Guides of Canada, 1975.)

Thanks very much to Trudy (aka Trouble), who shared this song with the Guiding Mailing List!

This singing game from Brazil is fine for small groups. Girls stand in a circle holding hands, facing the centre. They walk around to the left singing the first verse of the song and repeating it until each child's name is mentioned. When her name is sung, the girl must turn quickly so that her back is to the centre, join hands again and be ready for the repeat. When all are facing outwards the second verse is sung with the circle going around to the right. This continues until each girl has turned back as her name was sung and the circle is as it was.

My little boat turned over when the wind began to blow.

It was all because of _____ who had never learned to row.

Now if I were just a fishie and was swimming in the sea,

I would save our little _______ and I'd take her home with me.