A Sailor Went to Sea

"A Sailor Went to Sea" is a children's nursery rhyme, clapping game and jump-rope rhyme. It was intially called 'My Father Went to Sea', before becoming more widely known as 'A Sailor Went to Sea'.[1]

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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 deep, dark bottom of the sea, sea, sea.

Notes

  1. ^ The British Library. "Clapping games - A sailor went to sea, sea, sea". Playtimes. The British Library. http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/playground/browseadultview.html#cm=Videos&gm=Clapping&id=120549&id2=121197. Retrieved 5 August 2011. 

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