The Secret Meaning of Row Row Row Your Boat

"Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream,

Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream"

You maybe thinking that this famous children's nursery rhyme Song is just as ordinary rhyme song as the others, but after you watch this short clip by Prince Ea, you may have to think twice and ponder on his interpretation of the song.



See the whole lyrics of the song here

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

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the brook,
If you catch a little fish
Please let it off the hook

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the creek,
If you see a little mouse
Listen to it squeak

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the river,
If the river gets you wet
Don't forget to shiver

Row, row, row the boat
Gently to the shore,
If you see a lyin' bear
Don't forget to roar

Row, row, row your boat
Watch the water flow,
Rowing's fun but rowing's hard
That is what I know

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the lake,
Don't stand up and rock the boat
That's a big mistake!

Row, row, row your boat
See the water run,
Rowing here and rowing there
Oh we're almost done

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Ha ha fooled ya all
I'm a submarine

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

(Repeat chorus)

Song's History via WikiPedia

It has been suggested that the song may have originally arisen out of American minstrelsy. The earliest printing of the song is from 1852, when the lyrics were published with similar lyrics to those used today, but with a very different tune. It was reprinted again two years later with the same lyrics and another tune. The modern tune was first recorded with the lyrics in 1881, mentioning Eliphalet Oram Lyte in The Franklin Square Song Collection but not making it clear whether he was the composer or adapter.