A Sailor Went to Sea
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"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'.
Nursery rhyme
The term nursery rhyme is used for "traditional" poems for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the older ‘Mother Goose Rhymes’ is still often used.-Lullabies:...
, clapping game
Clapping game
A clapping game is a type of usually cooperative game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping as accompaniment to a singing game or reciting of a rhyme...
and jump-rope rhyme
Jump-rope rhyme
A skipping rhyme , is a rhyme chanted by children while skipping. Such rhymes have been recorded in all cultures where skipping is played. Examples of English-language rhymes have been found going back to at least the 17th century...
. It was intially called 'My Father Went to Sea', before becoming more widely known as 'A Sailor Went to Sea'.
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.