I have often contemplated the well known song, "Row, Row, Row, Your Boat." Even though it is a round, those who perform this song invariably become bored with its simple lyrics. I thought it would be well to expand the lyrics to become more interesting. Then you could sing 15 verses without boredom (at least the first time through.)
Have you ever considered as you sing this as a round, just assigning one group the same phrase (like "Row, row, row, your boat" or "gently down the stream" or "merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily" or "life is but a dream") over and over again. I haven't tried this, but my belief is that it would have the same effect as singing the entire verse in a round. Plus, it would be even more boring than the original way to sing the round.
Oh the wonderful things that pop into my head at 10:30 at night. Anyway, here are the 15 variations:
Variations on a Theme of Row-Row-Row- your Boat
Row, Row, Row your boat, gently down the stream
1. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream
2. If you don't put sunblock on, you'll burn from a sunbem
3. Why we rowin' this stupid boat, I'd rather eat ice cream
4. It's so fun to play in mud, where you're not very clean
5. I think that you should be nice, instead of bein' mean
6. Burritos wouldn't taste so good, without a single bean
7. My dad thinks his belly's cool because it isn't lean
8. Sister sometimes gets her way when she's a drama queen
9. If you could play upon my side, then we would be a team
10. My brother thinks he's such hot stuff, 'cause now he is a teen
11. I'm not here and I'm not there, I'm somewhere in between
12. I'm not gonna lose this game, I gonna try to ween!
13. It gets spooky when it's dark, the night of Halloween
14. You don't have to float on top, if you're a submarine
15. If we don't soon end this song, I think I'm gonna scream!
