Get Out and Swim

DESCRIPTION: "Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe And the moon was shining all around." They talk as it grows dark; he tells her, "You'd better kiss me or get out and swim!" "So you know what to do in a little canoe... GET OUT AND SWIM!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1974 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: ship courting rejection warning campsong
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Linda Weaver, "Camp Songs: Reflections of Youth," Vol. XXII, No. 2 (May 1974), p. 79, "(Get Out and Swim)" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 234, 514, "A Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe" (notes only)
Roud #22409
File: NCFJGeSw

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography