Song 5 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors
Lightly Row
Also known as: Hänschen klein
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Piano
For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.
Slow (70% speed) (1:06)
Learn with this one first.
Normal speed (0:47)
The speed printed on the page.
Play-along (0:47)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.
All the words
Lightly row, lightly row,
O'er the glassy waves we go!
Smoothly glide, smoothly glide,
On the silent tide!
Let the winds and waters be
Mingled with our melody;
Sing and float, sing and float,
In our little boat!
About this song
- Music
- Traditional German melody ("Hänschen klein")
- Words
- Anonymous English words (printed 1854)
- First published
- English words 1854 (The Song-Book of the School-Room, Mason and Webb); tune traditional German
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.