Seaside & Under the Sea Level: Early Grades - Songs & chants

The Fishes in the Sea

This is sung to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus, which you'll find in the Going Places unit. The tune is one of those that you'll hear sung in slightly different ways depending on who is singing but this is the one we like best:

• The fishes in the sea go swim, swim, swim
• Swim, swim, swim, Swim, swim, swim
• The fishes in the sea go swim, swim, swim
• All day long
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• The waves on the sea go whoosh, whoosh, whoosh
• Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh
• The waves on the sea go whoosh, whoosh, whoosh
• All day long
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• The shells in the sea go crunch, crunch, crunch
• ... and so on
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• The birds on the sea go swoop, swoop, swoop
• ... and so on

A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea

This is an ideal song for doing actions that go with the words. In subsequent verses, it's fun to substitute the silly words: chop, chop, chop, knee, knee, knee and Chestnut tree, as demonstrated in the recording. In case you are wondering, I don't know why we sing chop, chop, chop since it doesn't rhyme - but perhaps it's better than using the only other rhyming possibility wee, wee, wee (just don't go there!)

• A sailor went to sea, sea, sea
• To see what he could see, see, see
• And all that he could see, see, see
• Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea