The Swimming song

Well, Summer is over but we don't have to stop swimming - or learning to swim - or dreaming of swimming.

Sarah Deasey reminded me of this wonderful song about our recent topic of swimming.

Listen first without reading the words and then you can follow the words of the song - the song 'lyrics' as you listen.

Lyrics for the Swimming Song

 

This summer I went swimming,
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around, I moved my arms around.

This summer I swam in the ocean,
And I swam in a swimming pool,
Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes,
I'm a self-destructive fool, I'm a self-destructive fool.

This summer I did the backstroke
And you know that's not all
I did the breast stroke and the butterfly
And the old Australian crawl, the old Australian crawl.

This summer I swam in a public place
And a reservoir, to boot,
At the latter I was informal,
At the former I wore my suit, I wore my swimming suit.

This summer I did swan dives
And jackknifes for you all
And once when you weren't looking
I did a cannonball, I did a cannonball.

This summer I went swimming,
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around, I moved my arms around.

Can you do the Australian Crawl? What's another name for it?