Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle

Swimming Song

Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle


This summer I went swimming 
This summer I might have drowned 
But I Held my breath, kicked my feet 
And I moved my arms around, 
Moved my arms around 

This summer I did the backstroke 
And you know that that's not all 
I did the breaststroke, 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 jack-knifes for you all 
And once when you weren't looking 
I did a cannon-ball 
Did a cannon-ball