Life on board

Words by Sue Nicholls.
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This song is set rather appropriately to the famous shanty tune What shall we do with the drunken sailor? and recounts sailors’ tasks in times past

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Age
5 to 7 , 7 to 9 , 9 to 11
Cross-curricular topic
People
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Curriculum
Subject
History , Physical education
Scoring
Guitar chords , Unison

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The performance was recorded specially for the Sing Up programme by The JD Singers, mixed and mastered by Nic Rowley at Vandborg Studios. 

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