Life on board

Words by Sue Nicholls.
Music Traditional

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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Life on board (performance track)

About

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

Audio & Copyright Information

Audio information
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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