Row, Row, Row Your Boat Clarinet Notes
Letter notes in the written key for B♭ clarinet, with the words under each note. Starts G G G A B B.
The notes and words
Key: G major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in F major, so it plays along with a piano in F.
GRow,Grow,GrowAyourBboat,BGent-BlyBdownCtheDstream;
GMer-Gri-Gly,Dmer-Dri-Dly,
Bmer-Bri-Bly,Gmer-Gri-Gly;
DLifeCisBbutAaGdream.
Key: F major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in E♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in E♭.
FRow,Frow,FrowGyourAboat,AGent-AlyAdownB♭theCstream;
FMer-Fri-Fly,Cmer-Cri-Cly,
Amer-Ari-Aly,Fmer-Fri-Fly;
CLifeB♭isAbutGaFdream.
Key: C major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.
CRow,Crow,CrowDyourEboat,EGent-ElyEdownFtheGstream;
C↑Mer-C↑ri-C↑ly,Gmer-Gri-Gly,
Emer-Eri-Ely,Cmer-Cri-Cly;
GLifeFisEbutDaCdream.
Notes marked ↑ are above B♭4 and cross the break (use the register key).
Key: B♭ major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in A♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in A♭.
B♭Row,B♭row,B♭rowCyourDboat,DGent-DlyDdownE♭theFstream;
B♭Mer-B♭ri-B♭ly,Fmer-Fri-Fly,
Dmer-Dri-Dly,B♭mer-B♭ri-B♭ly;
FLifeE♭isDbutCaB♭dream.
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s clarinet sound, at concert pitch. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes
About this song
- Melody
- Eliphalet Oram Lyte (1842–1913), 1881
- Words
- Traditional, 1881 (first verse shown)
- Public domain
- Melody 1881, words 1881: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Franklin Square Song Collection (Harper & Brothers, 1881), p. 69, “Row Your Boat” (round, credited to E. O. Lyte) (1881)
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