Row, Row, Row Your Boat Harmonica Tabs
Hole numbers, blow and draw for 10-hole C harmonica, with the words under each note. Starts 4 4 4 -4 5 5.
The notes and words
Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a C harmonica without bends.
4CRow,4Crow,4Crow-4Dyour5Eboat,5EGent-5Ely5Edown-5Fthe6Gstream;
7CMer-7Cri-7Cly,6Gmer-6Gri-6Gly,
5Emer-5Eri-5Ely,4Cmer-4Cri-4Cly;
6GLife-5Fis5Ebut-4Da4Cdream.
- 4blow, C5
- -4draw, D5
- 5blow, E5
- -5draw, F5
- 6blow, G5
- 7blow, C6
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s harmonica sound. 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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