Текст песни The Swimming Song - Live - Loudon Wainwright III

Hey, let's do the Swimming Song!
(1, 2, 3, 4...)
This Summer I went swimming,
this Summer I might have drowned,
but I held my breath and I kicked my feet
and I moved my arms around,
moved my arms around.
This Summer I swam in the ocean,
swam in a swimming pool -
salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes
I'm a self-destructive fool,
a self-destructive fool.
This Summer I did the backstroke,
and you know that that's not all.
I did the breaststroke and the butterfly,
and the old Australian crawl,
the old Australian crawl.
This Summer I swam in a public place,
and the 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 jack knives
and swan dives for you all,
and once when you weren't looking,
I did a cannon ball,
I did a cannon ball.
Yeah, this Summer I went swimming,
this Summer I might have drowned,
but I held my breath and I kicked my feet,
and I moved my arms around,
I moved my arms around.

(Hey!)

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