As featured on Children's Favourites/ Junior Choice BBC Radio Home Service in my childhood
1. The splish -- splosh -- water percussive accompaniment
2. The tune - Tony Hatch, one of the best
3. The lyrics (Les Reed) - well-turned, consistently interesting
4. The singing - relaxed, very pleasant
5. The mood and sentiment
4 comments:
"Or you might want to scull in a glass-fibred hull."
Where I grew up sculling wasn't sitting down and rowing backwards with two oars. It was propelling a boat with a single oar over the stern, often while standing up. It takes practice. Also a punt wasn't a flat-bottomed boat for poling but a clinker-built boat for rowing and sculling.
Still, I have no argument with the sentiment. Going outdoors and doing things is good for boys. You'll probably tell me that the Fourth Gospel records Jesus as saying as much.
@d He didn't need to say it, since it was something the pagans already knew.
PS JMac was a Scot, tho he doesn't sound like one here.
@BC: was He addressing the pagans, though? Wasn't he principally addressing his fellow Jews?
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