Life is But a Dream — Robert Paterson | Composer (original) (raw)

Life is But a Dream*

Text taken from the English version of Row, Row, Row Your Boat, with additional words and text from versions in other Languages.

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

(German)
Fahr, fahr, fahr... Row, row, row...
Durch Wasser und durch Schaum Through water and through foam
Lass dich treiben, treiben, treiben, treiben Let yourself float, float, float, float

(French)
Doucement, dans le courant Gently down the stream

(Italian)
Va, va, lenta va Slow, slow, slowly goes
Lentamente va It slowly goes

(Latin)
Laetulae, laetulae, laetulae, laetulae Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

*Based on Row, Row, Row Your Boat, attributed to Eliphalet Oram Lyte (1842 - 1913), The Franklin Square Song Collection (1881, New York). Text in the public domain.