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Summer: Swimming Song

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Summer: Swimming Song

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This summer I went swimming

This summer I might have drowned

But I held my breath and I kicked my feet

And I threw my arms around

And I threw my arms around

This summer I did the swan dive

And jack knife for you all

And once when you weren't looking

Well I did a cannon ball

I did a cannon ball

This summer I swam in the ocean

And I swam in a swimming pool

Salt in my wounds, chlorine in my eyes

I'm a self-destructive fool

I'm a self-destructive fool

The 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

And the old Australian crawl

This summer I swam in a public place

And a reservoir to boot

At the latter I was informal

And the former I wore my suit

Yes I wore my swimming suit

This summer I went swimming

This summer I might have drowned

But I held my breath and I kicked my feet

And I threw my arms around

And I threw my arms around.

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