Song: Michael, Row the Boat Ashore

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Written by

Publication date

1867

Language

English

Comments

An African-American spiritual from the Georgia Sea Islands. It is known to predate the Civil War but was not published until 1867 in "Slave Songs of the United States" (ed. William Francis Allen, et al).

The song is also known as 'Row, Michael, Row' among other variants.

Adaptation tree

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore written by [Traditional] - English
- Pour nos joies et pour nos peines written by Jean-Jacques Debout - French

Versions

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore written by [Traditional] - English

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	Didn't Old John Cross the Water?/Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	Pete Seeger	1956
2	Michael	The Highwaymen	1960
3	Michael	Ray Ellis Orchestra and Chorus	September 1961
4	Michael, Row the Boat	Bobby Stevens	September 1961
5	Michael	Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra	1961
6	Michael, Row the Boat	Lonnie Donegan	1961
7	Michael	The Lettermen	October 1962
8	Michael	The Four Lads	1962
9	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	Harry Belafonte	1962
10	Michael Row the Boat Ashore	The Kestrels	May 1963
11	Michael Row the Boat Ashore	Bobby Darin	November 1963
12	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	The Brothers Four	1963
13	Row That Boat Ashore	The Platters	February 1964
14	Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore	The Smothers Brothers	April 15, 1964
15	Michael	Trini Lopez	1964
16	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	Johnny Rivers	1965
17	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	The Hippy Boys	July 1969
18	Michael	Lee Patterson Singers	1975
19	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	Paul & Margie	1996
20	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	Mae Robertson and Don Jackson	1997
21	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore	Vincent Nilsson & The World Sextet	2005
22	Michael	Snakefarm	September 26, 2011