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

Then I swam in a swimming poo-ool

Salt my wounds and I cleaned my eyes

I'm a self-destructive fool

Self-destructive fool



This summer I did the backstroke

And you know that that's not all

I did the breast-stroke and the butterfly

And the old Australian Crawl

The old Australian Crawl



This summer I swam in a public place

In a 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 swan dives

And jack-knives for you all

And once when you weren't looking

I did a cannonball

I did a cannonball



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 went swimming

And I moved my arms around

(These two lines repeated in rounds till end)