The Goldfish (Let’s Go Swimming)

This was a song that I wrote when I first started teaching. For some reason I stopped singing it for a while. When it resurfaced, I decided to have the fish do more than just swim and one student informed that “fish don’t do that!” This version was born.

Lots of little fish
Were sleeping on a rock
In the bottom of the ocean
They lifted up their heads
And they shook out their tails
And they said
Let’s go swimming!

Let’s go swimming
Let’s go swimming
Yeah, let’s go swimming
Let’s go swimming
Let’s go swimming
In the bottom of the ocean

Then the little fish
Got so very, very tired
That they came
Back to the rock
They put down their heads
And they put down their tails
And they took a little nap

And when they woke up
They were a little bit dirty
So they took a shower

And they washed their hair
And they washed their ears
And they washed
Their tummies
And they washed their
Very long fishy beards
And they washed their noses
And they washed their toeses
And then they said

“Wait a minute, we’re fish!
We don’t take showers!”

Let’s go swimming…

Then the little fish…

And when woke up
They decided to
Ride their bicycles
So they rode to the left
And they rode to the right
And they rode all day
And they rode all night
Night night night night
They rode down the hill
And then faster still
And then they said
“Wait a minute, we’re fish!
We don’t ride bicycles!”

Let’s go swimming…

Then the little fish…

And when they woke up
They decided to
Brush their teeth
So they got out
Their toothbrush
And their toothpaste
And they squeezed a little on
They really liked the taste
Then they put it In their mouth
They brushed
North and south
Chika-ch-chika-ch-chika-ch
Chika-ch-chika-ch

And then they said
“Wait a minute, we’re fish!
We don’t brush our teeth!

Let’s go swimming…

DVD VERSION:

Lots of little fish were sleeping on a rock
In the bottom of the ocean
They lifted up their heads
And they shook out their tails
And they said let’s go swimming

Let’s go swimming, lets go swimming
Yeah let’s go swimming
Let’s go swimming, let’s go swimming
In the bottom of the ocean

Then the little fish got so very, very tired
That they came back to the rock
They put down their heads
And they put down their tails
And they took a little nap

And when they woke up
They were a little bit dirty
So they took a shower

And they washed their hair
And they washed their ears
And they washed their tummies
And they washed their very long fishy beards
And they washed their noses
And they washed their toeses
And then they said

“Wait a minute, we’re fish!
We don’t take showers!”

Let’s go swimming, lets go swimming
Yeah let’s go swimming
Let’s go swimming, let’s go swimming
In the bottom of the ocean

Then the little fish got so very, very tired
That they came back to the rock
They put down their heads
And they put down their tails
And they took a little nap

And when they woke up
They decided to ride their bicycles

So they rode to the left
And they rode to the right
And they rode all day
And they rode all night, night, night, night, night
They rode down the hill
And then faster still
And then they said,

“Wait a minute, we’re fish!
We don’t ride bicycles!”

Let’s go swimming, lets go swimming
Yeah let’s go swimming
Let’s go swimming, let’s go swimming
In the bottom of the ocean

Then the little fish got so very, very tired
That they came back to the rock
And they put down their heads
And they put down their tails
And they took a little nap

And when they woke up
They decided to brush their teeth!

So they got out their toothbrush
And their toothpaste
And they squeezed a little on
They really liked the taste
Then they put it in their mouth
They brushed north and south
Chick-a-chee-chick-a-chee-chick-a-chee-chick-a-chee
Chick-a-chee-chick-a-chee-chick-a-chee-chick-a-chee
And then they said,

“Wait a minute, we’re fish!
We don’t brush our teeth!:

Let’s go swimming, lets go swimming
Yeah let’s go swimming
Let’s go swimming, let’s go swimming
In the bottom of the ocean