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The Swimming Song
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Acoustic Guitar
Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle
Vocals
Johnny Christopher
Johnny Christopher
Acoustic Guitar
Ron Cornelius
Ron Cornelius
Electric Guitar
Mac Gayden
Mac Gayden
Electric Guitar
Reggie Young
Reggie Young
Electric Guitar
Kenny Buttrey
Kenny Buttrey
Drums
Pig Robbins
Pig Robbins
Piano
TOMMY COGBILL
TOMMY COGBILL
Bass
Doug Kershaw
Doug Kershaw
Fiddle
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Johnston
Bob Johnston
Producer
Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson
Reissue Producer
Chris Athens
Chris Athens
Mastering Engineer
Ben Tallent
Ben Tallent
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

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 And I swam in a swimming pool Salt my wounds, chlorined my eyes I'm a self destructive fool I'm a self destructive fool This summer I did the back stroke 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 And a reservoir to boot At the latter I was informal At the former I wore my suit I wore my swimming suit, yeah This summer I did swan dives And jack knives for you all And once when you weren't looking I did a cannonball 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 Hey!
Writer(s): Loudon Wainwright Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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