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Haul Away

Song type: Actions, Active
Language: English
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Baby, Children, Pre-school, Toddler
Topics: Bookbug

How to use this song with babies

Hold your baby close and sing the song to them. Gently pat your hand on baby’s back, or stroke baby gently whilst singing.

How to use this song with toddlers

Introduce simple actions, e.g. bounce up and down (‘haul on the bowline’); grumpy face (‘skipper is a growling’); rock from side to side (‘package is a rolling’); pointing to a far-off land (‘to London we are going’).

How to use this song with 3-5 year olds

In a group, children could stand in a line to sing the song, as if they were sailors on a ship working together to haul in the rope.

Haul Away lyrics

Well haul on the bowline,

So early in the morning,

Haul on the bowlin’, the bowlin’ haul.

Well haul on the bowline,

The skipper is a-growling,

Haul on the bowlin’, the bowlin’ haul.

Well haul on the bowline,

The package is a-rolling

Haul on the bowlin’, the bowlin’ haul.

Well haul on the bowline,

To London we are going,

Haul on the bowlin’, the bowlin’ haul.

Well haul on the bowline,

The good ship is a’bowling,

Haul on the bowlin’, the bowlin’ haul.