Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III & Kate McGarrigle
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III & Kate McGarrigle
Loudon Wainwright III
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, chlorine my eyes
I'm a self-destructive fool
I'm a self-destructive fool
This summer I did the backstroke
And you know that that's not all
I did the breaststroke 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 jackknives 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
The Swimming Song was written by Loudon Wainwright III.
The Swimming Song was produced by Bob Johnston.
“‘The Swimming Song’ came out on the next record after ‘Dead Skunk,’ an album called Attempted Mustache. The label, which was Columbia at that time, said, ‘Where’s the funny-animal song?’ I said, ‘Well no, this is a better song. This is ‘The Swimming Song’ … I was just thinking about swimming, but y...