Water-Themed Tunes
2010 Summer Library Program

Title Artist
Across the River Bruce Hornsby
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
1000 Oceans Tori Amos
Anchors Aweigh
Baby Beluga Raffi
Baby the Rain Must Fall Glenn Yarbrough
Banana Boat song or Day-o Harry Belafonte
Barbara Manatee (Veggie Tales)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Boswell Sisters
Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin
Big Bend in the River Dukes of dixieland
Black Water Doobie Brothers
Black Water Doobie Brothers
Blee Blop Blues Manhattan Transfer
Blue Bayou Linda Ronstadt
Blue Danube
Born on the Bayou CCR
Boy in the Boat
Brandy Looking Glass
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel
Bus Stop The Hollies
By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea
Caribbean Blue Enya
Chase the Rain Away
Come Sail Away Styx
Cool Water Hank Williams, Marty Robbins
Cry Me a River Justin Timberlake
Down by the Old Mill Stream
Down by the River Neil Young
Down by the Riverside Mahalia Jackson
Down to the River to Pray Alison Krauss
Fishin' in the Dark Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Float Me Down the River Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Floatin’ Down to Cotton Town Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford
Flood Jars of Clay
Foolish Frog Pete Seeger
Glass of Water Coldplay
Going Under Evanesence
Green River CCR
Harbor Lights The Platters, Elvis, Boz Skaggs, Bruce Hornsby
Hebrides Overture Mendelssohn
Hole in the Bottom of the Sea
Hurricane Season Jimmy Buffet
I Saw Three Ships a-Sailing
If all the Raindrops were gumdrops…
In a Mist Bix Biederbecke
It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Brian Hyland
Jaws theme
Kentucky Rain Elvis
La Mer Debussy
Let the River Run Carly Simon
Levee Man Blues Jelly Roll Morton
Little Duckie Duddle
Little White Duck
Loch Lomond
Looking For Water David Bowie
Mack the Knife Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra
Mandolin Rain Bruce Hornsby
Mardi Gras Bayou Los Hombres
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
Michigan Water Blues Jelly Roll Morton
Mississippi Mud The Rhythm Boys, Ray Charles
Moon River Andy Williams, Sinatra, Mercer and Mancini
My Bonnie
Night Swimming REM
Oceans Pearl Jam
Octopus’s Garden The Beatles
Ol’ Man River Paul Robeson, others
On a Slow Boat to China Kay Kyser's Orchestra
On the Back of a Crocodile Wee Sing
One More River Alan Parsons Project, others
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Enya
Over the River and Through the Woods
Over the Waves The Beach Boys
Overture to The Flying Dutchman Wagner
Proud Mary (CCR or Ike & Tina Turner) CCR, Ike and Tina Turner
Puff the Magic Dragon Peter, Paul and Mary; the Irish Rovers
Rain The Beatles
Rain, Rain Go Away
Rainbow Connection Muppets
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head BJ Thomas
Rainy Night in Georgia Brook Benton
Red River Valley
River Deep Mountain High Tina Turner
River, Stay ‘Way From My Door Boswell Sisters
Riverboat Shuffle Bix Biederbecke, Hoagy Carmichael
Rock Lobster B52's
Rock the Boat Hues Corporation
Roll On Mississippi, Roll On Boswell Sisters
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Rubber Ducky Ernie
Sailing Christopher Cross
Sea of Love Robert Plant
Shenandoah
Ship of Fools The Grateful Dead
Shrimp Boats Are A Comin’ Jo Stafford
Singin’ in the Rain Gene Kelly
Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat Guys and Dolls, Don Henley
Slow Boat to China Kay Kyser's Orchestra
Smoke on the Water Deep Purple
Snorks Cartoon Theme Song
Splish Splash Bobby Darin
Steamboat Stomp Jelly Roll Morton
Storm Front and Downeaster Alexa Billy Joel
Take Me to the River Talking Heads
The  Ocean Led Zeppelin
The Erie Canal
The River Bruce Springsteen
The River and the Highway – Pam Tillis PamTillis
The Sea Refuses No River Pete Townsend
The Water Is Wide
Three Little Fishies Ky Kyser's Orchestra
Trickle, Trickle Manhattan Transfer
Umbrella Rihanna
Under the Boardwalk The Drifters
Under the Sea Disney
Up the Lazy River Louis Armstrong, Mills Brothers, Buble, others
Wade in the Water Bob Dylan, others
Walking on Water Melissa Etheridge
Watchin' the River Flow Bob Dylan
Water Music Handel
Water of Love Dire Straits
Watermark Enya
We All Live Downstream Banana Slug Band
Whiskey River Willie Nelson
Who’ll Stop the Rain? CCR
Wind on the Water Crosby and Nash
Wipe Out The Ventures
Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot
Yellow Submarine The Beatles
Yes, the River Knows The Doors


Anything by the Beach Boys
Anything by Dick Dale (surfer music)
Anything by The Ventures (surfer music)