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Swimming on Your Back

Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center

Transcript

Oh sea otter, swimming on your back Oh sea otter, you really know how to relax

The water’s cold along the coast, but your fur coat keeps you warm as toast Oh sea otter, swimming on your back

Born to swim in the ocean, you were born to splash and play Oh baby sea otter, stay with your mama all day

She’ll feed you and she’ll take good care, she’ll even wash and dry your hair Baby sea otter, stay with your mama all day

Oh sea otter, swimming on your back Oh sea otter, you really know how to relax

The water’s cold along the coast, but your fur coat keeps you warm as toast Oh sea otter, swimming on your back

Little sea otter, eating all day long Clams and mussels, abalone, the list goes on and on

You eat until your belly’s full, then you lay back in your great big pool Little sea otter, eating all day long

Oh sea otter your home is in the waves Diving rolling, doing the backstroke splashing all day Oh sea otter, the tide rolls out and in And you just lay there floating along with your great big otter grin

Oh sea otter, swimming on your back Oh sea otter, you really know how to relax

The water’s cold along the coast, but your fur coat keeps you warm as toast Oh sea otter, swimming on your back

Little sea otter, how big and strong you’ve grown Now it’s time to leave your mama and strike out on your own

You dive beneath the ocean swell because your mama taught you oh so well Little sea otter, how big and strong you’ve grown

Oh sea otter, swimming on your back Oh sea otter, you really know how to relax

The water’s cold along the coast, but your fur coat keeps you warm as toast Oh sea otter, swimming on your back

The water’s cold along the coast, but your fur coat keeps you warm as toast Oh sea otter, swimming on your back

Description

Swimming on Your Back is a children’s song written by Jim Pfeiffenberger of the Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center.

Credit

NPS / Jim Pfeiffenberger

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