Free Teacher Lesson Plan - "Columbus Day Songs"- PreK to 2nd Grade

In honor of Monday's holiday, I thought a few cheery songs about Christopher Columbus would be fun for an afternoon music class. Here's a few songs you can sing to familar melodies. Hope you discover those talented voices in your class!

Columbus sailed the ocean
Sung to: "Pop! Goes the Weasel"

All around the great wide world,

Columbus sailed the ocean

To prove the world was big & round

That's real devotion!

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When you sailed our way
Sung to: "Sailing, Sailing."

Columbus, Columbus, sailed across the sea,

And found a very special land

That belongs to you & me.

Columbus, Columbus, we celebrate your day,

In fourteen hundred & ninety-two

When you sailed our way.

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Columbus day

Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Columbus sailed the ocean blue,

Ocean blue, ocean blue.

Columbus sailed the ocean blue,

In fourteen-ninety-two.

Columbus sailed the ocean blue,

Ocean blue, ocean blue.

I enjoy making discoveries, too.

How about you?

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Oh, Columbus
Sung to: "Oh, My Darling Clementine."

Oh, Columbus; oh, Columbus,

Sailed the ocean wide & blue.

He landed in America,

In fourteen ninety-two.

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Sail

Sung to: "Row row row your boat"

Sail, Sail, Sail your ship

Sail it night and day.

Look for land, look for land

All along the Way.