- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1867
- Language
- English
- Comments
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An African-American spiritual from the Georgia Sea Islands. It is known to predate the Civil War but was not published until 1867 in "Slave Songs of the United States" (ed. William Francis Allen, et al).
The song is also known as 'Row, Michael, Row' among other variants. - Licensing
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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Michael, Row the Boat Ashore written by [Traditional] English 1867
- Vítám vás written by Antonín Hájek Czech 1974
- Michael, Row the Boat written by Lonnie Donegan English August 1961
- Dis an' Dat written by Dickie Goodman English 1964
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Michael
written by Dave Fisher
English
- Michael written by Enrique Martín Garea Spanish 1961
- ¡Aleluya! written by Jorge Renner Spanish 1964
- Pour nos joies et pour nos peines written by Jean-Jacques Debout French July 9, 1965
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Michaela
written by Nils Nobach
German
1961
- Michaela written by Trini Lopez, Don Costa German 1963
- Michael written by Michael Kunze German 1972
- Gabriel written by Bruce Low German 1972
- Michael written by Wolfgang Roloff, Franz Frankenberg German
- Jesus voltará written by Wander Wildner Portuguese 1999