Enjoy a trip down the stream in this classic Nursery Rhyme. Row, Row, Row Your Boat It is a simple and repetitive rhyme which is often sung as a round, with people starting at multiple points and performing actions along with it. Originally first published in ‘The Real Mother Goose’ collection of nursery rhymes in 1916, and is still popular today. Nursery rhymes offer numerous developmental benefits for young children from language and literacy skills to cognitive and social, emotional development. Repetition of these short little rhymes has big impacts on our little ones so no wonder they have stood the test of time.