Daring Sailormen
| Category: | Narrator |
|---|---|
| Category: | Cub Scouts |
| Category: | Action |
| Props: | None required |
| Notes: | Cast: Narrator and 10 Sailors. Sailors enter one at a time as narrator reads verses. Each performs brief action (steering ship, rowing, looking through spyglass, etc.). All swim offstage at the end. Quick-paced and fun for larger groups. |
] {c:Play opens with the 1st sailor on stage
One daring sailorman sailed the ocean blueA sailor marches on-stage, faces audience, steers ship
Along came a friend of his and so there were two!2nd sailor enters
Two daring sailormen went to sail the sea Along came a friend of theirs and so there were three!3rd sailor enters
Three daring sailormen rowed toward the shore Along came a friend of theirs and so there were four!4th sailor enters
Four daring sailormen glad to be alive Along came a friend of theirs and so there were five!5th sailor enters
Five daring sailormen got into a fix Along came a friend of theirs and so there were six!6th sailor enters
Six daring sailormen sailed to far-off Devon Along came a friend of theirs and so there were seven!7th sailor enters
Seven daring sailormen had to wait and wait Along came a friend of theirs and so there were eight!8th sailor enters
Eight daring sailormen sailing on a line Along came a friend of theirs and so there were nine!9th sailor enters
Nine daring sailormen went to sail again Along came a friend of theirs and so there were ten!10th sailor enters
Ten daring sailormen all went swimming for funAll make swimming movements
And so they swam and swam and swam, until at last there were none!They swim offstage