Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sailing, Sailing
A well known song for 120 years. There are 3 verses in addition to the chorus. It is called a "well-known refrain" by "http://books.google.com/books?id=jexTAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&dq=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0 The dictionary of nautical literacy‎ (2001, p 320)" Notable things include those familiar to most people. http://books.google.com/books?id=feIPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&dq=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0 Scribners magazine in 1937 said it was "that song all the little farm boys and girls sing so lustily in all the prairie schoolhouses in the west."  When such a reliable source says something is notable, I do not feel that they have to gone at great length saying it is notable for it to be significant coverage. This song is in "http://books.google.com/books?id=eoMLAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&dq=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0 A second treasury of the familiar (1950, p593)."‎  "http://books.google.com/books?id=VhV1u2oIb-QC&pg=PA83&dq=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22Sailing%2C%20sailing%20over%20the%20bounding%20main%22&f=false The American song reader" (1997, page 83) says "Sailing"  is one of the three stereotypical songs about life at sea, along with "Sailor's hornpipe" (familiar from Popeye cartoons) and "16 men on a dead man's chest."  It is a stereotypical sea song very commonly used in books, movies and plays, such as "http://books.google.com/books?id=y9wOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22Sailing%2C%20sailing%20over%20the%20bounding%20main%22&f=false The time of your life"(1983, act 3) by William Saroyan or "http://books.google.com/books?id=HLZTpvrUu4UC&pg=PA104&dq=%22Sailing,+sailing+over+the+bounding+main%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22Sailing%2C%20sailing%20over%20the%20bounding%20main%22&f=false Murder on the Potomac" (1995, p104) by Margaret Truman, and countless others. Satisfies . The special notability guideline for songs seems aimed at modern recorded music, and not towards traditional songs
— User:Edison, 20:17, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)