Songs

Down By The Launch Pad Forgot I was walking around.

(Tune: Down By the Station)

Down by the Launch pad, (Chorus)

Early in the morning.

See the Saturn booster Waiting in its place.

Hear the engines rumbling, The Planets

On our way to Saturn, (Tune of Are You Sleeping)

Boom, boom! Blast off, into space. Mercury, Mercury,

Is the smallest, Is the smallest

And it's very close

Rockets into Space To the sun

(Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat) And very hot, and very hot.

Up, up, up they go Venus is, Venus is,

Rockets into space. Our nearest neighbor, our nearest neighbor

Faster, faster, faster, faster, Venus is covered

How can we keep pace? With many clouds

Up, up, up they go And is very bright, and is very bright.

Rockets to the moon. The Earth, the Earth,

Farther, farther, farther, farther, Is where we live, is where we live

Mars now, Venus soon. We've gravity and water

And oxygen too.

To help us breathe, to help us breathe.

Astronomers Song Mars is similar , Mars is similar,

(Tune: Yankee Doodle) To our Earth, to our Earth

We've got our eyes upon the sky But it has less gravity

We watch the starts that shimmer, And it has no oxygen

The sun and moon are friends of ours, So we couldn't breathe, we couldn't breathe.

We know their every glimmer. Jupiter is the largest, Jupiter is the largest,

Keep your eyes upon the skies, And it has, and it has

Watch the twinkling stars, A very large red spot

It's better than a TV show, It's called a gas giant

By Jupiter and Mars. And it has twelve moons, it has twelve moons.

Saturn has many rings, Saturn has many rings,

And nine moons, and nine moons,

The Astronauts Plea Eight revolve counterclockwise

(Tune: My Bonnie) But one is the opposite.

I went for a ride in a spaceship. It goes clockwise, it goes clockwise.

The moon and the planets to see. Uranus rotates strangely, Uranus rotates strangely,

I went for a ride in a spaceship. On its axis, on its axis,

Now listen what happened to me. Its North Pole faces the sun

For almost twenty years

Chorus: Then the South Pole does the same, the South Pole

Bring back, bring back, does the same.

O bring back my spaceship to me, to me. Neptune is the outermost, Neptune is the outermost,

Bring back, bring back, Of the four gas giants, of the four gas giants

O bring back my spaceship to me. It has an icy surface

I went for a ride in a spaceship, That makes it very cold,

The capsule was crowded and I -330 degrees, -330 degrees.

Developed a cramp in my muscles, Pluto is the farthest, Pluto is the farthest

So I decided to walk in the sky. From the sun, from the sun,

It's very hard to find

(repeat Chorus) Because it is so far away

I went for a walk in my spacesuit: From the Earth, from the Earth.

The ship was controlled from the ground.

And someone in charge down at NASA





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Space Cub Scouts The order of the planets.

(Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,

Do your ears point high? Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus

Mr. Spock's your kind of guy. Neptune and Pluto are their names.

On the Starship Enterprise,

Out in space we're gonna fly.

Where no man has gone before. The Family of the Sun

Through the universe and more. (Tune of: Farmer in the Dell)

Do you ears point high? Refrain:

Are your ears quite long? The family of the Sun,

Then you must be a Klingon, The family of the Sun.

Will you sneak up on our ship Here are nine planets in

Till our radar shows a blip? The family of the Sun.

Then we'll blast you with our phasers

Our ship is the one that stays here. Verses:

Are your ears quite long? 1. Mercury is hot,

We are Space Cub Scouts. And Mercury is small.

"Beam em Up!" is what we shout. Mercury has no atmosphere.

On the Enterprise we work Its just a rocky ball.

We report to Captain Kirk. 2. Venus has thick clouds,

Through the struggles and the strife, That hide what is below.

Looking for new forms of life. The air is foul, the ground is hot,

We are Space Cub Scouts. It rotates very slow.

3. We love the Earth, our home,

Its oceans and its trees.

The Daring Spaceman We eat its food, we breathe its air,

(Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home) So no pollution, please.

I am a daring Astronaut, 4. Mars is very red.

Hurrah, hurrah, Its also dry and cold

I'm getting ready to blast off, Someday you might visit Mars

Hurrah, Hurrah If you are really bold.

The rocket takes me high in space, 5. Great Jupiter is big.

My capsule is a most comfortable place, We've studied it a lot.

To a space adventure I'm on my way. We found that it has 16 moons

I'm orbiting around the moon, And a big red spot.

Hurrah, Hurrah, 6. Saturn has great rings.

I think I'll land there very soon, We wondered what they were.

Hurrah, Hurrah. Now we know they're icy rocks

I'll pitch and yaw, and roll through, space, Which we saw as a blur. (Refrain)

I've never seen such sights in a place 7. Uranus and Neptune

I'm a daring spaceman won’t you come with me? We don't know much about.

Let's fly to other planets now, Maybe you will study them

Hurrah, Hurrah. And then we'll all find out.

Come fly with me, I'll show you how, 8. Pluto's last in line.

Hurrah, Hurrah The family of the Sun,

We'll stop at Mercury, and Mars, It's farthest from the Sun.

At Neptune we can gaze at stars, The family of the Sun,

What a lovely sight, the wonderful world of space. It's small and cold and icy too

There are nine planets and

To land there won't be fun.

Order of the Planets Now our journeys done!

(Tune of Down By The Station)

My very eager mother

Just served us nine pizzas The Solar System

To help us remember (Tune of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)





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Let's take a trip to the solar system, the solar McDonald McDonalds

system, the solar system. Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

Let's take a trip to the solar system A Burger King a Burger King

To see what we can see. Long John Silvers and a Burger King

At the center is the fiery sun, the fiery sun, the fiery A Burger King a Burger King

sun. Long John Silvers and a Burger King

At the center is the fiery sun Red Lobster Red Lobster

Whose rays warm up our planet. Long John Silvers and a Burger King

Nine planets are revolving, revolving, revolving Dairy Queen A Dairy Queen

Nine planets are revolving Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen

Around the sun. Dairy Queen A Dairy Queen

They revolve in an orbit, orbit, orbit. Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen

They revolve in an orbit Roy Rogers Roy Rogers

That takes Earth an entire year. Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen

Each planet rotates, rotates, rotates. Actions

Each planet rotates Pizza Hut - Make shape of a hut in the air.

On its axis. Kentucky Fried- Flap elbows up and down in the

Rotation of Earth takes twenty-four hours, twenty- manner of a demented chicken.

four hours, twenty-four McDonalds - Put hands on top of head and bring out

hours. and down to produce the "Golden Arches".

Rotation of Earth takes twenty-four hours Burger King - Put hands on head with fingers up to

And gives us night and day make a crown

Long John Silver - mimic sword play

Red Lobster - hold up arms and bring fingers down

Taps Fast on thumbs like lobster claws snapping

Day is done, day is done, day is done Dairy Queen - mimic milking a cow

Gone the sun, gone the sun, gone the sun Chuckey Cheese - mimic throwing up a pizza

From the lake, from the hill, from the sky Roy Rogers - mimic riding a horse

All is well, all is well, all is well

Safely rest, safely rest, safely rest

God is nigh, God is nigh, God is nigh. He Jumped Without A Parachute

This is a British version of a song known in the US as

Never tie a love knot in a parachuters chute

Skips Got a Head Like a Ping Pong Ball Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic - John Browns

(Tune: Lone Ranger Theme - William Tell Overture) Body

Skips got a head like a ping pong ball First Version

Skips got a head like a ping pong ball He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand

Skips got a head like a ping pong ball feet

Like a piiiiiiiiiiing pong ball He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand

ping pong (seven times) ball feet

ping pong (6 times) Ball He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand

ping ping ping ping ping ping ping ping PONG feet

(Second verse is the same only say pong where you And he aint gorna jump no more

say ping in the first verse and visa versa) - You can Chorus

also change the name to your favourite hairless Glory glory what a heck of a way to die

scouter!!! Glory glory what a heck of a way to die

Glory glory what a heck of a way to die

And he aint gorna jump no more

Fast Food They scraped him off the tarmac like a lump of

This is an action song the actions will be given at the strawberry jam (3x)

end The tune to this is a ram sam sam And He aint .............

Pizza Hut a Pizza Hut Chorus

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut They put him in a sardine tin and sent him home to

Pizza Hut a Pizza Hut mum (3x)

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut And he aint...........

Chorus



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They put him on the mantle piece for everyone to see Last Chorus

(3x) Notes: Verse #4 is sometimes omitted, and the

and he aint........ Chorus is sometimes repeated a second time at the

Chorus end, which gets louder through the first two lines and

They spread him on a slice of bread when the vicar then quieter during the last two lines, with the last

came to tea (3x) few words being slowed down and strung out, to

and he aint..... emphasise the point that he aint gonna jump no more.

Last Chorus



Second Version America

He jumped from forty thousand feet without a Oh beautiful, for spacious skies

parachute For amber waves of grain,

He jumped from forty thousand feet without a For purple mountain majesties

parachute Above the fruited plain.

He jumped from forty thousand feet without a America, America;

parachute God shed his grace on thee.

And he aint gonna jump no more And crown thy good with brotherhood

Chorus from sea to shining sea!

Glory glory what a hell of a way to die

suspended by your braces when you dont know how

to fly America My Country Tis of Thee

Glory glory what a hell of a way to die My country 'tis of thee,

And he aint gonna jump no more Sweet land of liberty,

He landed on the pavement like a lump of strawberry Of thee I sing.

jam Land where my fathers died,

He landed on the pavement like a lump of strawberry Land of the pilgrims' pride,

jam From ev'ry mountain side

He landed on the pavement like a lump of strawberry Let freedom ring.

jam

And he aint gonna jump no more

Chorus The StarSpangled Banner

They put him in a match box and they sent him home Oh say, can you see by the dawn's early light,

to mum What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last

They put him in a match box and they sent him home gleaming,

to mum Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the

They put him in a match box and they sent him home perilous fight,

to mum O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly

And he aint gonna jump no more streaming?

Chorus And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

She put on the mantel piece for everyone to see Gave proof throughout the night that our flag was

She put on the mantel piece for everyone to see still there.

She put on the mantel piece for everyone to see Oh say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave

And he aint gonna jump no more O'er the land of the free and the land of the brave.

Chorus

She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea

She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea Hello

She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea (Tunes: Coca Cola's I'd Like to Teach the World to

And he aint gonna jump no more Sing or Auld Lang Syne)

Chorus I love to hear the word Hello,

The Vicar spread him on some toast and said what Wherever I may go.

lovely jam It's full of friendship

The Vicar spread him on some toast and said what And good cheer

lovely jam And warms the heart up so.

The Vicar spread him on some toast and said what Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello,

lovely jam Hello, Hello, Hello.

And he aint gonna jump no more



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When e'er we meet put both hands in the air and snap fingers twice

Like friends let's greet slap knees twice, clap hands twice

Each other with Hello.

Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello,

Hello, Hello, Hello. Three Little Angels

When e'er we meet Three little angels

Like friends let's greet All dressed in white

Each other with Hello. Tried to get to Heaven

On the end of a kite.

But the kite broke and

Once a Girl Scout went to Camp Down they all fell.

(Tune: Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes) Instead of going to Heaven

Once a Girl Scout went to camp, went to camp They all went to...

Went to camp without her lamp, without her lamp Two little angels...

And there she saw a spider in her bed, in her bed One little angel...

This is what the Girl Scout said , Girl Scout said: Three little devils

"Spider spider, go away, go away, All dressed in red

You are not allowed to stay, allowed to stay Tried to get to Heaven

This is what my leader said, On the end of a thread.

'No two bodies in one bed, in one bed.'" But the thread broke and

Once a Boy Scout went to camp, went to camp Down they all fell.

Went to camp without his lamp, without his lamp Instead of going to Heaven

And there he saw a spider in his bed, in his bed They all went to...

This is what the Boy Scout said, Boy Scout said: Two little devils...

"Aaaaaauuughhhhhh!" One little devil...

Three little Martians

All dressed in green

Doodley Doo Tried to get to Heaven

Please sing to me that sweet melody On the end of a string.

Called doodley doo, doodley doo. But the string broke and

I like the rest, Down they all fell.

but the part I like best Instead of going to Heaven

Goes doodley doo, doodley doo. They went to...

It's the simplest thing Two little Martians...

there isn't much to it One little Martian...

I like it so, wherever I go, Three little babies

It's doodley doodley doo. All dressed in blue

Come on and waddaly atcha, waddaly atcha Tried to get to Heaven

Waddaly o, waddaly o On the end of a shoe.

Waddaly atcha, waddaly atcha But the shoe broke and

Waddaly o, waddaly o Down they all fell.

It's the simplest thing Instead of going to Heaven

there isn't much to it They all went to...

I like it so, wherever I go, Two little babies...

It's doodl ey doodley doo. One little baby...

Actions Don't get excited,

slap knees twice, clap hands twice Don't lose your head.

pass the right hand over the left hand twice Instead of going to Heaven

pass the left hand over the right hand twice They all went to bed.

touch the nose with the right hand twice, then

touch the left shoulder with the right hand and leave

it there. Heidi Hey echo hiking song

touch the nose with the left hand, then Heidi-hey Heidi-ho!

touch the right shoulder with the left hand and leave Iddly-Widdly Woddley Wo,

it there. Lift your heads up to the sky

tap the shoulders twice Girl Scouts are passing by.



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Heidi-hey Heidi-ho! She waded in the water and she got her ankles wet.

Iddly-Widdly Woddley Wo, But she didn't get her (clap, clap) wet.

Better, better than the rest, Glory, glory, Hallelujah;

Troop 4217 is the best. Glory, glory, Hallelujah;

Heidi-hey Heidi-ho! Glory, glory, Hallelujah;

Iddly-Widdly Woddley Wo, She didn't get her (clap , clap) wet, yet.

If you heard what I just said 2. knees

Get on your knees and bow your head. 3. thighs

4. She waded in the water and she finally got it wet.

She finally got her bathing suit wet.

Scout Prayer

Softly falls the light of day

As our campfire fades away, She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain

Silently each girl should ask: She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she

"Have I done my daily task? comes. (Toot Toot!)

Have I kept my honor bright? She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she

Can I guiltless sleep tonight? comes. (Toot Toot!)

Have I done and have I dared She'll be coming 'round the mountain,

Everything to be prepared?" She'll be coming 'round the mountain,

"I have kept my honour bright. She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she

I can guiltless sleep tonight. comes. (Toot Toot!)

I have done and I have dared 2. She'll be driving six white horses when she comes.

Everything to be prepared." (Whoa back!)

3. Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes.

(Hi babe!)

The Chigger 4. Oh, we'll kill the old red rooster when she comes.

(Tune: Polly Wolly Doodle) (hack hack!)

Oh, there was a little chigger 5. Oh, we'll all have chicken and dumplings when she

And he wasn't much bigger comes. (Yum Yum!)

Than the head of a tiny pin. 6. She'll have to sleep with Granny when she comes.

But the bump he raises (Snore Snore!)

Just itches like the blazes, 7. Tell me do you know what coming 'round the

And that's where the scratch comes in. mountain? (spoken at the end:)

But the bump he raises Then why are we singing this stupid song?

Just itches like the blazes,

And that's where the scratch comes in.

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

Pink Pyjamas And never brought to mind?

(Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic) Should auld acquaintance be forgot

I wear my pink pyjamas in the summer when it's hot. And days of auld lang syne?

I wear my flannel nighties in the winter when it's not. For auld lang syne, my friend,

And sometimes in the springtime and sometimes in For auld lang syne;

the fall, We'll take a cup of kindness yet,

I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on at For auld lang syne.

all.

Glory, glory, Hallelujah;

Glory, glory, what's it to ya? Kum Ba Yah Come with Me

Balmy breezes blowing through ya, Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah.

With nothing on at all. Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah.

Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah.

Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

Wading 2. someone's crying, Lord

(Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic) 3. someone's singing, Lord

She waded in the water and she got her ankles wet. 4. someone's praying, Lord

She waded in the water and she got her ankles wet.



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The Great Meat Pie There's so much that we share

The great meat pie was a tidy size, That it's time we were aware.

And it took a week to make it, It's a small world after all.

A day to carry it to the shop, It's a small world after all,

And just a week to bake it. It's a small world after all.

And if you'd seen it, It's a small world after all.

I'll be bound, It's a small, small world.

Your wonder you'd scarce govern. There is just one moon

They were forced to break the front wall down And one golden sun

to get it in the oven. And a smile means friendship

It too full thirty sacks of flour, to ev'ryone.

It's a fact now that I utter,

Three hundred pails of water, too, Though the mountains divide

And a hundred tubs of butter. and the oceans are wide,

The crust was nearly seven feet thick, It's a small world after all.

You couldn't easily bruise it,

And the rolling pin was such a size

It took ten men to use it. Barges

There were twenty-five spareribs of pork, Out of my window looking in the night,

I'm sure I'm not mistaken, I can see the barges flickering light.

With two and thirty hams for York, Silently flows the river to the sea,

And twenty sides of bacon. As the barges do go silently.

The pie was made by fifty cooks, Chorus

And all of them first raters, Barges, I would like to go with you,

And then they filled up all the nooks I would like to sail the ocean blue.

with a ton of kidney 'taters. Barges, have you treasure in your hold,

Do you fight with pirates brave and bold.

Out of my window looking in the night,

Billboards I can see the barges flickering light.

(Tune: Superfragilisticespyalladocious) Starboard shines green and port is glowing red,

As I was walking down the street one dark and I can see the barges far ahead.

gloomy day, How my heart longs to sail away with you,

I came upon a billboard and much to my dismay, As you sail across the ocean blue.

The sign was torn and tattered from the storm the But I must stay beside my ocean clear,

night before, As I watch you sail away from here.

The wind and rain had done it's work and this it what Away from my window on into the night,

I saw: I will watch til they are out of sight.

"Smoke Coca-Cola Cigarettes -- chew Wrigley's Taking their cargo far across the sea,

Spearmint beer -- I wish that someday they'd take me.

Kennel Ration Dog Food keeps your wife's

complexion clear;

Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar -- Hes Got the Whole World in His Hands

And Texaco's the beauty cream that's used by all the He's got the whole world in His hands.

stars!" He's got the whole world in His hands.

"So take your next vacation in a brand new He's got the whole world in His hands.

Fridgidaire -- He's got the whole world in His hands.

Learn to play piano in your winter underwear -- 2. He's got the wind and the rain in His hands.

Doctors say that babies should smoke until they are 3. He's got the tiny little baby in His hands.

three, 4. He's got you and me sister in His hands.

And people over 65 should bathe in Lipton Tea!"

(slowly)....in flow-thru tea bags.

My Uncle

(Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)

Its a Small World My uncle fell into a pothole

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears; In a glacier while climbing an Alp.

It's a world of hopes and a world of fears.



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He's still there after 50 long winters, We've made a promise to always keep.

And all you can see is his scalp. And the day is done before we sleep.

Chorus We'll be Girl Scouts together and when we're gone

Bring back, bring back, We'll still be trying and singing this song.

O bring back my uncle to me, to me. Chorus

Bring back, bring back,

O bring back my uncle to me, t o me.

My uncle was proud of his whiskers, To shave them My Tall Silk Hat

would give him the blues. They hung all the way to (Tune: Funiculi, Funicula)

his ankles, And he used them for shining his shoes. One day, as I was riding on the subway,

Chorus My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.

My uncle had faith in a sailboat I laid it on the seat beside me,

He had built from an old hollow tree. My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.

My uncle set sail for Australia, A big, a-fat-a-lady sat upon it,

Now my uncle lies under the sea. My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.

Chorus A big, a-fat-a-lady sat upon it,

My uncle made friends with hyenas, My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.

He gave them a ride on his raft. Christopher Columbo, now what do think of that,

When a crocodile reached up and grabbed him, A big, a-fat-a-lady sat upon it,

The hyenas just sat there and laughed. My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.

Chorus My hat she broke and that's no joke,

My uncle annoyed his dear parents My hat she broke and that's no joke.

They tossed him right out of the bus. Christopher Columbo, now what do think of that,

And if we don't mend our behaviour, my hat, my hat, my hat she smashed.

Why that's what will happen to us.



Sarah the Whale

Switch (Tune: Dixie)

(Tune: Reuben and Rachel) In Frisco town there lived a whale

I don't care if I go crazy They fed her peanuts by the pail,

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Switch. And washtubs and bathtubs

Crazy go I, if care don't I And sailboats and schooners.

6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Switch. Her name is Sarah and she's a peach,

But don't put food within her reach

Or babies, or nursemaids

On My Honour Or chocolate ice cream sodas.

Chorus She loves to smile and when she smiles

On my honour I will try. You can see her teeth for miles and miles,

There's a duty to be done and I say aye. And her tonsils and her spare ribs

There's a reason here for a reason above. And things too fierce to mention.

My honour is to try and my duty is love. Now what can you do in a case like that,

People don't need to know my name. There's nothing to do but sit on your hat,

If I do any harm, then I'm to blame. Or your toothbrush, or your best friend,

When I help another, I help me, Or anything else that's helpless.

If I've opened up my eyes to see.

Chorus

I've tucked away a song or two. Hey Lollee

If you're feeling low, there's one for you. This song is meant to be made up by the singers as

When you need a friend, then I will come. you go along. But if you decide to play it this way,

There are many more where I come from. you might want to sing a Chorus between each verse

Chorus to let the next person think up some lines.

Come with me where a fire burns bright. Hey Lollee, lollee,

We can even see better in a candle's light. Hey Lollee, lollee, lo.

But we find more meaning in a campfire's glow Hey Lollee, lollee,

Than we'd ever learn in a year or so. Hey Lollee, lollee, lo.

Chorus



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This is a crazy kind of song, to catch the fly.

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. I don't know why

You make it up as you go along, she swallowed that fly.

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. Perhaps she'll die.

When calypso singers sing this song, Verse 3

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. There was an old woman

It sometimes lasts the whole day long, Who swallowed a bird.

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. How absurd! to swallow a bird.

First you invent a simple rhyme, She swallowed the bird

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. To catch the spider

Then another one to rhyme, Who wriggled and jiggled and tickled

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. Inside her.

While you catch on I'll sing a verse, She swallowed the spider

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. to catch the fly.

Then you do one that's even worse, I don't know why

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. she swallowed that fly.

I know a girl named Emily, (or use another name that Perhaps she'll die.

rhymes) Verse 4

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. There was an old woman who swallowed a cat.

She sings "Hey Lollee" in just one key, Imagine that! to swallow a cat. She swallowed the cat

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. To catch the bird. She swallowed the bird

Tonight we've chosen another key, To catch the spider

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. Who wriggled and jiggled and tickled

You won't be hearing from Emily, Inside her.

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. She swallowed the spider

S/he sings "Hey Lollee" day and night, to catch the fly.

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. I don't know why

It never seems to come out right, she swallowed that fly.

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. Perhaps she'll die.

I know a man name Mr. Jones, 5. dog...What a hog!

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. 6. goat...Just opened her throat

When he sings, everybody groans, 7. cow...I don't know how

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. 8. horse...She's dead of course(that ends the song)

The singer you fast the getter it's tuff,

Hey Lollee , lollee, lo.

To line up makes that you won't muff, The Unicorn Song

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. A long time ago when the earth was green

Let's put this song back on the shelf, There was more kinds of animals than you'd ever

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. seen

if you want anymore you can sing it yourself, They'd run around free while the earth was being

Hey Lollee, lollee, lo. born

But the loveliest of them all was the unicorn

There was green alligators

There Was An Old Woman And long necked geese

Verse 1 Some humpy back camels

There was an old woman And some chimpanzees

Who swallowed a fly. Some cats and rats and elephants

I don't know why but sure as you're born

she swallowed that fly. The loveliest of all was the unicorn

Perhaps she'll die. Now God seen some sinnin'

Verse 2 And it gave Him a pain

There was an old woman And He says, "Stand back!

Who swallowed a spider, I'm gone to make it rain."

Who wriggled and jiggled and tickled He says, "Hey, Brother Noah,

Inside her. I'll tell you what to do,

She swallowed the spider Build me a floating zoo.



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And take some of them Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of

Green alligators and long necked geese London,

Some humpy back camels and some chimpanzees dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?

Some cats and rats and elephants She's no time for talkin' she just keeps on walkin',

But sure as you're born carrying her home in two carrier bags.

Don't you forget my unicorns." Refrain

Old Noah was there to answer the call In the all night cafe at a quarter past eleven

He finished up making the ark same old man sitting there on his own,

Just as the rain started falling looking at the world over the rim of his tea cup

He marched in the animals two by two and each tea lasts an hour and wanders home alone.

And he called out as they went through, Refrain

"Hey, Lord, I've got your green alligators, Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's

And long necked geese mission,

Some humpy back camels and some chimpanzees memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears?

Some Cats and rats and elephants And in our winter city the rain cries a little pity

But, Lord, so forlorn, for one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn’t

I just can't see no unicorns." care.

Then Noah looked out through the driving rain Final Refrain

Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games

Kicking and splashing while the rain was pouring

Oh them silly unicorns Ba Ba Boom

There was green alligators and long necked geese We break the boys up between the younger and older.

Some humpy back camels and some chimpanzees The oldest boys sing the ba,ba,ba, boom with deep

And Noah cried, "Close the door cause the rain is voices.

pouring On a pad in a forest green

And we just can't wait for them old unicorns." ba,ba,ba boom

The ark started moving, adrifting with the tides Crazy Herman was surveying the scene

Them unicorns looked up from the rocks and they ba,ba,ba boom

cried Saw a farmer truck'n by, a rapping at his door.

And the waters came down and sort of floated them Like help, like help me please

away ba,ba,ba boom

And that's why you'll never see a unicorn to this very These's a farmer go'n to exterminate me

day ba,ba,ba boom

You'll see green alligators and long necked geese Hey man don't scream and shout

Some humpy back camels and some chimpanzees Come in and we'll hang out

Some cats and rats and elephants HEY

But sure as you're born

You're never gonna see no unicorns.

Tom The Toad

(Tune: Oh, Christmas Tree)

Streets of London Oh Tom the Toad, Oh Tom the Toad

Have you seen the old man in the closed down Why did you jump into the road?

market, Oh Tom the Toad, Oh Tom the Toad

kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes? Why did you jump into the road?

In his eyes you see no pride hand held loosely by his You were so big and green and fat

side But now you're small and red and flat.

yesterday papers telling yesterday's news. Oh Tom the Toad, Oh Tom the Toad

Why did you jump into the road?

Refrain Oh Tom the Toad, Oh Tom the Toad

So how can you tell me you're lonely Why are you lying in the road?

and say for you that the sun don't shine Oh Tom the Toad, Oh Tom the Toad

let me take you by the hand and lead you through the Why are you lying in the road?

streets of london You did not see that car ahead

I'll show you something to make you change your And you were flattened by the tread.

mind. Oh Tom the Toad, Oh Tom the Toad

Why are you lying in the road?



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Oh Sue the Skunk, Oh Sue the Skunk Oh Bunny Ben, Oh Bunny Ben,

Why do you make my tires go thunk? Why is your body flat and thin?

Oh Sue the Skunk, Oh Sue the Skunk Oh Billy Bat, Oh Billy Bat,

Why do you make my tires go thunk? Why are you lying still like that?

You did not look from East to West Oh Billy Bat, Oh Billy Bat,

Now on the road there's such a mess. Why are you lying still like that?

Oh Sue the Skunk, Oh Sue the Skunk Along the road you swooped and flapped,

Why do you make my tires go thunk? But a trucker's windshield got you zapped!

Oh Sam the Snake, Oh Sam the Snake Oh Billy Bat, Oh Billy Bat,

Why do you lie out there and bake? Why are you lying still like that?

Oh Sam the Snake, Oh Sam the Snake Oh Turtle Ted, Oh turtle Ted,

Why do you lie out there and bake? Your shell's all broken - so's your head.

You did not see that truck go by Oh Turtle Ted, Oh turtle Ted,

Now you look like a butterfly. Your shell's all broken - so's your head.

Oh Sam the Snake, Oh Sam the Snake In the road you thought you'd travel,

Why do you lie out there and bake? Now you're ground into the gravel.

A ten-ton truck ran up your snout! Oh Turtle Ted, Oh turtle Ted,

Oh Froggie Fred, Oh Froggie Fred, Your shell's all broken - so's your head.

Why do you lie there stone-cold dead? Oh Possum Pete, Oh Possum Pete

Oh Swallow Sam, Oh Swallow Sam, There's nothing left but hair and feet

What turned your body into jam? Oh Possum Pete, Oh Possum Pete

Oh Swallow Sam, Oh Swallow Sam, There's nothing left but hair and feet

What turned your body into jam? Oh Possum Pete, Oh Possum Pete

In the air you'd quickly speed, There's nothing left but hair and feet

An eighteen-wheeler made you bleed. You thought you'd beat that bus across

Oh Swallow Sam, Oh Swallow Sam, Now you look like a pile of moss.

What turned your body into jam?

Arm'dillo Tex, Arm'dillo Tex,

Why are you looking so perplexed? The Tree Toad

Arm'dillo Tex, Arm'dillo Tex, (Tune: Auld Lang Syne)

Why are you looking so perplexed? A tree toad loved a fair she toad

Across the yellow line you strayed, That lived up in a tree;

The truck hit you - like a grenade! She was a fair three-toed tree toad

Arm'dillo Tex, Arm'dillo Tex, But a two-toed toad was he.

Why are you looking so perplexed? The two-toed tree toad tried to win

Oh Froggie Fred, Oh Froggie Fred, The she toad's friendly nod;

Why do you lie there stone-cold dead? For the two-toed tree toad loved the ground

Oh Froggie Fred, Oh Froggie Fred, That the three-toed tree toad trod.

Why do you lie there stone-cold dead? Now three-toed tree toads have no care

You didn't look as you jumped out, For two-toed tree toad love,

But the two-toed tree toad fain would share

Oh Doggie Spot, Oh Doggie Spot, A tree home up above.

Upon the road you're such a blot. In vain the two-toed tree toad tried;

Oh Doggie Spot, Oh Doggie Spot, He couldn't please her whim.

Upon the road you're such a blot. In her tree toad bower with veto power,

Out in the lane you boldly went, The she toad vetoed him !

Now your bod's not worth a cent!

Oh Doggie Spot, Oh Doggie Spot,

Upon the road you 're such a blot. Two Little Fleas

Oh Bunny Ben, Oh Bunny Ben, (Tune: Auld Lang Syne)

Why is your body flat and thin? Two little fleas together sat

Oh Bunny Ben, Oh Bunny Ben, They cried when one flea said;

Why is your body flat and thin? "I've had no place to lay my head,

Out on the road you quickly jumped, Since my old dog is dead.

You didn't count on getting bumped. I've travelled far from place to place

And farther will I roam.



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But the next old dog that shows his face He sank right to the bottom just like a little stone,

Will be my home sweet home." And as he sank he gurgled there's no place like home.





Sandwich Song All Together Again

(Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic) We're all together again, we're here, we're here,

I walk into a restaurant We're all together again, we're here, we're here.

And this is what I cry: And who knows when, we'll be all together again?

"I want a chicken sandwich, Singing all together again, we're here!

Cup of coffee, piece of pie." A ram, Sam, Sam

Oh, you will surely hear me A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam, gooli gooli gooli

Sing this song until I die! gooli gooli

"I want a chicken sandwich, ram sam sam [Repeat.]

Cup of coffee, piece of pie." Arra-tay arra-tay, gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli ram

sam sam

[Repeat.]

My Dog Rover

(Tune: I"m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover)

Verse 1 Each Campfire Lights Anew

I'm looking over my dead dog Rover Each campfire lights anew, the flame of friendship

That I overran with the mower. true.

One leg is missing, another is gone, The joy we've had in knowing you, will last our

One leg is scattered all over the lawn. whole life through.

No need explaining, the one remaining, And as the embers die away, we wish that we might

Is stuck in the kitchen door. always stay.

I'm looking over my dead dog Rover But since we cannot have our way, we'll come again

That I overran with the mower. some other day.

Verse 2

I'm looking over my dead dog Rover

Who died on the kitchen floor. Ging Gang Goo

One leg is broken, the other is lame, Ging gang gooli gooli gooli watcha, ging gang goo,

The third leg is missing, the fourth needs a cane. ging gang

No need explaining, the tail remaining goo. [Repeat.]

Was caught in the oven door. Heyla, heyla sheyla, heyla sheyla heyla ho. [Repeat.]

I'm looking over my dead dog Rover

Who died on the kitchen floor. Shali walli, shali walli, shali walli, shali walli,

Oompha, Oompah . . .



Great Green Gobs Sing as a round, with one group continuing with the

(Tune: Old Gray Mare, except the line in caps which "Oompah" and another singing the song again from

is the melody to "Good Evening Friends") the beginning; then switch.

Great green gobs

Of greasy, grimy, gopher guts,

Mutilated monkey meat, Good night Scouts

Dirty, little birdie feet! Good night . . . Scouts, good night . . . Scouts

Great green gobs Good night . . . Scouts, we're going to leave you now.

Of greasy, grimy gopher guts, Merrily we Scout along, scout along, scout along.

And me without my spoon! Merrily we Scout along, on the Scouting trail.

BUT I BROUGHT MY FORK!!! Farewell, . . . Scouts . . . .

Sweet dreams, . . . Scouts . . . .



The Corporation Muck Cart

(Tune; There's no place like home) Goodnight Song

The corporation muck cart was loaded to the brim, Evening sunset paints the sky,

The driver fell in backwards and found he could not Smoke from campfire drifts on high;

swim, Songs and stories we like best,



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Just before we go to rest. see.

Goodnight to every . . . Scout, say goodnight, I'll be looking for tomorrow on the loose.

To those away and these here in our sight. Have you ever watched the sunrise turn the sky

The fun we've had we will not soon forget; completely red?

The things we've learned and the pals we've met. Have you slept beneath the moon and stars, a pine

And so, goodnight to every . . . Scout, say goodnight. bough for your bed?

Above may each {girl's/boy's} star send forth its Do you sit and talk with friends, though not a word is

light. ever said?

While songs and stories shared now wing their flight, Then you're just like me and you've been on the

Goodnight, sweet dreams, goodnight! loose.

There's a trail that I'll be hiking just to see where it

might go,

Hail Hail The Gangs All Here Many places yet to visit, many people yet to know,

Hail, hail, the gang's all here, For in following my dreams I will live and I will

Never mind the weather, here we are together; grow

Hail, hail, the gang's all here, In a world that's waiting out there on the loose.

Sure we're glad that you're here, too! So in search of love and laughter I'll be traveling

Hail, hail, the gang's all here, 'cross this land,

We're a bunch of live ones, not a single dead one; Never sure of where I'm going, 'cause I haven't any

Hail, hail, the gang's all here, plans,

Sure I'm glad that I'm here, too! And in time when you are ready, come and join me-

take my hand.

And together we'll share life out on the loose.

Im Happy When Im Hiking Let us sit and watch the sunset as the daylight slowly

I'm happy when I'm hiking, pack upon my back. fades.

I'm happy when I'm hiking, on(off) the beaten track. Thinking about tomorrow’s, about friendships we

Out in the open country, that's the place for me, have made.

With a true Scout friend, to the journey's end, I will value them forever, and I hope you'll do the

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty miles a day. same.

Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp . . . And forever we'll explore life on the loose.





Its a Scouting World Our Scouts Will Shine Tonight

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears. Our Scouts will shine tonight, our Scouts will shine,

It's a world of hopes and a world of fears. Our Scouts will shine tonight, all down the line;

There's so much that we share that it's time we're They're all dressed up tonight, don't they look fine!

aware When the sun goes down and the moon comes up,

It's a Scouting world. our Scouts will

Chorus shine!

It's a Scouting world for all. [repeat 2 more times.]

It's a Scouting world.

There is just one moon and a golden sun. Pass It On

And Scouting means friendship for everyone. It only takes a spark to get a fire going,

Though the mountains divide and the oceans are And soon all those around can warm up to its

wide, glowing,

It's a Scouting world. That's how it is with Scouting,

Once you've experienced it;

You spread your joy to everyone,

On The Loose You want to pass it on.

Refrain What a wondrous time is spring when all the trees are

On the loose to climb a mountain, budding,

On the loose where I am free. The birds begin to sing, the flowers start their

On the loose to live my life the way I think my life blooming.

should be. That's how it is with Scouting,

For I've only got a moment, and a whole world left to Once you've experienced it;





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You want to sing, it's fresh like spring, Upward Trail

You want to pass it on. We're on the upward trail, we're on the upward trail.

I wish for you my friend, this happiness that I've Singing, singing, everybody singing, as we go.

found, We're on the upward trail, we're on the upward trail.

You can come join in, it matters not where you're Singing, singing, everybody singing, Scouting bound.

bound,

I'll shout it from the mountain tops

I want the world to know, Were Here For Fun

The joy of friends has come to me, [Tune: Auld Lang Syne]

I want to pass it on. We're here for fun right from the start, so drop your

dignity;

Just laugh and sing with all your heart, and show

This Little Scouting Light your loyalty.

This little Scouting light of mine, I'm gonna let it May all your troubles be forgot, let this night be the

shine. best;

[Repeat twice more.] Join in the songs we sing tonight, be happy with the

Let it shine all the time, let it shine. rest.

All around the neighborhood, I'm gonna let it shine. . Whenever You Make A Promise (round)

.. Whenever you make a promise, consider well its

Hide it under a bushel-NO!- I'm gonna let it shine. . . importance;

. And when made, engrave it upon your heart.

Don't you try to blow it out, I'm gonna let it shine. . . .

All around this world of ours, I'm gonna let it shine. .

Alice the Camel

Alice the camel has 10 humps, Alice the camel has

Vive lAmour 10 humps

Let every good Scout now join in a song, Alice the camel has 10 humps, so go, Alice, GO!!

Vive la compagnie.Success to each other and pass it 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

along. [Continue with 9, 8, 7 . . . humps, until . . . ]

Vive la Compagnie. Alice the camel has no humps, Alice the camel has

Chorus no humps

Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour, Alice the camel has no humps, 'cause Alice is a

Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour, HORSE!!

Vive l'amour, vive l'amour,

Vive la compagnie.

Come all you good people and join in with me, Bingo Was His Name o

Vive la compagnie. There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his

And raise up your voices in close harmony. name-o'

Vive la compagnie. B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was

A friend on your left and a friend on your right, his name-o.

Vive la compagnie. Sing song through six times, the first time just

In love and good fellowship let us unite. spelling out

Vive la compagnie. the name BINGO; second time, clap the 'B' and spell

With friends all around us, we'll sing out our song, out the last four letters; third time, clap the 'B' and the

Vive la compagnie. 'I' and spell out

We'll banish our troubles, it won't take us long. the last three letters; etc., until all five letters are

Vive la compagnie. clapped

Now wider and wider our circle expands, out.

Vive la compagnie.

We sing to our comrades in faraway lands.

Vive la compagnie. Boom Chicka Boom

Should time or occasion compel us to part, I says a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.]

Vive la compagnie. I says a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.]

These days shall forever enliven our heart. I says a-boom-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-

Vive la compagnie. boom!

[Group echoes.]



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Uh-huh! [Group echoes.] The first time through, sing the words as written. The

On Yeah! [Group echoes.] second time, omit the word "tree" and instead imitate

This time! [Group echoes.] tree branches with upward and outward hand

We sing! [Group echoes.] motions. The next time, also omit "nut" and tap the

HIGHER! top of the head. Then, omit "chest" but pat the chest.

Each time a leader adds a different variation such as: Then, omit "spreading" and instead spread hands

LOWER, apart, etc. [Replace "happy" with a scowl and growl.]

WHISPER, LOUDER, TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, At the finish, almost half the song will be gestures.

SEXY, GROOVY (COOL).



Deep And Wide

Bringing Home A Baby Bumblebee Deep and wide, deep and wide, there's a fountain

[This song cycles so that certain verses can be flowing deep and wide. [Repeat.]

repeated until the singers tire of it.] Sing the words as written the first time through.

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee, Then, instead of saying the word "deep", make a

Won't my Mommy be so proud of me, gesture (one hand above the other) to show depth.

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee, The next time, also show "wide" by spreading hands

Ooh, he stung me! out to the side for width. Continue with "fountain"

I'm squashing up my baby bumblebee, (make a fountain-like gesture), and "flowing" (make

. a rippling gesture with hands moving from one side

. to the other at chest level).

Ooh, now its all over my hands!

I'm licking off my baby bumblebee

. Do Your Ears Hang Low

. [Tune: Turkey in the Straw, refrain]

Ooh, that made me sick! Do your ears hang low, do they waggle to and fro?

I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee Can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them is a

. bow?

. Can you throw them o're your shoulder like a

Ooh, now the floor is all messy! continental soldier?

I'm scraping up my baby bumblebee Do your ears hang low?

. Do your ears stick out, can you waggle them about?

. Can you flap them up and down as you fly around the

Ooh, he stung me a again! town?

Variations: Can you shut them up for sure when you hear an

I'm bringing home a baby rattlesnake, awful bore?

Won't my darling Mommy really shake. Do your ears stick out?

. Do your ears stand high, do they reach up to the sky?

. Do they hang down when they're wet, do they stand

Ooh, he bit me! up when they're dry?

I'm stomping on my baby rattlesnake, etc. Can you semaphore your neighbor with the minimum

I'm bringing home a baby grizzly bear, of labor?

Won't my Mommy beat it out of there. Do your ears stand high?

.

.

[One suggested scenario involves shooing off the Father Abraham

bear; having to clean up after the mess (scat) left Father Abraham had seven sons sir.

behind, and finally bring the bear back to clean up Seven sons sir had Father Abraham.

after itself.] And they never laughed, and they never cried,

All the did was go like this: with a left (arm moving)

....

Chestnut Tree . . . With a left (arm) and a right (arm).

Under the spreading chestnut tree, where I held you Finally: . . . with a left and a right, and a left (leg) and

on my knee. a

We'll be happy as can be; under the spreading right (leg), and a nod, and a wiggle.

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Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Flea Fly Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

[Rhythm: Same as "Froggie"] Eye and ears, and a mouth and a nose.

Flea. Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Flea, fly. Touch the appropriate body part each time it's

Flea, fly, mosquito. mentioned. Second time: don't say the word 'head'

Swat 'em! aloud, but still touch it. Each verse thereafter, add

Calamine, calamine, calamine lotion. another body part that you touch but don't mention

Oh, no more calamine lotion. aloud.

Itchy, itchy, scratchy, scratchy, got one on my backy,

backy.

Ohy, ohy, owwy, owwy, wish he'd go away. If I Were Not a Scout

Quick get the bug spray, I think he went that-a-way- [Tune: This is the Music Concert]

shhhhhh! Now I'm a [Boy/Girl] Scout, as you can plainly see.

[Make can-spraying motions.] But if I weren't a [Boy/Girl] Scout, . . .

1. A bird watcher I'd be

Hark a lark, flying through the park, SPLAT!

Froggie 2. A plumber I would be

Dog. Plunge it, flush it, look out below!

Dog, cat. 3. A mermaid I would be

Dog, cat, mouse. Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop!

Froggie! 4. A carpenter I'd be

Itsy bitsy, teeny weeny little bitty froggie. Two by four, nail it to the floor!

Jump, jump, jump, little froggie. 5. A secretary I'd be

Spiders and flies are scrum-deli-icious. z-z-z-z get the point, z-z-z-z get the point?

Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, 6. A teacher I would be

Croak. Sit down, shut up, throw away your gum!

Actions: Set up a clap/lap-slapping rhythm, and 7. An airline attendant I'd be

repeat each line after the leader. On the first run- Coffee, tea, or me, sir; here's your little bag, BLEH!

through, do it slowly; with each repetition go faster, 8. A typist I would be

until the audience tires. Ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, ZING!

9. A hippie I would be

Love and peace, my hair is full of grease!

Goin On a Lion Hunt 10.A farmer I would be

[Audience echoes each line and sets up clap/lap- Here's a cow, there's a cow, and here's another yuck!

slapping rhythm.] 11.A laundry worker I would be

Goin' on a lion hunt. Starchy here, starchy there, starchy in your

Goin to catch a big one. underwear!

I'm not afraid. 12.A cashier I would be

Look, what's up ahead? Twenty nine, forty nine, here is your change, sir!

Mud! 13.A gym teacher I'd be

Can't go over it. We must, we must, improve the bust!

Can't go under it. 14.A medic I would be

Can't go around it. Turn around, drop your pants, jab, jab, jab!

Gotta go through it. [Make sloshing sounds and move 15.A doctor I would be

hands as if slogging.] Take a pill; pay my bill! I'm going golfing!

Sticks. [Snap fingers.] 16.An electrician I would be

Tree. [Make gestures climbing up and down.] Positive, negative; turn on the juice-ZZZT!

Gate. [Make gate-opening gestures.] 17.A fireman I would be

River. [make swimming gestures.] Jump lady! Jump lady! Whoo-ooah! GOTCHA!

Cave. [Go in it and find lion. Reverse all motions 18.A cook I would be

quicky to get home.] Mix it, bake it; heartburn-BURP!

19.A ice cream maker I'd be

Tutti-frutti, tutti-fruitti, nice ice cream!

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes





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20.A politician I would be

Raise the taxes, lower the pay, vote for me on If Youre Happy

election day! If you're happy and you know it [clap your hands

21.A butcher I would be (twice).]

Chop it up, grind it up, make a little patty! [Repeat.]

22.A garbage collector I'd be If you're happy and you know it then you really ought

Lift it, dump it, sort out the goodies to show it.

23.A [Domino's] pizza maker I'd be If you're happy and you know it [clap your hands

30 minute, fast delivery! (twice).]

24.A clam digger I would be 2. Stamp your feet. 3. Give the sign [Scout sign]. 4.

Dig one here, dig one there-Oh my frozen derriere! Shout

25.Superman I would be 'HOORAY.' 5. Do all four.

It's a bird, it's a plane, where is Lois Lane?

26.Lois Lane I would be

Get away, get away, get away, Clark Kent! If Youre Daffy

27.A cyclist I would be Same format as "If You're Happy" but substitute:

peddle, peddle, peddle, peddle; ring, ring, ring! clap your fingers; knock your knees.

28.A truck driver I'd be

Here's a curve, there's a curve. HERE'S A BETTER

CURVE! [Makes outline of shapely woman.] Im a Little Hunk of Tin

29.A house cleaner I'd be I'm a little hunk of tin, nobody knows what shape I'm

Ooh, a bug; squish it in the rug! in.

30.A baby [toddler] I would be Got four wheels and a running board, I'm a four-door,

Mama, Dada, I wuv you! I'm a Ford.

31.A Preacher I would be Honk-honk, rattle-rattle, don't crash, beep-beep

Well, well, you never can tell; you might go to [repeat twice ]

heaven, or you might go to hell! Honk-honk, honk-honk, honk-honk.

Finally: A [Opposite organization] Scout I would be! Actions: honk-pull ears; rattle-shake head; crash-

cover face with hands; beep-push on nose with flat of

hand

If Its Raining

If it's raining and you know it clap your hands

(twice). Ive Got That Scouting Spirit

[Repeat.] I've got that Scouting spirit up in my head, up in my

If it's raining and you know it then your clothes will head, up in my head.

surely show it. I've got that Scouting spirit up in my head, up in my

If it's raining and you know it clap your hands head to stay.

(twice). 2. I've got that Scouting spirit deep in my heart.

If the mud is only knee deep, stamp your feet (twice). 3. I've got that Scouting spirit down in my feet.

[Repeat.] 4. I've got that Scouting spirit all over me.

If the mud is only knee deep, and you wish that it

were hip deep,

If the mud is only knee deep, stamp your feet (twice). John Browns Baby

If the wind is really blowing, shake your head [Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic]

(twice). John Brown's baby had a cold upon its chest.[Repeat

[Repeat.] twice more.]

If the wind is really blowing, and your permanent is So they rubbed it with camphorated oil.

going, The second time through, replace the word, "chest"

If the wind is really blowing, shake your head by patting the chest. Next time, substitute a cough for

(twice). the word, "cold." Then, substitute baby-rocking arm

If the temperature is falling, rub your hands. motions for the word, "baby."

[Repeat.]

If the temperature is falling, and your spirits are

appalling, Junior Birdmen

If the temperature is falling, rub your hands. [Tune: On Brave Old Army Team]





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Up in the air, Junior Birdmen; up in the air, upside "Scouting" (Scout sign); "camping" (made tent shape

down, with hands).

Up in the air, Junior Birdmen; with your noses to the

ground.

And when you hear the grand announcement: that Little Bunny FruFru

your wings are made of tin. Little bunny Fru-fru, hoppin' though the forest,

Well, then you know, Junior Birdmen, it's time to Scoopin' up the field mice and battin' them on the

send your box tops in. head.

For it takes: 5 box tops, 4 bottle bottoms, 3 coupons, Along came the good fairy, and she said:

2 wrappers, and one thin dime! "Little bunny Fru-fru, I don't want to see you

Actions: Make a face mask each time you sing the Scoopin' up the field mice and battin' them on the

words, "Junior Birdmen" by lacing your fingers. head.

Then, with thumbs under the chin, twist your hands I'll give you three chances to change your ways, and

outwards so that you make goggles for the eyes. On if you don't obey, I'll turn you into a goon."

"Upside down," perform a jet plane swoop So the next day . . . [Repeat-two more chances . . . ]

outstretched arms. On "Ground," bring the swooping So the next day . . . [Repeat-one more chance . . . ]

arms as near to the ground as possible. So the next day . . . [Repeat]

"I gave you three chances to change your ways and

you didn't obey, so now I'm turning you into goon.

Kee Chee Pooff! You're a goon.

A wuni kuni ka yah wuni, [Repeat.] And the moral of this story is . . . 'Hare today and

Ahyi yi iki ay kae ayna, [Repeat.] goon tomorrow.'

Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah dee mee KEE CHEE.

Actions:

1. Hands on own knees; hands on knees of person to Little Rabbit

the left; hands on own knees; hands on knees of In a cabin in the woods, little old man by the window

person to the right. stood. Saw a rabbit hopping by, frightened as can be.

2. Hands on own knees; hands crossed on own knees; "Help me, help me, help me." He said,

hands uncrossed on own knees; Left hand on knee of "Before the hunter shoots me dead."

person to the left while right hand in knee of person Come little rabbit, come inside; safely at my side.

to the right.

3. Left arm extends forward; right hand touches left

wrist then left shoulder; left hand crosses to right Menu Song

shoulder; right arm extends forward; left hand Today is Monday, today is Monday.

touches right wrist then right shoulder; right hand Monday-Roast beef!

crosses to left shoulder. (At end of song, hands are Is everybody happy? Well, I should say.

crossed, touching opposite shoulder.) Today is Tuesday, today is Tuesday.

Tuesday-String beans!

Monday-Roast beef!

Kum Ba Yah Come By Here Is everybody happy? Well, I should say.

Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah! [Repeat twice Continue in the same way, adding a new day each

more.] time and sing back down to Monday with each verse:

Oh Lord, kum ba yah! Wednesday-Sou-oop!

Someone's sleeping, Lord . . . Thursday-Meat loaf!

Someone's crying, Lord . . . Friday-Fish day!

Someone's singing, Lord . . . Saturday-Baked beans!

Someone's laughing, Lord . . . Sunday-Worship!

Someone's praying, Lord . . . To add variety and interest, break up your audience

Someone's Scouting, Lord . . . into groups and assign a specific day to each group.

Someone's camping, Lord . . . The group assigned to a specific day stands while

Add other verses, as appropriate. singing and sits while not. Everyone sings "Is

Actions: everybody happy . . . ."

"Kum Ba Yah" - hand over hand, then arms out to

either side.

"Lord" - extend arms upward. Music Concert

Other actions are as expected, for example:



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In this song, the sound of each instrument is added to My hat it has three corners,

the Three corners has my hat,

previous one after each verse. And had it not three corners,

This is the music concert from the fatherland. It would not be my hat.

[Audience repeat.] The first time, sing all the words. The second time,

And I play the viola . . . .Vio-vio-vio-la, vio-vio-vio- touch the top of the head instead of saying the word,

la, "hat." The third time, also hold up three fingers

vio-vio-vio-la, vio-vio-vio-la. instead of saying the word, "three." The fourth time,

And I play the piano . . . . Plink, plink, plink-plink- keep all the previous actions and hold up an elbow

plink… instead of saying the word, "corners."

And I play the bass drum . . . . Boom, boom. boom-

boom-boom…

And I play the trumpet . . . . Ta, ta, ta-ta-ta, etc. One Finger One Thumb

And I play the tuba . . . . Oompah, oopah-pah, etc. One finger, one thumb, one hand, keep moving

And I play the bagpipes . . . . Gnaa, gnaa, gnaa-na-na, [repeat twice]

etc. And we'll all be happy again!

And I play the bass violin . . . . Zoom, zoom, zoom- One finger, one thumb, one hand, two hands keep

zoom-zoom.. And I am the conductor . . . . [Make the moving [repeat 2 more times.]

motions of a conductor.] And we'll all be happy again!

With each new verse, add the following in

succession: 3. One arm; 4. Two arms; 5. One leg; 6.

My Aunt Came Back Two legs; 7. Stand up-sit down; 8. [Stand up] Turn

My Aunt came back from old Algiers; around [Sit down].

She brought to me a pair of shears.

. . . from old Japan . . . a hand-made fan.

. . . from Holland too . . . a wooden shoe. [stomp Pass the Shoe

foot] You must pass the shoe from me to you, to you,

. . . from Kalamazoo . . . some gum to chew. You must pass the shoe, and do just like I do.

. . . from the Belgian fair . . . a rocking chair. For this song game you can substitute a cup, rock, or

. . . when she was able . . . a ping pong table. [turn any suitable object for a person's actual shoe. Form

head from side to side] an ring; as you sing, give the "shoe" you currently

. . . from the Hebrides . . . some itchy fleas. [squirm] have to the person on your right whenever you get to

. . . from the Argentine . . . a sewing machine. an underlined word. Note that only the second "do" is

. . . from Timbuktu . . . some nuts like you! underlined; on the first "do", you simply wave the

At the end of each stanza, add a suitable motion for "shoe", you don't give it up just yet.

the audience to do (standing). As the motions

accumulate the audience has an increasingly difficult

time doing them all the same time, hence the Peanut Butter and Jelly

appropriateness of the last stanza. First ya find the peanuts and ya dig 'em;

Ya dig 'em, ya dig 'em, dig 'em, dig 'em.

Then you take the peanuts and ya smash 'em, . . . .

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Then you take the butter and ya spread it, . . . .

My Bonnie lies over the ocean, Chorus

My Bonnie lies over the sea, Peanut, peanut butter; jelly! [Repeat.]

My Bonnie lies over the ocean, Then you find the grapes and ya pick 'em, . . . .

Oh bring back my Bonnie to me. Then you take the grapes and ya smash 'em, . . . .

Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my Bonnie to Then you take the jelly and ya spread it, . . . .

me, to me; [Repeat.] Then you take the bread and ya fold it, . . . .

Action: As you sing each word beginning with the Then you take the sandwich and ya munch it, . . . .

letter B, change from a standing to a sitting position The last time through the Chorus, after eating the

and vice versa. All should be standing at the end of sandwich, mumble the words terribly as though there

the song. When you have mastered these movements, is peanut butter stuck to the roof of the mouth.

sing it again, faster.



Singing in the Rain

My Hat It Has Three Corners



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We're singing in the rain, just singing in the rain. One wood pigeon, one wood pigeon, etc.

What a glorious feeling, we're happy again. LEADER: Oh-oh! There goes the last one!

Thumbs up! [Group echoes.] GROUP: Oh-h-h! Very loud wailing

Toot-ta-ta-da, toot-ta-ta-da, toot-DA-DA. [Group No wood pigeons, no wood pigeons, etc.

echoes.] LEADER: But, wait! One has returned!

Add each of the following, in turn: GROUP: Ah-h! Joyfully

Elbows in One wood pigeon, one wood pigeon, etc.

Knees bent LEADER: Now, another has returned!

Toes together GROUP:Loud cheers

Buns back Two wood pigeons, two wood pigeons, etc.

Chest out LEADER: Hurray! The third one has returned!

Chin down GROUP: Tremendous cheers

Tongue out Three wood pigeons, three wood pigeons, etc.

Rapidly and enthusiastically

Actions: Choose three persons to represent the

The Little Green Frog pigeons. On cue, these 'fly' off (or in) with comical

Um-ah [with the tongue], went the little green frog antics.

one day.

Um-ah, went the little green frog.

Um-ah, went the little green frog one day. Way Over the Irish Sea

And the frog he went um-ah, um-ah, ah. When I was one, I had just begun

ka-yunk, went the little green frog one day. The day I went to sea

ka-yunk, went the little green frog. I climbed aboard a pirate ship and the captain said to

ka-yunk, went the little green frog one day. me,

And his eyes went yenk, yank, yunk. [Make eye- "We'll go this way, that way, forward and back

popping gestures with hands.] Way over the Irish Sea.

A bottle of Coke to soothe my throat,

And that's the life for me.

This Old Man Da, da, dum; da, da, dum . . .

This old man, he plays one, When I was two, I tied my shoe . . .

He plays knick-knack on my thumb. When I was three, I bumped my knee . . .

With a knick-knack, paddy-wack, give a dog a bone. When I was four, I shut the door . . .

This old man goes rolling home. When I was five, I was still alive . . .

Two-on my shoe. [Tap shoe.] When I was six, I gathered sticks . . .

Three-on my knee. [Tap on knee.] When I was seven, I was almost in heaven . . .

Four-on the floor. [Touch the floor.] When I was eight, I closed the gate . . .

Five-on my hive. [Move hands as if brushing bees When I was nine, I was feeling fine . . .

away] When I was ten, I started over again . . .

Six-on my sticks. [Tap knuckles of other hand.] [Suggested motions: "...climbed aboard..." {as if

Seven-up to Devon. [Shake fist.] climbing up the side of a ship} "...the captain said..."

Eight-on my pate. [Tap top of head.] {give salute}

Nine-on my spine. [Touch backbone.] "We'll go..." {bend at the waist; first left, right, for

Ten-now and then. [Raise hands shoulder high, open ward, and back} "...over the Irish Sea." {make waves

and close fists in rhythm.] with hand}

"...bottle of coke..." {as if chugging a soft drink}

"...to

Three Wood Pigeons soothe my throat..." {touch throat with hand} "...that's

Three wood pigeons, three wood pigeons, the

Three wood pigeons sitting in a tree. life..." {slap knee and raise hand} "...da, da, dum..."

LEADER: Look! One has flown away! {step

GROUP: Aww! Wailing forward, step back}

Two wood pigeons, two wood pigeons, etc.

LEADER: Look! Another has flown!

GROUP: Oh-h-h! Louder wailing With My Hand on Myself

With my hand on myself, vas is das here? [Touch top

of head.]



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Das is mine topnotcher, ya mama dear. After the Ball Was Over

Topnotcher, topnotcher, ya mama dear. After the ball was over, after the break of morn,

Dot's vot I learned in der school, boom-boom. After the dancers' leaving, after the stars are gone;

To continue, substitute a word from the following list Many a heart is aching, if you could read them all;

for Many the hopes that have vanished, after the ball.

"topnotcher" and add to the list each time you sing. After the ball was over, she took out her glass eye,

Recite Put her false teeth in the water, hung up her wig to

in reverse as with the Menu Song. dry;

Sweat brower Placed her false arm on the table, laid her false leg on

Eye winker the chair;

Horn blower After the party was over, she was only half there!

Soup strainer

Lunch eater Bananas Coconuts and Grapes

Chin chowser I like bananas, coconuts, and grapes. [Repeat twice

Rubbernecker more.]

Chest protector That's why they call me: TARZAN OF THE APES!

Breadbasket Sing three or four times: the first time loudly; the

Foot stomper second time softly (except for the "Tarzan" part); the

third time, whisper all but the "Tarzan" part; the last

time, no one makes a sound until all shout in unison,

Scout Camp "TARZAN . . . .

. . . Scout Camp, . . . Scout Camp

The busses that you ride in, they say are mighty fine,

But when they turn a corner, they leave the wheels Black Socks

behind. Black socks, they never get dirty.

Chorus The more that you wear them, the stronger they get.

Oh, I don't want to go to . . . Scout Camp. Someday, I think I will change them;

Gee, Mom, I want to go, but they won't let me go; But something inside me keeps saying not yet, not

Gee, Mom, I want to go home. yet, not yet . . .

The leaders that they have here, they say are mighty [Typically sung as a round.]

fine,

But when you get up closer, they look like

frankenstein. By the Light of my Scout Flashlight

The first aid that they give you, they say is mighty [Tune: By the Light of the Silvery Moon]

fine, By the light of my Scout flashlight,

But if you cut your finger, you're left with only nine. Wish I could see, what it was that just bit my knee.

The water that they have here they say is mighty fine, Batteries, why-y did you fail me?

But when you try to drink it, it tastes like turpentine. The chance is slim, the chance is slight,

The biscuits that they serve you, they say are mighty I can last through the night, with my Scout flashlight.

fine,

But one rolled off the table and killed a friend of

mine Cannibal King Medley

The spaghetti that they serve you, they say is mighty Oh, a cannibal king with a big nose ring, fell in love

fine with a dusky maid,

They rinse it the toilet and drain it on the line/ And every night by the pale moonlight, across the

The cocoa that they serve you, they say is mighty fine lake he came.

It's good for cuts and bruises and tastes like iodine. Oh, a hug and a kiss for his cannibal miss, in the

The tents/cabins that you sleep in, they say are shade of the old palm tree,

mighty fine, Whenever they met, they sang a duet, that sounded

But whoever said this has never slept in mine. like this to me:

The toilets that they have here are the best that they Bar-rumph [kiss, kiss], bar-rumph [kiss, kiss], bar-

can get, rumph ti di a di aye,

Last night my tent mate had to go, they haven't found Bar-rumph [kiss, kiss], bar-rumph [kiss, kiss], bar-

him yet. rumph ti di a di aye.

We'll build a bungalow, big enough for two,

Big enough for two, my honey, big enough for two,



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wa, wa, wa, Dummy Line

When we are married, happy we'll be, Chorus

Under the bamboo, under the bamboo tree, On the dummy line, on the dummy line;

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, Rain or shine, I'll pay my fine;

boom, boom, boom! Rain or shine, I'll pay my fine;

If you'll be M-I-N-E mine, I'll be T-H-I-N-E thine, Ride, ride, riding on the dummy line.

And I'll L-O-V-E love you all the T-I-M-E time; I got on the train and didn't have the fare,

You are the B-E-S-T best of all the R-E-S-T rest, The conductor said, "Whatcha doin' there?"

And I'll L-O-V-E love you all the T-I-M-E, He grabbed me by the collar and shoved me out the

Wrap 'em up, stack 'em up, any old time. door.

Said, "I don't want to see you on this line no more!"

Little Willy was home by himself.

Cheese Found a chocolate cake on the kitchen shelf.

It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice Willy said, "If I eat this cake,

go round. Sis won't get a belly ache."

It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice Little Willy saw a mill saw buzz,

go round. Didn't know quite what it was,

It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice Now his arm is full of nicks,

go round. And, alas poor Willy, he's cut in six.

It's cheese that makes the mice go round. Little Willy found some dynamite,

He didn't understand it quite,

It's mice, it's mice, it's mice that make the cats go But curiosity never pays,

round . . . It rained Willy several days.

It's cats, it's cats, it's cats that make the dogs go Little Willy coming home from school,

round. . . . Spied a half a dollar at the foot of a mule.

It's dogs, it's dogs, it's dogs that make the boys go Stooped down to pick it up, quiet as a mouse.

round. . . . Funeral tomorrow at little Willy's house!

It's boys, it's boys, it's boys that make the girls go Little birdie in the sky,

round. . . . Dropped some whitewash in my eye.

It's girls, it's girls, it's girls that make the love go Says I to me; says me to I,

round. . . . "I'm sure glad that cows can't fly!"

It's love, it's love, it's love that make the world go There was a boy by the name of Jack,

round. . . . Pitched his tent on a railroad track.

And so you see: it's really cheese; Midnight express came around the bend.

It's cheese, it's cheese that makes the world go round. What kind of flowers did you send?

... There once was a doctor, his name was Peck,

He fell in a well and he broke his neck.

It served him right, for he should've known;

Commercial Mixup To tend to the sick and leave the well alone!

[Tune: Farmer in the Dell] There once was a hunter, his name was O'Hare.

Last night I watched TV, I saw my favorite show. He was chased by a grizzly bear.

I heard this strange commercial, and I can't believe The people all thought he was out of his mind,

it's so. Running down the street with a bear behind!

Feed your dog Chiffon. Comet cures the cold. There was an old witch by the name of Nan,

Use S-O-S pads on your face to keep from looking Who tried to pass as a good humor man.

old. Couldn't fool the kids, they all stayed home

Mop your floors with Crest. Use Crisco on your tile. They would not buy from an ice cream crone.

Clean your teeth with Borateem, it leaves a shining My grandpa had a car, it was a Ford machine.

smile. His whiskers came in handy for straining gasoline.

For headaches take some Certs. Use Tide to clean My grandma had a habit of chewing in her sleep.

your face. She chewed on grandpa's whiskers and dreamed of

And do shampoo with Elmer's Glue, it holds your shredded wheat!

hair in place.

Perhaps I am confused, I might not have it right.

But one thing that I'm certain of, I'll watch TV Dunderbeck

tonight!.



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There was a strange old butcher. His name was Found a Peanut

Dunderbeck. [Tune: Clementine]

He was very fond of sausage-meat, and sauerkraut Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut just

and speck. now.

He had the finest butcher shop, the finest ever seen, Just now I found a peanut, found a peanut just now.

Until one day he invented his wonderful sausage Continue in the same manner with:

machine. 2. It was rotten, . . .

Chorus 3. Ate it anyway, . . .

On Mr. Dunderbeck! How could you be so mean? 4. Got sick, . . .

I told you you'd be sorry for inventing that machine, 5. Called the doctor, . . .

For all the neighbor's dogs and cats will never more 6. Had surgery, . . .

be seen, 7. Died anyway, . . .

They'll all be ground to sausage meat in 8. Went to heaven, . . .

Dunderbeck's machine. 9. Kicked an angel, . . .

One day a very little girl came walking in the store. 10.Went the other way, . . .

She ordered up some sausage meat and eggs, a half a 11.Found a peanut, . . .

score. 12.Threw it away, . . .

And while she stood a-waiting she whistled up a

tune,

And the sausage meat it started up and danced around Fried Ham

the room. Fried ham, fried ham, cheese and baloney;

Once day when he was working the machine it would After the macaroni, we'll have onions, and pickles,

not go. and olives, and pretzels;

So Dunderbeck, he climbed inside to see what made Then we'll have some more fried ham, fried ham.

it so. Next verse, same as the first, . . . style:

His wife she had a night-mare and came walking in Some suggested styles: OPERA, ORIENTAL, . . .

her sleep. SCOUT, SOUTHERN DRAWL

She gave the crank a heck of a yank, and Dunderbeck

was meat!

Glory Glory How Peculiar

[Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic]

Eats Song As one woodpecker pecked up the peg, the other

[Tune: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here"] woodpecker pecked down. [Repeat three times.]

Soup, soup, we all want soup, Chorus

Tip your bowl and drain it, let your front teeth strain Glory, glory, how peculiar. [Repeat two times.]

it. [Repeat stanza.]

Hark, hark, that funny sound, listen that slurping As one sly snake slipped up the slide, other sly snake

round. slipped down.

Meat, meat, bring on the meat, As one blue bat blew in the bowl, other blue bat blew

Fresh and juicy cow meat, ham and picked pig feet, out.

Lamp chops and pork chops too, any kind of meat As one black bug bled blue black blood, the other

will do. black bug bled blue.

Fish, fish, we must have fish, As one drunk duck dove into the ditch, the other

We don't want it bony, nor a little phony. drunk duck dropped dead.

Fresh, fresh, we won't eat stale, any kind of fish but As one flea fly flew up the flue, the other flea fly

whale. flew down.

As one pink porpoise popped into the pool, other

pink porpoise popped out.

Another Frog Song As one brown bear backed up the bank, other brown

[Tune: Brownie Smile Song] bear backed down.

I have something in my pocket that I found behind a As one white whale whipped over the waves, other

log, white whale whipped under.

My leader said to put it back, it's a great big slippery

frog!

It's squishy and it's slimy and it wiggles in my hand. God Bless My Underwear

I also have a wooly worm and a pocket full of sand. [Tune: God Bless America]



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God bless my underwear, my only pair. He says to me, "Why don't you run?"

Stand beside them, and guide them, "'Cause I can see, you have no gun."

Through the rips, through the holes, through the tears. I says to him, "That's a good idea."

From the washer, to the dryer, to the clothesline in "Now legs get going, get me out of here!"

the air. I began to run, away from there,

God bless my underwear, my only pair. But right behind me was that bear.

And on the path ahead of me,

I saw a tree, Oh glory be.

Gory Gory The lowest branch was ten feet up,

[Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic] I'd have to jump and trust to luck.

He jumped out of the aeroplane without a parachute And so I jumped into the air,

[Repeat twice more.] But I missed that branch away up there.

But he ain't going to jump no more. Now don't you fret, and don't you frown,

Chorus I caught that branch on the way back down.

Gory, gory, what a heck of a way to die. [Repeat That's all there is, there ain't no more,

twice more.] Well, he ain't going to jump no more. Unless I met that bear once more.

He landed on the tarmack like a dab of strawberry

jam.

[Repeat twice more.] I Wish I Was

And he ain't going to jump no more. Tune: If You're Happy

We scraped him up and mailed him back inside an Oh, I wish I was a little stripe-ed skunk.

envelope. Oh, I wish I was a little stripe-ed skunk.

[Repeat twice more.] I would sit up in the tree-sies, and perfume all the

And he ain't going to jump no more. breezies.

Oh, I wish I was a little stripe-ed skunk.

Mosquito-Oh, I'd itchy and I'd bitey, under

Ham and Eggs everybody's nighty.

Ham and eggs, ham and eggs, Cake of Soap-Oh, I'd slippy and I'd slidey over

I like mine fried nice and brown, everybody's hidey.

I like mine fried upside down. Fishy in the Sea-Oh, wouldn't I look cute, without my

Ham and eggs, ham and eggs, bathing suit.

Flip 'em, flop 'em, flop 'em, flip 'em; ham and eggs! English Sparrow-Oh, I'd sit up in the steeple, and spit

Variation: Divide group in two and alternatively sing on all the people.

phases between the punctuation. All sing the last Bog o' Mud-Oh, I'd oozy and I'd goozy into

"ham and eggs." everybody's shoesie.

Slippery Root-Oh, I'd stick up in the trail, and I'd flop

you on your tail.

Horse Fly Candle Flame-Oh, I'd be so very bright, and go out

[Tune: The More We Get Together.] every night.

Did you ever see a horse fly, a horse fly, a horse fly? Safety Pin-And everything that's busted, I would hold

Did you ever see a horse fly, a horse fly, fly, fly? until I rusted.

Did you ever see a board walk, a board walk, a board Can of Soda-I'd go down with a slurp, and come up

walk? with a burp.

Did you ever see a board walk, a board walk, walk, Kangaroo-Oh, I'd hippy and I'd hoppy inside my

walk? mommy's pockie.

Additional verses: Shoe lace, hair pin, tooth pick, eye Spoon of Castor Oil-Oh, I'd lubricate the chassies of

drop, neck tie, moth bawl, eye lash, yard stick, ear all the lads and lassies.

drum, clam bake. Sugar Bun-Oh, I'd slippy and I'd slidey into

everyone's insides.

Juicy little orange-When you squeeze me, I would

I Met a Bear squirty onto everybody's shirty.

[Tune: Sipping Cider Through a Straw] Foreign car-I would run and I'd speedy over slow

The other day, I met a bear, pedestrians' feety.

Out in the woods, away out there. [Point.] Water Bed-Oh, I'd wobble and I'd wiggle and make

He looked at me, I looked at him, the sleepers giggle.

He sized up me, I sized up him.



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Ilky Moor When Mr. Noah built the Ark,

1. Where hast tha' been since I saw thee, I saw thee? He said it was his duty,

On Ilky moor baht hat. Where hast tha' been since I He saved the birds and beasts and bugs,

saw . . . Where hast tha' been since I saw . . . Where But why did he save the cootie?

hast tha' been since I saw thee, since I saw thee? On Oh, of all the fishes in the sea,

Ilky moor baht hat. On Ilky moor baht hat. On Ilky My favorite is the bass,

moor baht hat. He climbs up in the seaweed trees,

2. Tha's been a-courting Mary Jane. And slides down on his hands and knees.

3. Tha'll go and catch thy death of cold. A peanut sat on a railroad track,

4. Then we shall have to bury thee. Its heart was all a-flutter,

5. Then worms will come and eat thee up. Along came a choo-choo train,

6. Then ducks will come and eat up worms. Toot, Toot! Peanut butter!

7. Then we shall go and eat up ducks. Oh a man lay down by a sewer

8. Then we shall all have eaten thee. And by a sewer he died.

9. That's where we get our Johnny back. Now, at the coroner's request,

They called it sewer-side.

A golf ball sailin' thru the air,

Im Being Swallowed By A Boa Constrictor Whizzed by a man a hummin'

I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor, [Repeat He heard a caddy holler, "Fore!"

twice] An' he thought three more were comin'.

And I don't like it one little bit! "The way to tell the twins apart,"

Oh no! He swallowed my toe. The proud father said,

Oh gee! He's up to my knee. "I put my finger in Willie's mouth,

Oh my! He's up to my thigh. If he bites it, then it's Ned."

Oh fiddle! He's up to my middle. When boating, never quarrel,

Oh heck! He's up to my neck. For you'll find, without a doubt,

Oh dread! He's up to my . . . A boat is not the proper place

[Make sound of victim being swallowed up.] To have a falling out.

"The coffee is exhausted, Sir."

The diner was advised.

It Aint Gonna Rain No More Says he, "It's been so weak of late,

Oh! the night was dark and dreary, I'm really not surprised."

The air was full of sleet, There's a gal up in the hills,

The old man stood out in the storm, She's awfully shy and meek,

His shoes were full of feet. She undresses in the dark

Chorus Because the mountains peak.

Oh, it ain't gonna rain no more, no more, The rich man drives a Cadillac,

It ain't gonna rain no more, The poor man drives a Ford.

How in the heck can I wash my neck, But my old man drives down the road,

If it ain't gonna rain no more. Between four wheels and a board.

Oh! Mosquito he fly high, Mary had a little lamb,

Mosquito he fly low, She fed it castor oil.

If old man 'Skeeta light on me, And everywhere that little lamb went,

He ain't gonna fly no more. It fertilized the soil.

Oh the butterfly flits on wings of gold, Mary had a steamboat;

The June-Bug wings of flame, The steamboat had a bell.

The Bed-Bug has no wings at all, Mary went to heaven,

But he gets there just the same. The steamboat went "Toot, toot."

Here's to the chigger who's not any bigger, Mary had a little lamb,

That the head of a very small pin. But now that lamb is dead.

But the lump that it raises itches like the blazes, So now she takes the lamb to school,

And that's where the rub comes in. Between two slabs of bread.

Saw a black-and-white animal in the woods, When Mary had a little lamb,

Say ain't that little cat pretty, The doctor almost cried.

Went right over to pick it up, But when Ol' MacDonald had a farm,

But it wasn't that kind of kitty. The doctor almost died.



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Said baby tern to mother tern, I-i-i-ice cream, c-c-c-cake-um,

"Can I have a brother." You're the very f-f-f-food that I adore.

"Yes" said mom to baby tern, When I've f-finished with my salad,

"One good tern deserves another." Please come through the k-k-k-kitchen door.

Mary is a proper girl,

She goes to church on Sundays.

She prays to the Lord to give her strength, Lions and Tigers and Bears

To chase the boys on Mondays. [Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home]

Oh for a home where the buffalo roam, When lions are roaming on the plain, hurrah, hurrah.

Where the deer and the antelope play. [Repeat.]

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, When lions are roaming on the plain, we fall on our

For what can an antelope say? knees and pray for rain.

Chorus

And we all go running up to the hills to get out of

Its An Insect World their way,

It's a world of centipedes, a world of moths, Hey, hey, hey.

It's a world of katydids, a world of wasps When tigers go stalking in the wood, . . .

There's so much that we share that it's time we're All creatures do what they know they should.

aware, When bears are growling loud and long, . . .

It's an insect world. Everyone flees but the young and the strong.

Chorus When rhinos go marching to the lake, . . .

It's an insect covered world, [repeat twice]. Trees do bend and the ground does shake.

It's an insect world.

It's a world of beetles, a world of fleas,

It's a world of caterpillars, a world of bees, Lydia Pinkham

In this world that we know there is so much to show, Chorus

It's an insect world. So Let us drink-a, drink-a, drink,

To Lydia Pinkham, Pinkham, Pink.

The savior of the human race.

Just a Boy and a Girl She invented a vegetable compound

Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe with the moon Twas efficacious in every case.

shining all around. Here's a story, a little bit gory,

And he paddled and he paddled so slow and easy that A little bit happy, a little bit sad.

you couldn't even hear a sound. Of Lydia Pinkham and her vegetable compound,

And they talked and they talked 'til the moon grew And how it drove her to the bad.

dim, My brother Bob, he was quite a slob,

He said, "You better kiss me or get out and swim." He used to drool all over town.

So, what ya gonna do in a little canoe, 'Til they gave him vegetable compound,

With the moon shining all a . . . , boats floating all a . And in a week he almost drowned.

. ., GIRL swimming all around. Johnny Hammer, had a terrible stammer.

He could barely say a word.

So they gave him vegetable compound,

KKKaty silly verses Now he's seen but never heard.

[Tune: K-K-Katy] Oh, Uncle Paul, he was so small.

C-c-c-chigger, horrible chigger, He was the shortest man in town.

You're the only b-b-b-bug that I abhor. 'Til they rubbed him with vegetable compound,

When the m-m-moon shines over the campsite, Now he weighs but half a pound.

I will scratch my b-b-b-bites until they're sore. A lady named Gwen had no children.

C-c-c-chicken, a la-la king-en, She was barren we did fear.

You're so g-g-g-good I want some more. 'Til they gave her vegetable compound,

When b-banquet is all over, Now she delivers twice a year.

I'll be waiting at the b-b-b-bathroom door. Ebenezer thought he was Julius Caesar,

G-g-g-grapefruit, belligerent grapefruit, So they put him in a home.

You're the only f-f-f-fruit that I detest. There they gave him vegetable compound,

When I sp-spoon you from the rind, Now he's emperor of Rome.

All the j-j-j-juice squirts right out on my vest.



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Poor Lydia died and went to heaven. My Bonnie has tuberculosis, my Bonnie has only one

All the church bells they did ring. lung,

But she took along her vegetable compound, My Bonnie can cough up raw oysters, and roll them

Hark, how the Herald Angels sing! around on her tongue.

Lydia Pinkham (1819-1883) was an American My mother's an apple pie maker, my father he fiddles

proprietor who claimed that her Vegetable for tin,

Compound, a blend of herbs and 18% alcohol, could My sister scrubs floors for a living, Oh boy, how the

cure any "female complaint" from nervous money rolls in.

prostration to a prolapsed uterus. Although its Rolls in, rolls in, Oh boy, how the money rolls in,

therapeutic effects were never substantiated by rolls in, etc.

medical proof, her product gained popularity among Last night as I lay on my pillow, last night as I lay on

women, many of whom hesitated to consult male my bed,

physicians about female problems." In the 1920s, I stuck my feet out the window, next morning my

federal regulations caused both the product's claims neighbors were dead.

and its alcohol content to be reduced. Bring back, bring back, Oh, bring my neighbors to

me, to me, etc.



Magdalena Tagalena

Chorus My Stomach Has Had It

Oh, Magdalena tagalena, wocha-tocha, wocha-tocha, [Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean]

Wocha-tocha-mocha was her name. My breakfast lies over the ocean,

She had two hairs on the top of her head, My dinner lies over the sea,

One was alive and the other one was dead. My stomach is in a commotion,

She had two eyes in the middle of her head, Don't mention my supper to me.

One was green and the other one was red. Chorus

She had a nose as long as a hose, Bring back, bring back, Oh bring

It curled at the end and was red like a rose. Back my bucket to me, to me . . .

She had two teeth in the middle of her mouth,

One pointed north and the other pointed south. I really felt rotten this morning,

She had two feet as flat a mat, They tell me I really looked pale,

No one knew how she got around like that. My stomach gave adequate warning,

One day a ten-ton truck ran over poor Magdalena, To lean far out over the rail.

And the poor guy had to get a new machina. Chorus

The sound of a stomach in motion,

A murmuring noise inside me,

Mules I looked down and there on the water,

[Tune: Auld Lang Syne] Was breakfast and dinner and tea.

On mules we find two legs behind, and two we find

before;

We stand behind before we find, what the two behind National Embalming School

be for. [Tune: (mostly) O, Tannenbaum]

When we're behind the two behind, we find what We live for you, we die for you, National Embalming

these be for; School.

So stand before the two behind, and behind the two We do our best to give you rest, National Embalming

before. School.

And when you die, we'll dig a hole, and bury you so

deep and cold.

My Bonnie silly verses We live for you, we die for you, National Embalming

My Bonnie's complexion was makeup, her face, it School.

was beauteous to see; Post mortem, post mortem, post mortem, autopsy we

Until she got caught in a rainstorm, Oh, bring back must have.

my Bonnie to me. [Repeat]

My Bonnie leaned over the gas tank, the height of its Cut! Slash! Gash! Bleed! We must know the reason.

contents to see; Glory how the body stinks! It must be out of season.

I lighted a match to assist her, Oh, bring back my We live for you, we die for you, National Embalming

Bonnie to me. School.



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One Fish Ball My eyes are dim, I can not see.

A man was walking up and down, I have not brought my specks with me. [Repeat.]

To find a place where he could dine in town; Mice . . . running through the rice.

A man was walking up and down, Snakes . . . as big as garden rakes.

To find a place where he could dine. Beans . . . as big as submarines.

He found himself a fancy place, Gravy . . . enough to float the navy.

And entered in with simple grace. [Repeat.] Cakes . . . that give us tummy aches.

He took his purse his pocket hence, Eggs . . . with scaly chicken legs.

But all he found was fifteen cents. Butter . . . running in the gutter.

He scanned the menu through and through, Lard . . . they sell it by the yard.

To see what fifteen cents would do. Bread . . . with great big lumps like lead.

The only thing 'twould to at all, Cheese . . . that makes you want to sneeze.

Was buy just one fish ball. Soot . . . they grow it by the foot.

He call the waiter down the hall, Goats . . . eating all the oats

And softly whispered, "One fish ball." Bees . . . with little knobby knees.

The waiter bellowed down the hall, Owls . . . shredding paper towels.

"This gentlemen here wants one fish ball!" Apes . . . eating all the grapes.

The guests, they turned both one and all Turtles . . . wearing rubber girdles.

To see who'd ordered one fish ball. Bear . . . with curlers in its hair.

The shaken man grew ill at ease, Buffalos . . . with hair between their toes.

But softly whispered, "Bread, sir, please. Foxes . . . stuffed in little boxes.

The waiter bellowed down the hall, Coke . . . enough to make you choke.

"You get no bread with one fish ball!" Pepsi . . . that gives you apoplexy.

The wretched man then went outside, Roaches . . . sleeping in the coaches.

A-looking for a place to hide. Flies . . . swarming 'round the pies.

There is a moral to this all: Fishes . . . washing all the dishes.

Don't ask for bread with one fish ball. Moths . . . eating through the cloths

Scouts . . . eating brussel sprouts.

Leaders . . . slapping at the skeeters.

Oom Plucky Plucky

She sat on a hillside and strummed her guitar,

strummed her guitar, strummed her guitar. Ravioli

She sat on a hillside and strummed her guitar, [Tune: Alouette]

strummed her gui-ta-a-a-ar. Ravioli, I like ravioli; ravioli, it's so good for me.

Chorus Leader: Do I have it in my hair?

Oom, plucky, plucky, oom, plucky, plucky, oom, Yes you have it in your hair.

pluck, pluck, pluck, ZING! Leader: In my hair? OHHH...

Oom, plucky, plucky, oom, plucky, plucky, oom, Ravioli, I like ravioli; ravioli, it's so good for me.

pluck, pluck, pluck, ZING! Continue: Chin, tie, shirt, skirt(pants), shoes, floor.

He sat down beside her and smoked his cigar. Repeat the items mentioned with each verse sung.

He said that he loved her but, oh! How he lied.

They were to be married but somehow she died.

He went to her funeral but just for the ride. Soap and Towel

He went to her grave site and laughed 'til he cried. [Tune: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"]

The grave stone fell over and squish-squash he died. Soap, soap, soap and towel; towel and water please.

She went up to heaven and flittered and flied. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, wash your dirty

He went down below and sizzled and fried. knees.

The moral of this song is: never tell lies.



Scout Travelers

Quartermasters Store [Tune: Home on the Range]

There are rats, rats, as big as alley cats, Oh, give us a train or a boat or a plane,

At the store, at the store. That will carry . . . Scouts away;

There are rats, rats, as big as alley cats, To Paris or Rome, let us wander and roam,

At the Quartermaster's store. And discover new things each day.

Chorus



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Relax on a trail, float over the waves all day, I ask you again, as a personal friend, what did Dela

Or glide through the clouds, far over the crowds, ware?

But be home before five each day. She wore her New Jersey, friends, she wore her New

On a broomstick we'll ride, in a rowboat we'll glide; Jersey.

In a rocket we'll go to the moon, I tell you again, as a personal friend, she wore her

And our trip will be fun but soon will be done, New Jersey.

Air pockets could end it too soon. 2. Oh, how did Flori-die, friends?

Up, up, and away; let us orbit the far distant sun, She died in Mis-sour-i, friends.

Or deep on the floor of the sea let's explore, 3. Oh, what did Io-way, friends?

And as . . . Scouts we'll always have fun. She weighed a Washington, friends.

4. Oh, what did Ida-ho, friends?

She hoed her Mary-land, friends.

Show Me the Way to Go Home 5. Oh, how did Wiscon-sin, friends?

Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to She stole a New-bras-key, friends.

go to bed. 6. Oh, what did Tennessee, friends?

Oh, I had a little drink about an hour ago, and it went She saw what Arkan-sas, friends.

right to my head. 7. Oh, where has Ore-gon, friends?

Wherever I may roam, on land or sea or foam. She's taking Okla-home, friends.

You will always hear me singing this song: Show me 8. Oh, what did Massa-chew, friends?

the way to go home. She chewed her Connecti-cud, friends.

Fancy word version: 9. Oh, what did Missi-sip, friends?

Indicate the way to my habitual abode, I'm fatigued She sipped her Mini-soda, friends.

and I want to retire. 10.Oh, what did Ohi-owe, friends?

Oh, I had a little liquid sixty minutes ago, and it went She owed her state Taxes, friends.

right to my cerebellum. 11.Oh, why did Califone, friends?

Wherever I may perambulate, on land or sea or She called to say, "Hawaii," friends.

atmospheric bubbles.

You will always hear me humming this melody:

Indicate the way to my habitual abode. Sweet Violets

Chorus

Sweet violets, sweeter than the roses,

Sipping Cider Through A Straw Covered all over from head to toe,

The prettiest girl [Echo.], I ever saw, [Echo.] Covered all over with sweet violets.

Was sipping cider through a straw. There once was a farmer who took a young miss

[Repeat previous two lines.] In back of the barn where he gave her a

I asked her if, [Echo.] she'd show me how, [Echo.] Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs,

To sip that cider through a straw. And told her that she had such beautiful

[Repeat previous two lines.] Manners that suited a girl of her charms,

Then cheek to cheek, and jaw to jaw, A girl that he wanted to take in his

We sipped that cider through a straw. Washing and ironing and then, if she did,

Every now and then, the straw would slip, They could get married and raise lots of . . .

I'd sip some cider from her lip. (CHORUS)

The parson came to her backyard, The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop

A sipping cider from a straw. And she called her father and he called a

And now I have a mother-in-law, Taxi and got there before very long,

And fourteen kids to call me Pa. 'Cause someone was doing his little girl

The moral of this little tale, Right for a change and so that's why he said,

Is sip your cider from a pail! "If you marry her, son, you're better off

Feminine variation: Substitute "The cutest boy" for Single 'cause it's always been my belief,

"The prettiest girl," "him" for "her," "he" for "she," Marriage will bring a man nothing but . . .

and "Ma" for "Pa." (CHORUS)

The farmer decided he'd wed any way,

And started in planning for his wedding

Song of the States Suit, which he purchased for only one buck,

Oh what did Dela ware, friends, Oh what did Dela But then he found out he was just out of

ware? Money and so he got left in the lurch,



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Standing and waiting in front of the Gave it to a man going way out west.

End of this story which just goes to show, Told him to give it to the one he loved the best.

All a girl wants from a man is his . . . (CHORUS) First the train jumped the track, then it slipped the

rail.

No one is alive today to tell the sad detail.

Tell Me Why silly verses Gave it to someone going up in a balloon.

Tell me why the bugs do bite, Told him to give it to the man in the moon.

Tell me why the campfire won't light, Balloon came down about 90 miles away;

Tell me why the tent fell down, But where the pilot is today I cannot say.

Tell me why we slept on the ground. Gave it to a little boy with a dollar and a note.

Because they're hungry, the bugs do bite, Told him to go up the river in a little boat.

Because the wood's wet, the campfire won't light, To tie a rope around its neck and a weight of 20

Because we're sloppy, the tent fell down, pounds.

Because we're crazy, we slept on the ground. Now they tell the tale of the little boy that drowned.

Man on the corner swore he'd shoot that cat on sight.

He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite.

The Animal Fair He waited and he waited for that cat to come around.

We went to the animal fair, the birds and the beasts Nine-seven pieces of that man is all they found.

were there, The bombs started dropping just the other day.

The big baboon by the light of the moon was The missiles were fired in the very same way.

combing his auburn hair. Russia went, China went, and the USA [Sobs].

The monkey, he got drunk, and fell on the elephants The human race perished with hardly a chance to

trunk, pray.

The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,

And that was the end of the monkey! (The monkey,

the monkey, the . . . etc.) The Death of Cock Robin

Chorus

All the birds of the air fell a sighin' and sobbin',

The Calliope When they heard of the death of poor cock robin,

Divide the group into four or five parts. Start the When they heard of the death of poor cock robin.

groups 1. Who killed cock robin?

off one at a time, bringing in the next as the one "I", said the sparrow, "with my bow and arrow."

before gets going. "I killed cock robin."

1st part sings: Um-pah-pah 2. Who saw him die?

2nd part sings: Um-sss-sss "I", said the fly, "with my little eye."

3rd part sings: Um-peep-peep 3. Who'll make his shroud?

4th part sings: Um-tweedle-tweedle "I", said the beetle, "with my thread and needle."

The rest of the group sings the melody of a suitable 4. Who'll dig his grave ?

tune, such as "Daisy, Daisy," "East Side, West Side," "I", said the owl, "with my little trowel."

"In the Good Old Summertime," or "The More We 5. Who'll give the memorial?

Get Together." [Found elsewhere in this song "I", said the rook, "with my little book."

collection.] 6. Who'll be chief mourner?

"I", said the dove, "with my undying love."

7. Who'll bear the coffin?

The Cat Came Back "I", said the wren, "with rooster and the hen."

Old farmer Johnson had troubles of his own. 8. Who'll let him down?

He had a yellow cat that wouldn't leave him alone. "I", said the crane, "with my golden chain."

He tried and he tried to give that cat away; 9. Who'll cover him over?

Gave him to a man going very far away. "I", said the crow, "with my little hoe."

Chorus 10.Who'll toll the bell?

But the cat came back, the very next day "I", said the bull, "because I can pull."

Oh the cat came back, they thought he was a gonner, 11.Who'll mark the grave?

But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away, "I", said the thrush, "with my paint and brush."

away, 12.Who'll keep the vigil?

away. "I", said the lark, "so long as it's not dark."





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The Ghost of Anne Bolelyn One that rooster came into our yard,

Now in the Tower of London, large as life, (large as He caught the cow right off of her guard.

life) She giving eggnog, that's more than she use ta,

The ghost of Anne Bolelyn walks, I declare. (I Ever since that rooster came into our yard.

declare) She giving eggnog, that's more than she use ta,

Now, Anne Bolelyn was once King Henry's wife, Ever since that rooster came into our yard.

(Henry's wife) We had a field, no crops would it grow . . . . We're

Until he had the axeman bob her hair. (bob her hair) raising eggplant . . . .

It happened many long years ago, (long years ago) We had a dog, no pups did she have . . . . She's

But she still comes back at night to tell him so. (tell delivering pooched eggs . . . .

him so) Me and my wife, no kids did we have . . . . We're

Chorus raising egg heads . . . .

With her head tucked underneath her arm, she walks We had a gum machine, no gum would it give . . . .

the bloody tower. We're getting chiclets . . . .

With her head tucked underneath her arm, at the We had a garden, no flowers would it grow . . . .

midnight hour. We're growing chickweed . . . .

Oh, once in a while King Henry gives a spread, We had some fish, but they wouldn't grow . . . . We're

(gives a spread) raising tuna, it's the chicken of the sea . . . .

For all his pals and gals, a ghostly crew. (ghostly We had a car, but it wouldn't run . . . . We have a

crew) yolkswagen . . .

The axeman carves the meat and cuts the bread, (cuts We had a comedian, no laughs could he get . . . . He's

the bread) telling yokes now . . . .

And in walks Anne Bolelyn to spoil the stew (spoil We had a army, no battles did we win . . . . We're

the stew) getting shelled now . . . .

She holds her head up high with a wild wa-whoop, We had a cannon, but it wouldn't fire . . . . We have

[bloodcurdling scream] no rooster . . . .

King Henry cries, "Don't drop it in the soup!" (in the

soup)

Along the drafty corridors for miles and miles she The Scout Who Never Returned

goes, [Tune: Charlie On The MTA]

She often catches cold, poor thing, it's drafty when it Let me tell you of a story of a Scout named . . . ,

blows, On that tragic and fateful day;

And it's awfully awkward when she has to blow her Put his/her Scout knife in his/her pocket;

nose. Kissed his/her dog and family;

With her head tucked underneath her arm. When to hike in the woods far away.

Suggested presentation: Make paper mache 'head' or Well, did he/she ever return?

draw a face on an ordinary balloon. The song leader No, he/she never returned.

uses this to act out the words as the audience sings And his/her fate is still unlearned:

along. He/she may roam forever in the woods and

mountains,

He/she's the Scout who never returned.

The Rooster Now you citizens of [town name],

We had some hens, no eggs would they lay, Don't you think it's a scandal

We had some hens, no eggs would they lay. How ol' [Scout's name] got lost that day?

My spouse said, "Honey, this isn't funny. Take the right equipment; TAKE ALONG A

We're loosing money." No eggs would they lay. BUDDY,

One day a rooster came into our yard, When you hike in the hills that way.

He caught those hens right off of their guard. Or else you'll never return,

They're laying eggs now, just like they use ta, No, you'll never return.

Ever since that rooster came into our yard. And your fate will be unlearned: (just like [Scout's

They're laying eggs now, just like they use ta, name])

Ever since that rooster came into our yard. You may roam forever in the woods and mountains,

We had a cow, no milk would she give, [Repeat.] Like the Scout who never returned.

My spouse said, "Honey, this isn't funny.

We're loosing money." No milk would she give.

The Thing



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As I was walking down the beach one bright and Glory, glory, it's the weekend! [Repeat.]

sunny day. I can tell because it's raining and it's 42 below,

I saw a great big wooden box a-floatin' in the bay. As we Scouts go marching on.

I pulled it in and opened it up and much to my

surprise,

I discovered a -, -,-right before my eyes! Three Fishermen

Oh, I discovered a -, -,-right before my eyes! There were three jolly fishermen. [Repeat.]

I picked it up and ran to town as happy as a king. Fisher, fisher, men, men, men. [Repeat.]

I took it to a guy I know who'd buy most anything. There were three jolly fishermen.

But this is what he hollered at me as I walked in his The first one's name was Abraham. [Repeat.]

shop, Abra, abra, ham, ham, ham. [Repeat.]

"Oh, get out of here with that -, -,-before I call a The first one's name was Abraham.

cop!" The second one was I-isaac. [Repeat.]

[Repeat] I-i, i-i, zac, zac, zac. [Repeat.]

I turned around and got right out a-runnin' for my The second one was Isaac.

life, The third one's name was Ja-acob. [Repeat.]

And then I took it home with me to give it to my J-a, j-a, cub, cub, cub. [Repeat.]

wife. The third one's name was Ja-acob.

But this is what she hollered at me as I walked in the They all sailed up to Jericho. [Repeat.]

door, Jeri, jeri, co, co, co. [Repeat.]

"Oh get out of here with that -, -, -, and don't come They all sailed up to Jericho.

back no more." [Repeat] They should have gone to Amsterdam. [Repeat.]

I wandered all around the town until I chanced to Amster, amster, shh, shh, shh. [Repeat.]

meet They should have gone to Amsterdam.

A hobo who was looking for a handout on the street. You must not say that naughty word. [Repeat.]

He said he'd take most any old thing, he was a Naughty, naughty, word, word, word. [Repeat.]

desperate man, You must not say that naughty word.

But when I showed him the -, -, -, he turned a-round I'm going to say it anyway...

and ran.[Repeat]

I wandered on for many years, a victim of my fate,

Until one day I came upon Saint Peter at the gate. Tom the Toad and friends

And when I tried to take it inside he told me where to [Tune: O, Tannenbaum]

go; Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why are you

"Get out of here with that -, -, -, and take it down be- lying in the road? [Repeat]

low!" You did not see the truck ahead, and now your

[Repeat] looking oh so dead.

The moral of this story is; if you're out on the beach Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, so sad you're

And you should see a great big box, and it's within lying in the road?

your reach, Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why did you

Don't ever stop and open it up, that's my advice to jump out in the road? [Repeat]

you, You were so big and green and fat, but now you're

'Cause you'll never get rid of the -, -,-no matter what small and red and flat.

you do! [Repeat] Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why did you

jump out in the road?

Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why did you

The Weekend jump out in the road? [Repeat]

[Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic] You were alive but now you're dead, your face looks

I have seen the sky in darkness, I have seen it in the like a tire tread.

sun, Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why did you

I have felt the rain upon me, I've enjoyed the snowy jump out in the road?

fun. Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why are you

When the weather isn't cloudy or the wind it doesn't lying in the road? [Repeat]

blow. You used to hop and jump about, and now your guts

It isn't only raining, it's the weekend too, you know. are spilling out.

Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, so sad you're

lying in the road?



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Oh, Jake the snake, oh Jake the snake, why are you Bite their heads off,

belly-up in the lake? [Repeat] Suck their juice out,

You did not see that motor boat, propeller got you by Throw their skins away,

the throat. Nobody knows how much I thrive

Oh, Jake the snake, oh Jake the snake, so sad you On worms three times a day.

swam out in the lake? Long thin skinny ones slip down easily,

Oh, Mat the cat, oh Mat the cat, why is your tail so Big fat juicy ones stick;

crooked like that? [Repeat] Hold your head back,

You caught it in the vacuum machine [Eyoww!], and Squeeze their tail,

now your acting awfully mean. And their juice just goes drip, drip.

Oh, Mat the cat, oh Mat the cat, that's why your tail is

crooked like that.

Blow Ye Winds

Oh, a ship was all rigg'd and ready for sea,

Tongo And all of her sailors were fishes to be.

Tongo [repeat], Jim nee bye bye oh [repeat], Chorus

Tongo [repeat], Om ba de kim bye oh [repeat], So, blow ye winds westerly, westerly blow.

Ooh-a-lay [repeat], Mah-le-ka-ah lo way [repeat]. We're bound for the south'ard, so steady she goes.

Oh, first came the herring, the kind of the sea,

He jumped on the poop, "I'll be captain," said he.

Twelve Days of Summer Camp The next was a flat fish, they call him the skate:

On the first day of [summer] camp my family sent to "If you be the captain, why, sure, I'm the mate."

me, A PFD in a pine tree. The next came the hake, as black as a rook.

2. skinned knees Says he, "I'm no sailor, I'll ship as the cook."

3. Bic pens The next came the shark, with his two rows of teeth:

4. flashlights "Cook mind the cabbage, and I'll mind the beef."

5. bathing suits And then came the codfish, with his chuckle head,

6. bars of candy He jumped in the chains, began heaving the lead.

7. missing dollars The next came the flounder, as flat as the ground:

8. counselors sleeping "Damn your eyes, chuckhead, mind how you sound."

9. pairs of skivvies The next comes the mack'rel with his striped back,

10.noisy chipmunks He jumped to the waist for to board the main tack.

11.lost swimmers And then came the sprat, the smallest of all,

12.soggy towels He jumped on the poop, and cried, "Main topsail

Hint: Consider this a sample; tailor individual verses haul!"

to suit your own situation.



Greenland Fisheries

Underwear 'Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three,

[Tune: "Over There"] On June the thirteenth day,

Underwear, underwear, send a pair, send a pair, I can That our gallant ship her anchor weighed,

wear. And for Greenland bore away, brave boys,

For I left mine lying, on a line a drying, And for Greenland bore away.

And now I need them they're not there. The lookout in the crosstrees stood

Underwear, underwear, get a pair, get a pair, With a spyglass in his hand.

anywhere. "There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whalefish"

The bugle's blowing, I must be going, he cried

For I've got to get there if I have to go there bare. And she blows at every span, brave boys.

And she blows at every span.

The captain stood on the quarter-deck,

Worms And a fine little man was he.

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, "Overhaul! Overhaul! let your davit-tackles fall,

I'll go out and dig some worms; And launch your boats for the sea, brave boys,

Long thin skinny ones; And launch your boats for the sea."

Big fat juicy ones, Now the boats were launched and the men aboard,

See how they wriggle and squirm. And the whale was full in view.



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Resolved was each seaman bold, Than I do for the bottom of the sea, the sea, the sea,

To steer where the whalefish blew, brave boys, Than I do for the bottom of the sea.

To steer where the whalefish blew. Then up spoke the cabin boy of our gallant ship.

We struck the whale, and the line paid out, And a scurvy little rascal was he;

But she gave such a flourish with her tail, "I've nary a soul in Salem Town

That the boat capsized and four men were lost, Who will care what happened to me, to me, to me,

And we never caught that whale, brave boys, Who will care what happened to me.

And we never caught that whale. SLOWLY

"To lose that whale" our captain said Then three times round, went our gallant ship

"It grieves my heart full sore, Then three times round went she;

But to lose four of our gallant sailor boys, Then three times round, went our gallant ship

It grieves me ten times more, brave boys, And she sank to the bottom of the sea, the sea, the

It grieves me ten times more." sea,

"The winter star doth now appear, And she sank to the bottom of the sea.

So, boys, we'll anchor weigh.

It's time to leave this cold country,

And homeward bear away, brave boys, Sloop John B

And homeward bear away." We came on the sloop John B., my grandfather and

Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place, me,

A land that's never green. Round Nassau town we did roam,

Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes Drinking all night, got into a fight,

blow, Well, I feel so break-up, I want to go home.

And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys, Chorus

And the daylight's seldom seen. So, hoist up the John B.'s sails, see how the main

sails set,

Send for the Captain ashore, let me go home;

It was Friday Night When We Set Sail The Let me go home, I want to go home,

Mermaid I feel so break-up, I want to go home.

It was Friday night when we set sail, Well, the first mate, he got drunk,

And we were not far from the land. Broke up the people's trunk,

When the captain spied a lovely mermaid Constable has to come and take him away,

With a comb and a brush in her hand, her hand, her Sheriff John Stone, please leave me alone.

hand, I feel so break-up, I want to go home.

With a comb and a brush in her hand. The poor cook he got fits, throw'd away all my grits,

Chorus Then he went and ate up all of my corn,

Oh! the ocean waves may roll, may roll, Oh, let me go home, I want to go home,

And the stormy winds may blow, may blow-o, This is the worst trip I've ever been on.

But we poor sailors go skipping to the tops

While the land-lubbers lie down below, below,

below, The Ship Titanic

While the land-lubbers lie down below. Oh, they built the ship Titanic to sail the ocean blue,

Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship, And they thought they had a ship that the water

And a fine old man was he, would never leak through,

Saying, "This fishy mermaid has warned us of our But the Lord's almighty hand knew that ship would

doom; never stand.

We shall sink to the bottom of the sea, the sea, the It was sad when the great ship went down.

sea, Chorus

We shall sink to the bottom of the sea!" Oh, it was sad, it was sad; it was sad, it was sad;

Then up spoke the mate of our gallant ship, It was sad when the great ship went down, to the

And a well spoken man was he; bottom of the

"I've married a wife in Salem Town, Husbands and wives, little-bitty children lost their

And tonight she a widow will be, will be, will be, lives,

And tonight she a widow will be." It was sad when that great ship went down.

Then up spoke the cook of our gallant ship. Oh, they sailed away from England, and were almost

And a RED HOT cook was he; to the shore,

"I care much more for my kettles and my pots When the rich refused to associate with the poor,



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So they put them down below, where they were the Hark! A solemn bell is ringing,

first to go. Clear through the night;

It was sad when the great ship went down. Thou, my love, art heav'nward winging,

The boat was full of din, and the sides about to burst, Home through the night.

When the captain shouted "Women and children Earthly dust from off the shaken,

first!" Soul immortal shalt not waken,

Then the captain tried to wire, but the wireless was With thy last dim journey taken,

on fire. Home through the night.

It was sad when the great ship went down.

So they swung the lifeboats out o're the deep and

raging sea Amazing Grace

The band struck up with 'Nearer My God to Thee', Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,

Little children wept and cried, as the waves swept, That saved a wretch like me!

o're the side, I once was lost, but now am found,

It was sad when the great ship went down. Was blind but now I see.

Oh the moral to be gained from this tale of woe and Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

pain, And grace my fears relieved;

Is that if you're rich you should not be so vain. How precious did that grace appear

For in the good Lord's eyes, you're the same as other The hour I first believed.

guys. Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have

It was sad when the great ship went down. already come;

Oh they built another ship they called, "Titanic II." Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace

They were sure this time that the water would never will lead me home.

leak thorough. When we've been there ten thousand years, bright

So they launched it with a cheer, and it sank right off shining as the sun,

the pier. We've no less days to sing God's Praise, than when

It was sad when the great ship went down. we first begun.

Amazing grace has set me free,

To touch, to taste, to feel;

The wonders of accepting love,

All Through the Night Have made me whole and real.

Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee,

All through the night;

Guardian angels God will send thee, Battle Hymn of the Republic

All through the night. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, Lord,

Hill and vale in slumber sleeping, He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of

I my loving vigil keeping, wrath are stored;

All through the night. He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible

While the moon her watch is keeping, swift sword,

All through the night; His truth is marching on.

While the weary world is sleeping, Chorus

All through the night. Glory, glory hallelujah! [Repeat twice more.]

O'er thy spirit gently stealing, His truth is marching on.

Visions of delight revealing, I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred

Breathes a pure and holy feeling, circling camps;

All through the night. They have builded Him an alter in the evening dews

Though I roam a minstrel lonely, and damps;

All through the night; I can read his righteous message by their dim and

My true harp shall praise thee only, flaring lamps;

All through the night. His day is marching on.

Love's young dream, alas! is over, He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call

Yet my strains of love shall hover, retreat;

Near the presence of my lover, He is sifting out the hearts of men before His

All through the night. judgment seat;

Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant, my



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feet! 3. He's got the sun and the moon . . .

Our God is marching on. 4. He's got the little bitty baby . . .

5. He's got you and me brother . . .

6. He's got everybody here . . .

Come Come Ye Saints

Come, come ye Saints, no toil or labor fear; but with

joy wend your way. Hymn of Scouting

Though hard to you this journey may appear, grace Tune: The Church's One Foundation

shall be as your day. Oh Father we would bring Thee a Scoutship strong

'Tis better far for us to strive, our useless cares from and true,

us drive; A life of loving service and struggle well won

Do this and joy your hearts will swell. All is well! All through,

is well! A Scoutship that our Founder would surely love to

Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard? 'Tis see,

not so; all is right. Of utter self-surrender and spotless purity.

Why should we think to earn a great reward if we Oh knit us all together as loyal friends of all,

now shun the fight? And make us every ready to help up those who fall,

Gird up your loins, fresh courage take, our God will As Scouts we must be trusted to others to do good,

never us forsake; God bless and keep and strengthen the Scouting

And soon we'll have this tale to tell: All is well! All is brother[/sister]hood.

well! So as we stand before Thee we give our promise true,

That we will on our honor love God and country too.

We'll help all others daily in all we say and do,

Do Lord And live the laws of Scouting as Thou woulds't have

Chorus us do.

Do Lord, Oh do Lord, Oh do remember me, Oh Lord And so Thee our Captain, as loyal Scouts we come,

[Repeat twice more.] And ask that Thou will leads us 'til Scouting days are

Look away beyond the blue. done.

I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun We face tomorrow's struggles strong in Thy strength

[Repeat twice more.] alone:

Look away beyond the blue. Look down and bless our Scoutship, for we would be

Thine own.



Friends

Chorus Michael Row the Boat

So I thank You, I thank you God for all of my Michael, row the boat ashore, Alleluia

friends. Michael, row the boat ashore, Alleluia.

I thank You, I thank You God for all of my friends Sister, help to trim the sail,

with me tonight. Sister, help to trim the sail,

When you're all alone and you're feeling so low, Brother, lend a helping hand,

There is a friend there to tell the things you know. Brother, lend a helping hand,

A friend will always listen, a friend will understand. Jordan's river is chilly and cold,

What is a friend? A friend is here indeed. Chills the body but not the soul,

Sitting all around me, listening to my need. Jordan's river is deep and wide,

A friend is always there, a friend will always care. Milk and honey on the other side.

There's one important thing that I want you to know, Gabriel blow the trumpet horn

And I mean it sincerely from the bottom of my soul. Blow the trumpet loud and long.

I love all of you, you're the greatest friends I've got



Morning Has Broken

Hes Got the Whole World Morning has broken, like the first morning,

He's got the whole world in his hands; [Repeat three Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.

more times.] Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,

He's got the wind and the rain in his hands; [Repeat Praise for them springing fresh from the word.

two more times.] Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven,

He's got the whole world in his hands. Like the first dew fall on the first grass.



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Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, When true liberty is found

Sprung in completeness where His feet pass. By fear and by hate we will no more be bound,

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning, In love and in life we will find a new birth,

Born of the one light Eden saw play. In peace and in freedom redeem the earth.

Praise with elation, praise every morning,

God's re-creation of the new day.

Cool the gray clouds roll, peaking the mountains, Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Gull in her free flight, swooping the skies. Chorus

Praise for the mystery, misting the morning, Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me

Behind the shadow, waiting to shine. home;

I am the sunrise, warming the heavens, Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me

Spilling my warm glow over the earth. home.

Praise for the brightness of this new morning, I looked over Jordan, and what did I see,

Filling my spirit with Your great love. Comin' for to carry me home;

Mine is a turning, mine is a new life, A band of angels coming after me,

Mine is a journey closer to You. Comin' for to carry me home.

Praise for the sweet glimpse, caught in a moment, If you get to heaven before I do,

Joy breathing deeply, dancing in flight. Comin' for to carry me home;

Just tell all my friends that I'm a coming too,

Comin' for to carry me home.

My Fathers House I'm sometimes up and sometimes down,

Oh, won't you come with me, to my Father's house. Comin' for to carry me home;

To my Father's house, to my Father's house. But still my soul feels heavenly bound,

Oh, won't you come with me, to my Father's house, Comin' for to carry me home.

There is peace, peace, peace. I've never been to heaven, but I've been told,

There's sweet communion there, in my Father's Comin' for to carry me home;

house. . . . That the streets in heaven are paved with gold,

There'll be no parting there, . . . Comin' for to carry me home.





Now the Day is Over We Are Climbing Jacobs Ladder

Now the day is over, night is drawing nigh, We are climbing Jacob's ladder; we are climbing

Shadows of the evening steal across the sky. Jacob's ladder;

Now the darkness gathers, stars begin to peep, We are climbing Jacob's ladder; won't you climb with

Birds and beasts and flowers soon will be asleep. me.

Grant to all the weary, calm and sweet repose, Every rung goes higher, higher; every rung goes

With the kindest blessing, may our eyelids close. higher, higher;

Grant to those who suffer rest and balm in thee, Every rung goes higher, higher; won't you climb with

Guard the sailors tossing on the deep blue sea. me.

When the morning wakens, then may I arise, If you love God, why not serve him; if you love God,

Pure and fresh and hopeful, sunrise in my eyes. why not serve him;

If you love God, why not serve him; won't you climb

with me.

Simple Gifts Rise, shine, give God glory . . .

'Tis a gift to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free, Variation:

'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be, We are climbing Scouting's ladder . . .

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

We will live in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gained. Bless This House

To bow and to bend we shall not be ashamed. [Tune: Eidelweiss]

To turn and to turn will be our delight, Bless this house, bless this bread,

'Til by turning and turning we come round right. Come oh Lord and sit with us.

The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, May our hearts grow with peace.

Its streets, its streams, as well as stars above, Come with your love and surround us.

Salvation is here where we laugh, where we cry, Friendship and love may they bloom and grow,

Where we seek and love, where we live and die. Bloom and grow forever.



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Bless our friends, bless us all, For all the glory of the way,

Bless all [ . . . ] Scouts forever. For Thy protection, night and day,

For roof, tree, fire, and bed and board,

For friends and home, we thank Thee, Lord.

God Is Great God Is Good

[Tune: Michael Row the Boat]

God is great, God is good, Alleluia Dese Bones gonna Rise Again

Let us thank him for our food, Alleluia. The Lord he though he'd make a man,

By His hand we all are fed, Alleluia Dese bones gonna rise again.

Thank you Lord, for daily bread, Alleluia. Took a little bit of water and a little bit of sand,

Dese bones gonna rise again.

Chorus

Health and Strength I know it, brother, [Repeat twice more.]

For health and strength and daily bread Dese bones gonna rise again!

We praise thy name, Oh Lord. He thought he'd make a woman too,

Dese bones gonna rise again.

Didn't know 'xactly what to do.

Johnny Appleseed Dese bones gonna rise again.

The Lord is good to me Took a rib from Adam's side,

And so I thank the Lord Dese bones gonna rise again.

For giving me the things I need Made Miss Eve for to be his bride.

The sun and rain and the appleseed. Dese bones gonna rise again.

The Lord is good to me. Put 'em in a garden rich and fair,

And every seed that grows Dese bones gonna rise again.

Will grow into a tree, Told 'em they could eat whatever was there.

And one day soon there'll be apples there Dese bones gonna rise again.

For everyone in the world to share. But to one tree they must not go,

The Lord is good to me. Dese bones gonna rise again.

Oh, here I am 'neath the blue, blue sky Must leave the apples there to grow.

Doing as I please. Dese bones gonna rise again.

Singing with my feathered friends Serpent, he came 'round the trunk,

Humming with the bees. Dese bones gonna rise again.

I wake up every day, At miss Eve, his eye he wunk.

As happy as can be, Dese bones gonna rise again.

Because I know that with His care He said, "Those apples taste mighty fine.

My apple trees, they will still be there. Dese bones gonna rise again.

The Lord's been good to me. Just take one, the Lord won't mind."

Dese bones gonna rise again.

De Lord, he came a-wanderin round,

Peace Is Dese bones gonna rise again.

Peace is the bread we break; Spied dem peelings on de ground.

Love is a river rolling. Dese bones gonna rise again.

Life is the chance we take You ate my apples, I believe?

When we make this world our home. Dese bones gonna rise again.

Gonna make this world our home. 'T wasn't me Lord, I spect twas Eve.

Dese bones gonna rise again.

The Lord he rose up in his wrath,

Thank You For The Food We Eat Dese bones gonna rise again.

[Tune: Michael Row The Boat Ashore] Told 'em to beat it down the path.

Thank you for the food we eat, Hallelujah. Dese bones gonna rise again.

Thank you for the friends we meet, Hallelujah. He put a angel at the door,

Thank you for the birds that sing, Hallelujah. Dese bones gonna rise again.

Thank you Lord for everything, Hallelujah. Told them not to come no more.

Dese bones gonna rise again.



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Green Grow the Rushes doorsy";

I'll sing you one-ho, green grow the rushes-ho. Children of the Lord.

What is your one-ho? It rained, it rained, it rained forty daysy, daysy;

One is one, and all alone, and ever more shall be it [repeat again.]

so! Drove those animals [slap or clap] nearly crazy,

I'll sing you two-ho, green grow the rushes-ho. crazy;

What is your two-ho? Children of the Lord.

Two, two, lily white boys, cloth-ed all in green-ho The Sun came out and dried up the landy, landy;

One is one, and all alone, and ever more shall be it [repeat again.]

so! Everything was [slap or clap] fine and dandy, dandy;

[Continue: adding each verse and repeating Children of the lord.

backwards to, "One is one, and all alone, and ever

more shall be it so!"]

Three, three, the rivals; RockAMySoul

Four for the Gospel makers; Rock-a-my-soul in the bosum of Abraham, [repeat

Five for the symbols at your door; twice].

Six for the six proud walkers; Oh, rock-a-my-soul. (Oh, Lordy.)

Seven for the seven stars in the sky; Too high, you can't get over it,

Eight for the April rainers; Too low, you can't get under it,

Nine for the nine bright shiners; Too wide, you can't get around it,

Ten for the ten commandments; Got to go in through the door.

Eleven for the eleven who went to heaven;

Twelve for the twelve apostles.

Sunday School

Chorus

Rise and Shine Young folks, old folks, everybody come,

Chorus Join our happy Sunday School, and have a lot of fun,

So, rise and shine, and give out your glory, glory; Please check your chewing gum and raisins at the

Rise and shine, and give out your glory, glory; door,

Rise and shine, and [slap or clap] give out your glory, And you'll hear some Bible stories that you've never

glory; heard before.

Children of the Lord. Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednigo

The Lord said to Noah,"There's gonna be a floody, Wouldn't obey the king, so they had to go.

floody;" Put 'em in a furnace to burn 'em up like chaff,

[repeat again.] But their asbestos B.V.D.s gave the king a laugh.

Get those children [slap or clap] out of the muddy, The world was made in six days and finished on the

muddy: seventh,

Children of the Lord. According to the contract it should have been the

So, Noah he build him, he built him an arky, arky; eleventh;

[repeat again.] But the union called a strike and workers wouldn't

Thatched it up with [slap or clap] hickory barky, work.

barky; So the only thing that they could do was fill it up

Children of the Lord. with dirt.

The animals they came in two by twosy, twosy; Adam was the first man that ever was invented,

[repeat again.] He lived all his life and never was contented;

Elephants and [slap or clap] kangaroosy, roosy, He was made of clay in the days gone by,

roosy; And hung on a fence in the sun to dry.

Children of the Lord. Adam was a gardener and Eve was his spouse,

The animals they came in three by threesy, threesy; They got the sack for stealing fruit and took to

[repeat again.] keeping house.

Bugs and bears and [slap or clap] bumblebeesy, They lived a very quiet life and peaceful in the main,

beesy; 'Til Eve had a baby and they started raising Cain.

Children of the Lord. Noah was a mariner who sailed around the sea

The animals they came in four by foursy, foursy; With half a dozen relatives and a big menagerie.

[repeat again.] He failed the first season when it rained for forty

Noah called out [slap or clap] "Close the doorsy,



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days, Chorus

For in that kind of weather no circus ever pays. There's one wide river, and that's the river of Jordan;

Joseph was a shepherd, too, he kept his father's goats, There's one wide river, one wide river to cross.

His father used to dress him in the very loudest coats. He built long, and wide and tall,

His brothers they got jealous and threw him in a well, There's one wide river to cross;

Joseph went to heaven and others went to hell. Plenty of room for the large and small,

Josua played the trumpet, so runs the ancient rhyme. There's one wide river to cross.

He taught the Israelites to play in syncopated time, He anchored the ark to a great big rock,

But when they played in Jericho, their music raised a There's one wide river to cross;

frown, And then he began to load his stock,

So he set the boys a'swinging, and the walls come There's one wide river to cross.

tumbling down. The animals came in one by one,

Pharaoh had a daughter, she had a winsome smile, There's one wide river to cross;

She found the infant Moses a-floating in the Nile. The elephant munching a caraway bun,

She took him to her father, said "I've found him on There's one wide river to cross.

the shore." The animals came in two by two,

Pharaoh winked his eye and said "I've heard that tale There's one wide river to cross;

before." The monkey and the kangaroo,

Jonah was an landsman, so runs the Bible tale; There's one wide river to cross.

He took a steerage passage on a transatlantic whale; The animals came in three by three,

Jonah in the belly of the whale felt quite compressed, There's one wide river to cross;

So he pushed a little button and the whale did the The lion and the chimpanzee,

rest. There's one wide river to cross.

Samson was a husky guy as everyone should know, The animals came in four by four,

He used to lift five-hundred pounds as strongman on There's one wide river to cross;

the show, Old Noah got mad and hollered for more,

One week the bill was rotten and the actors had a There's one wide river to cross.

souse, The animals came in five by five,

But the strongman act of Samson's, still brought There's one wide river to cross;

down the house. With wardrobe trunks they did arrive,

David was a shepherd boy, a plucky little cuss; There's one wide river to cross.

Along came Goliath a-looking for a fuss; The animals came in six by six,

David took a slinky and socked him on the crust, There's one wide river to cross;

Goliath reeled a couple a times and then he bit the The leopard laughed at the monkey's tricks,

dust. There's one wide river to cross.

God made Satan, Satan made sin, The animals came in seven by seven,

God made a hot place to keep Satan in, There's one wide river to cross;

Satan didn't like it so he said he wouldn't stay, Now you may think there's at least eleven

He's been acting like the devil ever since that day. BUT THERE AIN'T!

Daniel was a prophet, he wouldn't obey the king,

The king said to Daniel, "This is a naughty thing."

Put him in a lion's den with lions down beneath, Auld Lang Syne

But Daniel was an artist so he drew the lions' teeth. Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought

Salomi was a dancer and she danced before the king, to mind?

She wiggled and she waggled and she shook most Should old acquaintance be forgot, in days of auld

everything. lang syne?

The king tells Salomi, "We'll have no scandal here!" Chorus

"The hell we won't!" Salomi said, and she kicked the For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne;

chandelier. We'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

And here's a hand, my trusty friend, and give's a hand

of thine;

Theres One Wide River to Cross We'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

Old Noah he build himself an Ark;

There's one wide river to cross.

He thatched it up with hickory bark, Aunt Rhody

There's one wide river to cross.



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Go tell Aunt Rhody, go tell Aunt Rhody, Until I kissed her little sister, and forgot my

Go tell Aunt Rhody, the old gray goose is dead. Clementine.

- The one she's been saving, [Repeat twice more.] Now ye Scouts all heed the warning to this tragic tale

To make a feather bed. of mine,

- She died in the mill pond, [Repeat twice more.] Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation would have saved my

From standing on her head. Clementine.

- The goslings are mourning, [Repeat twice more.] Dixie

Because their mother's dead. I wish I was in the land of cotton,

- The old gander's weeping, [Repeat twice more.] Old times there are not forgotten;

Because his mate is dead. Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland.

In Dixieland where I was born in,

Early on one frosty morning';

Bells of St Marys Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland.

The bells of St. Mary's, ah hear they are calling, Chorus

The young loves, the true loves, who come from the Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! Hooray!

sea. In Dixieland I'll take my stand to live and die in

And so my beloved, when red leaves are falling, Dixie;

The love bells shall ring out, ring out, for you and Away, away, away down south in Dixie. [Repeat.]

me. There's buckwheat cakes and Indian batter

Makes you fat, but that don't matter;

Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland.

Clementine Then hoe it down and scratch your grabble,

In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine, To Dixieland I'm bound to travel,

Lived a miner, forty-niner, and his daughter Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland.

Clementine.

Chorus

Oh my darling, Oh my darling, Oh my darling Down in the Valley

Clementine, Down in the valley, the valley so low,

You are lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Hang your head over, hear the winds blow.

Clementine. Hear the winds blow, dear, hear the winds blow.

Light she was, and like a fairy, and her shoes were Hang your head over, hear the winds blow.

number nine, Down in the valley, walking between,

Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Telling our story, here's what it means.

Clementine. Here's what it means, dear, here's what it means,

Drove she ducklings to the water every morning just Telling our story, here's what it means.

at nine, Roses love sunshine, violets love dew,

Hit her foot against a splinter, fell into the foaming Angels in heaven know I love you;

brine. Know I love you, dear, know I love you,

Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles soft and Angels in heaven know I love you.

fine, Build me a castle forty feet high,

Alas for me! I was no swimmer, so I lost my So I can see him as he rides by;

Clementine. As he rides by, dear, as he rides by,

In a churchyard near the canyon, where the myrtle So I can see him as he rides by.

doth entwine, Writing this letter, containing three lines,

There grow roses and other posies, fertilized by Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"

Clementine. "Will you be mine, dear, will you be mine,"

Then the miner, forty-niner, soon began to peak and Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"

pine, If you don't love me, love whom you please,

Thought he oughter join his daughter, now he's with Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease.

his Clementine. Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease,

In my dreams she still doth haunt me, robed in Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease.

garments soaked in brine, Throw your arms round me, before it's too late;

While in life I used to hug her, now she's dead I draw Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break.

the line. Feel my heart break, dear, feel my heart break.

How I missed her, how I missed her, how I missed Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break.

my Clementine,



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East Side West Side My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,

East side, west side, all around the town, So it stood ninety years on the floor.

The tots sang, "Ring around rosie," "London Bridge It was taller by half than the old man himself,

is falling down." Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.

Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rouke, It was bought on the morn of the day that he was

Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New born,

York. And was always his treasure and pride;

But it stopped, short, never to go again

When the old man died.

Edelweiss Chorus

Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Every morning you greet me. Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick,

Small and white, clean and bright, tock,

You look happy to greet me. His life seconds numbering, tick, tock, tick, tock,

Blossoms of snow, may you bloom and grow, It stopped, short, never to go again, when the old man

Bloom and grow forever, died.

Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Bless my homeland forever! In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,

Many hours had he spent as a boy;

And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to

Fivehundred Miles know

If you miss the train I'm on you will know that I am And to share both his grief and his joy.

gone, For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. With a blooming and beautiful bride.

A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a But it stopped, short, never to go again

hundred miles, When the old man died.

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. My grandfather said that of those he could hire,

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name, Not a servant so faithful he found;

Lord, I can't go back home this way. For it wasted no time, and had but one desire:

This-a way, this-a way, this-a way, this-a way, this-a At the close of each week to be wound.

way, And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face,

Lord I can't go back home this-a way. And its hands never hung by its side.

Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord, I'm three, Lord, But it stopped, short, never to go again

I'm four, When the old man died.

Lord, I'm five-hundred miles away from home. It rang in alarm in the dead of the night,

Away from home, away from home, away from An alarm that for years had been dumb.

home, away from home, And we knew that his spirit was plumbing its flight,

Lord, I'm five-hundred miles away from home. That his hour of departure had come.

[Repeat first verse.] Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled

chime,

As we silently stood by his side

Good Night Irene But it stopped, short, never to go again

Chorus When the old man died.

Irene, good night, Irene; Irene, good night;

Good night, Irene, good night, Irene,

I'll see you in my dreams. Heart of My Heart

Sometimes I live in the country, Heart of my heart, how I love that melody,

Sometimes I live in town, Heart of my heart, brings back a memory,

Sometimes I take a great notion, When we were kids on the corner of the street,

To roam this world around. We were rough and ready guys, but oh! How we

Stop rambling, stop your gambling, could harmonize,

Stop staying out late at night; Heart of my heart, meant friends were dearer then,

Go home to your friends and family, Too bad we had to part,

And stay by the fireside bright. I know a tear would glisten if once more I could

listen,

To that gang that sang, Heart of my heart.

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Home on the Range I love the Mountains

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills,

Where the deer and the antelope play, I love the flowers, I love the daffodils,

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, I love the campfire, when all the lights are low;

And the skies are not cloudy all day. Boom-de-ada, boom-de-ada, boom-de-ada, boom-de-

Chorus ada . . .

Home, home on the range, where the deer and the

antelope play,

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, In the Evening by the Moonlight

And the skies are not cloudy all day. In the evening, by the moonlight, you could hear

Where the air is so pure, and the zephyrs so free, those campers singing,

The breezes so balmy and light, In the evening, by the moonlight, you could hear

That I would not exchange my home on the range, those echoes singing.

For all of the cities so bright. How the campers would enjoy it! They would sit all

The Red man was pressed from this part of the west, night and listen;

He's likely no more to return, As we sang in the evening, by the moonlight

To the banks of the Red River where seldom if ever (Rawdy-do-dah!)

Their flickering campfires burn. Second time through: Group responds to each "ing"

How often at night when the heavens are bright, word and "moonlight" with "rawdy-do-dah" (except

With the light from the glittering stars, for "evening" in the last line).

Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed,

If their glory exceeds that of ours.

Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours, In the Good Old Summertime

The curlew I love to hear cry, In the good old summer time, in the good old summer

And I love the white rocks and the antelope flocks, time,

That graze on the mountain slopes high. Strolling through the shady lanes with your baby

Oh give me a land where the bright diamond sand, mine;

Flows leisurely down in the stream; You hold her hand and she holds yours, and that's a

Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along, very good sign,

Like a maid in a heavenly dream. That she's your tootsey wootsey in the good old

Then I would not exchange my home on the range, summertime.

Where the deer and the antelope play;

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,

And the skies are not cloudy all day. Ive Got Sixpence

I've got sixpence, jolly, jolly sixpence,

I've got sixpence, to last me all my life.

Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight I've got twopence to spend, and twopence to lend,

Late last night when we were all in bed, And twopence to send home to my wife. Poor wife!

Mrs. O'Leary left her lantern in the shed. Chorus

Well, the cow kicked it over, and this is what they No cares have I to grieve me, no pretty little girls to

said: deceive me.

"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!" I'm as happy as a lark, believe me. As we go rolling,

When you hear those bells go ding-a-ling, rolling home.

All join 'round and sweetly you must sing. Rolling home, rolling home. [Repeat]

And when the verse is through, in the Chorus all join Rolling home to my home by the sea, boom, boom,

in: boom.

"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!" Happy as the day when our leaders get their pay.

For dramatic effect, shout out "FIRE, FIRE, FIRE" at As we go rolling, rolling home.

the end of the first verse. I've got fourpence, jolly, jolly fourpence,

Silly variant: I've got fourpence, to last me all my life.

I've got twopence to spend, and twopence to lend,

Ten nights dark when bed we all were in, And no pence to send home to my wife. Poor wife!

Old Leary lady hung the shed her lantern in, I've got twopence, jolly, jolly twopence,

And when the kick cowed it over, she eyed her wink I've got twopence, to last me all my life.

and said I've got twopence to spend, and no pence to lend,

"There'll be town hot in the time old tonight!" And no pence to send home to my wife. Poor wife!



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I've got no pence, jolly, jolly no pence, . . . Rocking, rolling riding, out along the bay,

All bound for Morningtown, many miles away.

Maybe it is raining where our train will ride,

KKKKaty But all the little travelers are snug and warm inside.

K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, Somewhere there is sunshine, somewhere there is

You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore. day,

When the m-m-moon shines over the cow-shed, Somewhere there is Morningtown, many miles away.

I'll be waiting at your k-k-k-kitchen door.



Oh Susanna

Land of the Silver Birch I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,

Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver, I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see.

Where still the mighty moose wanders at will. It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry

Chorus The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you

Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more. cry.

Boom de de boom boom, boom de de boom boom. Chorus

Boom de de boom boom, boom-m-m-m-m. Oh! Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me,

Down in the forest, deep in the lowlands, For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my

My heart cries out for thee, hills of the north. knee.

Swift as a silver fish, canoe of birch bark, I had a dream the other night, when everything was

Thy mighty waterways carry me forth. still;

High on a rocky ledge I'll build my wigwam, I thought I saw Susanna dear, a coming down the hill.

Close by the water's edge, silent and still. A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in

her eye,

Says I, I'm coming from the south, Susanna, don't

Make New Friends you cry.

Make new friend but keep the old, I soon will be in New Orleans, and then I'll look

One is silver but the other gold. around,

A circle is round, it has no end. And when I find Susanna, I'll fall upon the ground.

That's how long I want to be your friend. But if I do not find her, then I will surely die,

I have a hand, and you have another. And when I'm dead and buried, Oh, Susanna, don't

Put them together and we have each other you cry.





My Dream Came True Oh You Cant Get to Heaven

[Tune: I've Been Working on the Railroad] Oh the Deacon went down, to the cellar to pray.

I was dreaming of a campfire, burning clear and But he fell asleep, and stayed all day.

bright. [Repeat.]

Sparkling stars were all above me, upon a summer's I Ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

night. Chorus

I was dreaming that my best friends all were I Ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

dreaming too. I Ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

When I woke and looked around me, I saw my dream I Ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more.

came true. Oh you can't get to heaven, in a rocking chair.

'Cause the Lord don't allow, no lazybones there. etc.

Oh you can't get to heaven, in a [name of person]'s

Morningtown Ride car.

Train whistle blowing, makes a sleepy noise, 'Cause the gosh darn thing, won't go that far. etc.

Underneath their blankets go all the girls and boys, Oh you can't get to heaven, in a [name of person]'s

Heading from the station, out along the bay, boat.

All bound for Morningtown, many miles away. 'Cause the gosh darn thing, won't even float. etc.

[Child's name]'s at the engine, [Another child's name] Oh you can't get to heaven, on water skis.

rings the bell, 'Cause the Lord don't allow, no hairy knees. etc.

[Other child's name] swings the lantern to show that Oh you can't get to heaven, on roller skates.

all is well. 'Cause you'll roll right by those pearly gates. etc.





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Oh you can't get to heaven in a limousine, Chorus

'Cause the Lord don't sell no gasoline. etc. All the world is sad and weary, every where I roam;

Oh you can't get to heaven on a motor bike, Oh people, how my heart grows weary, far from the

'Cause you'll get halfway, then you'll have to hike. old folks at home.

etc. All 'round the little farm I wandered, when I was

Oh you can't get to heaven in a supersonic jet, young,

'Cause the Lord ain't got no runways yet. etc. There many happy days I squandered, many the song

Oh you can't get to heaven with powder and paint, I sung.

'Cause it makes you look like what you ain't. etc. When I was playing with my brother, happy was I,

Oh you can't get to heaven in a strapless gown, Oh, take me to my kind old mother, there let me live

'Cause the gosh darn thing might fall right down. etc. and die.

Oh you can't get to heaven in [name of person]'s One little hut among the bushes, one that I love

pants, Still sadly to my memory rushes, no matter where I

'Cause [name of person]'s pants are full of ants. etc. rove.

Oh you can't chew terbaccy on the golden shore, When will I see the bees a-humming all 'round the

'Cause the Lord don't have no cuspidor. etc. comb?

Oh I want to go to heaven, and I want to do it right, When will I hear the banjo strumming, down in my

So I'll go up to heaven all dressed in white. etc. good old home?

Oh one fine day, and it won't be long,

You'll look for me, and I'll be gone. etc.

Oh if you get to heaven, before I do. On Top of Old Smoky

Just bore a hole, and pull me through. etc. On top of old Smoky, all covered with snow,

Well if I get to heaven, before you do. I lost my true lover from courting too slow.

I'll plug that hole, with shavings and glue. etc. Now, courting is pleasure and parting is grief,

That's all there is, there ain't no more. And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief.

Saint Peter said, as he closed the door. etc. For a thief will just rob you and take what you have,

Oh there's one more thing I forgot to tell, But a false-hearted lover will lead you to the grave.

If you don't go to heaven, you'll go to hell. etc. And the grave will decay you and turn you to dust;

Not one boy in a hundred a poor girl can trust.

They'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies,

Old Black Joe Than cross ties on a railroad or stars in the skies.

Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay, So, come all you young maidens and listen to me,

Gone are my friends, from the cotton field away Never place your affection on a green willow tree.

Gone from the earth, to a better land I know, For the leaves they will whither, and the roots they

I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe." will die,

Chorus You'll all be forsaken and never know why.

I'm coming, I'm coming, for my head is bending low;

I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe."

Why do I weep when my heart should feel no pain, Our Paddles Keen and Bright

Why do I sigh that my friends come not again, Our paddles keen and bright, flashing like silver,

Grieving for forms now departed long ago? Swift as the wild goose flies, dip, dip, and swing.

I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe." Dip, dip, and swing them back, flashing like silver,

Where are the hearts once so happy and so free, Swift as the wild goose flies, dip, dip, and swing.

The children so dear that I held upon my knee? Sing two or three times through, with voices

Gone to the shore where my soul has long'd to go. becoming louder and then softer-as though canoes

I hear their gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe." were first approaching and then moving away. [Also

may be sung as a round.]



Old Folks at Home

Way down upon the Swanee River, far, far away, Pack Up Your Troubles

That's where my heart is turning ever, there's were Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile,

the old folks stay. smile, smile;

All up and down the whole creation, sadly I roam, While you've a match or two to light your fire,

Still longing for the old plantation, and for the old Smile Scouts that's the style.

folks What's the use of worrying, it never was worth while;

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Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, Now, alas, must my fond hopes all vanish?

smile, smile! For they say you are going away.

Won't you think of the valley you're leaving,

Oh, how lonely and sad it will be,

Patsy Atsy Ori Ay Just think of the fond heart you're breaking,

18 hundred and 51, work on the railroad was begun, And the grief you are causing to me.

Work on the railroad was begun, workin' on the From this valley they say you are going,

railroad. When you go, may your darling go too?

Chorus Would you leave her behind unprotected,

Patsy atsy ori ay, [repeat twice] When she loves no one other than you.

Workin' on the railroad. As you go to your home by the ocean,

1800 & 52, looking around for something to do, . . . . May you never forget those sweet hours,

1800 & 53, railroad company hired me, . . . . That we spent in the Red River Valley,

1800 & 54, back was getting mighty sore, . . . . And the love we exchanged 'mid the flowers.

1800 & 55, found myself more dead than alive, . . . . I have promised you, darling, that never

1800 & 56, dropped a couple of dynamite sticks, . . . . Will a word from my lips cause you pain,

1800 & 57, found myself on the way to heaven, . . . . And my life, it will be yours forever,

1800 & 58, found myself at the Pearly Gate, . . . . If you only will love me again.

1800 & 59, found myself on a cloud sublime, . . . . They will bury me where you have wandered,

1800 & fifty-ten, started in all over again, . . . . Near the hills where the daffodils grow,

When you're gone from the Red River valley,

For I can't live without you I know.

Polly Wolly Doodle

Oh, I went down South for to see my Sal,

Sing Polly-Wolly-Doodle all day, Shine On Harvest Moon Medley

My Sally am a spunky gal, Shine on, shine on harvest moon, up in the sky;

Sing Polly-Wolly-Doodle all day. I ain't had no lovin since January, February, June or

Chorus July.

Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well my fairy Snow time ain't no time to sit around and croon.

fay, So, shine on, shine on harvest moon for me and my

For I'm going to Louisiana, for to see my Susyanna, gal.

Sing Polly-Wolly-Doodle all day. The bells are ringing, for me and my gal;

Oh, my gal, Sal, she's a maiden fair, . . . The birds are singing for me and my gal.

With laughing eyes and curly hair, . . . Everybody's been knowing, to a wedding they're

Oh, a grasshopper sat on a railroad track, . . . going,

A picking his teeth with a carpet tack, . . . And for weeks they've been sewing, every Sue and

Oh, I went to bed but it weren't no use, . . . Sal.

My feet stuck out for a chicken roost, . . . They're congregating for me and my gal.

Behind the barn, down on my knees, . . . The parson's waiting for me and my gal.

I thought I heard that chicken sneeze, . . . And someday we're going to build a little home for

He sneezed so hard with the whooping cough, . . . two,

He sneezed his head and tail right off, . . . For three or four or more

In loveland for me and my gal.



Red River Valley

From this valley they say you are going, Shortnin Bread

We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile, Three little children lyin' in bed,

For they say you are taking the sunshine Two of them sick and the other most dead.

Which has brightened our pathways a while. Called for the doctor, the doctor said,

Chorus "Feed them children some shortnin' bread.

Come and sit by my side if you love me; Chorus

Do not hasten to bid me adieu, Mammy's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin',

But remember the Red River Valley, Mammy's little baby loves shortnin' bread. [Repeat

And the girl that has loved you so true. both lines.]

I've been thinking a long time, my darling, When them children lying in the bed

Of the sweet words you never would ay, Heard that talk about shortnin' bread,



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Thay all got up and began to shout, three hold hands and skip about the circle. On the

Laughin' and a-singin' and a-dancin' about. word, "skip," the couple stops and joins hands to

Put on the skillet, put on the lid, form an arch for the third person to step under.

Mammy's gonna make a little shortnin' bread. The couple then rejoins the circle, the person left in

Then after that, there's a treat for you, the

Mammy's gonna make a little coffee too. center picks another couple to skip about. Again, on

the word, "skip," the original caller and one member

of the couple called in make the arch and rejoin the

Side By Side circle, leaving the other member of the couple just

Oh we ain't got a barrel of money, maybe we're called in the center. The person left in the center

ragged and funny, chooses a third couple, and so on, until the song ends.

But we'll travel along, singing a song, side by side.

Don't know what's coming tomorrow, maybe it's

trouble and sorrow, Sweet Betsy From Pike

But we'll travel the road, sharing our load, side by Did you ever hear tell of sweet Betsy from Pike,

side. Who crossed the wide prairie with old Uncle Ike,

Through all kinds of weather, what if the sky should With two yoke of cattle and one spotted hog,

fall, A tall Shanghai rooster and a large yellow dog.

Just as long as we're together, it doesn't matter at all. Chorus

When they've all had their troubles and parted, Singin' toora-li, loora-li, loora-li, ay [Repeat.]

We'll be the same as we started, One evening quite early they camped on the Platte,

Just trav'ling along, singing our song, side by side. 'Twas near by the road on a green shady flat,

Where Betsy sore-footed lay down to repose,

There was no sounder sleeper than that Pike County

Singing for Our Lives rose.

We are gentle angry people They soon reached the desert, where Betsy gave out,

And we are singing, singing for our lives. And down in the sand she lay rolling about;

We are gentle angry people But she got up again with a great deal of pain,

And we are singing, singing for our lives. And declared she'd go back to Pike County again.

We are young and old together . . . The Shanghai ran off and their cattle all died,

We are a multicolored people . . . That morning the last piece of bacon was fried;

Poor Ike was discouraged and Betsy got mad,|

The dog drooped his tail and looked wondrously sad.

Skip to My Lou They finally stopped on a very high hill,

Lost my partner what'll I do? [Repeat twice more.] And with wonder looked down upon old Placerville;

Skip to my Lou, my darling. Ike sighed when he said as he looked all around

Chorus "Well, Betsy, my sweet, we might as well go down.

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou. [Repeat twice more.] Old Ike and sweet Betsy attended a dance;

Skip to my Lou, my darling. Ike wore a pair of his Pike County pants;

2. I'll get another, a nicer one too- Sweet Betsy was covered with ribbons and rings;

3. If I lose that one, I'll take two- Says Ike, "You're an angel, but where are your

4. Flies in the sugar bowl, shoo, shoo, shoo- wings?"

5. Cat's in the buttermilk, licking it too- A miner asked, "Betsy, will you dance with me?"

6. Kitten in the haymow, mew, mew, mew- "I will that, old hoss, if you don't make too free;

7. Bears in the rose bush, boo, boo, boo- "But don't dance me hard, do you want to know why?

8. Mule's in the cellar, kicking up through- Dog on, but I'm chock full of strong alkali."

9. Dad's old hat got torn in two-

10.Little red wagon, painted blue-

11.Had a cart and pony too- Tell Me Why

12.Going to get a red-bird, a pretty one too- Tell me why the stars do shine,

13.If I can't get a red-bird, a blue-bird'll do- Tell me why the ivy twines,

14.Needle in the haystack, Number 32 Tell me why the ocean's blue,

15.Hurry up, slow poke, do, Oh, do- And I will tell you just why I love you.

Optional dance actions: Players form a circle and Because God made the stars to shine,

chose partners. Dance starts with one couple moving Because God made the ivy twine,

to the center and selecting one other person. The



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Because God made the ocean blue, "It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing,

Because God made you, that's why I love you. It was once in the saddle I use to go gay;

I really think that God above, First to the dram-house and then to the card-house;

Created you for me to love, Got shot in the chest; I am dying today.

He picked you out from all the rest, "Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin;

Because He knew, dear, that I'd love you best. Get six pretty maidens to carry my pall;

Put bunches of roses all over my coffin,

Roses to deaden the clods as they fall.

The Ash Grove "Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,

The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly 'tis Play the death march as you carry me along;

speaking Take me to the green valley and lay the sod o'er me,

The harp thro' it playing has language for me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong.

Whenever the light through its branches is breaking "Go fetch me a cup, a cup of cold water,

A host of kind faces is gazing on me To cool my parched lips," the cowboy then said;

The friends of my childhood again are before me Before I returned, the spirit has left him

Each step wakes a mem'ry as freely I roam And gone to his Maker-the cowboy was dead.

With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o'er me We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,

The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home And bitterly wept as we bore him along;

Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander For we all loved our comrade, so brave, young, and

When twilight is fading, I pensively rove. handsome,

Or at the bright moontide in solitude wander We all loved our comrade although he done wrong.

Amid the dark shades of the lonely ash grove.

'Tis there where the blackbird is cheerfully singing

Each warbler enchants with his notes from a tree. The Fox

Ah then little think I of sorrow or sadness Oh the fox went out on a chilly night, prayed for the

The ash grove entrancing spells beauty for me. moon to give him light.

My laughter is over, my step loses lightness He had many a mile to go that night before he

Old countryside measures steal soft on my ears reached the town-o, town-o, town-o.

I only remember the past and its brightness He had many a mile to go that night before he

The dear ones I mourn for again gather here reached the town-o.

From out of the shadows their loving looks greet me So he ran 'til he came to a great big pen, where the

And wistfully searching the leafy green dome ducks and the geese were kept therein.

I find other faces fond bending to greet me He said "One of you is going to grease my chin

The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home before I leave this town-o, etc. [Repeat with just one

'town-o.']

He grabbed a duck by the neck, swung a goose over

The Band Played On his back.

Casey would waltz with the strawberry blond, and the He didn't mind the 'quack, quack, quack' and the legs

band played on. all dangling down-o, etc. [Repeat with just one

He'd glide 'cross the floor with the girl he adored, and 'down-o.']

band played on. Well old mother flipper-flopper jumped out of bed,

His brain was so loaded it nearly exploded; out the window she popped her head.

The poor girl would shake with alarm. She cried, "John, John, the gray goose is gone! And

He married the girl with the strawberry curl, and the the fox is on the town-o, etc. [Repeat with just one

band played on. 'town-o.']

So John, he ran to the top of the hill, blew his whistle

so loud and shrill.

The Cowboys Lament The Streets of Laredo Fox, he said, "I better flee with my kill or they'll soon

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, be on my trail-o" etc. [Repeat with just one 'trail-o.']

As I walked out in Laredo one day, Well, he ran 'til he came to his cozy den, there were

I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen, the little ones - eight, nine ten.

All wrapped in white linen and cold as the clay. They said, "Daddy, better go back again 'cause it

"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy." must be a might fine town-o, etc. [Repeat with just

These words he did say as I boldly step by, one 'town-o.']

"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story: Then the fox and his wife, without any strife, cut up

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They never has such a supper in their life and the I gave my love a ring that has no end,

little one chewed on the bones-o, etc. [Repeat with I gave my love a baby that's no cry-en.

just one 'bones-o.'] How can there be a cherry that has no stone,

How can there be a chicken that has no bone,

How can there be a ring that has no end,

The Gypsy Rover How can there be a baby that's no cry-en?

The Gypsy rover went over the hill, A cherry when it's bloomin',it has no stone;

Down to the valley so shady; A chicken when it's pippin', it has no bone;

He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang, A ring when it's rollin', it has no end;

For he won the heart of a lady. A baby when it's sleepin', it's no cry-en.

Chorus

Ha di do, ah dido da day, ah di do, ah di day-ee;

He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang, The Rose

For he won the heart of a lady. Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender

She left her father's castle gate, reed.

She left her own true lover; Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to

She left her servants and her estate, bleed.

To follow the Gypsy rover. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need.

Her father saddled his fastest steed, I say love, it is a flower and you its only seed.

He searched the valley all over; It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to

He sought his daughter at great speed, dance.

And the whistling Gypsy rover. It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the

He came at last to a mansion fine, chance.

Down by the river Claydee; It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to

And there was music and there was wine, give,

For the Gypsy and his lady. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.

"He is no Gypsy, my father," said she, When the night has been too lonely, and the road has

"But a lord of freelands all over; been too long,

And I will stay to my dying day, And you think that love is only for the lucky and the

With my whistling Gypsy rover. strong,

Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter

snows,

The More We Get Together Lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring

The more we get together, together, together, becomes the rose.

The more we get together, the happier we'll be.

For your friends are my friends and my friends are

your friends; The Saints Go Marching In

The more we get together, the happier we'll be. Oh, when the Saints go marching in,

Oh, how's for getting friendly, quite friendly, Oh, when the Saints go marching in,

quitefriendly, Lord, I want to be in that number,

Oh, how's for getting friendly, both your friends and When the Saints go marching in.

mine. 2. And when the revelation comes.

If your friends like my friends and my friends like 3. And when the new world is revealed.

your friends; 4. And when the sun refuse to shine.

We'll all be friends together, now won't that be fine? 5. And when they gather 'round the throne.

The more we camp together, together, together, 6. And on that hallelujah day.

The more we camp together, the merrier we'll be. 7. And when the Saints go marching in.

For my Scout says to your Scout and your Scout says

to me:

The more we camp together, the merrier we'll be. Turkey in the Straw

Oh, as I was a goin' down the road,

With a tired team and a heavy load,

The Riddle Song I cracked my whip and leader sprung,

I gave my love a cherry that has no stone, I says good-day to the wagon tongue.

I gave my love a chicken that has no bone, Chorus





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Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay, [Repeat.] When you wore a tulip, a bright yellow tulip,

Roll 'em up and twist 'em up a high tuckahaw, And I wore a big red rose;

And play a little tune called 'Turkey in the Straw.' When you caressed me, it was then heaven blessed

Oh, I jumped in the seat, and I gave a little yell, me,

The horses ran away, broke the wagon all to hell, What a blessing no one knows.

Sugar in the gourd and honey in the horn, You made life cheery when you called me "dearie,"

I never been so happy since the day I was born. 'Twas down where the blue grass grows.

Oh, I went out to milk, and I didn't know how, Your lips were sweeter than julep, when you wore

I milked the goat instead of the cow. that tulip,

A monkey sittin' on a pile of straw, And I wore a big red rose.

A-winkin' his eyes at his mother-in-law.

Well, I met Mr. Catfish comin' down stream,

Says Mr. Catfish, "What do you mean?" When You’re Smiling

I caught Mr. Catfish by the snout, When you're smiling, when you're smiling,

And I turned Mr. Catfish wrong side out. The whole world smiles with you.

Well, I came to a river and I couldn't get across, When you're laughing, when you're laughing,

So I paid five dollars for a blind old hoss; The sun comes shining through.

He wouldn't go ahead, and he wouldn't stand still, But when you're crying, you bring on the rain,

So we went up and down like an old saw mill. So stop your sighing, be happy again,

As I came down the new cut road, Keep on smiling, 'cause when you're smiling,

I met Mr. Bullfrog, I met Miss Toad, The whole world smiles with you.

And every time Miss Toad would sing,

Old Bullfrog cut a pigeon wing.

Oh, I had an old hen and she had a wooden leg, You Are My Sunshine

She was the best darn hen that ever laid an egg; Chorus

She laid more eggs than any hen on the farm, You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,

And a little competition didn't do her any harm. You make me happy when skies are gray.

Well, if frogs had wings and snakes had hair You'll never know dear, how much I love you;

And automobiles went flying through the air; Please don't take my sunshine away.

Well, if watermelons grew on a huckleberry vine, The other night dear, when I was sleeping,

We'd all have winter in the summertime. I dreamt I held you in my arms.When

I awoke dear, I was mistaken;

So I hung my head and I cried . . .

We Shall Overcome I'll always love you and make you happy,

We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall If you will only say the same,

overcome some day; But if you leave me to love another,

Oh! Deep in my heart I do believe, we shall You'll regret it all some day.

overcome some day. You told me once, dear, you really loved me

We'll walk hand in hand, . . . And no one else could come between

We are not afraid, . . . today . . . But now you've left me and love another

The truth shall make us free . . . You have shattered all my dreams.

We shall live in peace . . .



You Can Dig My Grave With a Silver Spade

When I Grow Too Old to Dream You can dig my grave with a silver spade; [repeat 2

When I grow too old to dream, I'll have you to more times.]

remember. 'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer.

When I grow too old to dream, your love will live in There's a long white robe up in heaven for me;

my heart. [repeat 2 more times.]

So hug me, my friend, and so let us part, 'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer.

And when I grow too old to dream, that hug will live There's a starry crown up in heaven for me; [repeat 2

in my heart. more times.]

'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer.

There's a pair of wings up in heaven for me;[repeat 2

When You Wore A Tulip more times.]

'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer.



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There's a golden harp up in heaven for me; [repeat 2 I've roamed and rambled and I followed my

more times.] footsteps,

'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer. To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,

You just pluck one string and the whole heavens ring; And all around me a voice was sounding,

[repeat 2 more times.] This land was made for you and me.

'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer. I followed your low hills and I followed your cliff

rims,

Your marble canyons and sunny bright waters,

America The Beautiful This voice came calling, as the fog was lifting,

O beautiful for spacious skies, This land was made for you and me.

For amber waves of grain, As the sun was shining and I was strolling,

For purple mountain majesties Through the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds

Above the fruited plain. rolling,

Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet, I could feel inside me and see all 'round me

Whose stern, impassioned stress, This land was made for you and me.

A thoroughfare for freedom beat,

Across the wilderness.

America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Yankee Doodle

Confirm thy soul in self-control, Yankee Doodle went to town, a-riding on a pony;

Thy liberty in law. Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.

Oh beautiful for heroes proved, in liberating strife Chorus

Who more than self their country loved, Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy,

And mercy more than life. Mind the music and the step and with the girls be

America! America! May God thy gold refine, handy.

'Till all success be nobleness, Father and I went down to camp along with Captain

And every gain divine. Gooding

O beautiful for patriot dreams And there we saw the men and boys, as thick as hasty

That sees beyond the years; pudding.

Thine alabaster cities gleam, There was Colonel Washington, upon a strapping

Undimmed by human tears. stallion,

America! America! God shed his grace on thee, A-giving orders to his men, I guess there was a

And crown thy good with brotherhood, million.

From sea to shining sea. And there I saw a cannon barrel as big as mother's

basin,

And every time they touched it off they scampered

Youre a Grand Old Flag like the nation.

You're a grand old flag, you're a high-flying flag,

Forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of, the land I love, A Boys Eyes

The home of the free and the brave.

Every heart beats true for the red, white, and blue, "I'd like to be a Cub Scout"

Where there's never a boast or a brag. His eyes were deepest blue.

But should old acquaintance be forgot, "I'd like to learn, and play, and build

Keep your eye on the grand old flag. Like Jim and Freddy do."



"I know how to use a hammer;

This Land is Your Land I can drive a nail if I try.

Chorus I'm eight years old, I'm big and strong

This land in your land, this land is my land, And hardly ever cry."

From California, to the New York Island,

From the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters, I gave him the application

This land was made for you and me. and parent participation sheet.

As I was walking, that ribbon of highway, His eyes were filled with sunshine

I saw above me that endless skyway, as he left on dancing feet.

I saw below me that golden valley,

This land was made for you and me. Next day, my friend was back again -



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a dejected little lad. Oh, dear mother, I wants a sack

"I guess I'll skip the Cub Scouts." With beads and buttons all down the back.

His eyes were dark and sad. To me right, fol diddy fol dee.

Me boot is broke, me frock is tore.

"My Mom is awful busy - Right foloral taddle diddle Ido

she has lots of friends, you see. Me boot is broke, me frock is tore,

She'd never have time for a den; But Georgie Snooks I do adore.

she hardly has, for me." To me right, fol diddy fol dee.

Oh, fish is low and flour is high.

"And Dad is always working - Right foloral taddle diddle Ido

he's hardly ever there. Oh, fish is low and flour is high,

To give them any more to do So Georgie Snooks, he can't have I.

just wouldn't be quite fair." To me right, fol diddy fol dee.



He handed back the papers

with the dignity of eight years, A Hiking Song

And, smiling bravely, left me. Pack up your luncheon in your brown knapsack

His eyes were filled with tears. And hike, hike, hike.

Take all you need upon your own strong back

Do you see your own boy's eyes Wander where you like.

as other people may? Leave the road to motor cars,

How he looks when you're "too busy" The sidewalks to the bikes-but . . .

or "just haven't time" today? Pack up your luncheon in your brown knapsack

And hike, hike, hike.

A boy is such a special gift -

why don't you realize,

It only takes a little time A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

to put sunshine in his eyes. When you hear dem bells go ding, aling, aling

All join 'round and sweetly you must sing

And when the verse am through, in the Chorus all

A Freezing Tent join in

A freezing tent, a freezing tent, There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight

The rain is coming down in a freezing tent.

A freezing tent, a freezing tent,

The rain is coming down in a freezing tent. A Laugh Provoker

Wet blankets, wet blankets, It isn't any trouble Just to s-m-i-l-e,

The rain is coming down in a freezing tent. It isn't any trouble just to s-m-i-l-e,

Wet blankets, wet blankets, If ever you're in trouble

The rain is coming down in a freezing tent. It will vanish like a bubble,

If you only take the trouble just to s-m-i-l-e.

Second verse:-------------------- G-r-i-n-grin.

A Grace Third verse:--------------------- G-i-giggle-e.

For food, friends and fellowship. Fourth verse:----------------------- L-a-u-g-h.

We thank Thee, Lord. Fifth verse:------------------- Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

Por sus-ten-to y amis-tad, It isn't any trouble, T'-READ! the B-I-B-L-E.

Gra-cias Senor. It isn't any trouble, T'-READ! the B-I-B-L-E.

If ever you're in trouble

It will vanish like a bubble,

A Great Big Sea Hove In Long Beach If you only take the trouble, T'-READ! the B-I-B-L-

A great big sea hove in long beach. E.

Right foloral taddle diddle Ido

A great big sea hove in long beach,

And Granny Snooks, she lost her speech. A Legend In My Time id Be

To me right, fol diddy fol dee. If heartaches brought fame

Oh, dear mother, I wants a sack. In love's crazy game,

Right foloral taddle diddle Ido I'd be a legend in my time.



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If they gave gold statuettes A ram sam sam, A ram sam sam

For tears and regrets, Goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li ram sam sam

I'd be a legend in my time. A ram sam sam, A ram sam sam

But they don't give awards, Goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li ram sam sam

And there's no praise or fame A ra-vi A ra-vi, goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li ram

For a heart that's been broken sam sam

Over love that's in vain. A ra-vi A ra-vi, goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li ram

If loneliness meant world acclaim, sam sam

Then ev'ryone would know my name.

I'd be a legend in my time.

A Sailor Went To Sea

Chorus:

A Little Guy Called Joe A sailor went to sea sea sea

In a war torn land of poverty, To see what he could see see see,

Somewhere across the sea, But all that he could see see see

There's a little guy who's waiting, Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea.

And he looks a lot like me. Oh, Helen had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell.

His hair is like the Raven's, When Helen went to heaven, the steamboat went to -

Or the wings of a Crow, Hello, operator, just give me number nine.

I don't know what they named him, If the line is busy, I'll kick your big -

But I'm sure they named him Joe. Behind the old piano, there was a piece of glass.

CHORUS: Helen slipped upon it and hurt her little -

Just a little guy called Joe, Ask me for a muffin, I'll give you some old bread,

Like so many more I know, And if you do not like it, just go and soak your head.

Left all alone somewhere across the sea.

I want him to have my name,

Little Joe is mine to claim, A Salute To Leaders

This little guy called Joe belongs to me. We thank you all our leaders,

His mother died to give him life, But we know we bring you joy,

The day my orders came, For each and every week we send

I wanted to stay with him, To you our quiet boys;

But war's an evil thing, Alone they're very silent

Now he won't recognize me, But together quite a noise,

But I've got to let him know, And the troops go marching on.

That he means much more to someone, Chorus:

Then just a little guy called Joe. Thank you all for being leaders,

CHORUS: Thank you all for being leaders,

Thank you all for being leaders,

Of our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts!

A Place To Stand The boys arrive here right on time,

Give us a place to stand In proper uniform;

And a place to grow Their hair is always combed real fine,

And call this land Ontario Like when they just left home;

A place to live. They all sit down and quietly wait,

For you and me Until the fall-in call,

With hopes as high And the troops go marching on!

As the tallest tree

Give us a land of lakes

and a land of snow A Scout Hymn

And we will build Ontario Grant us, O God, that in our youth

A place to stand, a place to grow We may learn duty, faith and truth

Ontari-ari-ari-o ! And by our Promise and our Law

Serve the great end our Founder saw.



A Ram Sam Sam In brotherhood throughout the world

May the Scout banner be unfurled;



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Let not our feet in sin be snared, Of course, if you wanted to eat it,

Help us in life to Be Prepared. You had to crawl in like a mole.

Chorus

For Thee, O God, our spirits search; Fires were lit on the roadway,

For Thee, our colours in Thy church; Trees were chopped down in a rush,

For Thee, our hope, for Thee, our pride; And after some more about kitchens,

For Thee, our strength and all beside. We all stomped around in the bush.

Chorus

With the Campfire this course is ending,

A Scouters Smile A good one for all it has been,

When Scouters all are smiling, The lights will be out by eleven,

Sure it's like a morn in spring And then not a man must be seen!

For amid their joy and laughter

You can hear the music ring.

When all the crowd are happy A White Sport Coat

And the night seems bright and gay, A white sport coat and a pink carnation;

With that fine old Scouting spirit, I'm all dressed up for the dance.

Sure it wins you right away. A white sport coat and a pink carnation;

I'm all alone in romance.

Once you told me long ago

A Smile Is A Funny Thing To the prom with me you'd go.

A smile is quite a funny thing Now you've changed your mind, it seems;

It wrinkles up your face Someone else will hold my dreams.

And when it's gone, you'll never find A white sport coat and a pink carnation;

Its secret hiding place I'm in a blue blue mood.

But far more wonderful it is

To see what smiles can do

You smile at one, she smiles at you A Woman Stood By The Churchyard Wall

And so one smile makes two A woman stood by the churchyard wall

Ooh__________ Ahh__________

He smiles at someone, since you smile The woman she was gaunt and tall

And then that one smiles back Ooh__________ Ahh__________

And that one smile smiles until in truth A corpse was being carried in

You fail in keeping track Ooh__________ Ahh__________

And since a smile can do great good The corpse was very pale and thin

By cheering hearts of care Ooh__________ Ahh__________

Let's smile and not forget the fact The worms crawled in and the worms crawled out

That smiles go everywhere Ooh__________ Ahh__________

In at the nose and out of the snout

Ooh__________ Ahh__________

A Training Course Song The woman to the corpse said:

We came up to (name your camp) Campsite, Ooh__________ Ahh__________

A Scouting course for to run, "Shall I be like that when I am dead?"

And once we arrived at the Campsite, Ooh__________ Ahh__________

We sure had a whole lot of fun. The corpse answered with a groan:

Chorus: SHRIEK!!!

Camping, Camping, it's good to be camping again,

again.

Camping, Camping, it's good to be camping again. A Wooney Gooney

The tents were erected quite quickly, A wooney gooney cha a wooney

In various sizes and shapes, A wooney gooney cha a wooney

They drooped at the corners most sickly, I, I, I, ippee I, I, anna

And hung from the ridge poles like grapes. I, I, I, ippee I, I, anna

Chorus A wooney, A wooney, cheche!

A session on feeding and cooking,

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A Wound Time Cant Erase U - Make my life complete

Have you found since you turned me down, V - Means you're very sweet

The one that you were searching for. W, X, Y, Z - It's fun to wander through

Are you glad that you made me sad, The alphabet with you

For you know I vowed to love you evermore. To tell you what you mean to me!

CHORUS:

What did you have in mind,

When you broke this heart of mine, Adeadeadeo

Are you laughing in my face. A-de-a-de-a-de-o

Darling what can I do, A wig wig wig wig waggly wo

When you say we are through, Clap your hands up in the sky

You've left a wound time can't erase. Because ________ is flying high!

Tell me dear, are you satisfied, A little louder!

To be footloose and fancy free. A little stronger!

Is it power you've won, for the things you have done,

What you've gained I guess I'll never see.

CHORUS: Aroving

At number three Old England Square,

Mark well what I do say;

A Young Austrian At number three Old England Square,

A young Austrian went yodelling on the mountain so My Nancy Dawson she lives there:

high And I'll go no more a-roving

When along came a cuckoo bird, interrrupting his With you, fair maid!

cry, yodel-ley-de

Yodel-ley-de, Yodel-ley-de, cuckoo, cuckoo CHORUS:

Yodel-ley-de, Yodel-ley-de, cuckoo, cuckoo A-roving, a-roving; since rovings

Yodel-ley-de-o been my ru-i-in,

I'll go no more a-roving

St.Bernard dog . . . Hahh, hahh (pant) With you fair maid!

My Nancy Dawson she lived there,

Grizzly bear . . . Ahhh (fierce noise) Mark well what I do say;

She was a lass surpassing fair,

Milking cow . . . Schhh (milking sound) She'd bright blue eyes and golden hair

And I'll go no more a-roving,

Pretty maid . . . Kiss, kiss (kiss hand) With you, fair maid!



Her mother . . . Ahh (scream) CHORUS:

I met her first when home from sea,

Her father . . . BANG! Mark well what I do say;

Home from the coast of Afrikee,

With pockets lined with good money;

A Youre Adorable And I'll go no more a-roving

A - You're adorable With you fair maid!

B - You're so beautiful CHORUS

C - You're a cutie full of charms Oh! didn't I tell her stories true,

D - You're a darling, and Mark well what I do say;

E - You're exciting, and And didn't I tell her whoppers too!

F - You're a feather in my arms Of the gold we found in Timbuktu;

G - You look so good to me And I'll go no more a-roving

H - You're so heavenly With you, fair maid!

I - You're the one I idolize

J - We're like Jack and Jill CHORUS

K - You're so kissable But when we'd spent my blooming screw,

L - Is the lovelight in your eyes Mark well what I do say;

M, N, O, P - I could go on all day And the whole of the gold from Timbuktu

Q, R, S, T - Alphebetically speaking, you're O.K. She cut her stick and vanished too!



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And I'll go no more a-roving, But just as his knife was ending his life

With you, fair maid. In fact, he had shouted "Huzza!"

He felt himself struck by that subtle Calmuck

CHORUS Bold Ivan Skavinski Skavar.

When the Sultan rode up the disturbance to quell

Or to give to the victor the cheer,

Aardvarks Are My Friends He arrived just in time to take hasty farewell

Aardvarks are my friends Of Abdul, the Bulbul Ameer.

Aardvarks are my friends There's la grave where the wave of the Danube doth

Aardvarks are my friends roll

Aardvarks are my friends And on it, engraven so clear

Is, "Stranger, remember to pray for the soul

Aardvarks are my friends Of Abdul the Bulbul Ameer."

Aardvarks are my friends But a Muscovite maiden her vigil doth keep

Aardvarks are my friends In her home 'neath the cold northern star

Aardvarks are my friends And the name she so tenderly murmurs in sleep

Is "Ivan Skavinski Skavar."

Aardvarks are my friends

Aardvarks are my friends

Aardvarks are my friends Abide With Me

Aardvarks are my friends! Abide with me, fast falls the eventide,

The darkness deepens, Lord with me abide;

When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,

Abdul The Bulbul Ameer Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

The sons of the Prophet are hardy and bold I need Thy presence every passing hour

And quite unaccustomed to fear- What but Thy grace can foil tempter's power?

But of all, the most reckless of life or of limb Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?

Was Abdul, the Bulbul Ameer. Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

When they wanted a man to encourage the van I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless;

Or to shout "Hul-la-loo!" in the rear Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.

Or to storm a redoubt, they straightaway sent out Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?

For Abdul, the Bulbul Ameer. I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

There are heroes in plenty and well-known to fame

In the ranks that are led by the Czar

But the bravest of all was the man with the name About A Quarter To Nine

Of Ivan Skavinski Skavar. The stars are gonna twinkle and shine

He could imitate Irving, play euchre or pool, This evening about a quarter to nine

And perform on the Spanish guitar. My lovin' arms are gonna tenderly twine

In fact, quite the cream of the Muscovite team, Around you around a quarter to nine

Was Ivan Skavinski Skavar I know I won't be late

One morning the Russian had shouldered his gun, 'Cause at half pat eight

And put on his most cynical sneer, I'm gonna hurry there

When, going down town, he happened to run I'll be waiting there the lane begins

Into Abdul the Bulbul Ameer Waiting for you on needles and pins

Said the Bulbul, "Young man, is existence so dull And then the world is gonna be mine

That you're anxious to end your career? This evening about a quarter to nine

For, infidel, know that you've trod on the toe

Of Abdul, the Bulbul Ameer."

Said the Russian, "My friend, your remarks in the end Ach Von De Musica

Will prove only futile, I fear (Caller) Ach von de musica

For I mean to imply you are going to die (Everybody) Deutches Vaderlander

Mr. Abdul, the Bulbul Ameer." (Caller) Ach von spieler

The Bulbul so bold, swore a swear, it is said, (Everybody) Ach von spieler

Which brought people in crowds from afar (Caller) Ich-en bee en zumba-za.

Then, fiercely intent upon slaughter, he went (Everybody) Ich-en-bee-en zumba-za.

For Ivan Skavinski Skavar.



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CHORUS: Bombaala ZIMA, bombaala ZIMA

Zumba, Zumba, Zumba-za etc. Bombaala ZIMA ZIMA ZIMA WEH-O-MAH.

Bombaala ZIMA, bombaala ZIMA

2. Viola-la Bombaala ZIMA ZIMA ZIMA WEH-O-WAH.

3. Piccolo-la

4. Trumpet-ra

(dat, drrat, drrat, dat, da) After CubsBrownies

5. Piano-la. After the meeting's over

After the Cubs/Brownies have gone

After two hours of screaming

Acres Of Clams After your voice is done

I've wandered all over this country, Many a Leader's wilting

Prospecting and digging for gold; And you can hear them all

Sigh now the Cubs/Brownies have vanished

I've tunnel'd, hydraulicked, and cradled, Outside the hall

And I nearly froze in the cold. After the Ball was Over

And I nearly froxe in the cold, After the ball was over

And I nearly froze in the cold, After the break of morn

I've tunnel'd, hydraulicked, and cradled, After the dancers' leaving

And I nearly froze in the cold. After the stars are gone

Many a heart is aching

I rolled up my grub in my blanket, If you could read them all

I left all my tools on the ground, Many the hopes that have vanished

I started one morning to shank it After the ball

For the country they call Puget Sound. After the Ball was Over (2)

For the country they call Puget Sound, After the ball was over

For the country they call Puget Sound, Nellie took out her glass eye

I started one morning to shank it Put her false teeth in water

For the country they call Puget Sound. Corked up her bottle of dye

Put her false leg in the corner

No longer the slave of ambition, Hung up her wig on the door

I laugh at the worls and its shams, And all that is left goes to bye byes

And I think of my happy condition After the ball

Surrounded by acres of clams.

Surrounded by acres of clams,

Surrounded by acres of clams, Aiken Drum

And I think of my happy condition There was a man lived in the moon,

Surrounded by acres of clams. Lived in the moon, lived in the moon.

There was a man lived in the moon,

And his name was Aiken Drum.

Advertise

The fish it never cackles 'bout Chorus:

Its million eggs or so.

The hen is quite a different bird, And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,

One egg--and hear her crow! And he played upon a ladle,

The fish we spurn but crown the hen And his name was Aiken Drum.

Which leads me to surmise,

Don't hide your light but blow your horn, And his hat was made of pudding,

It pays to advertise! Of pudding, of pudding,

And his hat was made of pudding,

And his name was Aiken Drum.

African Boat Song

Zingo za-me, zingo zee-ah And his coat was made of turkey,

A-way, a-way, a-way. Of turkey, of turkey,

Zingo za-me, zingo zee-ah And his coat was made of turkey,

A-way, a-way, a-way. And his name was Aiken Drum.



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And his belt was made of licorice, skunk

Of licorice, of licorice, Baby Moses ate the skunk, an holy moses how they

And his belt was made of licorice, stunk!

And his name was Aiken Drum. Eli, Eli he went west, where he thought he was the

best

And his pants were made of fish sticks, Now they've laid him down to rest

Of fish sticks, of fish sticks,

And his pants were made of fish sticks,

And his name was Aiken Drum. Aint She Sweet

Ain't she sweet? See her coming down the street!

And his buttons were made of walnuts, Now I ask you very confidentially, ain't she sweet?

Of walnuts, of walnuts, Ain't she nice? Look her over once or twice

And his buttons were made of walnuts, Now I ask you very confidentially, ain't she nice?

And his name was Aiken Drum. Just cast an eye in her direction

Oh, me! Oh, my! Ain't that perfection?

And his hair was made of spaghetti, I repeat, don't you think she's kind of neat?

Of spaghetti, of spaghetti, And I ask you very confidentially, ain't she sweet?

And his hair was made of spaghetti,

And his name was Aiken Drum.

Akela Were Assembled Here

And his eyes were made of jelly beans, Akela we're assembled here,

Of jelly beans, of jelly beans, Around the Council rock,

And his eyes were made of jelly beans, About you glance and you will see

And his name was Aiken Drum. The finest of your flock.

Our promise once again we make

And his mouth was made of marshmallow, That we will "Do our best"

Of marshmallow, of marshmallow, Right loyally we'll hunt with thee

And his mouth was made of marshmallow, Thro' North, South, East and West.

And his name was Aiken Drum.



Akelas Band

Aint It Great To Be Crazy For I am the Akela of a jolly Wolf Cub Band

Eli, Eli, he sells socks, a dollar a pair, a nickel a box Who, personally, I always think

The longer you wear them, the shorter they get The finest in the land.

And you put them in the water and they don't get wet. In uniform upon parade

Chorus: Boom boom ain't it great to be crazy They look so trim and neat,

Boom boom ain't it great to be nuts like us That I'm as proud, as proud can be,

Silly and foolish all day long When we go down the street,

Boom boom ain't it great to be crazy

Way down south where the banana trees grow Chorus:

A monkey stepped on an elephants toe

The elephant cried with a tear in his eye (Stepping along--a happy throng-

Why don't you pick on someone your own size. Stepping it out--You'll hear us shout):

Man had a pair of combination underwear

Wore them forty years without a tear Oh, we're a rack of Jolly Cubs,

Forty years without exaggeration Who try from day to day

Couldn't get them off because he lost the To make what we've learned in the Pack

combination. For life a helpful way;

Horse, flea, and three blind mice sat on a curb We'll always try to do our best,

shooting dice In eveything we do

The horse slipped and fell on the flea At school, at home, at play, you'll find,

Oops said the flea there's a horse on me! We're to our Cubbing true.

Coca cola came to town, Pepsi cola shot him down

Dr. Pepper fixed him up, and now we're all drinking

7-up. Akelas Pack

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We're a Pack of happy Cub Scouts Alive Alert Awake

Wolf, Bear, and Webelos. I'm alive, altert, awake, enthusiastic

We'll eventually be Boy Scouts, alive, altert, awake, enthusiastic

As everybody knows. I'm alive, altert, awake,

Don't you want to come and join us? I'm awake, alert, alive,

Be with all the rest? I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic!

Don't you want to be a Cub Scout?

Come and Do Your Best! Actions:



Alive: hands on your head

Alabama Jubilee Alert: hands on shoulders

You ought to see Mr. Jones when he rattles the Awake: cross arms over chest

bones, Enthu-: hands on thighs

Old Colonel Brown foolin' round like a clown. -si-: clap

Miss Virginia who is past eighty-three, -astic: snap with both hands

Shoutin', "I'm full o' pep!

Repeat the song a number of times, getting faster as

[SPOKEN] Watch yo' step, watch yo' step" you go!



One legged Joe danced aroun' on his toe,

Threw away his crutch and hollered, "Let 'er go!" All Earths Creatures

Oh, honey, Chorus:All earth's creatures got a place in the choir

Hail, hail the gang's all here Some sing lower and some sing higher

For an Alabama Jubilee. Some sing out loud on the telephone wire

And some just clap their hands

Or paws or wings or claws

Alexanders Ragtime Band Or anything they got now.

Come on and here, come on and hear Alexander's Listen to the bass its the one on the bottom

Ragtime Band Where the bullfrog croaks

Come on and hear, come on and hear, it's the best And the hippopotamus moans and groans with a big

band in the land to-do

They can play a bugle call like you never heard And the old cow just goes moo.

before Dogs and cats they take up the middle

So natural that you want to go to war Where the honey bee hums and the cricket fiddles

That's the bestest band what am, my honey lamb The donkey brays and the pony neighs

Come on along, come on along, let me take you by And all the coyotes howl.

the hand Listen to the top where the little birds sing

Up to the man, up to the man, who's the leader of the On the melody with the high notes ringing

band The hoot owl howls over everything

And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in And the jaybird disagrees.

ragtime Singin' in the nighttime, singin' in the day

Come on and hear, come on and hear, Alexander's The little duck quacks and then she's on her way

Ragtime Band The 'possum ain't got much to say

And the porcupine talks to himself.

It's a simple little song sung everywhere

Alice Blue Gown By the ox and the fox and the grizzly bear

In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown, The grumpy alligator and the hawk above

When I first wandered down into town,

I was both proud and shy

As I felt every eye, All Girl Guides

but in ev'ry shop window I don't know but I've been told,

I'd primp, passing by, All Girl Guides are good as gold.

Then the world seem'd to smile all around, I am one, and I say it's true,

Till it wilted I wore it, Guiding's great for me and you.

I'll always adore it,

My sweet little Alice Blue Gown. Chorus:



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Sound off: 1, 2, Singing in the nighttime, singing in the day

Sound off: 3, 4. The little duck quacks and he's on his way

Bring it on down: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, - 3,4 The otter hasn't got that much to say

And the porcupine talks to himself.

Sparks wear clothes the colour of pink, It's a simple song, a living song everywhere

They are Guiding's first strong link. By the ox and the fox and the grizzly bear

They are cute and they are sweet The grumpy alligator and the hawk above

Sparkie girls are fun to meet. The sly old weasel and the turtle dove.



Brownies have an orange tie

They're second level, me oh my. All I Have To Offer You Is Me

They wear a uniform that's brown. Before you take another step,

Their big smiles can erase a frown. There's something you should know,

About the years ahead and how they'll be.

Girl Guide level is the next, You'll be living in a world,

Blue is the colour that we expect. Where roses hardly ever grow,

They say that camping is big fun, 'Cause all I have to offer you is me.

And they earn badges one by one. CHORUS:

There'll be no mansion waiting on the hill,

Paathfinders care a lot, With crystal chandeliers,

Their service projects hit the spot. And there'll be no fancy clothes for you to wear,

Green ties are the emblem that they wear, Everything I have is standing here,

The Girl Guide promise they're proud to swear. In front of you to see,

All I have to offer you is me.

Senior Branches are red, navy, gold, Sweetheart I'll give you all my love,

They are Girl Guides on the go. In every way I can,

With many and widening chances to soar, But make sure that's what you want,

Some Girl Guides go over seas and more. While you're still free.

The only gold I have for you,

Leaders wear no ties at all Is in this wedding band,

They come all sizes, big and small. 'Cause all I have to offer you is me.

They share their time and talents too. CHORUS:

They make Girl Guiding great for you.



All My Lifes A Circle

All Gods Creatures All my life's a circle, sunrise and sundown

Chorus: The moon rolls through the night time

All God's creatures got a place in the choir Till the day break comes around

Some sing low and some sing higher All my life's a circle, but I can't tell you why

Some sing out loud on the telephone wire The seasons spinning round again

Some just clap their hands or paws or anything The years keep rolling by.

they've got now... It seems like I've been here before, I can't remember

when

Listen to the bass; he's the one on the bottom But I got this funny feeling

Where the bullfrog croaks and the hippopotamus That we'll all be together again

Moans and groans with a big to do There's no straight lines that make up my life

And the old cow just goes moo. And all my roads have bends

Dogs and cats they take up the middle There's no clear cut beginnings, and so far no dead

Where the honey bee hums and the cricket fiddles ends.

Where the donkey brays and the pony neighs I've found you a thousand times, I guess you've done

And the old grey badger sighs. the same

Listen to the ducks and the little birds singing But then we'll lose each other

On the melody with the high notes ringing It's just like children's games

The hoot owl cries over everything As I see you here again, the thought runs through my

And the jay bird disagrees. mind





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Our friendships like a circle, All Pull Together

Let's go round one more time. We'll all pull together

Comrades, birds of a feather

Happy Cubs, Snappy Cubs,

All Night All Day Ready Cubs, Steady Cubs,

All night, all day, (O Lordy) Where'er you find us

Angels watching over me, my Lord Adding our story,

All night, all day, To our Pack's glory,

Angels watching over me For all of our Pack are jolly proud

Now I lay me down to sleep To know they belong to the finest

Angels watching over me, my Lord Cub Pack of them all.

Pray the Lord my soul to keep

Angels watching over me

If I die before I wake All Round My Hat

Angels watching over me, my Lord All round my hat I will wear the green willow;

Pray the Lord my soul to take All round my hat for a twelve month and a day;

Angels watching over me If anybody asks me the reason why, I wear it,

It's all because my true love is far, far away.

My love she was fair, and my love she was kind, too,

All Our Love Is Gone And many were the happy hours between my love

Darkness lures you to the bar-room, and me,

And you don't return 'til dawn, I never could refuse her whatever she's a mind to,

Does the bright lights make you happier, And now she's far away, far o'er the stormy sea.

Than what you've left at home. Will my love be true and will my love be faithful

Does drinking kill your conscience, Or will she find another swain to court her when she's

And turn your heart to stone, gone?

If it holds such powers over you, The men will all run after her, so pretty and so

Then all our love is gone. graceful,

CHORUS: And leave me here lamenting, lamenting all alone.

Yes all our love is gone now,

Since the bottle took its place,

And the only thing that's left here, All The Boy Scouts

Is the sorrow and disgrace. All the Boy Scouts love a camp fire

The wine must have some power, All the Boy Scouts love a hike.

That I was born without, For there's something about a camp fire

For each night when the lights turned on, That is just what all boys like.

It always takes you out. Hiking along with good companions,

When all your friends have left you, Cooking supper in the open air,

To walk that road alone, Where they park their staff and rod,

Then you'll have time to think about, And they gather close to God,

The many wrongs you've done. You will find the Boy Scouts there.

You'll feel the hurt that follows,

The happy times you've known,

And then you'll know the reason, All The Nice Girls Love A Sailor

Why all our love is gone. All the nice girls love a sailor,

CHORUS: All the nice girls love a tar;

Yes all our love is gone now, For there's something about a sailor --

Since the bottle took its place, Well, you know what sailors are!

And the only thing that's left here, Bright and breezy, free and easy,

Is the sorrow and disgrace. He's the ladies' pride and joy.

The wine must have some power, Falls in love with Kate and Jane,

That I was born without, Then he's off to sea again --

For each night when the lights turned on, Ship Ahoy! Ship Ahoy!

It always takes you out.



All Things Bright And Beautiful



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CHORUS:- Alouette, Gentille Alouette

All things bright and beautiful, Alouette, Je te plumerai les oieux

All creatures great and small, Je te plumerai les oieux

All things wise and wonderful, Et les oieux

The Lord God made them all. Et les oieux

Each little flower that opens, Et la tete

Each little bird that sings, Et la tete

He made their glowing colours, Alouette

He made their tiny wings. Alouette

CHORUS Other parts:

The purple-headed mountain, La tete - head

The river running by, Les oieux - eyes

The sunset and the morning, Le nez - nose

That brightens up the sky; Les oreilles - ears

CHORUS La bouche - mouth

The cold wind in the winter, Le cou - neck

The pleasant summer sun, Les mains - hands

The ripe fruits in the garden, Les bras - arms

He made them every one; Le dos - back

CHORUS Les pattes - legs

The tall trees in the greenwood, Les pieds - feet

The meadows where we play, Les orteilles - toes

The rushes by the water,

We gather every day;

CHORUS All You Etta

He gave us eyes to see them, Chorus:

And lips that we might tell, All you etta, tell me all you etta.

How great is God Almighty, All you etta, tell me all you en.

Who has made all things well.

CHORUS Did you ett your (ham) today?

Yes, I ett my (ham) today.

(Ham) today.

All Things Shall Perish (Ham) today.

All things shall perish from under the sun Chorus

All things shall perish from under the sun Did you ett your (potatoes) today?

Music alone shall live Yes, I ett my (potatoes) today.

Music alone shall live (Potatoes) today,

Never to die (Potatoes) today.

(Ham) today.

(Ham) today. Ohhh. *Chorus.

All You Eta

Think of all you et-a

All you et-a [Continue as previous verses.]

Think of all you et!

Leader:

Think of all the soup you et Allelu

Think of all the soup you et Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia

Leader Soup you et Praise ye the Lord

All: Soup you et Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia

All you et Praise ye the Lord

All you et Praise ye the Lord, alleluia

Oh oh oh oh Praise ye the Lord, alleluia

All you et-a Praise ye the Lord, alleluia

Think of all you et-a Praise ye the Lord

All you et-a

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Alleluia friendship too!

Chorus: Ah la la la la la la la lay luia

ah la la la la la lay luia Alligator! Alligator!

ah la la la la la la la lay luia Can be your friend, can be your friend, can be your

ah la la la la la lay lay luia friend too

Singing shake the hand of the person next to you The alligator ate my friend he can eat your friend too

shake the hand and sing along If people would just understand that he needs protein

shake the hand of the person next to you too!

shake the hand and sing, sing along, singing:

Chorus Alligator! Alligator!

substitute for shake the hand: Pass a smile Can be yor friend, can be your friend, can be your

Pass a hug friend too

Pat the head The Alligator is my friend he can be your friend too,

Give a high five But I'd rather have him on my shirt, than have him

for my shoes.



Alligator 1 Alligator! Alligator!

The alligator is my friend. Can be your friend, can be your friend, can be your

He can be your friend too. friend too

If only you would understand, The alligator ate my book, he can eat your book too,

That he has feelings too! If people would just understand, that he needs

knowledge too!

Chorus:

Alligator! Alligator! Actions:

Can be your friend. Alligator! Alligator!: make gator jaws with arms

Can be your friend. and snap them shut

Can be your friend, too. Can be your friend... too: wiggle back and forth as if

doing the “boogie”

The alligator's happy and smiles.

He never sings the blues.

I'd rather have him as my friend, Almost Persuaded

than wear him on my shoes. Last night all alone in a bar-room,

Met a girl with a drink in her hand,

(Chorus) She had ruby red lips, coal black hair,

And eyes that would tempt any man.

The alligator swims the swamps.

He never crawls on dirt. Then she came and sat down at my table,

And if you want to see my friend, And she placed her soft hands in mine.

You can see him on my shirt. I found myself wanting to kiss her,

For temptation was flowing like wine.

(Chorus)

CHORUS:

The alligator ate my friend. And I was almost persuaded,

He can eat your friend, too. To strip myself blind of my pride.

If only you will understand, Almost persuaded,

That he eats dinner too! To push my conscience aside.



(Chorus) Then we danced and she whispered I need you,

Take me away from here and be my man.

Then I looked into her eyes and I saw it,

Alligator 2 The reflection of my wedding band.

Alligator! Alligator!

Can be your friend, can be your friend, can be your CHORUS:2

friend too And I was almost persuaded,

The alligator is my friend he can be your friend too To let sweet lips lead me on.

If people would just understand that he needs Almost persuaded,



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But your sweet love made me stop and go home. Amanda, light up my life,

They should have made you a gentleman's wife.



Alouette It's a measure of people who don't understand,

Alouette, gentille alouette The pleasures of life, in a hillbilly band.

Alouette, je te plumerai I got my first guitar when I was fourteen,

Now I'm over thirty, and still wearing jeans.

Solo: Je te plumerai la tete

All: Je te plumerai la tete CHORUS:

Solo: Et la tete

All: Et la tete

Solo: Alouette Lord Baden Powell

All: Alouette (Tune: Father Abraham)

All: Oh alouette, gentille alouette Lord Baden-Powell has many friends

All: Alouette, je te plumerai Many friends has Lord Baden-Powell

Continue with: I am one of them, and so are you

le bas As we go marching on - - (shout out)

le front “With a RIGHT” ARM (beginning swinging arm)

le dos

les yeux Repeat verse above and add in turn:

les jambes • “With a LEFT” ARM (begin swinging arm)

le nez • “With a RIGHT” FOOT (begin stamping foot)

les pieds • “With a LEFT” FOOT (begin stamping foot)

les dents • “With a HEAD” ((begin nodding head)

les pattes • “TURN AROUND”

la barbe • "SIT DOWN"

le cou

(Words above are accompanied by actions adding

new

Alouettesky motions as soon as sung until you are performing all

Alouettesky, gentille alouettesky motions.)

Alouettesky, je te plumerai, HEY!

Solo: Gentille plumerai la tetsky

All: Gentille plumerai la tetsky Hey Look Us Over

Solo: Et la tetsky (Tune: Hey, Look Me Over)

All: Et la tetsky Hey look us over, lend us an ear,

Solo: Alouettesky Watch us advance in Scouting every year.

All: Alouettesky First we are Bobcats, then we're Tiger Cubs

All: Oh, alouettesky, gentille alouettesky Soon we're Wolves and we'll go on from there

All: Alouettesky, je te plumerai, HEY! (singing)

Continue with:

les yeuzauitch Hey look us over, lend us an ear,

la nezakoff Bear Cubs are next and we want to make it clear

la boucheka Then its WEBELOS as we earn our arrow,

les knees-a-knock-a-nitch Soon we are Boy Scouts and we are on the run,

(singing)



Amanda Hey look us over, lend us an ear,

I've held it inward, but God knows I've tried, Join us in a song and sing out loud and clear,

But it's an awful awakenin' in a country boys life, That Cub Scout advancement is the way to grow,

To look in the mirror in total surprise, Stand back parents, here we go!

At the hair on my shoulders, and the age in my eyes.



CHORUS: Ive Got The Cub Scout Spirit

Amanda, light up my life, [Point to each part of the body as you sing. Replace

They should have made you a gentleman's wife, “up in



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my head” with other words in the last four verses] Akela, we hear,

Has planned a great year

I’ve got that Cub Scout spirit up in my head And we’re happy to welcome you back.

Up in my head Up in my head

I’ve got that Cub Scout spirit up in my head

Up in my head to stay Cub Scout Fair

(Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home)

Repeat verse above and sing in turn:

Deep in my heart The Cub Scout Fair has come to town,

Down in my feet Hurrah, hurrah,

All over me With Cub Scouts here to laugh and clown,

Hurrah, hurrah.

Last Verse: Each Den will do a special trick

I’ve got that Cub Scout spirit up in my head And lots of games, just take your pick

Deep in my heart, down in my feet Oh, we’ll all be glad ‘cause

I’ve got that Cub Scout spirit all over me The Cub Scout Fair came to town.

All over me to stay.



I Love Scouting

Were Glad To See You Here (Tune: Deep in the Heart of Texas)

(Tune: Farmer in the Dell) I love Scouting, I live Scouting

We’re glad to see you here, I enjoy having fun.

It gives us joy and cheer. You should also be in Scouting

Sure, it’s true, we say to you, Come and join us everyone.

We’re glad to see you here.



I Love That Word Hello

Thats Why Were In Cub Scouting (Tune: Auld Lang Syne)

(Tune: Deep in the Heart of Texas) I love to hear that word “hello”

The fun things in life, Wherever I may go.

Our family’s delight! (clap hands four times) It’s full of friendship and good cheer,

That’s why we’re in Cub Scouting. And warms the heart up so.

Hello, hello, hello, hello

We do our best, Hello, Hello, hello;

To pass the test: (clap hands four times) Where e’er we meet

That’s why we’re in Cub Scouting. Like friends let’s greet

Each other with “hello.”

Just me and my son,

Work, plan and have fun, (clap hands four times)

That’s why we’re in Cub Scouting. My Friend

(Tune: Jimmy Crack Corn)

We think our pack’s great, I am playing with my friend.

We keep it first-rate, (clap hands four times) Fun like this should never end.

That’s why we’re in Cub Scouting! We’re bouncing balls and climbing trees

And running races in the breeze.



Home In Our Pack Chorus:

(Tune: Home On The Range) Toe the mark and then shout, “Go!”

Oh, here is our home Our four feet are never slow.

Where the Webelos roam, Down the walk we run with glee

And the Tigers and Bobcats all play.

The Bears on the prowl

Make the Wolves give a howl, Be Kind To Your Scouting Friends

And our leaders all work for no pay. (Tune: Stars and Stripes Forever)

Home, home in our Pack Be kind to your Scouting friends,

We are earning the ranks that we lack. That's a pledge from one Scout to another.



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Be kind to your leaders today, The pack will help me grow, Kum-ba-yah

'Cause for helping they don't get any pay. O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah.

Be kind to your neighbors and friends,

'Cause by caring you follow Scouting's letter. I will give goodwill, Kum-ba-yah

Scouting and friendship are grand, I will give goodwill, Kum-ba-yah

And as we grow, the world will know, I will give goodwill, Kum-ba-yah

We've made things better. O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah.



Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah

Cub Scout Promise Kumbayah Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah

Kum-Ba-Yah Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah

(The Cub Scout Promise Version) O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah.



Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah

Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah Christmas Song

Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah Tune: Rudolph

O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah. Here's to the Cubs in our den.

As they follow, help and give.

I promise to do my best, Kum-ba-yah, All of the boys in our den,

I’ll do my duty, Lord, Kum-ba-yah, Know just how a Cub should live.

To you and my country, Lord, Kum-ba-yah, Now that it's time for Christmas,

O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah. We've been very helpful boys,

We've gathered lots of old things,

I’ll help others, Lord, Kum-ba-yah, Fixed them up like brand new toys.

And I promise, Lord, Kum-ba-yah, Saved our pennies every meeting,

To obey the law of the pack, Bought a lovely Christmas tree,

O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah. Trimmed it up to take to our Den-adopted family.

Bright and early Christmas morning,

Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah When they see our shiny toys,

Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah We'll be happy that we shared our

Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah Christmas joy with other boys.

O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah.



Hanukah Fun Song

Kumbayah The Cub Scout Law version Tune: Merrily We Roll Along

Kum Ba Yah Hanukkah is here at last,

(The Cub Scout Law Version) Here at last, here at last.

Hanukkah is here at last,

Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah There's fun for everyone.

Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah We spin the dreidel merrily,

Kum-ba-yah my Lord, Kum-ba-yah Merrily, merrily,

O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah. We spin the dreidel merrily,

Come and join the fun.

I’ll follow Akela, Kum-ba-yah There's fun for you and fun for me,

I’ll follow Akela, Kum-ba-yah Fun for you, fun for me.

I’ll follow Akela, Kum-ba-yah There's fun for you and fun for me,

O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah. With toys and games and cheer.

The candles burn so cheerily,

I’ll help the pack go, Kum-ba-yah Cheerily, cheerily,

I’ll help the pack go, Kum-ba-yah The candles burn so cheerily,

I’ll help the pack go, Kum-ba-yah It's the best week of the year.

O, Lord, Kum-ba-yah.



The pack will help me grow, Kum-ba-yah Over the River

The pack will help me grow, Kum-ba-yah Over the river and through the woods

To Grandmother's house we go.



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The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh Tune: Edelweiss

Through white and drifted snow. Winter snow, winter snow,

Each December you tease me.

Over the river and through the woods, Darkened skies, threatening clouds

Oh, how the wind does blow. I expect snowflakes to greet me.

It stings the toes and bites the nose Flurries of white may you fall on me

As over the ground we go. Fall on me just one time.

If they fall, they don't last

Over the river and through the woods I guess I'll go to Snoqualmie Pass.

To have a full day of play.

Oh, hear the bells ringing ting-a-ling-ling, Slow

For it is Christmas Day. Tune: Where Has My Little Dog Gone

Oh why, oh why, hasn't Santa come yet?

Over the river and through the woods, Oh why - does anyone know?

Trot fast my dapple gray; If he'd trade his sleigh for a modern jet,

Spring o'er the ground just like a hound, He wouldn't be so slow!

For this is Christmas Day.



Over the river and through the woods Helping Santa Clause

And straight through the barnyard gate. Tune: Up On The Housetop

It seems that we go so dreadfully slow; Down 'in the basement Cub Scouts pause,

It is so hard to wait. They are helping Santa Claus.

Toys, games and puzzles and goodies, too.

Over the river and through the woods, Make children happy, yes they do.

Now Grandma's cap I spy. Ho, ho, ho, who wouldn't go?

Hurrah for fun; the pudding's done; Ho, ho, ho, who wouldn't go?

Hurrah for the pumpkin pie. Out helping Santa, click, click, click.

Try a goodwill project quick, quick, quick.



We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Reindeer Poky

We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Tune: The Hokey Poky

We Wish You a Merry Christmas, You put your antlers in. You put your antlers out.

And a Happy New Year. You put you antlers in and you shake them all about.

You do the Reindeer Poky and you turn yourself

Glad tidings we bring around.

To you and your kin. That's what it's all about!

Good tidings of Christmas Additional verses -

And a Happy New Year.

You put your hooves in....

You put your red nose in....

Hanukkah Fun You put your fluffy tail in...

Tune: Mary Had A Little Lamb You put your reindeer body in...

Hanukkah is here at last,

Here at last here at last.

Hanukkah is here at last. Oh Saint Nicholas

Oh what fun we'll have. (Tune: Old McDonald Had A Farm)

We spin the dreidel merrily, Old St. Nicholas had a tree

Merrily, merrily. (form tree with arms)

We spin the dreidel merrily, Ho, ho ho ho ho!

Oh what fun we'll have. And on that tree he had some horns

The candles burn so happily, (blow horns)

Happily, happily. Ho ho ho ho ho

The candles burn so happily With a toot toot here and a toot toot there

Here a toot There a toot

Winter Snow Seattle Style Every where a toot toot



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Continue.... substitute horns with:

Lights flash flash America 2

candy canes yum-yum My country 'tis of thee,

drums boom-boom Sweet land of liberty.

bells ring ring Of thee, I sing.

birds peep peep Land where my father's died,

stars twinkle twinkle Land of the pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside

Gift Giving Let freedom ring.

Tune: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

I'd like to give the world a gift, My native country thee,

that all men will be free. Land of the noble free,

And though I'm just a growing boy, Thy name I love;

There's things that I can see. I love thy rocks and rills,

To see that Scouting is a way, Thy woods and templed hills,

To start to understand. My heart with rapture thrills

That caring, helping, smiling, learning like that above.

Help me be a man.

And so at Christmas here's a gift, Let music swell the breeze,

That you can give to me And ring from all the trees,

Please help me grow in mind and spirit, Sweet freedom's song;

To be what I can be. Let mortal tongues awake,

Let all that breathe partake,

Let rocks their silence break,

When Youre Helping And You Know It The sound prolong.

Tune: If You're Happy And You Know It

When you're helping and you know it lend a hand Our fathers' God to thee,

When you're giving and you show it things are grand. Author of liberty,

If you're helping and you're giving To thee we sing;

Then you help make life worth living. Long may our land be bright

Keep on helping, keep on giving, take a stand. With freedom's holy light;

Protect us by thy might,

Great God, our King.

Joy To The Cubs

Tune: Joy To The World

Joy to the world, our Cubs are here. America America

Let all the pack rejoice. America, America.

Their badges they have earned today. How can I tell you how I feel?

Award them now without delay For you have given me many treasures.

Let all the pack now cheer I love you so.

Let all the pack now cheer.

For those Cub Scouts who advanced today. Peace, peace; peace, peace.

Wars may come, and wars will cease.

We must learn to live with each other.

America 1 Peace, peace, peace.

O beautiful,

For spacious skies, Love, love, love, love.

For amber waves of grain. Love is the gospel of the world.

For purple mountain's majesty Love your neighbor as your brother.

Above the fruited plain. Love, love, love.

America, America

God shed His grace on Thee

And crown thy good An Old Austrian Yodeller

With brotherhood An old Austrian Yodeller,

From sea to shining sea On an mountain top high,

Met up with an Avalanche,



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Interrupting his cry. There was a Ranger had a dog, and Angus was his

name-us,

Yo de le hi, Yo de le hi hi, A-N-G-U-S, A-N-G-U-S, A-N-G-U-S; and Angus

I .... Shhh ! was his name-us.

Yo de le hi hi.

George Hay Kain, III (ghkain@cyberia.com)

(2) A shaggy dog - arf! arf!

(3) A grizzly bear - grr! grr!

(4) A milking cow - shh! shh! Archeologist Song

(5) A pretty maid - X! X! (Tune: My Darling Clementine)

(6) Her father - Bang! Bang! In a canyon, in a cavern,

Looking for a dinosaur,

With a brand new pick and shovel

Angels From The Realms Of Glory I will go and dig some more.

Angels, from the realms of glory;

wing your flight o'er all the earth. Chorus

Ye who sang creation's story, O my dino, O my dino,

now proclaim Messiah's birth. You are gone from off the earth.

Extinction was our downfall

* Chorus: Many years before my birth.

Come and worship, come and worship,

worship Christ, the newborn King. I'll find a bronto, or a stego,

Or a t-rex dinosaur.

Shepherds, in the fields abiding; You can see them in the museum

watching o'er your flocks by night. High upon the second floor.

God with man is now residing,

yonder shines the infant light. Chorus

I found a leg bone and an arm bone

So where has that neck bone gone?

Angels We Have Heard On High Now I"m chasing my dog Rover

Angels we have heard on high, As he drags it across the lawn.

sweetly singing o'er the plains,

and the mountains in reply

echo back their joyous strains. All About Dinosaurs

(Tune: Mary Had A Little Lamb)

Chorus:

Gloria in excelsis Deo; The Tyrannosaurs was a mean ol' thing.

gloria in excelsis Deo. Mean ol' thing, mean ol' thing.

The Tyrannosaurs was a mean ol' thing,

Shepherds, why this jubilee? Cause he ate all the others.

Why these songs of happy cheer?

What great brightness did you see? The Brachiosaurs lived in the water,

What glad tidings did you hear? Lived in the water, lived in the water.

The Brachiosaurs lived in the water,

Come to Bethlehem and see Him Because he ate just plants.

whose birth the angels sing;

come, adore on bended knee The Trachodon had two thousand teeth,

Christ, the Lord, the newborn King. Two thousand teeth, two thousand teeth.

The Trachodon had two thousand teeth,

See Him in a manger laid So he was all rough-toothed.

whom the angels praise above;

Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, The Brontosaurs was very big.

while we raise our hearts in love. Very big, very big.

The Brontosaurs was very big.

And lived with Fred Flintstone.

Angus



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Dinosaur Bones my Cubmaster gave to me, a small allosaurus

(Tune: Row, Row, Row, Your Boat) dinosaur.

Dig. dig. dig for bones,

Great big dinosaur bones! On my second day in the Jurassic, my Cubmaster

Shift the soil and move the dirt, gave to

And look for those big bones. me, two camarasaurus and a small allosaurus

dinosaur.

Go, go, go to the lab,

Clean those bones real sound, 3rd day - 3 Diplodocus

Put them together and see what you've got 4th day - 4 Stegosaurus

Which dinosaur you found. 5th day - 5 Brachiosaurs

6th day - 6 Ceratosaurus

7th day - 7 Plesiosaurus

Long Ago 8th day - 8 Scuttelosaurus

Tune: Three Blind Mice 9th day - 9 Dilophosaurus

Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, 10th day - 10 Rhamphorhynchus

Roam the land. 11th day - 11 Stenopterygius

Long ago! 12th day - 12 Archaeopteryx

You were here, when the land was new.

You ate all your veggies, meat and grew.

You were the king and all the others knew. My Grass Eating Friend

Dinosaurs, dinosaurs. Tune: Home on the Range

Oh give me a home, where the dinosaurs roam,

Where they eat grass and leaves every day.

Dinosaurs You don't have to complain, if your yard needs a

Tune: "Oh Christmas Tree" trim,

Or the bushes are in such disarray.

Oh Dinosaurs, Oh Dinosaurs

How I wish I could hear you roar. Home, home of my friend,

Did you eat meat or plants galore? My large and hungry grass eating friend.

I really would like to know. Just show him the place, then give him his space,

Why you left this planet so long ago Soon the yard will be trimmed once again.

Oh Dinosaurs, Oh dinosaurs

Being extinct means you are no more!

The Hungry Dinosaur

Tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Once in a time so long ago, a dinosaur wanted some

(Tune: Wheels on the Bus) gumbo.

Dinosaurs once ruled the Earth, He couldn't find prawns and he couldn't find rice

Ruled the Earth, Ruled the Earth, So his best friend gave him this advice.

Dinosaurs once ruled the Earth, Eat the plants that grow by the shore,

Many years ago. and you'll grow to be a big dinosaur.



Other Verses:

Stegosaurus swished it’s tail… The Dinosaur Race

Brontosaurus was very big… Tune: William Tell Overture

The Brachiosaurus lived in the water… All the dinosaurs come from far and near,

Apatosaurus stomped so hard… And they gather 'round for a great big cheer,

The Trachodon had 2000 teeth… 'Cause the day has come for the dinosaur race,

Triceratops had 3 horns… Now they all line up and take their place.

Tyrannosaurus Rex was the king…

And they're off and quickly gaining speed

As Allosaurus takes the lead,

The Dinosaurs of the Jurassic But now moving up is Triceratops

Tune: The 12 Days of Christmas Who runs as if she'll never stop

On my first day in the Jurassic,



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Brontosaurus stretches out his neck Oh Where Oh Where Did the Dinosaurs Go

To reach Tyrannosaurus Rex Tune: Where, oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone?

Bringing up the rear but doing his best, Oh, where, oh where, did the Dinosaurs go?

Ankylosaurus stops to rest. Oh, where, oh where, can they be?

They were just too big just to disappear

See Deinonychus who is running fast, It sure is puzzling to me!

But now even she is being passed,

Here they come not to th finish line,

Neck and neck, breathing hard. BP Spirit

I've got that B-P spirit right in my head,

Who's in front? Right in my head, right in my head,

It's hard to tell, he looks so small, I've got that B-P spirit right in my head,

But now I see before them all just one. Right in my head to stay

Struthiomimus wins! Hooray! Hooray!

I've got that B-P spirit deep in my heart,



Archeologist Song I've got that B-P spirit all round my feet,

Tune: My Darling Clementine

In a canyon, in a cavern, I've got that B-P spirit right in my head,

Looking for a dinosaur, Deep in my heart, all around my feet,

With a brand new pick and shovel I've got that B-P spirit all over me,

I will go and dig some more. All over me to stay.



O my dino, O my dino

You are from off the earth, Brownies

Extinction was your downfall Everyone stands in a circle.

Many years before my birth.

Everyone takes one step back and yells "B"

I'll find a bronto, or a stego, ..... another step back and yell "R"

Or a T-rex dinosaur. ..... another step back and yell "O"

You can see them in the museum ..... "W"

High upon the second floor. ..... "N"

..... "I"

I found a leg bone, and an arm bone ..... "E"

So where's that neck bone gone? ..... "S"!!

Now I'm chasing my dog Rover

As he drags it across the lawn. Then everyone squats down and jumps up yelling:

"Yeah Brownies!"



The Dinosaur Parade

Tune: "The Washington Post" March Baby Beluga

It's time for the big parade of dinosaurs Baby beluga in the deep blue sea,

They march to the left and to the right Swim so wild and you swim so free.

They stomp on the ground with all their might Heaven about you, sea below,

It's awesome, this big parade of dinosaurs. Just a little white whale on the go.

They march all around with wonderful sounds,

Baby beluga, baby beluga, is the water warm?

It's such a delight and quite a sight Is your mother home with you, so happy.



The leader is the fierce Tyrannosaurus Rex, Way down yonder where the dolphins play,

Who's followed by Iguanodon Where they dive and splash all day,

Then come the brontosaurs and chasmasaurs The waves roll in and the waves roll out,

And armored stegosaurs See the water squirting out of your spout.

This dinosaur parade goes on and on!

And on! (Clap) Baby beluga, baby beluga, sing your little song,

Sing for all your friends, we like to hear you.



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When it's late and you're home and fed, Squishing up the bumble bee: use hands to squish!

Curling up snug in your waterbed. Licking up the bumble bee: lick hands one after the

Stars are shining and the moon is bright, other

Good night, little whale, goodnight. Bringing home the dinosaur: hands over shoulder as

if leading

Baby beluga, baby beluga, with tomorrow's sun, something really big on a leash!

Another day has come, you'll soon be waking.



Baby beluga, baby beluga, is the water warm? Baby Duck

Is your mother home with you, so happy. Oh what a bit of luck

That I was born a baby duck

Actions: Hands together, make the shape of a small With rubber socks and rubber shoes

whale I can waddle where I choose

jumping over the waves. Quack,quack,quack,quack,quack,quack,quack,quack.





Baby Bumble Bee Baby Face

I'm bringing home my baby bumble bee Baby face

Won't my mommy be so proud of me You've got the cutest little baby face

I'm bringing home my baby bumble bee There's not another one can take your place

Ooh eee it stung me! Baby face

My poor heart is jumpin'

I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee You sure have started somethin'

Won't my mommy be so proud of me Baby face

I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee I'm up in Heaven when I'm in your fond embrace

Ooh ee it's all over me! I didn't need a shove

'Cause I just fell in love

I'm licking up my baby bumble bee With your pretty baby face

Won't my mommy be so proud of me

I'm licking up my baby bumble bee Baby Sardine

Ooh eee needs salt! A baby sardine saw her first submarine,

She was scared and looked through the peephole,

I'm bringing home my baby dinosaur Oh come, come, come, said the sardines mum,

Won't my mommy hide behind the door It's only a tinful of people!

I'm bringing home my baby dinosaur Tra la la la, Tra la la la,

Ooh eee it stepped on me! Tra la la la, La la la la.



I'm licking up my baby bumble bee

Won't my mommy be so proud of me Back To Gilwell

I'm licking up my baby bumble bee I used to be a Beaver

Ooh eee I feel sick! And a good old Beaver too,

But now I've finished Beavering,

I'm (throwing up noise) my baby bumble bee I don't know what to do.

Won't my mommy be so proud of me I'm growing old and feeble,

I'm (throwing up noise) my baby bumble bee And I can Beaver no more.

Ooh eee what a mess! So I'm going to earn my ticket, if I can,

Back to Gilwell happy land, happy land,

I'm sweeping up my baby bumble bee I'm going to earn my ticket if I can.

Won't my mommy be so proud of me

I'm sweeping up my baby bumble bee I used to be a Wolf Cub ... I used to be a Boy Scout ...

Ooh eee my mommy loves me! I used to be a Venturer ...

I used to be a Rover ...

Actions:



Bringing home the bumble bee: cup hands as if Backwards Song

carrying an insect



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Well I walked up the door and I opened the stairs

Said my pajamas and I put on my prayers. Chorus: He chased through the forest after coons and

Turned off the bed and jumped into the light skunks.

All because he kissed me good night!

Well, I woke up next morning and I scrambled my I chased those critters with zip and zing,

shoes So they finally awarded me a Wood Badge string.

Shined up an egg and I toasted the news

Buttered my tie and took another bite Chorus: He chased those critters with zip and zing,

All because he kissed me never could resist me Till they finally awarded him a Wood Badge string.

All because he kissed me Good night!

As clean-up man I gained such fame

That vice-dishwasher I soon became.

Backyard Treasures I scrubbed the silver and I scoured the pans,

In the backyard, there are treasures, And rinsed the dishes in a garbage can.

There are treasures all around,

If I look hard in my back yard, Chorus: He rinsed the dishes in a garbage can.

All the treasures can be found.

I dried those dishes with a mighty swing,

Found some pine cones and an ant hill, So they finally awarded me a Wood Badge string.

And a toad all squashed and dead.

I can hide them in my pocket, Chorus: He dried those dishes with a mighty swing,

And I'll keep them 'neath my bed. So they finally awarded him a Wood Badge string.



Momma found them in my pocket, One day I started to relax,

So she yelled and screamed and cried. So someone handed me a woodman's axe;

"You can keep those rotten pine cones, I chopped and hauled and sawed and split,

But can't keep the toad that died." But the wood-pile never seemed to grow a bit.



So I took them to the backyard, Chorus: No, the wood-pile never seemed to grow a

To her flower bed to rest. bit.

I'm so glad she didn't find that

Beetle hidden in her desk! I kept the fires a-smoldering

Till they finally awarded me a Wood Badge string.



Badenpowell Chorus: He kept the fires a-smoldering

Found an honest man, found an honest man, Till they finally awarded him a Wood Badge string.

Baden-Powell was his name,

Started Scouting back in England, My fires smoldered dim and red

Which led to his fame. Until they made me cook instead;

First came Boy Scouts, I spilled the pudding and I burned the meat

Then came Wolf Cubs, Till there was nothing in the place to eat.

At first their numbers were small,

But they spread to other countries, Chorus: No, there was nothing in the place to eat.

Now we're several million all.

When he died, it was sad, And so as cook I had my fling,

To lose such a special man, And they finally awarded me a Wood Badge string.

But his teachings have inspired us,

To do the best we can. Chorus: And so as cook he had his fling,

And they finally awarded him a Wood Badge string



Badgered Woodbadger The On service patrol I did my bit

At Wood Badge camp I served a span At cleaning up the building where the people sit;

As junior helper to the clean-up man. I swept the floor and I spread the lime,

I burned the garbage and I cleaned the bunks, And I did a little sitting on my own spare time.

And I chased through the forest after coons and

skunks. Chorus: He did a little sitting on his own spare time.



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I sat so little on that wooded thing First you put your two knees close up tight

That they finally awarded me a Wood Badge string. Then you swing them to the left

And you swing them to the right

Chorus: He sat so little on that wooded thing Step around the floor kind of nice and light

That they finally awarded him a Wood Badge string. And then you twist around and twist around

With all of your might

Our service work, it was so grand, Stretch your lovin' arms way out in space

We were all promoted to the kudu band; You do the Eagle Rock with style and grace

We blew and blew, and we raised a shout You put your left foot out and bring it back

Now you're doing Ballin' the Jack

We were all promoted to the kudu band;

We blew and blew, and we raised a shout

When finally a feeble little note came out. Bamboo

You take a stick of bamboo

Chorus: Yes, finally a feeble little note came out. You take a stick of bamboo

You take a stick of bamboo

I made that note through the woods to ring You throw it on the water

Till they finally awarded me a Wood Badge string. ah ah ah ah hannah

River she come down

Chorus: He made that note through the woods to ring river she come down.

Till they finally awarded him a Wood Badge string. You travel on the river

You travel on the river

We hurried around with ne'er a break You travel on the river

Till muscle and nerve began to shake, You travel on the water

But I achieved such self-control ah ah ah ah hannah

I was made the leader of the whole patrol. River she come down

river she come down.

Chorus: He was made the leader of the whole patrol. My home's across the river

My home's across the river

My patrol did march and shout and sing My home's across the river

Till they finally awarded me a Wood Badge string. My home's across the water

ah ah ah ah hannah

Chorus: His patrol did march and shout and sing River she come down

Till they finally awarded him a Wood Badge string.



So, Scouters, that's my story sad Banana Slug

Of the toilsome winning of the Gilwell Plaid. You know I love my baby,

You walk and work from sun to sun, Love the way that she hugs.

But still you're sorry when the week is done. Some people don't understand it,

She's a banana slug.

Chorus: Oh, yes, you're sorry when the week is done. BA - NA - NA - NA -NA - NA - NA

BA (clap)- NA (clap) - NA (clap) SLUG!

So never draw the line at a dawgone thing

If you want to be rewarded with a Wood Badge She's got just one foot,

string. She ain't got no toes.

So never draw the line at a dawgone thing She hangs out in the forest,

If you want to be rewarded with a Wood Badge And helps it decompose.

string. BA - NA - NA - NA -NA - NA - NA

BA (clap)- NA (clap) - NA (clap) SLUG!

Chorus: No, never draw the line at a dawgone thing

If you want to be rewarded with a Wood Badge Some people think that she's gross,

string. But I don't hear that jive.

If it weren't for my baby now,

The forest might not survive.

Ballin The Jack BA - NA - NA - NA -NA - NA - NA

BA (clap)- NA (clap) - NA (clap) SLUG!



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The poor girl would shake with alarm

The way you wiggle your antennae, He married the girl with the strawberry curl, and the

You know you give me such bliss. band played on

Come on, come on, come on Banana Slug,

Oh won't you give me a kiss?

BA - NA - NA - NA -NA - NA - NA Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee

BA (clap)- NA (clap) - NA (clap) SLUG! How oft do my thoughts in their fancy take flight

To the home of my childhood away,

The way you slide through the forest, To the days when each patriot's vision seemed

You know you look so fine. bright

Come on, come on, come on Banana Slug, And I dreamed that these joys should decay.

Let me follow your slime! Then my heart was as wild as the wild winds that

BA - NA - NA - NA -NA - NA - NA blow

BA (clap)- NA (clap) - NA (clap) SLUG! Down the Mardyke through each elm tree

There I sported and played 'neath the green leafy

shade

Banana The On the banks of my own lovely Lee.

Bananas of the World Unite (arms from hanging There I sported and played 'neath the green leafy

straight down go shade

out to the side and up to a point above the head to On the banks of my own lovely Lee.

form a

banana)

Peel banana, peel peel banana, Banks Of The Hanky Panky

Peel banana, peel peel banana (peel yourself) Down on the banks of the Hanky Panky,

Shake banana, shake shake banana, Where the bull frogs jump from bank to banky,

Shake banana, shake shake banana (shake) With a hee, hi, ho, hop,

Go Banana, go go banana, Leaps off a lily with a KERPLOP.

Go Banana, go go banana. (punch fists ahead)

Inky winky, foxy woxy (hands twinkling at side of

head) Barney Song The

WEEE (right arm in front, left arm behind like the I love you,

Pincess Pat you love me,

movement and stand on one leg) we're a happy family,

with a great big hug . . .



Bananas Coconuts And Grapes

I like bananas, coconuts and grapes Battered Elm Tree The

I like bananas, coconuts and grapes From out the battered elm tree

I like bananas, coconuts and grapes The owl's cry we hear

That's why they call me: TARZAN OF THE APES! And from the distant forest

The cuckoo answers clear

Sing three or four times: the first time loudly; the Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo

second Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo

time softly Mr Moon, Mr Moon your out too soon

(except for the "Tarzan" part); the third time, whisper The sun is still in the sky

all but the "Tarzan" part; the last time, no one makes Go back to bed and cover up your head

a sound And wait until the day draws nigh

until all shout in unison, 'TARZAN . . . .'



Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Band Played On The Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the

Casey would waltz with the strawberry blond, and the Lord,

band played on He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of

He'd glide 'cross the floor with the girl he adored, and wrath are stored;

band played on He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible

His brain was so loaded it nearly exploded swift sword,



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His truth is marching on. Well it's not caus' I know another stanza

CHORUS

Glory, glory hallelujah! Be kind to your web-footed friends

Glory, glory hallelujah! For that cop may be Dick Tracy's brother

Glory, glory hallelujah, Who lives all alone on the beat

His truth is marching on. On a dark and dingy street

I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred You might think that this is the end

circling camps; Well, Why not!

They have builded Him an alter in the evening dews

and damps;

I can read his righteous message by their dim and Be Prepared 1

flaring lamps; Boys will be boys, that's what the fables tell

His day is marching on. But is there a boy who does not enjoy

CHORUS The life of the woodsman bold.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call Boys will be boys--that's what the world has read

retreat; But Scouts mean to show by their pluck and go

He is sifting out the hearts of men before His That boys can Be men as well.

judgment seat; Whilst a-marching. marching, marching,

Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant, my Keep your eye on everything.

feet! You must Note each sound, every track upon the

Our God is marching on. ground,

CHORUS And the clear, cool spring, and the bird upon the

wing,

When a-Scouting, Scouting, Scouting,

Be A Good Scout There is danger to be dared

Be a good Scout, and always wear a smile, And at every turn there is something new to learn,

Be a good Scout, be cheerful all the while, So boys, BE PREPARED.

It's the creed, yes indeed, that a Scout must practice

gaily,

Be Prepared 2

Help those in need--do a Good Turn daily, Be prepared! That's the Boy Scout's marching song

Be a good Scout--be Loyal, Clean land brave, Be prepared! As through life you march along

Never say die, just let your banner wave, Be prepared to hold your liquor pretty well

On your honour, do your best Don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell

When they put you to the test. Be prepared! To hide that pack of cigarettes

And always be a good scout. Don't make book if you cannot cover bets

Keep that pot hidden where you're sure that it will not

be found

Be Kind To Your Scouting Friends And be careful not to turn on when the scoutmaster's

Be kind to your Scouting friends, around

That's a pledge from one Scout to another. For he only will insist that it be shared

Be kind to your leaders today, Be prepared!

'Cause for helping they don't get any pay. Be prepared! That's the Boy Scouts' solemn creed

Be kind to your neighbors and friends, Be prepared! And be clean in word and deed

'Cause by caring you follow Scouting's letter. Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice

Scouting and friendship are grand, Unless you get a good percentage of the price

And as we grow, the world will know, Be prepared! And be careful not to do

We've made things better. Your good deeds when there's no one watching you

If you're looking for adventure of a new and different

kind

Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends And you come across a Girl Scout who is similarly

Be kind to your web-footed friends inclined

For a duck may be somebody's mother Don't be nervous, don't be flustered, don't be scared

Who lives all alone in a swamp Be prepared!

Where it's very cold and damp

You might think that this is the end



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Bear Song The Bear Went Over The Mountain The

Leader: Group, echoing: The bear went over the mountain

The other day (The other day) The bear went over the mountain

I saw a bear (I saw a bear) The bear went over the mountain

A great big bear (A great big bear) To see what he could see

A way up there (A way up there) To see what he could see

Everyone: And all that he could se

The other day I saw a bear And all that he could see

A great big bear a way up there Was the other side of the mountain

[Continue this pattern throughout the song.] The other side of the mountain

The other side of the mountain

I looked at him Was all that he could see

He looked at me

I sized up him

He sized up me Bear The

The other day, (group repeats)

He says to me I met a bear, (repeat)

Why don't you run In tennis shoes, (repeat)

I see you ain't A dandy pair. (repeat)

Got any gun The other day I met a bear.

In tennis shoes a dandy pair.

I said to him Continue with:

That's a good idea He said to, "Why don't you run,

So come on feet Because you ain't, got any gun."

Let's get out of here And so I ran, away from there,

But right behind me, was that bear.

And so I ran Ahead of me, I saw a tree,

Away from there A great big tree, Oh glory be!

But right behind The nearest branch, was ten feet up,

Me was that bear I'd have to jump and trust to luck.

And so I jumped, into the air,

But ahead of me But I missed that branch, a way up there.

There was a tree Now don't you fret, now don't you frown,

A great big tree Oh, Glory Be! 'Cause I caught that branch, on the way back down.

The moral of, this story is,

But the lowest branch Don't talk to bears, in tennis shoes.

Was ten feet up That's all there is, there ain't no more,

I'd have to trust So what the heck, are you singing for?

My luck to jump



And so I jumped Beautiful Dreamer

Into the air Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me

But I missed that branch Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee

A way up there Sounds of the rude world heard in the day

Lulled by the moonlight, have all passed away

Now don't you fret Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song

Now don't you frown List while I woo thee with soft melody

'Cause I caught that branch Gone are the cares of life's busy throng

On the way back down Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

That's all there is

There ain't no more

Unless I meet Beaver One Beaver All

That bear once more Beaver Teeth: the first two fingers of each hand

rather like

'quotes in the air', while making the 'beaver sound' - a



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kind of click with There was a bee-i-ee-i-ee,

tongue/teeth - like calling a cat (!) but that's the best Sat on a wall-i-all-i-all,

way And he could buzz-i-uzz-i-uzz,

to explain it - similar to 'tut, tut' sound that you make And that is all-i-all-i-all.

to reprimand There was a boy-i-oy-i-oy,

someone... to the rhythm 'sssl' (s=short l=long) like 'a He had a stick-i-ick-i-ick,

ram sam sam' He gave that bee-i-ee-i-ee

rhythm An awful lick-i-ick-i-ick.

Beaver one, beaver all, let's all do the beaver call! And then that bee-i-ee-i-ee,

Beaver teeth left then right twice. Began to sting-i-ing-i-ing,

Beaver two, beaver three, let's all climb the beaver He stung that boy-i-oy-i-oy

tree! Like everything-i-ing-i-ing.

Beaver teeth climbing up in the air. And then that boy-i-oy-i-oy,

Beaver four, Beaver five, let's all do the beaver jive! Began to yell-i-ell-i-ell

Beaver teeth - one hand forward, one back then swap He told that bee i-ee-i-ee,

(do a 'jive'!) To go away-i-ay-i-ay.

Beaver six, Beaver seven, let's all go to beaver

heaven!

Beaver teeth above head. Beetles And The Bedbugs The

Beaver eight, Beaver nine, stop hand forward in stop I woke up monday morning and looked upon the wall

sign! It's beaver time! The beetles and the bedbugs were having a game of

Beaver teeth in clockwise circle in front of you ball

Beaver nine, Beaver ten, Let's all do this song again! The score was six to nothing the beetles were a hit

That knocked me out of bed

(Substitute 'not' for 'all' when you can't take any Singing ennie meenie minnie moe

more!) Catch a wiggle worm by the toe

If it hollers let it go

Singing ennie meenie minnie moe

Bed Is Too Small

Bed is too small for my tiredness I woke up tuesday morning and looked upon the wall

Bring me a hilltop with trees The beetles and the bedbugs were having a game of

Tuck a cloud up under my chin ball

Wind, blow the moon out, please The score was six to nothing the beetles were a hit

That knocked me out of bed

Singing ennie meenie minnie moe

Bee Catch a wiggle worm by the toe

There was a bee-i-ee-i-ee, If it hollers let it go

Sat on a wall i-all-i-all, Singing ennie meenie minnie moe

And he could sting i-ing-i-ing,

And that's not all-i-all-i-all, And so on, until...

There was a boy -i-oy-i-oy-i-oy,

Who had a stick -i-ick-i-ick, I woke up sunday morning and looked upon the wall

He gave that bee-i-ee-i-ee, The beetles and the bedbugs were all gone to church!

An awful lick i-ick-i-ick,

And then that bee i-ee-i-ee

Began to sting i-ing-i-ing Bells Of St Marys

He stung that boy i-oy-i-oy The bells of St. Mary's, I hear they are calling

Like anything i-ing-i-ing, The young loves, the true loves, who come from the

And then that boy i-oy-i-oy sea

Began to yell i-ell-i-ell And so my beloved, when red leaves are falling

He told that bee i-ee-i-ee The love bells shall ring out, ring out, for you and me

To go to---way down yonder in the corn-patch,

Where they don't sell lemonade or pop-pop-bang.

Beyond The Blue Horizon

Beyond the blue horizon

Bee The Waits a beautiful day



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Goodbye to things that bore me A big blue frog loves me

Joy is waiting for me I've got it tattooed on my chest

I see a new horizon It says P.H.R.O.G.

My life has only begun That's frog to me P.H.R.O.G.

Beyond the blue horizon

Like a setting sun

Big Buffalo

Big buffalo come from mountain far, far away

Bi Ullamh Big buffalo come from mountain far, far away

Bi Ullamh, be prepared Far, far away, hee hee hee!

That's our Girl Guide motto Far, far away, hee hee hee!

True to God and our land Big buffalo come from mountain far, far away

We'll forsake it never

Our Girl Guide days will live on Actions:

Will live on forever

Duty bound day and night Big: arms out to each side as if measuring something

Doing whatever we ought to large

Buffalo: two fingers up at either side of head,

imitating horns

Bicycle Built For Two Come from: both hands pointing back over one

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true, shoulder

I'm half crazy all for the love of you. Mountain: arms in a point over head

It won't be a stylish marriage; Far, far away: hold forearms up to shoulders, then

I can't afford a carriage, rotate down to

But you'll look sweet on the seat of a bicycle built for point right infront of you, repeat twice

two.

(Repeat using Tiny and Humungous buffalo, altering

actions and

Big Blue Frog your voiceappropriately!)

I'm in love with a big blue frog

A big blue frog loves me

It's not as bad as it appears Bill Bailey Wont You Please Come Home

He wears glasses and he's six foot three Won't you come home, Bill Bailey - Won't you come

home?

Well I'm not worried about our kids She moans the whole day long

I know they'll turn out neat I'll do the cooking, honey, I'll pay the rent

They'll be great lookers cause they'll have my face I know I've done you wrong

Great swimmers cause they'll have his feet Remember that rainy evening I threw you out

With nothing but a fine tooth comb?

I'm in love with a big blue frog I know I'm to blame, well, ain't that a shame?

A big blue frog loves me Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?

It's not as bad as it appears

He's got rhythm and a Ph.D.

Bill Grogans Goat 1

Well I know we can make things work Boodliada

He's got good family sense Boodliada

His mother was a frog from Philadelphia Bop, bop, bop.

His Daddy an enchanted Prince Bill Grogan's Goat

Was feeling fine.

The neighbors are against us and its clear to me Ate six red shirts

And its probably clear to you Right off the line.

They think the values on their property will go right Bill took a stick.

down Gave him a whack.

If the family next door is blue And tied him to

The railroad tracks.

I'm in love with a big blue frog The whistle blew.



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The train grew nigh. should bathe in Lipton tea ......

Bill Grogan's Goat WITH FLOW THRU TEA BAGS

Was doomed to die.

He gave a cry

Of mortal pain. Billboards

Coughed up those shirts. As I was walking down the street one dark and

And flagged the train. gloomy day,



Boodliada I came upon a billboard and much to my dismay,

Boodliada

Bop, bop, bop The sign was torn and tattered from the storm the

Bop. night before,



Sung as a

"Repeat after me" song. The wind and rain had done it's work and this it what

Leader sings one line and the group I saw:

repeats it



"Smoke Coca-Cola Cigarettes -- chew Wrigley's

Bill Grogans Goat 2 Spearmint beer

Bill Grogan's goat (echo) was feeling fine (echo),

Ate two red shirts (echo) right off the line (echo). Kennel Ration Dog Food keeps your wife's

complexion clear;

I took a stick, gave him whack,

And tied him to a railroad track. Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar



The whistle blew, the train grew nigh, And Texaco's the beauty cream that's used by all the

Now that poor goat was doomed to die. stars!"



He gave a shriek of mortal pain,

Coughed up that shirt, flagged down train. "So take your next vacation in a brand new

Fridgidaire--



Billboard Song The Learn to play piano in your winter underwear --

When I was walking down the street one bright and

sunny day, Doctors say that babies should smoke until they are

I came across a billboard and what to my dismay, three,(slowly) ....in

The sign was torn and tattered from the storm the flow-thru tea bags.

night before,

the wind and rain had done its job and this is what I

saw: Billy Boy

Smoke coca-cola cigarettes, Oh, where have you been,

Chew Wrigley Spearmint beer, Billy boy, Billy boy,

And Kennel ration dog food makes Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?

your wife's complexion clear. I have been to seek a wife, She's the joy of my life,

So take your next vacation She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

in a brand new Frigidaire

and learn to play the piano Did she bid you to come in

in Granny's underwear. Billy boy, Billy boy,

Simonize your baby Did she bid you to come in, charming Billy?

with a Hershey candy bar, Yes.She bade me to come in

and Texaco's a beauty cream There's a dimple on her chin,

that's used by all the stars. She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Doctors say that babies

should smoke until they are three,

and people over sixty-five Bingo



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Farmer Brown he had a dog, Waiting for our eats,

And Bingo was his name-o! Waiting for our eats,

B-I-N-G-O, Waiting for our eats,

B-I-N-G-O, Here we sit like birds in the wilderness,

B-I-N-G-O, Waiting for our eats.

And Bingo was his name-o!



alternate Chorus: Birds of a Feather

We are birds of a feather,

B with an I, I with a N, Lnonon Town is our home.

N with a G, G with an O, To all birds of a feather,

B-I-N-G-O, Where so ever we roam.

And Bingo was his name-o!

Get your wavelength on the air,

We're going to shout,

Bird The "LONDON" calling,

Way up in the sky the big birds do fly Listen to our Greeings ringing out,

But down in the nest, the little birds rest to Birds of a feather,

With a wing on the left, and a wing on the right and the wide wide world.

The little birds sleep all through the night

Shhhhhh! THEY'RE SLEEPING!!!!!

Birdy

The sun in the sky, the dew drops do fall Early in the morning (echo)

The little birds wake, Good morning, When I'm fast asleep (echo)

Good morning, the little birds say I hear a little birdy

I open my eyes and roll out of bed That goes cheep cheep

I open the window and smash that bird's head Now this little birdy

Has a funny name

It... was...

Birdie 1 Auga flauga feega flooga,ishga nauga neega nooga

Way up in the sky auga flauga feega flooga birdy

The big birdies fly

While down in the nest

The little birds rest Birth Of The Blues

With a wing on the left, They heard the breeze in the trees

And a wing on the right, Singing weird melodies

The sweet little birdies And they made that

sleep all through the night The start of the Blues

Up comes the bright sun And from a jail came the wail

The dew goes a-way Of a downhearted frail

Good morning, good morning And they played that

The little birds say! As part of the Blues

From a wippoorwill out on a hill

They took a new note

Birdie 2 Pushed it through a horn

Birdie birdie in the sky 'Til it was worn

Why'd you do that in my eye Into a blue note

I won't worry I won't cry And then they nursed it

I'm just glad that cows don't fly Rehearsed it

And gave out the news

That the southland gave birth to the Blues

Birds In The Wilderness

Here we sit like birds in the wilderness,

Birds in the wilderness, Bits Of Paper

Birds in the wilderness, Bits of paper! Bits of paper!

Here we sit like birds in the wilderness, Lying around, lying around.



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Make a place untidy! Make a place untidy! Chorus

Pick them up, pick them up.

Some men are blessed with vision,

Jack Stewart was such a man.

Black Crow Spirit He's no longer here to guide us

Black Crow spirit in the happy hunting ground, But we'll carry out his plan.

Black Crow spirit in the happy hunting ground,

Black Crow spirit in the happy hunting ground, Chorus

Ever so far away.

Now the Jamborette is over

Hi, hi, hi waffa, mini, mini ha-ha, Hi, hi, hi waffa In parting some shed tears

every so far away. Time can't rob us of the memories.

(As you repeat the song drop the words for actions) May they warm us through the years.



Chorus, Chorus.

Black Socks

Black Socks, they never get dirty

The longer you wear them the blacker they get Blaydon Races

Someday I think I must wash them, but something Aa went to Blaydon Races,

keeps telling me 'Twas on the ninth of June,

Eighteen hundred and sixty two

Don't do it yet, Not yet, Not yet, not yet . . . on a summer's afternoon,

Aa tyuk the bus fra Balm-bra's

and she was heavy laden,

Black Velvet Band Away we went along Collingwood Street

Her eyes they shine like the diamonds that's on the road to Blaydon.

You'd think she was Queen of the land CHORUS:-

And her hair hung over her shoulder Oh! me lads, ye shud a'seen us gannin,

Tied up with a black velvet band Passin the folks upon the road

Just as they were stannin.

As I went walking on Broadway Thor wis lots o' lads and lasses there

Not tending to stay very long All wi smiling faces;

I met with a quarrelsome damsel Gannin' along the Scotswood Road

As she came tripping along To see the Blaydon Races.

And what she pulled out of her pocket We flew past Armstrong's factory

And slipped right into my hand And up to Robin Adair

On the very first day that I met her Just gannin' doon to the railway bridge

Bad luck to her black velvet band The bus wheel flew off there.

The lasses lost their crinolines

And the veils that hid their faces.

Blair Atholl Song The I got two black eyes and a broken nose

Here in the heart of Scotland, In gannin' to Blaydon Races.

Nature's glories never cease. CHORUS

Amid the soft green hills of Pertshire, When we got the wheel put on

We have known Blair Atholl's peace. Away we went again,

But them that had their noses broke

Haste ye back, haste ye back, They went back home again.

Haste ye back and don't forget Some went to the dispensary

Happy days here at Blair Atholl, And some to Doctor Gibbs'

May God bless our Jamborette. And some to the Infirmary

To mend their broken ribs.

We have clasped our hands in friendship CHORUS

We have talked into the night, Noo when we got to Paradise

Each has sung of his own homeland There was a bonny game begun;

By the camp-fire's fading light. There was four and twenty on the bus

Man, how they danced and sung.



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They called on me to sing a song CHORUS:

I sung them Paddy Fagan, Blow ye winds of morning, and

I danced a jig and swung me twig Blow ye winds, heigh-ho!

The day we went to Blaydon. Haul away your running gear, and blow, blow, blow!

CHORUS

We flew across the Chain Bridge Tis advertised in Boston town, New york, and

Reet into Blaydon toon. Buffalo

The bellman he was caaling there, Five hundred brave Americans,

They caal him Jacky Broon. A Whaling for to go, singing

I saw him talking to some chaps

And them he was persuading CHORUS:

To see George Ridley's concert at

the Mechanics Hall at Blaydon. They send you to New Bedford fair,

CHORUS That famous whaling port,

The rain it poured all day And give you to some strangers there,

And made the ground quite muddy To board and fit you out, singing,

Coffy John had a white hat on

They were shootin "Who stole the cuddy" CHORUS:

There were spice stalls and monkey

shows, They tell you of the clipper ships,

And the old wives selling ciders, A-running in and out,

And a chap wi a Happenny Roondaboot And say you'll take 500 whale

Shootin "Noo me lads for riders". Before you're 6 months out singing

CHORUS

CHORUS:



Bless This House And now we're out to sea, my boys,

Bless this house, bless this bread The wind comes on to blow,

Come oh Lord and sit with us One half the watch is sick on deck,

May our hearts grow with peace The other half below, singing,

Come with your love and surround us

Friendship and love may they bloom and grow

Bloom and grow forever Blow Ye Winds 2

Bless our friends, bless us all Oh, a ship was all rigg'd and ready for sea

Bless all [ . . . ] Scouts forever And all of her sailors were fishes to be.



So, blow ye winds westerly, westerly blow

Blow The Man Down We're bound for the south'ard, so steady she goes

Come all you young fellows who follow the sea

With a way, hey blow the man down Oh, first came the herring, the kind of the sea

Please pay attention and listen to me He jumped on the poop, "I'll be captain," said he

Give me some time to blow the man down

There are tinkers and tailors, shoemakers all The next was a flat fish, they call him the skate:

With a way, hey blow the man down "If you be the captain, why, sure, I'm the mate"

They've all shipped for sailors aboard the Black Ball

Give me some time to blow the man down The next came the hake, as black as a rook

'Tis when the Black Baller is clear of the land Says he, "I'm no sailor, I'll ship as the cook"

With a way, hey blow the man down

The crew musters aft at the word of command The next came the shark, with his two rows of teeth:

Give me some time to blow the man down "Cook mind the cabbage, and I'll mind the beef"

Pay attention to orders, now you, one and all

With a way, hey blow the man down And then came the codfish, with his chuckle head

For see, right above you there flies the Black Ball He jumped in the chains, began heaving the lead

Give me some time to blow the man down

The next came the flounder, as flat as the ground:

Blow Ye Winds 1 "Damn your eyes, chuckhead, mind how you sound"



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Knowledge, friends, I truly gained;

The next comes the mack'rel with his striped back Take me back, take me back

He jumped to the waist for to board the main tack Take me back to Blue Springs land.



And then came the sprat, the smallest of all I wish I was in Blue Springs,

He jumped on the poop, and cried, "Main topsail Hooray! Hooray!

haul!" On Blue Springs land, I wish to stand

Away, away, away in hills of Halton,

Away, away, away in hills of Halton.

Blowing In The Wind

How many roads must a man walk down

Before they call him a man Bluetail Fly

How many seas must a white dove sail When I was young and used to wait

Before she sleeps in the sand On master and hand him his plate

How many times must the cannon balls fly Pass down the bottle when he got dry

Before they're forever banned And brush away the Blue-Tail fly



Chorus: Jimmy crack corn and I don't care

The answer my friend, is blowin' in the wind, Jimmy crack corn and I don't care

The answer is blowin' in the wind Jimmy crack corn and I don't care

My master's gone awa

How many years can a mountain exist

Before they're washed to the sea And when he rode in the afternoon

How many years can some people exist I follow with a hick'ry broom

Before they're allowed to be free The pony being very shy

How many times can a man turn his head When bitten by the Blue-Tail fly

And pretend that he just doesn't see

One day he rode around the farm

How many times must a man look up The flies so numerous they did swarm

Before he reaches the sky One chanced to bite him on the thigh

How many ears must one man have The devil take that Blue-Tail fly

Before he can hear people cry

How many deaths will it take till he knows The pony ran, he jumped, he pitched

That too many people have died He threw my master in the ditch

He died, the jury wondered why

The verdict was the Blue-Tail fly

Blue Skies

Blue skies smiling at me They laid him under a 'Simon' tree

Nothing but blue skies do I see His epitaph is there to see

Bluebirds singing a song "Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie -

Nothing but blue skies all day long A victim of the Blue-Tail fly"

Never saw the sun shining so bright

Never saw things going so right

Noticing the days hurrying by Boa Constrictor

When you're in love, my how they fly I'm bein' eaten by a boa constrictor,

Blue days, all of them gone a boa constrictor, a boa constrictor,

Nothing but blue skies from now on I'm bein' eaten by a boa constrictor,

And I don't like it a bit.

Oh no! He's got my toe.

Blue Springs Oh gees! He's up to my knees.

I wish I was in the land of Blue Springs; Oh my! He's got my thigh.

Old times there are not forgotten, Oh peanut butter and jelly!

Take me back, take me back, He's up to my belly.

Take me back, to Blue Springs land. Oh heck! He's reached my neck.

Oh dread!He's got my . . . slurp -- slurp!

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if you were

Bonhomme feeling the back of a porcupine!

Bonhomme!

Bonhomme, bonhomme, as-tu joue?

As-tu joue les campers, la? Boogie Woogie Washer Woman

Fun, fun fun, the campers, la! Way down the road where nobody goes,

Bonhomme! There's a boogie-woogie washer woman washing her

clothes,

(the cycle starts over again, with the verses getting Scrub, scrub, here, scrub, scrub, there,

longer and Scrub those stains right out of there!

longer.) She goes: scrub, scrub, a-boogie, a-woogie,

Scrub, scrub and a-boogie some more...

Other Verses: She goes: scrub, scrub, a-boogie, a-woogie,

Just a boogie-woogie washer woman washing her

Leaders: nag, nag, nag, the leaders, la! clothes! Yeah!

Cooks: burn, burn, burn, the cooks, la!

Sanitation: scrub, scrub, scrub, sanitation, la! Actions:

Nurse: pills, pills, pills, the nurse, la!

Director: sleep, sleep, sleep, the director, la! Way down the road: shade hand over eyes, look into

Lifeguards: tan, tan, tan, the lifeguards, la! distance

Where nobody goes: shake finger "no"

There's a boogie-woogie washer woman washing her

Boogaloo clothes: do the

(leader) Let me see you boogaloo! boogie

(everyone) SAY WHAT? (or: WHAT'S THAT YOU Scrub, scrub, here: scrub invisible clothing on one

SAY?) knee

(leader) Let me see you boogaloo! Scrub, scrub, there: scrub on other knee

(everyone) SAY WHAT? (or: WHAT'S THAT YOU Scrub those stains right out of there: scrubbing to the

SAY?) beat

(leader) Let me see you boogaloo... She goes: scrub, scrub: scrub on one knee, then the

(everyone) We go: booga, booga, boogaloo! Booga, other, taking

booga, boogaloo! one step forward each time

A-boogie, a-woogie: do the boogie, taking two steps

Actions: backward

Scrub, scrub and a-boogie some more: repeat action

Throughout the verse, everyone links arms with their of above line

neighbours She goes: scrub, scrub, a-boogie, a-woogie: repeat

and stomps action

their feet as hard as possible Just a boogie-woogie washer woman washing her

Say what?: everyone leans in to the circle clothes: boogie,

Booga, booga, boogaloo: do a hokey-pokey sort of turning around in a circle

dance, turning

around on

the spot Boom Boom 1

Boom, boom

Other Verses and Their Actions: Ain't it great to be Scouting?

Boom, boom

Crocodile: make a set of jaws with your arms, and Ain't it great to be Outing?

chomp Camping, Hiking All day long,

Elephant: one arm up to your face as a trunk Boom, boom

Brush your teeth: one finger used as a toothbrush Ain't it great to be Scouting?

Platypus: squeeze your lips between your fingers and

make Usually sung as a round

raspberry sounds

Porcupine: shake fingers out in front of your body Boom Boom 2

stiffly, as



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Chorus: Bottle Of Pop

Boom, Boom, but it's great to be crazy, One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop

Boom, Boom, but it's great to be crazy, Three bottles of pop, four bottles of pop

Giddy and foolish all day long, Five bottles of pop, six bottles of pop

Boom, Boom, but it's great to be crazy. Seven, seven, bottles of pop, pop!



Akela, Akela, he sells socks,

Ten cents a pair, and a dollar a box, Boy And A Girl In A Little Canoe

The longer he wears them, the stronger they get, Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe

He puts them in the water and they don't get wet. And the moon is shining all around

As they dipped their paddles they didn't even make a

Our Kim and a Beaver and three Brownies nice, sound

Sat on a curbstone shooting dice, Well they talked and they talked till the moon went in

Kim fell off and landed on the three And he said you better kiss me or get out and swim

And together they all shouted, "There's a Kim on So you know what to do in a little canoe

me!" When the moon is shining all a,

The moon is shining all a,

Way down south where bananas grow, The moon is shining all around

A Beaver stepped on an elephant's toe, Get out and swim!

The elephant said, with tears in his eyes, What the heck stay and neck for an hour or two

"Pick on someone your own darn size!" When the moon is shining all a,

The moon is shining all a,

Way up north where there's ice and snow, The moon is shining all around

There lived a Wolf Cub, his name was Joe,

He got so tired of everything white,

He wore pink pants to the dance last night. Boy Scout Camp 1

Boy Scout Camp. Boy Scout Camp.

A Scout he promises to be prepared,

He never shows that he is scared, The buses, they say they're really fine,

So why at camp do they always flee, But when they turn the corner

When a leader says, "Who'll help me?" they leave the wheels behind.



Venturers, Venturers, they go forth, I don't wanna go to Boy Scout Camp.

If one points south, another points north, Mo-o-om, I wanna go,

How they get there, we surely don't know, back where the toilets flow.

But when someone yells "Pathfinders", they're never Mo-o-om, I wanna go ho-o-ome.

slow.

The food, they say it's really fine,

But when you try to eat it,

Boom Chicka Boom it tastes like turpentine.

I said a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.]

I said a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.] I don't wanna go to Boy Scout Camp.

I said a-boom-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a- Mo-o-om, I wanna go,

boom! back where the toilets flow.

[Group echoes.] Mo-o-om, I wanna go ho-o-ome.



Uh-huh! [Group echoes.] The counselors, they say they're really fine,

On Yeah! [Group echoes.] But when you ask a question

This time! [Group echoes.] they say "get back in line".

We sing! [Group echoes.]

HIGHER! I don't wanna go to Boy Scout Camp.

Mo-o-om, I wanna go,

Each time a leader adds a different variation such as: back where the toilets flow.

LOWER, WHISPER, LOUDER, TONGUE-IN- Mo-o-om, I wanna go ho-o-ome.

CHEEK, SEXY, GROOVY (COOL).

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But when you break a finger We're loyal tto purpose and integrity

they break the other nine. Pledged to the Scout Oath eternally.

With verve and conviction we sing our song

I don't wanna go to Boy Scout Camp. to keep America strong.

Mo-o-om, I wanna go,

back where the toilets flow. We're the Boy Scouts of America

Mo-o-om, I wanna go ho-o-ome. and this we have to say

Join us and we'll stand beside you,

beside you all the way.

Boy Scout Camp 2 The Boy Scouts of America

They say at good ol' Pico the food is mighty fine will stand beside you all the way.

Ev'ry time you eat it your life is on the line



Chorus: Boy Scouts Together

(sung moderately slowly)

Oh, I don't want no more of Boy Scout Camp

Hey, ma, I wanna go Boy Scouts together,

But they won't let me go That is our song,

Hey, ma, I wanna go ho-o-ome Winding the old trails

rocky and long.

They say at good ol' Pico the showers are mighty fine

They're either freezing cold or scalding your behind Learning our motto,

living our creed,

Chorus Boy Scouts together

in ev'ry good deed.

They say at good ol' Pico the girls are mighty fine

They're either under seven or over ninety-nine

Brain Boxer

Chorus With my hands on myself,

Vas is das here?

They say at good ol' Pico the biscuits are mighty fine Das is my brain boxer

One rolled off the table and killed a friend of mine Ya mamma dear.

Brain boxer, brain boxer

Chorus Dippy dippy doo.

Dat's vat I learned

They say at good ol' Pico the coffee's mighty fine In the school

It looks like muddy water and tastes like turpentine Yah vol!



Chorus Additional Verses:

Point to - Sing:

They say at good ol' Pico the counselors are mighty Top of Head - Brain Boxer

fine Forehead - Sweat Browser

They act like Adolf Hitler and look like Frankenstein Eye - Eye Blinker

Nose - Nose Blower

Moustache - Soup Strainer

Boy Scouts Of America Mouth - Meal Pusher

We're the Boy Scouts of America Chin - Chin Chopper

Scouting for things anew. Neck - Rubber Necker

Our activities lead to victories Chest - Chest Protecter

in all we set out to do. Stomach - Bread Basket

Lap - Baby Bouncer

We're the Boy Scouts of America, Foot - Foot Stomper

We plan hand in hand each day

To do better than need be done

till all our goals are won Brass Ring Song

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I like to catch the brass ring on the merry go round One was an old man, the second a maid,

The merry go round that's me The third was a young boy who smiled as he said:

I like to play croquet or embroider or crochet

But I like to participtae in my own way

I like the hobby horse on the merry go round Breton Fishermans Prayer

The one that goes up and down Protect me oh Lord for my boat is so small

And when the kid in the rear says 'you ride like Paul Protect me oh Lord for my boat is so small

Revere' My boat is so small and your sea is so wide

On the merry merry go round Protect me oh Lord

I caught the brass ring on the merry merry go round

I'm getting dizzy on the merry merry go round

Don't tell my mother on the merry merry go round Bring Back My Neighbours To Me

This is my last time the merry merry go round Last night as I lay on my pillow

I fooled you last time on the merry merry go round! Last night as I lay on my bed

I stuck my feet out the window

Next morning my neighbors were dead!

Bravo Bravissimo

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo, Bravissimo Bring back, bring back,

Bravo, Bravo, Jolly well done Oh bring back my neighbors to me to me

Bravo, Bravissimo Bring back, bring back,

Bravo, Bravissimo Oh bring back my neighbors to me.

Bravo, Bravissimo, Jolly well done



Bringing Mary Home

Breads And Fishes I was driving down a lonely road a dark and stormy

As I went a walking one morning in spring, night

I met with some travellers in an old country lane. When a little girl by the roadside showed up in my

One was an old man, the second a maid, headlights

The third was a young man who smiled as he said: I stopped and she got in the back and in a shakey tone

She said my name is Mary please won't you take me

Chorus: home?

She must have been so frightened all alone there in

With the wind in the willows the night

And the birds in the sky There was something strange about her cause her

There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie face was deathly

We have bread & fishes and a jug of red wine white

To share on our journey with all of mankind She sat so pale and quiet in the back seat all alone

I never will forget the night I took Mary home

I sat down beside them with gay flowers around I pulled into the griveway where she told me to go

And we ate from a mantle spread on the ground Got out to help her from the car and opened up the

They told me of peoples, and prophets and kings door

And all of the one God who knew everything. But I just could not believe my eyes the back seat it

was bare

So I asked them to tell me their names and their race I looked all around the car but Mary wasn't there

That I may remember their kindness & grace A light shone from the porch someone opened the

"My name it is Joseph, this is Mary my wife, door

And this is our young son who is our dear life." As I walked toward the house I wondered more and

more

"We are travelling to Glaston through England's What happened to the little girl so frightened and

green lanes, forlorn

To hear of men's troubles, to hear of men's pains, Could I have just been dreaming bringing Mary

We travel the wide world o'er the lands and the seas home?

To tell all the people how they can be free." I walked up to the lady who was standing in the door

And asked about the little girl that I was looking for

So sadly I left them in that country lane, She gently smiled and with her hand she brushed a

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And said it sure was nice of you to go out of your We have Brownie friends in many lands,

way Across the seven seas, the mountains and the sands,

But thirteen years ago today in a wreck just down the

road Your Brownie hand in my Brownie hand,

Our darling Mary lost her life and we still miss her so And my Brownie hand in your Brownie hand,

Thank you for your troubles and the kindness you On Thinking Day our love goes forth to every friend,

have shown A chain of Brownie hands reaching out their help to

You're the thirteenth one who's been here bringing lend,

Mary home



Brownie Smile

British Grenadiers The There's something in my pocket

Some talk of Alexander That belongs across my face.

And some of Herculese I keep it very close to me,

Of Hector and Lysander In a most convenient place.

And such great names as these I bet you'll never guess it

Of them and their commanders If you guess a long long while,

There's none that can compare So I'll take it out and put it on.

With a tow row row row row row row It's a great big Brownie smile!

For the British Grenadiers



Brownie Song

Brownie Bells We're the Brownies, here's our aim

Oh Lord our God Lend a Hand and play the game.

Thy children call

Grant us thy peace

And bless us all Brownies

Goodnight… We're The Brownies, Love To Play

We Like Field Trips, They're Okay

We Like Doing Crafts And Art

Brownie Flag Song Come Join Brownies, We Are Smart!

I am your Brownie Flag,

Brownie Flag, Brownie Flag,

I am your Brownie Flag, Bubblegum Song

I am Brown and Gold. My mommy gave me a looney

To go and see Mulrouney

When you carry me, stand tall, I did not see Mulrouney

You stand tall, We stand tall, I bought some bubblegum!

When you carry me, stand tall,

Never let me fall. Chorus:

Nee-nee-nee-nee-nee bubblegum,

Nee-nee-nee-nee-nee bubblegum,

Brownie Friend Maker Song Nee-nee-nee-nee-nee bubblegum,

Your Brownie hand in my Brownie hand, I bought some bubblegum!

And my Brownie hand in your Brownie hand,

Come along with me and sing along with me, My mommy gave me a quarter

Yes I'll come along with you and sing along with To go and pay the porter

you, I did not pay the porter

I bought some bubblegum!

Hi ho, friend makers all,

Hand in hand's the Brownies style My mommy gave me a dime

Hi ho, friend makers all, To go and buy a lime

Great you with a Brownie Smile, I did not buy a lime

I bought some bubblegum!

Your Brownie hand in my Brownie hand,

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To go and buy a pickle Bumble Bee

I did not buy a pickle I'm bringing home a baby Bumble Bee

I bought some bubblegum! Won't my Mommy be so proud of me.

I'm bringing home a baby Bumble Bee

My mommy gave me a penny Buzzy, buzzy, buzzy

To go and buy some bubblegum Oooooooo, He stung me.

I did not buy some bubblegum

I'm sick of bubblegum! I'm bringing home a baby Rattle Snake

Won't my Mommy really, really, shake

Actions: At each Chorus, stretch imaginary bubble I'm bringing home a baby Rattle Snake

gum between Rattle, rattle, rattle

your hands Oooooooo, He bit me.



I'm bringing home a baby Grizzly Bear

Buddies And Pals Won't my Mommy really have a scare

You and me we're gonna be partners I'm bringing home a baby Grizzly Bear

You and me we're gonna be pals Gobble, gobble, gobble

You and me we're gonna be partners, buddies and Oooooooo, He ate me.

pals.



You and me we started as strangers Bunkum

You and me we came from afar Now Gavin inspected the Eagles

You and me we started as strangers And afterwards mentioned to me

Now we are pals "Their campsite is utterly spotless"

It sounded like bunkum to me

From now on we're going to be partners

From now on we're going to be pals Now Craig went to Boks for supper

From now on we're going to be partners He said you make jolly good tea

Buddies and pals They said "It's not tea Craig it's soup Craig"

It tasted like bunkum you see



Bug Juice The Scouters are terribly hunky

At camp with the Boy Scouts Their SWAT team is scary to see

They gave us a drink. The women are flocking around them

We thought it was Kool--Aid, It all sounds like bunkum to me

Because it was pink.

The PLs were sweating and slaving

But the thing that they told us To dig a new lavatory

Would've grossed out a moose, The Scouts kept on filling the old ones

For that great tasting pink drink They're all full of bunkum you see

was really bug juice.



It looked fresh and fruity, Buy Some Cookies

Like tasty Kool--Aid, Up and down the neighborhood streets

But the bugs that were in it Girl Scouts sell their cookies

Were murdered with RAID! Ringing doorbells, asking you please

Please buy some cookies!

We drank it by gallons;

We drank it by tons.

And the next morning, Buzzard Song The

We all had the runs! If I had the wings of a buzzard, a buzzard

Into the woods I would fly, would fly

So the next time you drink bug juice, There to remain as a buzzard, a buzzard

And a fly drives you mad, Until the day that I die, I die?

He's just getting even, Oooh la la ooh la la ooh la la

'Cause you swallowed his dad. Repeat



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Oooh la la ooh la la ooh la la Bye Bye Blackbird

Again Pack up all my cares and woe

Oooh la la ooh la la ooh la la Here I go, singing low

Once More Bye bye blackbird

Oooh la la ooh la la ooh la la la Where somebody waits for me

The End Sugar's sweet, so is she

Bye bye blackbird

No one here can love and understand me

By Our Love Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me

(Chant) Make my bed and light the light

We are one in the Spirit. We are one in the Lord. I'll arrive late to-night

We are one in the Spirit. We are one in the Lord. Blackbird, bye bye

{[And]} we pray that all unity might one day be

restored.

{[And]} they'll know we are Christians by our love, Bye Bye Long Johns

by our I just lost my underwear; I don't care, I'll go bare.

love. Bye bye long johns.

Yes, they'll know we are Christians by our love. They were very close to me-tickled me (hee, hee,

hee).

All praise to the Father, from whom all things come. Bye bye long johns.

All praise to Christ Jesus, His only son,

and all praise to the Spirit who makes us one. How I miss that old trap door behind me.

{[And]} they'll know we are Christians by our love, When you see them you'll know where to find me.

by our love. I just lost my underwear; I'll go bare, I don't care.

Yes, they'll know we are Christians by our love. Long johns, bye bye.





By The Blazing Council Fires Light California Here I Come

By the blazing council fire's light California here I come

We have met in comradeship tonight, Right back where I started from

Round about the whispering trees Where towers of flowers bloom in the sun

Guard our golden memories; Each morning at dawning

And so, before we close our eyes in sleep, Birdies sing and everything

Let us pledge each other that we'll keep A sunkist miss said, "Don't be late"

Scouting friendship strong and deep, That's why I can hardly wait

'Till we meet again Open up that golden gate

California, here I come



By The Light Of My Scout Flashlight

By the light of my Scout flashlight, Call A Scout

Wish I could see, what it was that just bit my knee. When you're down and feeling blue

Batteries, why-y did you fail me? CALL A SCOUT

The chance is slim, the chance is slight, They'll know just what to do

I can last through the night, with my Scout flashlight. CALL A SCOUT

If you're ever in a hurry

Don't take the time to worry

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon All you have to do is shout

By the light of the silvery moon CALL A SCOUT!

I want to spoon

To my honey I'll croon love's tune If you need a helping hand

Honey moon, keep a-shining in June CALL A SCOUT

Your silvery beams will bring love dreams They'll take your garbage out

We'll be cuddling soon CALL A SCOUT

By the silvery moon If the traffic that you meet

Has you scared to cross the street

They'll be there to help you out



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CALL A SCOUT! Dearest Father, darling Mother,

How's my precious little brother?

Now the Scouts are always helpful Let me come home if you miss me,

Don't you see I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.

They will lend a helping hand

To you and me Wait a minute, it stopped hailing,

For they're wise in what they do Guys are swimming, gals are sailing.

They are kind and cheerful too Playing baseball, gee that's betta,

And they always help you out Mudda, Fadda, kindly disregard this letter!

CALL A SCOUT!



Camp Hinds Spirit

Calliope The I've got that Camp Hinds spirit

1st part sings: Um-pah-pah Up in my head, up in my head, up in my head

2nd part sings: Um-sss-sss I've got that Camp Hinds spirit up in my head

3rd part sings: Um-peep-peep And its up in my head to stay

4th part sings: Um-tweedle-tweedle I've got that Camp Hinds spirit

Deep in my heart, deep in my heart, deep in my heart

The rest of the group sings the melody of a suitable I've got that Camp Hinds spirit deep in my heart

tune, And its deep in my heart, to stay

such as "Daisy, Daisy," "East Side, West Side," "In I've got that Camp Hinds spirit

the Good Old Down in my feet, down in my feet, down in my feet

Summertime," or "The More We Get Together" I've got that Camp Hinds spirit down in my feet

And its down in my feet to stay

I've got that Camp Hinds spirit

Camp Granada Up in my head, deep in my heart, down in my feet

Hello Mudda, hello Fadda, I've got that Camp Hinds spirit all over me

Here I am at Camp Granada. And its all over me to stay

Camp is very entertaining,

And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

Camp Kookamonga

I went hiking with Joe Spivy; Well in 19 and 59

He developed poison ivy. We took a little hike

You remember Leonard Skinner; With our Scoutmaster

He got ptomain poisoning last night after dinner. Down to Lake A-Neek-A-Nike

We took a little pizza

All the counselors hate the waiters, And we took some sauerkraut

And the lake has alligators, We marched along together

And the head coach wants no sissies, 'Till we seen the Girl Scouts

So he reads to us from something called "Ulysses".

We're the boys from Camp Kookamonga

Now I don't want this should scare ya, Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways

But my bunk mate has malaria. We leared to make sparks by rubbin' sticks together

You remember Jeffrey Hardy, And if we catch some girls then we'll set the woods

They're about to organize a searching party. ablaze



Take me home, oh Mudda, Fadda, Well we crept up to the water

Take me home, I hate Granada! And we seen the girls a-swimmin'

Don't leave me in the forest where There must a-been a hundred of 'em

I might get eaten by a bear. Pretty young women

They looked so fine

Take me home, I promise I will not make noise, Even birds forget to sing

Or mess the house with other boys. We lay down in the poison oak

Oh, please don't make me stay, And we didn't say a thing

I've been here one whole day.

We're the boys from Camp Kookamonga



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Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways Where seldom at all do you trip up and fall,

We leared to make sparks by rubbin' sticks together Where the stars are not needed for lights.

And if we catch some girls then we'll set the woods Home! Give me my home!

ablaze Without snakes and the ground's not so hard.

Where Mom cooks and slaves

Well the counselor said And takes care of my days,

We could take 'em by surprise While I sleep or I play in the yard.

If we didn't say a word

'Till we looked 'em in the eyes

We kept real still still Camp Staff Lullaby

And we kept our eyes a-glued Over in Pine Acres, a day or so ago,

We seen how they were dressed I heard a camp staff moaning

They were swimmin in the On his hand-held radio.

Well, they His words, they had no meaning

His voice was full of fear

Ran through the briars The echo of his screaming

And they ran through the brambles Was ringing in my ears.

And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit

couldn't go A tour at Treasure Valley,

They ran so fast even we couldn't catch 'em At summer camp am I.

From Lake A-Neek-A-Nike The song that I am singing

All the way to Buffalo Is a camp staff lullaby.



Well we marched around As the OD, I was worried

'Till everyone was pooped And the CQ, he stood near,

We rested for a minute Together we could see it

And our forces we regrouped As the end of our career.

Then we seen the girls We huddled near the console

Behind some evergreens And then paced to and fro,

Captured by a company of In great anticipation to hear

United States Marines! The voice on the radio.



We're the boys from Camp Kookamonga A tour at Treasure Valley,

Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways At summer camp am I.

We leared to make sparks by rubbin' girls, uh, sticks The song that I am singing

together Is a camp staff lullaby.

And if we catch some girls then we'll set the woods

ablaze Then within the garble,

There came a blare of hope

The reason for the screaming

Camp Rivalry Was an overflowed Bardo!

Camp DeWitt (use your camp name here) is our

home camp,

Hidden Valley's (use rival camp here) way too damp! Camp Staff Nightmare

Rangers, Tots, Brownies and Cadettes, (use name of CHORUS:

sections, And nothing's too good for the Camp Staff

levels, patrols And nothing is just what we get,

cabins, etc.) Campers get all the gravy,

Juniors (use your level, section or cabin, etc.) are the The Camp Staff, we get all the grits.

very best!

McQuaid, he called me early one morning,

My poor blood-shot eyes could not see.

Camp Song The He said pack your bags and get ready,

Oh, give me my home For camp staff at Treasure Valley.

With its comforts and foam,

With a stove and a show'r and some lights; I packed up my stuff in a locker,



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I hugged my dear parents good-bye, Campfire

Gave one last kiss to that girl of mine Campfire #1

And headed for Treasure Valley. (the whole group yells together, as loud as possible)

Chorus

We are campfire number one

I called and asked for directions, Number one, number one

The answer, it gave me a fright. We are campfire number one

Just hike to the edge of the world he said, Where is number two?

And when you get there hang a right.

If there are other campfires nearby, they should

I hiked till I ran out of water, respond with

I hiked till I ran out of gas, Number 2, Number

To the left or the right, not a soul could be seen. 3, etc...

So I laid down to die in the grass.

Chorus

Campfire Embers

I shimmied the pole up to heaven. The embers of campfire are now slowly dying

Oh listen to what I do tell. The birds in the treetops have gone to their nest,

When I saw the face of a camper, The stars twinkling o'er us, are now shining for us,

I thought that I was surely below. O God of Nature, grant us now the perfect rest.



St. Peter was watching me struggle,

He threw back his head and he laughed. Campfire Reflections

He said everyone else rides the elevator, We are gathered by the campfire's light,

But camp-staffers still get the shaft. At the close of a very busy day,

Chorus We've had fun and we've made friends

The Scouting spirit has prevailed,

We are gathered by the campfire's light.

Camp Vesper Hymn

God of the night, the stars, the skies We will hike along the nature trails,

Catch o'er the fires, of day Finding everything we can from A to Z,

Be with us as the sunset dies, and colours fade away We'll be working, we'll be playing

May incense from our campfires And we'll learn some new things too,

Bear our gratitude to you in prayer That will help us grow as we go on.

Most days begin with songs of birds

And meadows bright with dew We will help our friends along the way,

With breezes blowing free and clean beneath a sky of To make the most of each and every day,

blue We'll be sharing, we'll be caring

Our meals combined with songs and fun And we'll try to do our best

Bring friendship to everyone To make this the greatest camp we've ever had.





Camp Woolsey Song Campfire Song 1

Some call it fun and some may call it madness I wish I was a little yellow duck,

So come on along with us and forget your sadness I wish I was a little yellow duck,

Happy campers are we having fun 'neath the trees I'd go "Quacky, quacky, quacky"

And when we are gone we ll be singing the song of... And drive everybody wacky,

Oh, I wish I was a little yellow duck.

Chorus:

I wish I was a little bitty frog,

Camp, Camp Woolsey I wish I was a little bitty frog,

Camp, Camp Woolsey I'd go hoppy, hoppy, hoppy,

Camp, Camp Woolsey In the water I'd go ploppy,

Camp, Camp Woolsey... Oh, I wish I was a little bitty frog.



I wish I was a little garter snake,



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I wish I was a little garter snake, Campin In The Rain

I'd go wriggle, wriggle, wriggle, I'm campin' in the rain, just campin' in the rain.

And make all the Wolf Cubs giggle, The tent and campfire are soggy again.

Oh, I wish I was a little garter snake. The clouds in the sky are making me cry.

My waterlogged shoes may never get dry.

(Last verse borrowed!)

I wish I was a little mosquito, All the mud in the place is stuck on my face.

I wish I was a little mosquito, The frogs and the turtles are starting to race.

I'd go bitie, bitie, bitie, Oh, what should I do? I need a canoe.

Under everybody's nightie, A webbed--footed weasel swam off with my shoe.

Oh, I wish I was a little mosquito.

I'm campin' in the rain; just campin' in the rain.

The good doctor said I've got water on the brain.

Campfire Song 2 I can't light the fire. I'm stuck in the mire.

Come 'round any old time The lightning just knocked down the telephone wire.

And make yourself at home;

Put your feet on the mantle shelf, I'm drownin' in the rain; just drownin' in the rain.

Open the cupboard and help yourself; Won't it please stop raining --- I hate to complain.

Now I don't care if your friends My sleeping bag's wet. I'm starting to fret.

Have left you all alone, My life jacket wasn't the thing to forget.

Rich or poor, just knock on the door

And make yourself at home. I'm campin' in the rain; just campin' in the rain.

What a glorious feeling! Someone just plugged the

drain.

Campfire Trail The The pre--cip--i--tate will now dis--a--pate.

There's a long, long trail a-winding The sun soon will dry up the puddle I hate.

Into the camp of my dreams; No more campin' in the rain.

Where the evening campfire's glowing

And the bright moon beams;

There'll be long, long months of waiting Camping 1

Until my dreams all come true, Camping, camping, that's what we like to do

'Till the day when I'll be going down Ev'ry summer, we're off for a week or two

That old camp trail with you. We never mind the weather

As long as we're together

But we don't approve of no room to move,

Campfires Burning 1 In a hike tent that's built for two.

Campfire's burning, campfire's burning

Put logs on, put logs on

Higher higher, higher higher Camping 2

And build up the fire. When we're camping, just camping

In the warmth of the summer air

We don't envy the rich, in their caravanettes

Campfires Burning 2 For a caravan is cheating

Campfire's burning, campfire's burning With hot water and central heating

Draw nearer, draw nearer When we're camping, just camping

Campfire, Campfire With the light of the moon above

Come sing and be merry. Every summer you will find us

With our city life behind us

When were camping out that's what we love

Campfires Burning 3

Camp fire's burning, camp fire's burning,

Draw nearer, draw nearer, Camptown Races

In the gloaming, in the gloaming, De camptown ladies sing dis song, Doo-da, doo-da

Come sing and be merry. De camptown racetrack five miles long, Oh! Doo-da!

Day!

I come down dah wad my hat caved in, Doo-da, doo-



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da then you'll see

I go back home wad a pocket full of tin, Oh! Doo-da! We'll be women in tomorrow's

Day! history!



Wine to run all nice, wine to run all day! As we grow up through the years

I'll bet my money on de bob tail nag We'll sing out loud and clear

Somebody bet on de bay Can we start the process here?

Yes we can, yes we can!!

De long tail filly and de big black hoss

De fly de track and dey both cut across

De blind hoss stickin' in a big mud hole Canadian Boat Song

Can't touch de bottom wid a ten foot pole Heigh Ho, anybody home,

Meat or drink or money have I none

Old muley cow come on to de track Still I will be happy.

De bob tail fling her over his back

Den fly along like a railroad car (Start quiet, then get louder and louder, then quiet

And run a race wid a shootin' star again).



See dem flyin' on a ten mile heat

Round de track, den repeat Canadian Girl Guides

I win my money on de bob tail nag We're gonna loud, loud, bang, bang,

I keep my money in an old tow bag Rattle bang, bang!

Let's make plenty of noise! (2X)

Canadian Girl Guides, here's to you

Can A Woman We love every one of you,

Can a woman fly an airplane? We're gonna loud, loud, bang, bang,

Yes she can, yes she can! Rattle bang, bang!

Can a woman build a building? Let's make plenty of noise!

Yes she can, yes she can!

We're gonna soft, soft, ssh, ssh,

Can a woman fight a fire? Rattle, shh shh!

Can a woman change a tire? Let's not make any noise! (2X)

Can a woman lead a choir? Canadian Girl Guides, here's to you

Yes she can, yes she can! We love every one of you,

We're gonna soft, soft, ssh, ssh,

Can a woman be a lawyer? Rattle, shh shh!

Yes she can, yes she can! Let's not make any noise!

Can a woman fix an engine?

Yes she can, yes she can! BANG!!



Can a woman be a drummer?

Can a woman be a plumber? Canadian Taps

Can she play ball in the summer? Come we all, say goodnight

Yes she can, yes she can! As the shadows still cling to the edge of night

With each burning, dying ember

Can a woman be a doctor? There are friendships to remember

Yes she can, yes she can! As we sing one last good night, good night, good

Can a woman drive a tractor? night.

Yes she can. yes she can!



Can a woman lead a nation? Canadian Vespers

Can she run a TV station? Softly at the close of day

Can she head a corporation? As our campfire fades away

Yes she can, yes she can! Silently each Cub/Guide should ask

Have I done my daily task

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Shall I guiltless sleep tonight Oh the years went by a one-two-three

Have I done and have I dared And soon they had a fam-il-ee

Everything to 'Be Prepared' And every night by the pale moonlight

It sounded like this to mee-ee-ee



Cannibal King 1 Barump "Mama"

The Cannibal King Barump "Papa"

With a big nose ring Barump-ba-de-ah-de-ay-ee-a

Fell in love With a fair young dame. Barump "Mama"

And every night Barump "Papa"

By the pale moonlight, Barump-ba-de-ah-de-ay-ee-a

Across the lake he came.

Oh a hug and a kiss For Zula Miss We'll build a bung'low my honey, big enough for two

in the shade of the old palm tree Big enough for two, my honey, big enough for two

Whenever they met Under the bamboo

They sang a duet Under the bamboo tree

Sounded like this to me:

Bar-rumph (kiss-kiss) If you'll be M-I-N-E mine

Bar-rumph (kiss-kiss) I'll be T-H-I-N-E thine

Bar-rumph ti di a di a-a ay And I'll L-O-V-E love you

Bar-rumph (kiss kiss) All the T-I-M-E time

Bar-rumph (kiss kiss) You are the B-E-S-T best

bar-rumph ti di a di a-a ay Of all the R-E-S-T rest

And I'll L-O-V-E love you

The Cannibal King All the T-I-M-E time

Went out on a fling.

Out with his fair young dame. Match in the gastank BOOM! BOOM!

And so at night

by the pale moonlight,

Across the lake he came. Cannibal King The

The Cannibal King with the big nose ring

He placed a band Upon her hand Fell in love with a dusky dame.

and vowed that he'd be true. And every night by the pale moon light

And so that night Across the bay he came.

by the pale moonlight He would hug and kiss his pretty little miss,

They pitched a little woo. In the shade of the Bamboo tree,

And every night by the pale moon light

It sounded like this to me

Cannibal King 2 De-De-um smack, Da-De-um smack.

Oh, the cannibal king with the big nose ring

Fell in love with the dusty ma-aa-aid

And every night by the pale moonlight Cape Cod Girls

Across the lake he swa-aa-am CHORUS:

So heave 'em up my bully, bully boys

Oh he hugged and he kissed his pretty little miss Haul away, haul away.

In the shade of the bamboo tree-ee-ee Heave 'em up and don't you make a noise.

And every night by the pale moonlight We're bound away for Australia

It sounded like this to me-ee-ee

Cape Cod girls don't use no combs

Barump ("kissy" noise, "kissy" noise) Haul away, haul away

Barump ("kissy" noise, "kissy" noise) They comb their hair with cod fish bones

Barump-ba-de-ah-de-ay-ee-a And we're bound away for Australia

Barump ("kissy" noise, "kissy" noise)

Barump ("kissy" noise, "kissy" noise) Cape Cod kids don't use no sleds.Haul away, haul

Barump-ba-de-ah-de-ay-ee-a away

They slide down hills on cod fish heads



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And we're bound away for Australia time.



Cape Cod cats ain't got no tails.Haul away, haul away Oh, we ain't gonna wash no more, etc.

They lost 'em all in the northeast gales

And we're bound away for Australia Captains, they have turkey, Lieutenants they have

duck,

Cape Cod girls ain't got no frills.Haul away, haul Patrol Leaders have chocolate and think themselves

away in luck,

They're plain and simple as codfish gills Seconds they have bully beef and sometimes they

And we're bound away for Australia have ham,

But all that's left for the jolly Girl Guides is a slice of

Cape Cod kids ain't got no coats.Haul away, haul bread

away and jam.

They're used for sails on the working boats

And we're bound away for Australia Oh, we ain't gonna eat no more, etc.



Cape Cod folks don't live in shacks. Haul away, haul Captains, they are married, Lieutenants they're

away engaged,

They spends all their time on the fishing smacks Patrol Leaders are courting, although they're under

And we're bound away for Australia age,

Seconds they have boy friends, as many as they

The repetitive verses should be sung by the group, please,

half singing But all that left for the jolly Girl Guides are the

the first refrain, half singing the second. All may Scouts with

sing the knobbly knees.

Chorus. It is interesting to note that this is one of the

few Oh, we ain't gonna court no more, etc.

songs that use both heave (for raising the anchor)

and haul

(for raising the sails). Carry On

All pull together through the stormy weather,

Carry on! Carry on! Carry on!

Captains Keep on trying, keep the old flag flying;

Captains they do nothing, Lieutenants they do less Carry on! Carry on! Carry on!

Patrol leaders go watering and get themselves a The sun is shining above the cloudy sky,

mess. A silver lining will greet you by and by, SO--

Seconds they go wooding that's if they want some All pull together through the stormy weather;

sup, Carry on! Carry on! Carry on!

But all that's left for the jolly Girl Guides is the dirty

washing

up. Casteroil

C-A-S-T-E-R-O-I-L spells casteroil--casteroil

Oh, we ain't gonna work no more no more, We ain't The most indecent kind of medicine--medicine,

gonna work no The man who made it must have been a demon--

more. demon,

We worked last year and the year before, C-A-S-T-E-R-O-I-L you see

We ain't gonna work no more. Is gloom on a spoon guaranteed to kill you soon,

No Casteroil for me!

Captains they have scented soap, Lieutenants, they

have Pears,

Patrol Leaders have Yardley and give themselves Castle On The River Nile

such airs. On my castle on the river Nile

Seconds they have Sunlight to make their faces I'm gonna live in elegant style

shine, Lay your diamonds on the floor

But all that's left for the jolly Girl Guides is the With the bamboo butler at my door

Lifeboy every



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Gonna meet that prince from Calamazoo Cat Came Back The 1

Blood's gonna change from red to blue Old man Johnson had troubles of his own.

Live in roalty all the while, Had a little cat that wouldn't leave him alone.

On my castle on the river Nile! He tried and tried to give him away,

He gave him to a man going far, far away.



Cat Came Back The CHORUS:

Well, old Mr. Johnson had troubles all his own, But the cat came back, the very next day.

He had an old yeller cat that wouldn't leave home, But the cat came back, they thought he was a goner,

Tried everything he knew to get the cat to stay away, But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away,

Even took him up to Canada and told him for to stay, away, away.



Chorus: He gave it to a man going up in a ballon

But the cat came back, the very next day, Told him to give it to the man in the moon

The kitty came back, 'cause he wouldn't stay away, The ballon came down about 20 miles away

And where that man is we just can't say.

Well, the farmer on the corner said he'd shoot him on

sight, He gave him to a boy with a dollar note,

So he loaded up his gun full of rocks and dynamite, Told him to take up the river in a boat,

The gun went off, heard ALL over town, Tied a rock round its neck must have weighed a

Little pieces of the man was all that they found, hundred pounds,

And now they're dredging the river for the little boy

(Chorus) who drowned.



Well, they give a boy a dollar, to set the cat afloat, He gave hime to a man going way, way out west,

So he took him up the river, in a sack in a boat, Told him to give it to the one he favored best,

Well, the fishing it was fine, 'till the news got around, First the train jumped track, then it hit the rail,

That the boat was missing and the boy was drowned, And no one is alive today to tell the gruesome tale.



(Chorus) Old man Johnson said he'd shoot that cat on sight,

So he loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite.

Well, they give him to a man, going up in a balloon, He waited and waited for that cat to come around,

And they told him for to leave him with the Man in But ninety seven pieces of the man were all they ever

the Moon, found

The balloon got busted, back to Earth it sped,

And seven miles away they picked the man up dead, The H-bomb fell just the other day,

The A-bomb fell in the very same way,

(Chorus) Russia went, China went, and the USA

The human race was destroyed without a chance to

Well, they finally found a way, this cat for to fix, pray

And they put him in an orange crate on Route 66,

Come a ten ton truck with a twenty ton load,

Scattered pieces of the orange crate all down the Cecil

road, Cecil was a caterpillar, Cecil was my friend

The last time I saw Cecil he was *this* big

(Chorus) fingers about an inch apart

I said "Ooh, Cecil! What have you done?"

Well, they took him to Cape Canaveral, and they put And Cecil Said

him in a place, "I've eaten all the cabbages in the garden"

Shot him in a U.S. rocket going 'way out in space,

Well, they finally thought the cat was out of human Cecil was a caterpillar, Cecil was my friend

reach, The last time I saw Cecil he was *this* big

Next day they got a call from Miami Beach, Hands about six inches apart

I said "Ooh, Cecil! What have you done?"

(Chorus) And Cecil Said

"I've eaten all the cabbages in the street"



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And so on, until Cecil is so big that you have to run (Repeat ad nauseum!)

across

the circle to indicate size, and Cecil's eaten all

the cabbages in the Universe Charlie Winter

Yesterday at Treasure Valley Mr. (4 syl.) died.

Cecil was a caterpillar, Cecil was my friend Now they've got Scout Charlie Winter on a charge of

The last time I saw Cecil he was *this* big leadercide.

fingers about an inch apart Some scouts say he didn't do it, while others say he

I said "Ooh, Cecil! What have you done?" did.

And Cecil Said: But they all agree that Charlie was a problem kind of

"I've been sick" kid.

Oh, you can't chop your leaders up at Treasure

Valley,

Charlie On The MTA Then blame all the damage on the mice.

Let me tell ya of a story 'bout a man named Charlie, Oh, you can't chop your leaders up at Treasure

on a tragic Valley.

and faithful day. He put ten cents in his pocket, That sort of thing just isn't very nice at Treasure

kissed his Valley.

wife and family, went to ride on the M.T.A

Charlie broke into the axe yard on one Sunday

Chorus: But did he ever return? No, he never afternoon.

returned, and his He kept Ridge and Boonesville hopping as he

fate is still unlearned. (Poor old charlie). He may ride hummed a boy scout

forever tune.

'neath the streets of Boston, he's the man who never Charlie always did the slightest thing his good

returned. scoutmaster bid.



Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendel Square He said, "Charlie, cut it out!", and that's exactly what

Station and he he did.

changed for Jamaca Plains. When he gott there the

conductor Oh, you can't chop your leaders up at Treasure Valley

told him, "one more nickle," Charlie couldn't get off Then get dressed and go out for a walk.

that train Oh, you can't chop your leaders up at Treasure

Valley.

Well all night long Charlie rides through the stations, Treasure Valley is a far cry from New York.

saying,

"What will become of me? How can I afford to see Charlie got him in the sack where he had gone to take

my sister in a snooze.

Chelsea or my cousin or Roxbury?" I hope he went to heaven, 'cause he wasn't wearing

shoes.

Charlie's wife goes down to the Scully Square station, Charlie sort of rearranged him with a hatchet so the

every day say,

He was pleased to find his Boy Scout training finally

at a quarter past two. And through the open window, came to

she hands Charlie a sandwich as the train goes a pay.

rumbling Oh, you can't chop your leaders up at Treasure Valley

through. Then blame all the damage on a skunk.

Oh, you can't chop your leaders up at Treasure Valley

You'll be sleeping in the outhouse not your bunk.

Charlie Was A Pigeon

Charlie was a pigeon, a pigeon, a pigeon. Charlie's mother came to see him on one busy

Charlie was a pigeon, a pigeon that flew. parent's night

He flew in the morning, he flew in the night, And when old Charlie saw her you'd have sworn

And when he got home he was covered in....... there'd be a fight

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done Cheer, Boys, Cheer, the school is burning down

He removed his mothers bustle when she wasn't Cheer, Boys, Cheer, it's burning to the ground

wearing one. Cheer, Boys, Cheer, it's the only one in town,

Oh, you can't chop your mother up at Treasure Valley "There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight"

Then go down to the lake and water ski

Oh, you can't chop your mother up

They'll lock you up and throw away the key Cheese

It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice

go round

Charmin Betsy It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice

Chorus: go round

All around the mountain charmin' Betsy All around It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice

the mountain Laura Lee If I go round

ever see her again may the good Lord remember me It's cheese that makes the mice go round

Yee-Haw! City girls they have It's mice, it's mice, it's mice that make the cats go

those fancy dresses Country girls they have the same round . . .

Mountian girls wear old It's cats, it's cats, it's cats that make the dogs go round

overalls But they get there just the same, yee-haw! ...

City girls they have high heel shoes Country girls It's dogs, it's dogs, it's dogs that make the boys go

they have the same Mountain round . . .

girls wear old hiking boots But they get there just the It's boys, it's boys, it's boys that make the girls go

same, yee-haw! round . . .

*Other verses:* It's girls, it's girls, it's girls that make the love go

City girls: french perfume Mountain girls: no round . . .

perfume at all It's love, it's love, it's love that make the world go

City girls: flush toilets Mountain girls: find a friendly round . . .

bush And so you see: it's really cheese

City girls: deodorant Mountain girls: go "au natural" It's cheese, it's cheese that makes the world go round .

City girls: fancy bras Mountain girls: let it all hang

out

City girls: fancy operas Mountain girls: sing Chester

annoying songs Chester did you hear about Harry?

City girls: fancy cars Mountain girls: just hop on a (strike chest, touch ears, pat head)

horse He chest got back from the army.

City girls: boyfriends Mountain girls: friendly bear (pat your back, pat fore arm, pat chest)

He knows he needs not face defeat,

(touch nose, both knees, hand on each side of face,

Checkmate touch both feet)

King George, he had a date, Hip, Hip, Hooray - for the army!

He stayed out very late, (slap hip, slap other hip, raise fist, raise other fist, pat

He was the King. fore arm, pat chest)

Queen Mary paced the floor;

King George came home at four,

She met him at the door Chestnut Tree

God save the King. Under the spreading chestnut tree, where I held you

on my knee

We'll be happy as can be; under the spreading

Cheer Boys Cheer chestnut tree

One dark night when we were all in bed,

Old Mrs O'Leary left a light on in the shed The first time through, sing the words as written.

The cow kicked it over, then winked her eye and The second time, omit the word "tree" and instead

said imitate tree

"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight" branches with upward and outward hand motions.

The next time, also omit "nut" and tap the top of the

Chorus head.

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Then, omit "spreading" and instead spread hands bed,

apart, etc. I asked her what she put in it, and this is want she

Replace "happy" with a scowl and growl. said.

At the finish, almost half the song will be gestures

I went into the bathroom and stood beside the sink,

I said I'm feeling slightly ill, I think I'd like a drink,

Chew Your Food Mama said "I've just the thing, I'll get it in a wink,

Chew, chew, chew your food, It's full of lots of protein, and vitamins I think."

Gaily through the meal,

The more you laugh, the less you eat,

The better you will feel. Chicken Song

Leader: We had a chicken

That couldn't lay eggs

Chicago Fire Song All: We had a chicken

Late last night That couldn't lay eggs.

When we were all in bed, Leader: Until that rooster

Mrs. O'Leary Came in our yard.

Hung a lantern in the shed. All: Until that rooster

And when the cow kicked it over, Came in our yard.

She winked her eye and said Leader: And caught our chicken

"There'll be a hot time Right off its guard.

In the ol' town tonight!" And caught our chicken

Fire, Fire, Fire Right off its guard.



Sing three times, each time Refrain:

softer except for the All: We're having eggs now

fire fire fire We never used to

Until that rooster

Came in our yard.

Chicago Fire Song The Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck.

Ten nights ago when we were all in bed, We're having eggs now

Old lady Leary lit a lantern in the shed, We never used to

And when the cow kicked it over, she winked her eye Until that rooster

and said: Came in our yard.

"There'll be a hot time, in the old town, tonight!"

Part 1: Fire! Fire! Fire! Additional Verses:

Part 2: Pour on water, pour on water! Chicken....lay eggs....eggs

Part 3: Save my children, save my children! Cow....give milk....eggnog

Part 4: Jump lady, jump! Dog...have pups...pooched eggs

Divide group into four parts. Give each group one Garden...grow plants ...eggplants

phrase to yell. Gum tree...grow ...Chicklets

Nine nights ago, ..... Scout Camp...girls...Chicks

Me and my wife... no kids...egg heads

Field... grow flowers...chickweed

Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips Car...run ...yolkswagen

Chorus: Comedian...get laughs...yokes

Army...win battles ...shelled

Chicken lips and lizard hips and alligator eyes Cannon...fire...We have no rooster

Monkey legs and buzzard eggs and salamander thighs

Rabbit ears and camel rears and tasty toe-nail pies

Stir them all together, it's Mama's Soup Surprise. Chicken Song The

I had a little chicken and it would not lay an egg

Oh, when I was a little kid I never liked to eat, So I rubed some hot water up and down its leg, yes I

Mama'd put things on my plate, I'd dump them on her rubed some hot water up and down its leg and that

feet, darn chicken laid a boiled egg

But then one day she made this soup, I ate it all in A boiled egg, a boiled egg, that darn chicken laid a



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boiled egg. Two for Paul and Silas

Ohhhh! I had a little chicken and it wouldn't lay an Three for the Hebrew children

egg. Etc. Etc Four for the four that stood at the door

Words for the next verses: - Five for the Gospel preachers

Oil = Fired Six for the six that never got fixed

Chocolate = Easter Seven for the seven that never got to heaven

Poodle = pooched Eight for the eight that stood at the gate

Spitfire = scrambled Nine for the nine all dressed so fine

Akela = rotten Ten for the Ten Commandments





Chigger Chinese Fan

Oh there was a little chigger, My ship sailed from China with a cargo of tea

And he wasn't much bigger All laden with presents for you and for me

Than the head of a tiny pin, They brought me a fan, just imagine my bliss

But the bump he raises When I fan myself going like this, like this, like this,

Just itches like the blazes, like this

And that's where the scratch comes in.

But the bump he raises Verse 1 - Fan with right hand

Just itches like the blazes, Verse 2 - Fan with both hands crossing

And that's where the scratch comes in. Verse 3 - Fan with both hands and right foot

Verse 4 - Fan with both hands and both feet

Verse 5 - As above plus nodding slowly

Chigger The

Oh, there was a little chigger

And he wasn't much bigger Chocolate Chip Cookies

Than the head of a tiny pin. Chorus:

But the bump he raises

Just itches like the blazes, Chocolate chip cookies, you gotta have more

And that's where the scratch comes in. You can bake 'em in the oven, or buy 'em at the store

But the bump he raises But whatever you do, have 'em ready at my door

Just itches like the blazes, And I'll love ya till I die.

And that's where the scratch comes in.

They're made out of sugar and butter and flour

You put 'em in the oven about a quarter hour,

Children Go Where I Send Thee But the thing that gives them their magic power

This song is progressive, that is, it gets longer as you Is the chocolate chips inside.

near the

end. It also involves an echo on the second line of You can't eat one, you can't eat two

each Once you start chewing, there's nothing to do

verse. The leader sings the bold type and the But clean your plate, and eat the crumbs too

audience the Then go and find some more

italics while everyone sings the rest. To save time

and typing Now when I die, I don't want wings

I'll show the first verse only and list the other nine in A golden halo or a harp that sings

order. Remember, you must add the last verse to Give me a book, a fire, and someone that brings me

the previous Chocolate chip cookies all day

one sand sing them all. Repeat the first two lines

each time

through. Christmas Round

Sing this through a few times before trying the

Children, go where I send thee. round. It helps

How shall I send thee? to have two other loud singers to lead the other

Well, I'm gonna send you one by one, sections. Each

one for the little bitty baby section starts at the # mark.

Was born, born, born in Bethlehem.



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Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat!# And his daughter Clementine.

Please put a penny in the old man's hat. #

If you haven't got a penny then a happen will do. Chorus

If you haven't got a happen may God bless you!

Oh, my darling,

Oh, my darling,

Christmas Time Oh, my darling Clementine !

School is out, we won't pout You are lost and gone forever,

Cubs shout "hip hooray!" Dreadful sorry, Clementine !

Something Special's coming soon

And it's Christmas day Light she was, and like a fairy,

Wrap the gift, trim the tree And her shoes were number nine,

Mind your Mum and Dad Herring boxes without topses,

You'll get presents if you do Sandals were for Clementine.

Boy, won't you be glad!

Drove she ducklings to the water

Every morning just at nine,

Circle Game Hit her foot against a splinter,

Yesterday a child came out to wander Fell into the foaming brine.

Caught a dragonfly insider a jar

Fearful when the skies are full of thunder Ruby lips above the water

And tearful at the falling of a star. Blowing bubbles soft and fine;

As for me, I was no swimmer

Chorus: And I lost my Clementine.



And the seasons, they go round and round How I missed her, how I missed her,

And the painted ponies go up and down. How I missed my Clementine,

We're captives on the carousel of time. Then I kissed her little sister,

We can't return, we can only look behind from where And forgot dear Clementine.

we came

And go round and round and round in the circle

game. Climbing

Chorus:

Now the child's grown ten times round the seasons

Skated over ten clear frozen streams Just keep your eyes looking at the sky,

Words like "when you're older" must appease her And there'll never be a height that you can't reach

And promises of someday make her dream. Climb to the clouds,

Lift your voices up loud

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now Aand tell the world the joy of being free... when you

Cartwheels turn to carwheels through the town climb.

And they tell her "take your time, it won't be long

now Oh, the road is rough and the way is often steep,

Before you drag your feet to slow the circle down." But inside yourself there's a promise you can keep

When you reach the top, the view is worth the climb,

Now the child of yesterday's grown twenty All the stumblings and the pitfalls are very far

Although some dreams are lost, some grandures behind...

coming true

There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and Oh, we've come this far and our climbing's just

plenty begun,

Before the last revolving year is through. But now we konw that climbing can be fun

There's so much we share, now it's time to say

goodbye,

Clementine But we'll always have the memories of how we

In a cavern, in a canyon, climbed so high...

Excavating for a mine,

Dwelt a miner forty-niner,



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Cocacola Grace Alive, alive, Oh!

The sun will always shine The birds will always sing Alive, alive, Oh!

As long as there is God Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive, Oh!

There's always the real thing Do do do do dut do do

do, amen Do do do do dut She was a fishmonger, but it sure was no wonder,

God is the real thing! For so were her father and mother before,

And they each pushed their wheel barrow,

Through streets broad and narrow,

Cock Robin Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive, Oh!

Who killed Cock Robin?

I said the sparrow, She died of a fever, and no one could save her,

With my bow and arrow, And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone;

I killed Cock Robin. Her ghost wheels her barrow,

CHORUS:- Through streets broad and narrow,

All the birds of the air fell Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive, Oh!

a-sighing and a-sobbing,

When they heard of the death of

poor Cock Robin, Codfish Shanty

When they heard of the death of Melbourne girls, they have no combs

poor Cock Robin. Heave away, heave away

Who saw him die? They comb their hair with cod-fish bones

I said the fly, And we're bound for Australia

With my little eye,

I saw him die. Chorus

CHORUS Heave away, my bully bully boys, heave away, heave

Who'll toll the bell? away

I said the bull, Heave away, why don't you make a noise

Because I can pull, And we're bound for Australia

I'll toll the bell.

CHORUS Melbourne boys, they have no sleds

Who'll dig his grave? Heave away, heave away

I said the owl, They slide downhill on cod-fish heads

With my little trowel, And we're bound for Australia

I'll dig his grave.

CHORUS Liza Lee, she promised me

Who'll be the parson? Heave away, Heave away

I said the rook, When I return she'll marry me

With my bell and book, And we're bound for Australia

I'll be the parson.

CHORUS

Who'll be the chief mourner? Cokeacola

I said the dove, Coke-a-cola, Coke-a-cola

I'll mourn for my love, Makes you burp, makes you burp

I'll be chief mourner. Have another bottle, have another bottle

CHORUS Burp burp burp, burp burp burp





Cockles And Mussels Colours Of Day

In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty, Colours of day dawn into the mind

I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone, The sun has come up, the night is behind

As she pushed her wheel barrow, Go down in the city, into the street

Through streets broad and narrow, And let's give the message to the people we meet

Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive, Oh!

So light up the fire and let the flames burn

Chorus: Open the door let Jesus return

Take seeds of His Spirit, let the fruit grow



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Tell the people of Jesus, let His love show

All night long he kept his watch.

Go through the park, on into the town The ship tossed to and fro

The sun still shines on, it never goes down And when the light of dawn appeared,

The light of the world is risen again The first mate yelled, "Land ho!"

The people of darkness are needing our friend (Chorus)



Open your eyes, look into the sky

The darkness had come, the sun came to die Come On And Sing With Me

The evening draws on, the sun disappears Come on and sing with me, hey dee noon oh

But Jesus lis living, His Spirit is near Come on and sing with me, hey dee noon oh

Come on and sing with me, hey dee noon oh

Come on and sing with me, hey dee noon oh

Columbia The Gem Of The Ocean

O Columbia, the gem of the ocean Sing everybody sing, hey dee noon oh...

The home of the brave and the free

The shrine of each patriot's devotion, Other Verses:

A world offers homage to thee. Come on and clap with me ...

Thy mandates make heroes assemble, Come on and slick with me ...

When Liberty's form stands in view; Come on and stamp with me ...

Thy banners make tyranny tremble, Come on and stretch with me ...

When borne by the red, white, and blue,

When borne by the red, white, and blue,

When borne by the red, white, and blue, Come Sing With Us In Friendships Name

Thy banners make tyranny tremble, Come sing with us in friendship's name,

When borne by the red, white, and blue. Come fan with us the golden flame,

The flame of friendship that lights the world

Wheree'er our flag is unfurled.

Columbus Song

Chorus: Sing high, sing low, for Guides are we

And we love to sing in your company.

"Sail on," he said, "Sail on and on, The flame of friendship that lights the world

There's nothing you should dread. Wheree'er our flag is unfurled.

We'll find the new world soon, I'm sure.

Just think of what's ahead."

Come With Me

In fourteen hundred and ninety two, Kum by yah, My Lord, Kum by yah.

Columbus sailed from Spain, Kum by yah, My Lord, Kum by yah.

With three ships and eighty men, Kum by yah, My Lord, Kum by yah.

Across the bounding main. O Lord, Kum by yah.



(Chorus) Someone's crying, Lord, Kum by yah.

Someone's crying, Lord, Kum by yah.

Columbus was a sailor fine, Someone's crying, Lord, Kum by yah.

He knew his navigation, O Lord, Kum by yah.

And even though his men were scared,

He was their inspiration. Someone's singing, Lord, Kum by yah.

Someone's singing, Lord, Kum by yah.

(Chorus) Someone's singing, Lord, Kum by yah.

O Lord, Kum by yah.

"Don't be frightened men," he said.

"Just think what's on the shore. Someone's praying, Lord, Kum by yah.

Silks and spices, jewels and gold, Someone's praying, Lord, Kum by yah.

What sights there are in store." Someone's praying, Lord, Kum by yah.

O Lord, Kum by yah.

(Chorus)



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A scout is trustworthy, Lord, Kum by yah. Coming Of The Frogs

A scout is loyal, Lord, Kum by yah. Mine eyes have seen the horror

A scout is helpful, Lord, Kum by yah. of the coming of the frogs

O Lord, Kum by yah. They are sneaking through the swamps

they are lurking under logs

A scout is friendly, Lord, Kum by yah. You can hear their mournful croaking

A scout is courteous, Lord, Kum by yah. through the early morning fog

A scout is kind, Lord, Kum by yah. The frogs keep hopping on

O Lord, Kum by yah.

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, croak, croak

A scout is obedient, Lord, Kum by yah. Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, croak, croak

A scout is cheerful, Lord, Kum by yah. Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, croak, croak

A scout is thrifty, Lord, Kum by yah. The frogs keep hopping on

O Lord, Kum by yah.

A scout is brave, Lord, Kum by yah. The frogs have grown in numbers

A scout is clean, Lord, Kum by yah. and their croaking fills the air

A scout is reverent, Lord, Kum by yah. There's no place to escape to

O Lord, Kum by yah. 'cause the frogs are everywhere

They've eaten all the flies

and now they're hungry as a bear

Come Come Ye Saints The frogs keep hopping on

Come, come ye Saints, no toil or labor fear; but with

joy wend I used to like the bullfrogs

your way like to feel their slimy skin

Though hard to you this journey may appear, grace Liked to put them in my teacher's desk

shall be as and take them home again

your day You can hear their mournful croaking

'Tis better far for us to strive, our useless cares from through the early morning fog

us drive The frogs keep hopping on

Do this and joy your hearts will swell. All is well! All

is

well! Commercial Mixup

Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard? 'Tis Last night I watched TV,

not so; all is I saw my favorite show.

right I heard this strange commercial,

Why should we think to earn a great reward if we And I can't believe it's so.

now shun the

fight? Feed your dog Chiffon.

Gird up your loins, fresh courage take, our God will Comet cures the cold.

never us Use S-O-S pads on your face

forsake To keep from looking old.

And soon we'll have this tale to tell: All is well! All is

well! Mop your floors with Crest.

Use Crisco on your tile.

Clean your teeth with Borateem,

Comin Through The Rye It leaves a shining smile.

If a body meets a body, comin' through the rye

If a body kiss a body, need a body cry For headaches take some Certs.

Every lassie has her laddie, none they say have I Use Tide to clean your face.

Yet all the lads they smile at me And do shampoo with Elmer's Glue,

When comin' through the rye It holds your hair in place.

If a body meet a body, comin' from the town

If a body greet a body, need a body frown Perhaps I am confused,

Every lassie has her laddie, none they say have I I might not have it right.

Yet all the lads they smile at me But one thing that I'm certain of,

When comin' through the rye I'll watch TV tonight!



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-spaceship shaped!

Cornflakes and Milk In the sky: hold arms over head forming circle...

moon shaped

Your eyes are like diamonds Spacey little conehead guy: make conehead shape

Your hair is like silk (Ba da da da dum) with hands on top

I'll love you always of head

Like cornflakes and milk (Ba da da dadum) Saw an astronaut floating by: Star shaped. Place arms

and legs

Chorus: out and stand onone foot

Knocking at my door: knock in the air

So please help me to love you as much as Help me! Help me! Help me! he said: raise arms in

I love cornflakes and milk (Ba da da da dum) alarm on each

Cornflakes and milk help me!

I love you so. Or the laser beam will shoot me dead: pretend laser

gun pointing

I don't like oatmeal, Come little astronaut, come with me: beckon with

Or even Cheerios (Ba da da da dum) hands

You've got the secret

That only Kellogs knows (Ba da da da dum) Next... say the laser beam went crazy and the

astronaut shrunk.

The devil with Wheaties Then repeat in a high squeaky voice.

Drop dead Sugar Crisp (Ba da da da dum) then he grew extremely large and repeat in a deep

I'll love you always voice.

In spite of your lisp (Ba da da da dum)

The final time the laser beam went completely nuts

Cornflakes and milk and it was all

And my darling you too (Ba da da da dum) three together

Without you (high, regular, deep voice) for these words spaceship,

Life would be icky-poo (Ba da da da dum) conehead,

astronaut, knocking, laser beam, conehead, happy

and for each

Condiments help me!

Mayonnaise mayonnaise sure is white (first one is high,

Wish I stayed in bed tonight! 2nd is regular and 3rd is deep so it isn't repeated

again but as

Ketchup ketchup sure is red written in the song).

Gee I wish I stayed in bed!

There is a second similar version of this song:

Mustard mustard sure is yellow

Gee I wish I knew a fellow! In a spaceship in the sky

Spacey little conehead guy

Saw an astronaut floating by

Coneheads in A Spaceship In The Sky Knocking at my door.

In a spaceship, in the sky Help me, help me, help me, he said

Spacey little conehead guy Or the meteor will swoosh! and hit my head!

Saw an astronaut floating by Bong!

Knocking at my door Come little astronaut, come with me

Help me, help me, help me! he said Coneheads we will be.

Or the laser beam will shoot me dead!

Come little astronaut, come with me Actions are all the same, including singing "large"

Happy we will be. and "small"

verses, except the line

Actions: with the meteor. This line's action is a swooping

motion with

In a spaceship: place arms out like holding something your hand as if tracing

big the path of a meteor. On "Bong!", knock on the side



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of your head. Um, squeak, squeak,

In the "large" Um Squeak, squeak, etc.,

verse, replace "bong" with "BOOM", and in the

"small" verse,

replace it with "ping"! Corn

What did we do when we needed some corn

We ploughed and we sowed 'till the early morn

Consider Yourself At Home What did we do when we needed some corn

Consider yourself at home We ploughed and we sowed 'till the early morn

Consider yourself one of the family

We've taken to you so strong Chorus:

It's clear, we're going to get along Because our hands are strong,

Consider yourself well in Our hearts are young,

Consider yourself part of the furniture Our dreams are the dreams of:

There isn't alot to spare All ages on!

Who cares, whatever we've got we'll share (I'm just a dreamer, just a-dreamin' along, oh I'm just

If it should chance to be we should see a

Some harder days, empty larder days dreamer, just a-dreamin' along!)

Why grouse?

Always a chance we'll meet What did we do when we needed a town

Somebody to foot the bill We hammered and we nailed 'till the sun went down

Then the drinks are on the house What did we do when we needed a town

Consider yourself our mate We hammered and we nailed 'till the sun went down

We don't want to have no fuss

For after some consideration we can state What did we do when there's peace to be won

Consider yourself one of us It's more than one man can do alone

So we gathered our friends from the ends of the Earth

To lend a hand in the hour of birth...

Cookie Cookie We ploughed, we sowed,

Cookie, Cookie, We hammered and we nailed,

Listen while we sing to you. We worked all day

Cookie, Cookie, 'till peace was won!

You're a part of camp life too.

Anyone can make a bed and anyone can sew,

But it takes our cookies to make camp go. Corporation Muck Cart The

So Cookie, Cookie, The corporation muck cart Was loaded to the brim

Listen while we sing to you. The driver fell in backwards and found he could not

swim

Alternatively: He sank right to the bottom just like a little stone

And as he sank he gurgled there's no place like home

Cookie, Cookie,

Listen while we sing to you.

Cookie, Cookie, Court Of King Karaktakus

You're a part of camp life too. The court of King Karaktakus is just passing by,

Anyone can make a bed and anyone can sweep, The court of King Karaktakus is just passing by,

But it takes our cookie to make the food we eat. The court of King Karaktakus is just passing by,

So Cookie, Cookie, The court of King Karaktakus is just passing by,

Listen while we sing to you.

The harem of the court of King Karaktakus is just

passing by (x4)

Copenhagen

Oh, we're off to Copenhagen, in the morning, in the The ladies of the harem of the court of King

morning, Karaktakus are just

Oh, we're off to Copenhagen in the morning, Ya. Ya. passing by (x4)

We'll climb up the steeple to see all the people

We're off to Copenhagen in the morning, ya. ya. The boys who put the powder on the noses of the



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ladies of the

harem of the court Horse, flea, three blind mice

of King Karaktakus are just passing by (x4) Sitting on a toadstool shooting dice.

Horse slipped, fell on the flea.

The scintillating witches put the stitches in the Flea said, "Oops, there's a horsey on me."

britches of the

boys who put the Chorus

powder on the noses of the ladies of the harem of the

court of

King Karaktakus are Crazy Weather

just passing by (x4) Don't know why pigs are falling from the sky.

Crazy weather.

If you'd like to take a picture of the scintillating Didn't know that pigs had feathers.

witches put I didn't know they could fly.

the stitches in the

britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses Don't know why the cyclone blew through the pig

of the sty.

ladies of the harem of Farming weather.

the court of King Karaktakus... Since those darn pigs flew together,

They're landing left and right.

You're too late, they just passed by!

Don't know why I've got pig slime in my eye.

Slimy weather.

Cow Kicked Nellie The Sure hope the weather gets better.

The cow kicked Nellie in the bellie in the barn Got pork up to my eyes.

And the Doctor said it would do no harm

So we all kicked Nellie in the bellie in the barn Farmer Brown. Heard he's headed for town.

Well, he'd better

Second verse same as the first pick up the pigs that are laying

A little bit louder a little bit worse All over my front lawn.





Cowboys Grace Cremation Of Sam Mcgee The

Been out on the range Ah those old northern lights, they have seen clear

All dusty and tired sights

Been ridin' and ropin' all day But the clearest sights that they did ever see

Around the chuck wagon It was on a moonlit mars of that old Lake Lavard

We bow down our heads On the night that I cremated Sam McGee

And sing out the cowboys' grace

Allelujah, Amen Amen Now my pal Sam McGee was from ol' Tennersee

Allelujah, Amen Amen In the land where the cotton blooms grow

But why Sam left his home in the deep deep south ta

Crazy roam

Chorus: Round the cold way up north God only knows



Boom Boom Ain't it great to be crazy. In the long search for gold he was always so cold

Boom boom ain't it great to be just like we are: How he longed again to roam the southern plain

Jolly and foolish all day long. I would love to see him wade, how he feared the icy

Boom boom ain't it great to be crazy. glade

When I die he said cremate my last remains

Down in the south where banana trees grow

A grasshopper stepped on an elephant's toe. Well a fellows last need is a thing we have to heed

Elephant said with a tear in his eye, So I promised and I swore I would not fail

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" And again we started on at the first streaks o dawn

But o God he was looki.n' ghastly pale

Chorus



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He crouched on the sleigh and he raved away all day She sailed away, on a lovely summer's day,

About the warmth from his home in Tennersee On the back of a crocodile.

And before the night did fall, I'd a promise to recall 'You see', said she, 'he's as tame as tame can be,

Cause that was all that's left of Sam McGee I'll ride him down the Nile.'

The croc. winked his eye, and the lady waved

And I came upon the mars of that old Lake Lavard 'goodbye,

Where a broken down derelic did lay Wearing a happy smile.

She was jammed there in a vice of twenty feet of At the end of the ride, the lady was inside,

frozen ice And the smile on the crocodile!

Was abandoned and left there to decay



Some planks I quickly tore from it's old cabin floor Cruel War The

And I gathered up the chunks of scattered boards The cruel war is raging, and Johnny has to fight

Soon the blaze was burnin' red, seem'd that ol' I want to be with him, from morning till night

McGee was I want to be with him, it grieves my heart so

dead Won't you let me go with you? No my love no

So I stuffed him in that ol' crematin' hole

I'll go to your captain, get down on my knee

There sat my buddy Sam lookin' mighty cool and Ten thousand gold guineas I'd give for your release

calm Ten thousand gold guineas, it grieves my heart so

In the heart of those furnace flames galore Won't you let me go with you? No love no

And he wore a great big smile you could almost see a

mile Tomorrow is Sunday, Monday is the day

As he chuckled hurry up an' close the door That your captain will call you and you must obey

Your captain will call you, it grieves my heart so

She's a fine place in here but I greatly fear Won't you let me go with you? No my love no

You may let in that awful cold and storm

For since I left Palm Tree down in good ol' Tennersee I'll tie back my hair, man's clothing I'll put on

She's the first time that I've been better warm I'll pass as your comrade as we march along

I'll pass as your comrade, no one will ever know

Ah those old northern lights, they have seen clear Won't you let me go with you? No love no

sights

But the clearest sights that they did ever see

It was on a moonlit mars of that old Lake Lavard Cruising Down The River

On the night that I cremated Sam McGee Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

On the night that I cremated Sam McGee With one you love, the sun above

Waiting for the moon

The old accordian playing a sentimental tune

Crocodile Song Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

Oh, she sailed away The birds above, all sing of love

On a fine and sunny day A gentle, sweet refrain

On the back of a crocodile. The winds around all make a sound

You see said she, Like softly falling rain

He's as tame as tame can be, Just two of us together, we'll plan a honeymoon

I'll ride him down the Nile. Cruising down the river, on a Sunday afternoon



The crock winked his eye Cub Leaders Song

As the lady waved goodbye, Little Cub Scouts in the city,

Wearing a great big smile. Little Cub Scouts in suburbia,

But at the end of the ride Little Cub Scouts in the country.

The lady was inside Cub Scouts all the same.

And the smile was on the crocodile! There are short ones and short ones

And short ones and short ones.

And they all dress in ticky-tacky

Crocodile The And they all look just the same.





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And the parents of the Cub Scouts For it brings us joy and pleasure,

Who volunteer for just an hour. As we sing along the way;

And then go to Basic As Cub pals we'll live together,

Where they find out they were framed. Ever strive to give good will

Pack Committeemen, Cub masters, Our Cub leaders we will honour,

And Webelos Den Leaders Our Cub promise - we'll fulfill

They also dress in ticky-tacky

And they all look just the same.

Cuckoo 1

And the leaders all work hard From out the battered elm tree,

And some become committed. The Owl's cry we hear.

And sign up for Wood Badge And in the distant forest,

To do more of the same. The Cuckoo answers clear.

Now they're Beavers and Foxes

And Owls and Antelopes. Cuckoo, Cuckoo

And they still dress in ticky-tacky Too wit, too wit, to woo.

And they still all look the same. Cuckoo, Cuckoo

Too wit, too wit, to woo.

There are leaders in the city,

There are leaders in suburbia,

There are leaders in the country. Cuckoo 2

They are leaders all the same. 'Twas on a summer's evening, I walked the forest

There are tall ones and short ones through

And big ones and small ones. When suddenly I heard it, a sweet and low cuckoo

And they all dress in ticky-tacky Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo cuckoo

And they all look just the same. Cu ckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo cuckoo

Mister Moon, Mister Moon you're out too soon

The sun is still in the sky.

Cub Picnic Go back to bed and cover up your head

One day I chanced to take out for a picnic, Wait till the night draws nigh.

My Wolf Cub Pack! My Wolf Cub Pack!

We'd sandwiches and ginger ale a-plenty,

To fill the slack of my Cub Pack! Cuckoo Round

We went into the bush and started supper, From out the knotted elm tree

Where I lost track of my Cub Pack. The owl cries out whooo's there

And that is where I woefully discovered And from the distant forest

How much they lacked, my Wolf Cub Pack. The cuckoo answers clear.

"Akela, Akela, look at this pussy-cat,

Isn't it a beauty, a white stripe down his back." Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo

I tried to run--I tried to skip Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.

But all I did was simply trip (pause)

Isn't any wonder I went home in a sack.

Cuddly Koalas

Cuddly koalas, cuddly koalas (cradle & swing arms)

Cubbing Possums too, possums too (possum eyes - circle with

Cubbing, Cubbing, that is the game for me finger & thumb brought

Real true Cubbing, life that is good and free, up to eyes)

With outings and hiking pleasure, Wallabies and wombats, wallabies and wombats

To fill our hours of leisure (little bounce/jump/bend knees

For lots of fun, when work is done, with hands in front, rather like begging action)

In our Cubbing, there's lots to see. Kangaroos, kangaroos (bigger jump, more

exaggerated hands)



Cubbing Is Our Game

Cubbing is our game, we love it, Ddddaddy

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D-D-D-Daddy, D-D-D-Daddy We run and jump and skip out in the sun.

You're the only D-D-D-Dad that I adore, We're named for Daisy Low,

When the c-c-c-call comes from the woodshed, The founder, you see,

I'll be going out the p-p-p-parlour door. Of all the Girl Scouts,

Wherever we may be.

S-S-S-Sonny, S-S-Sonny And anyone can tell you that we dress in blue, and

You're the only b-b-b-boy that I adore Daisies are forever

When the t-t-t-time comes to go to the woodshed True, true, true.

I will meet you at the p-p-p-parlour door.



Daisy Happy Face Song

Daisy Clean Up Song I've something in my little hand that you just cannot

Leader: Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts. see...

Let's tidy up the room. It's very very special and it's now a part of me.

Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts. The Daisy Girl Scouts showed me how to put it into

Time to go home soon. place...

And when I clap my little hands you'll see my

Girls: Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts, HAPPY FACE!!!

We're picking up our things.

Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts, Motions:

Hear our voices sing.

First line: Cup both hands together, palms together

Second line: Bring cupped hands to chest over heart

Daisy Daisy Third line: Open hands and cover face with open

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do hands

I'm half crazy, oh for the love of you Fourth line: Clap on the word clap, and make a

It won't be a stylish marriage motion outward

I can't afford a carriage with palms up

But you'll look sweet, upon the seat

Of a bicycle made for two

Daisy Scout Song

Henry, Henry, here is your answer true Daisy Scouts are bright and gay,

I'm not crazy over the likes of you See us work, and see us play.

If YOU can't afford a carriage, forget about the We can dance, and we can sing.

marriage We can do most anything.

'Cause I won't be jammed, I won't be crammed We have fun, and help each day.

On a bicycle made for two Daisy Scouts are here to stay.





Daisy Gathering Song Daisy Troop 792 Song

Take my hand and form a chain, I'm a Daisy,

Down a magic Daisy lane. You're a Daisy,

Smile a friendly smile and say, She's a Daisy too,

May I help someone today? And if you want to be a Daisy,

This is what you do...



Daisy Girl Scout Song 1 You come to a meeting,

I'm a Daisy, Daisy Girl Scout You have a lot of fun,

And I'll tell you something too, You do arts and crafts

I'm a loyal lil' Girl Scout, and you clean up when you're done.

And my color is true blue.

We learn a lot of new things,

We make a lot of friends,

Daisy Girl Scout Song 2 We love being Daisies,

We are Daisy Girl Scouts, and we're sad when it ends!

Having lots of fun!



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Damper Song (add on the remaining verses one by one)

Oh you push the

damper in Other Verses:

And you pull the damper out

And the smoke goes up Il y a bon vin come ca... (drink a glass of wine)

the chimney just the same Il y a castanettes come ca... (snap fingers)

Just the same Il y a gitares come ca... (strum an invisible guitar)

Just the same Il y a seniors come ca... (stomp feet, strut)

And the smoke goes up the Il y a seniorittas come ca.... (flare an invisible skirt,

the chimney just the same flip

Boom Boom. hair)

Il y a torro come ca.. (two fingers up on each side of

Song is repeated head as

several times horns)

each time replacing a line with

a motion and sound effect

1) Thrust arm forward say "Ugh" Darktown Strutters Ball

2) Pull arm back with inhaling sound I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey

3) Raise both pointer fingers in Better be ready 'bout half-past eight

spiral motion and say "whee" Now Dearie, don't be late

4) Spiral right finger say "whee" I want to be there when the band starts playin'

5) Spiral left finger say "whee" Remember when we get there honey

6) Sprial both fingers say "whee" The two steps I'm gonna have them all

Goin' to dance out both my shoes

When they play then Jelly-Roll Blues

Danny Boy Tomorrow night at the Darktown Strutters' Ball

Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling

From glen to glen and down the mountain side;

The summer's gone and all the roses falling Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron

'Tis you 'tis you must go and I must bide. 'Twas on a Monday morning

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow When I beheld my darling;

And all the valley's hushed and white with snow. She looked so neat and charming

'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow. In ev'ry high degree;

Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so. She looked so neat and nimble, O

But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying A-washing of her linen,O,

If I am dead, as dead I well may be. Dashing away with the smoothing

You'll come and find the place where I am lying iron,

And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me. Dashing away with the smoothing

And I shall hear though soft you tread above me. iron,

And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be. She stole my heart away.

For you will bend and tell me that you love me, 'Twas on a Tuesday morning,

And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me. (When I beheld my darling; etc.

A-hanging out her linen, O,

(Dashing away etc.

Dans Mon Pays Despagne 'Twas on a Wednesday morning,

Dans mon pays d'Espagne, ole! (When I beheld my darling; etc.

Il y a soleil come ca... (trace a big circle in front of A-starching of her linen, O,

you) (Dashing away etc.

'Twas on a Thursday morning,

Dan mon pays d'Espagne, ole! (When I beheld my darling; etc.

Il y a montagnes come ca... (trace a series of peaks in A-ironing of her linen, O,

front of (Dashing away etc.

you)

Il y a soleil come ca... (trace a big circle in front of 'Twas on a Friday morning,

you) (When I beheld my darling; etc.



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A-folding of her linen, O, Stay away from cream filled stuff

(Dashing away etc. Day old bakery's the one for me

'Twas on a Saturday morning,

(When I beheld my darling; etc. Eat the donuts the cops don't want

A-airing of her linen,O, Day old bakery's the one for me

(Dashing away etc.

'Twas on a Sunday morning, See some green stuff - just cut it off

(When I beheld my darling; etc. Day old bakery's the one for me

A-wearing of her linen,O,

(Dashing away etc. Noon to six is 2 for 1

Day old bakery's the one for me



Day By Day Donuts stale but coffee's HOT!

Day by day, Day old bakery's the one for me

Day by day,

Oh dear lord three things I pray, Apple fritters - they slide right down

To see you more clearly, Day old bakery's the one for me

Love you more dearly,

Follow you more nearly, Soccoter pies and twinkies don't mix!

Day by day. Day old bakery's the one for me



Come Mr Baker man

Day Is Done taps Bake me some donuts

Day is done, gone the sun, And . . . this . . . time . . . can . . . some . . . be . . .

From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; fresh

All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.



Fading light, dims the sight, Day Thou Gavest The

And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright. The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended;

From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night. The darkness falls at Thy behest;

To Thee our morning hymns ascended,

Thanks and praise, for our days, Thy praise shall sanctify our rest.

'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky;

As we go, this we know, God is nigh.

Daylight Taps 1

Sun has set, shadows come, Thanks and praise for our days

Time has fled, Scouts must go to their beds 'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, 'neath the sky.

Always true to the promise that they made. As we go, this we know.

God is nigh.

While the light fades from sight,

And the stars gleaming rays softly send,

To thy hands we our souls, Lord, commend. Daylight Taps 2

Thanks and praise

For our days

Day Old Doughnuts 'Neath the sun

Day - o 'Neath the stars

Day - ay - ay - o 'Neath the sky

Day old bakery's the one for me As we go

This we know

Come Mr Baker man God is nigh

Bake me some donuts

Day old bakery's the one for me Please note: this version of "Taps" is to be sung in

place of the

Year old twinkies still look fresh regular version

Day old bakery's the one for me when closing events which are over before nightfall,

for example,



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most Guide's every day

Owns and many camps and daytime events.

Around the supper table, we make a merry group

Until dear Daddy's whiskers get tangled in the soup.

Days Of Girl Scouting

Days of Girl Scouting will fly away, die away Daddy was in battle. He wasn't killed; you see,

Days of true friendship will be memories His whiskers looked like bushes and fooled the

We have loved, we have learned enemy.

Let us now teach in turn

That the flame we have kindled forever shall burn. When Daddy goes in swimming, no bathing suit for

him.

All of our footsteps will fade away, fade away He ties his whiskers 'round his waist and happily

Others will follow the paths we have trod jumps in.

With their hearts full of love

And their songs full of joy The hottest days of summer are getting pretty good

To keep the flame burning for those yet to come. 'Cause Daddy waves his whiskers and cools the

neighbourhood.



Dead Dog Rover

I'm looking over my dead dog Rover Death Of Cock Robin The

That I over-ran with the mower. All the birds of the air fell a sighin' and sobbin'

First leg is missing, the second is gone. When they heard of the death of poor cock robin

Third leg is scattered all over the lawn. When they heard of the death of poor cock robin

No need explaining the one remaining

Is lying on my neighbor's roof. Who killed cock robin?

I'm looking over my dead dog Rover "I", said the sparrow, "with my bow and arrow"

That I over-ran with the mower. "I killed cock robin"

Once more!

That I over-ran with the mower. Who saw him die?

"I", said the fly, "with my little eye"



Dear Old Daddys Whiskers Who'll make his shroud?

We have a dear old Daddy whose hair is silver grey. "I", said the beetle, "with my thread and needle"

He has a set of whiskers - they're always in the way.

Who'll dig his grave?

Chorus: "I", said the owl, "with my little trowel"



Oh, they're always in the way, the cow eats them for Who'll give the memorial?

hay. "I", said the rook, "with my little book"

Mother eats them in her sleep;

She thinks she's eating shredded wheat. Who'll be chief mourner?

They're always in the way. "I", said the dove, "with my undying love"



We have a dear old Mummy. She likes his whiskers Who'll bear the coffin?

too. "I", said the wren, "with rooster and the hen"

She uses them for cleaning and stirring up a stew.

Who'll let him down?

We have a dear old brother who has a Ford machine. "I", said the crane, "with my golden chain"

He uses Daddy's whiskers to strain the gasoline.

Who'll cover him over?

We have a dear old sister. It really is a laugh. "I", said the crow, "with my little hoe"

She sprinkles Daddy's whiskers as bath salts in her

bath. Who'll toll the bell?

"I", said the bull, "because I can pull"

We have another sister. Her name is Ida Mae.

She climbs up Daddy's whiskers and braids them Who'll mark the grave?



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"I", said the thrush, "with my paint and brush" Now the Lord decided to make a man,

Dem bones are gonna rise again,

Who'll keep the vigil? So he made Adam according to plan,

"I", said the lark, "so long as it's not dark" Dem bones are gonna rise again,

Took a rib from Adam's side,

Dem bones are gonna rise again,

Deck East Lodge Made Miss Eve for to be his bride,

Deck East Lodge with boughs of holly Dem bones are gonna rise again.

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra

'Tis the season to be jolly, Chorus:

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra

Though we're dressed in swim apparel I knowed it, knowed it,

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra Indeed I knowed it brothers,

In July we sing this carol. I knowed it, whee,

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra Dem bones are gonna rise again.



Fast away the summer passes. Well he made a garden rich and fair,

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra Dem bones etc.

Hail the campers, in their masses. Told them to eat what they found there,

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra To one tall tree they must not go,

Follow me in merry measure, There forever the fruit must grow.

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra

For this Valley that's a Treasure! Around that tree old Satan slunk,

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra And at miss Eve his eye he wunk,

"Eve, those apples look mighty fine,

Just try one--the Lord won't mind!"

Deep And Wide

Deep and wide, deep and wide First she took a little slice,

There's a fountain flowing deep and wide Smacked her lips and said 'twas nice,

Deep and wide, deep and wide Next she gave a little pull,

There's a fountain flowing deep and wide Soon she had her apron full.



Soon the Lord came a-walking round,

Deep In The Heart Of Texas Spied those peelings on the ground,

The stars at night are big and bright "Adam, Adam, where art thou?"

Deep in the heart of Texas "Here I'm Lord, I'm a coming now."

The prairie sky is wide and high

Deep in the heart of Texas "You ate my applies, I believe."

"T'weren't me Lord, I 'spect 'twas Eve."

The sage in bloom is like perfume The Lord rose up in his mighty wrath

Deep in the heart of Texas Told them "Beat it down the path."

Reminds me of the one I love

Deep in the heart of Texas They took a pick, and they took a plough,

That's why we're all working now.

The coyotes wail along the trail That's all there is, there ain't no more,

Deep in the heart of Texas Eve got the apple--Adam got the core!

The rabbits rush around the brush

Deep in the heart of Texas

Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again

The cowboys cry, "Ki-Yip-Pee-Ui" The Lord he though he'd make a man

Deep in the heart of Texas Dese bones gonna rise again

The doggies bawl, and bawl and bawl Took a little bit of water and a little bit of sand

Deep in the heart of Texas Dese bones gonna rise again



I know it, brother

Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again I know it, brother



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I know it, brother Detour, there's a muddy road ahead

Dese bones gonna rise again! Detour, paid no mind to what it said

Detour, oh these bitter things I find

He thought he'd make a woman too Should have read that detour sign

Dese bones gonna rise again

Didn't know 'xactly what to do Headed down life's crooked road, lots of things I

Dese bones gonna rise again nevered

knowed

Took a rib from Adam's side And cause of me not knowin' I now pine

Dese bones gonna rise again Trouble got in the trail, spent the next five years in

Made Miss Eve for to be his bride jail

Dese bones gonna rise again Should have read that detour sign



Put 'em in a garden rich and fair When I got right to the place where it said "About

Dese bones gonna rise again Face"

Told 'em they could eat whatever was there I thought that all my worries were behind

Dese bones gonna rise again But the farther I go the more sorrow I know

Should have read that detour sign

But to one tree they must not go

Dese bones gonna rise again When I got stuck in the mud, all my hopes dropped

Must leave the apples there to grow with a thud

Dese bones gonna rise again I guess my heart strings are made of twine

Had no power to get from the hole that I'm in yet

Serpent, he came 'round the trunk Should have read that detour sign

Dese bones gonna rise again

At miss Eve, his eye he wunk

Dese bones gonna rise again Did You Ever See A Daisy

Did you ever see a Daisy, a Daisy, a Daisy?

He said, "Those apples taste mighty fine Did you ever see a Daisy, a Daisy Girl Scout?

Dese bones gonna rise again Go this way and that way, and that way and this way.

Just take one, the Lord won't mind" Did you ever see a Daisy, a Daisy Girl Scout?

Dese bones gonna rise again



De Lord, he came a-wanderin round Dinah

Dese bones gonna rise again Someone's in de kitchen wid Dinah,

Spied dem peelings on de ground Someone's in de kitchen Ah know,

Dese bones gonna rise again Someone's in de kitchen wid Dinah,

Playin' on de ole banjo.

You ate my apples, I believe? Fee, fie, fid-ly-i-o

Dese bones gonna rise again Fee, fie, fid-ly-i-o

'T wasn't me Lord, I spect twas Eve Fee, fie, fid-ly-i-o

Dese bones gonna rise again Playin' on de ole banjo.



The Lord he rose up in his wrath

Dese bones gonna rise again Dirty Lil

Told 'em to beat it down the path Dirty Lil, Dirty Lil

Dese bones gonna rise again Lives on top of Garbage Hill

Never washes, never will

He put a angel at the door (hawk, spit) Dirty Lil

Dese bones gonna rise again

Told them not to come no more

Dese bones gonna rise again Divers Song

Diving, diving, into the deep blue sea,

There's many a fish we've scared away.

Detour On that you will agree.





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Diving, diving, into the ocean blue, They would be in this camp right now

With flippers and mask and oxygen gas They have a map in hand to use but they don't know

We'll have an adventure true! how!





Dixie Do You Know A Cub

I wish I was in the land of cotton, Do you know a Cub, with his jersey green,

Old times there are not forgotten; Do you know la Cub with his face so clean.

Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland. Do you know a cub, always bright and gay,

In Dixieland where I was born in, With his smile and his chirp in the morning.

Early on one frosty morning';

Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland. CHORUS:

For the sound of the Howl makes him quite glad.

Chorus He joins and passes his Tenderpad.

He shouts dyb, dyb, and dob, dob, too,

Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! Hooray! We'll do our best in all things.

In Dixieland I'll take my stand to live and die in

Dixie; I know la Cub for he's one of us

Away, away, away down south in Dixie. [Repeat.] If he is hurt, he'll make no fuss.

For he's taught to be brave in all his ways

There's buckwheat cakes and Indian batter And be up like a lark in the morning.

Makes you fat, but that don't matter;

Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland. You'll know a Cub by his green cap, too.

Then hoe it down and scratch your grabble, He's usually helping another boy through.

To Dixieland I'm bound to travel, For he's taught to help other people, too,

Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixieland. And to shun himself in all things.



When he goes to camp in summer time,

Do A Good Turn Daily He enjoys himself, but gets in grime.

Do a good turn daily But it's honest dirt land will soon come off

Scatter gladness gaily With water and soap in the morning.

Every morning plan to do a kindly deed,

Brighten each tomorrow And when he's older a Scout he'll be.

Lift a load of sorrow With hat and staff will go merrily.

From the old and weak and poor For what he is in the Cubs will prove

That's the Girl Guide creed. A first-class Scout in the making.





Do Lord Do Your Ears Hang Low

Do Lord, Oh do Lord, Oh do remember me, Oh Lord Do your ears hang low,

Do Lord, Oh do Lord, Oh do remember me, Oh Lord Do they wiggle to and fro?

Do Lord, Oh do Lord, Oh do remember me, Oh Lord Can you tie them in a knot,

Can you tie them in a bow?

Look away beyond the blue Can you throw them o're your shoulder

I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun Like a continental soldier?

I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun Do your ears hang low?

I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun

Look away beyond the blue Do your ears stick out,

Can you wiggle them about?

Can you flap them up and down

Do You Hear The Campers Sing As you fly around the town?

Do you hear the campers sing? Can you chut them up for sure

Lost in the middle of a hike when you hear an awful bore?

It is the music of a scout troop Do your ears stick out?

Who have found no one to like

Had they made their bearings straight Do your ears stand high,



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Do they reach up to the sky? Still they're happy as can be,

Do they hang down when they're wet, Doin what comes natur'lly. [x 2]

Do they stand up when they're dry?

Can you semaphore your neighbor Sister Sal who's musical has never had a lesson,

With the minimum of labor? Still she's learned to sing off key,

Do your ears stand high? Doin what comes natur'lly. [x 2]



You don't have to know how to read or write

Doremi When you're out with a feller in the pale moonlight.

Doe, a deer, a female deer You don't have to come from a great big town

Ray, a drop of golden sun Not to go picking berries in an evening gown

Me, a name I call myself That comes natur'lly. [x 2]

Fa, along, long, way to run

Sew, a needle pulling thread My uncle out in Texas can't even write his name,

La, a note to follow sew He signs his cheques with X's, but they cash them

Tea, a drink with jam and bread just the same.

That will bring us back to Doe Grandpa Dick was always sick but never saw a

Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do! doctor,

He just died at 93,

Doin what comes natur'lly. [x 2]

Dog Breath

Chorus:

Oh, I wanna have dog breath (pant, pant) Dollar Dollar

I wanna learn to growl (grrr) The Song:

Scratch fleas and ticks, chase after sticks, Dollar, dollar how you wander

I want the moon to make me howl! (HOWL)

From the one hand to the other

Oh, I wanna be a dog

I wanna lay on the floor Is it fair, is it fair

Chase cats, get fed, get pats on the head

Chew your shoes and bark at the door! To leave poor (name of girl in centre of circle)

standing

Oh, I wanna be a dog there?

I wanna wag my tail

Chase cars and trucks, knock over garbage cans The Game:

And bite the lady who brings the mail!

Have everyone stand in a circle, close together. One

Oh, I wanna be a dog person stands in the middle of the circle. Everyone in

I want a big wet nose the circle holds

I wanna run on the street, muddy my feet, their left hands palm up, with the fingers curled

And jump all over your clothes! slightly so that the

person in the middle wouldn't be able to see objects

Oh, I wanna be a dog hidden in the hand.

I want to dig big holes One person in the circle is given a dollar coin (if

I want to sniff french poodles and basset hounds you're not in Canada,

And pee on telephone poles! substitute a quarter or whatever you'd like!). During

the song, everyone

Oh, I wanna be a dog pretends they're picking up the dollar from their left

I wanna lay on the ground hand using their

Bein' human these days is gettin' crazy right hand, and passing it to the person on their right.

And I just want to be a hound! Of course, whoever

has the dollar coin actually does pass it along! When

the verse is over,

Doin What Comes Naturally everyone pauses with their right hand hiding an

Folks are dumb where I come from, imaginary object in their

they aint had any learnin' left hand (except for whoever's got the coin... they're



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actually hiding Why did, why did, oh why did they wish you on me,

it!) The person in the middle of the circle has two on me ?

chances to guess who Why did, why did, oh why did they wish you on me?

has the coin. If she's right, she stays in the centre. If

she's wrong, Oh Rakshah, she looked at me sharply,

she trades places with whoever had the coin. And said "What's this vision I see ?"

A wolf cub should always look snappy,

Oh why did they wish you on me ?

Dont Dilly Dally On The Way

My old man said 'Follow the van

And don't dilly dally on the way' Dont Throw Your Trash

Off went the van with my home packed in it Don't throw your trash in my backyard, my backyard,

I followed on with my old cock linnet my backyard

I dillied and dallied, dallied and dillied Don't throw your trash in my backyard, my

Lost my way and don't know where to roam backyard's full.

Well you can't trust a special like the old time copper

When you can't find your way home Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar,

Fish and chips and vinegar, salt, pepper, pepper, salt.



Dont Disturb The Ladybug One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop, three bottles of

Don't disturb the ladybug pop

Sleepin' by the spider's web Four bottles of pop, five bottles pop pop, six bottles

And if you see a butterfly of

Don't try to catch it in your net pop, seven bottles, bottles of pop.

It's taken such a long long time

To make this very special place

Open up your soul and mind Donkey Riding

To all it has to say. Were you ever in Quebec,

Chorus: Stowing timber on the deck

Be still Where there's a king with a golden crown

Take it in awhile Riding on a donkey.

Feel the sunshine

Warm upon your face CHORUS:

You'll feel

When it makes you smile Hey, ho! Away we go!

Like you're welcome Donkey riding, donkey riding,

To the human race. Hey, ho! Away we go!

Chorus Riding on a donkey.

Everybody sees a part

Of what this life can really be Were you ever off the Horn,

No one sees like you can see Where it's always fine and warm,

When you let your mind be free See the Lion and the Unicorn

The wind is blowing through the trees Riding on a donkey.

A song that everyone can learn

God is playing hide and seek Were you ever in Cardiff Bay,

Everywhere you turn. Where the folks all shout "Hooray?"

Chorus Here comes John with his three months' pay,

Riding on a donkey.



Dont Let Akela See Me

My jersey is out at the elbow, Doo Wa Ditty Ditty

The skin is all off of my knee, Thank you Lord for the food that we recieve

My badges are frizzled and frazzled, Singing doo wa ditty ditty dum ditty doo

Oh, don't let Akela see me. Thanks to Thee for bread 'n butter and the meat

Singing doo wa ditty ditty dum ditty doo

Chorus: Looks good (echo: looks good)



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Tastes Fine (echo: taste fine) Down At The Station

Looks good, tastes fine Down at the station, early in the morning

And we praise God for all time! See the little puffing billies standing in a row

Singing doo wa ditty ditty dum ditty dooooo. Up comes a man and he turns a little handle

Puff, puff, choo, choo, away they go



Doodley Doo

Please sing to me that sweet melody Down By The Bay

Called doodley doo, doodley doo Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

I like the rest Back to my home, I dare not go

but the part I like best For if I do, my mother will say

Goes doodley doo, doodley doo Did you ever see a bee, with a sunburnt knee

It's the simplest thing Down by the bay?

there isn't much to it

I like it so, wherever I go SUBSTITUTES

It's doodley doodley doo A goose drinking apple juice

Come on and waddaly atcha, waddaly atcha A goat riding in a boat

Waddaly o, waddaly o A cow with a green eyebrow

Waddaly atcha, waddaly atcha Rats wearing silk hats

Waddaly o, waddaly o Beans as big as submarines

It's the simplest thing Moose with a loose front tooth

there isn't much to it

I like it so, wherever I go,

It's doodl ey doodley doo Down By The Old Mill Stream

Down by the old (not the new, but the old)

Actions Mill stream (not the river, but the stream)

slap knees twice, clap hands twice Where I first (not the last, but the first)

pass the right hand over the left hand twice Met you (not me, but you)

pass the left hand over the right hand twice With your eyes (not ears, but eyes)

touch the nose with the right hand twice, then So blue (not green, but blue)

touch the left shoulder with the right hand and leave It was there (not here, but there)

it there I knew (not old, but new)

touch the nose with the left hand, then That you loved (not hated, but loved)

touch the right shoulder with the left hand and leave Me true (not false but true)

it there You were 16 (not 15, but 16)

tap the shoulders twice My village queen (not king, but queen)

put both hands in the air and snap fingers twice Down by the old (not the new, but the old)

slap knees twice, clap hands twice Mill stream (not the river, but the stream)

Repeat, faster each time



Down In The Valley

Doughnut Shop Down in the valley, the valley so low

Oh I walked around the corner and I walked around Hang your head over, hear the winds blow

the block Hear the winds blow, dear, hear the winds blow

And I walked right into a doughnut shop Hang your head over, hear the winds blow

I picked up a doughnut and I shook of the grease Down in the valley, walking between

And I handed the lady a five cent piece. Telling our story, here's what it means

We-e-e-ll she looked at the nickle and she looked at Here's what it means, dear, here's what it means

me Telling our story, here's what it means

And she said "Kind sir would you pardon me!" Roses love sunshine, violets love dew

"There's a hole in the nickle and it goes right Angels in heaven know I love you

through." Know I love you, dear, know I love you

I said "Aye there's a hole in the doughnut too." Angels in heaven know I love you

"Thanks for the doughnut. Good day!" Build me a castle forty feet high

So I can see him as he rides by

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So I can see him as he rides by The waves do splash from shore to shore,

Writing this letter, containing three lines As we go rolling along.

Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"

"Will you be mine, dear, will you be mine"

Answer my question, "Will you be mine?" Dreams

If you don't love me, love whom you please May all your dreams bloom like daisies in the sun

Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease May you always have stars in your eyes

Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease May you not stop running not until your race is run

Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease And may you always have blue skies

Throw your arms round me, before it's too late

Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break A dream is something you can make to keep within

Feel my heart break, dear, feel my heart break your heart

Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break To build on when you're sad, or when you're world's

been torn

apart

Down In The Valley Where Nobody Goes A dream is something all your own that no one else

Down in the valley where nobody goes, can steal

There's a gredt big crocodile washing his clothes, A dream is something you can make come real

With a scrubba scrub here, and a scrubba scrub there,

That's the way he washes his clothes. May all your dreams bloom likes daisies in the sun

May you always have stars in your eyes

With an i tie oogie boogie woogie, May you not stop running not until your race is run

With an i tie oogie boogie woogie, And may you always have blue skies

With an i tie oogie boogie woogie,

That's the way he washes his clothes. You can share a laugh with any stranger you may

meet

Down in the valley where nobody goes, You can share your money...with a beggar on the

There's a great big bumble bee washing her clothes, street

With a buzzy-wuzz here, and a buzzy-wuzz there, But you can only share a dream when love has set it

That's the way she washes her clothes. free

Please won't you share yours with me.

Add on as many different animal sounds as you can

(or want)

Drunken Sailor

What do ya do with a drunken sailor?

Down The River What do ya do with a drunken sailor?

The river is up, and the channel is deep, What do ya do with a drunken sailor Er-lie in the

The wind is steady and strong. morning?

O won't we have a jolly good time Hoo-ray and up she rises,

As we go sailing along. Hoo-ray and up she rises,

Hoo-ray and up she rises,

Chorus: Er-lie in the morning.

Give him the hair o' the dog that bit him

Down the river, O down the river, Put him in the long boat 'till he's sober

O down the river we go-o-o Give him the food that cookie made up

Down the river, O down the river That's what we do with a drunken sailor

O down the O-hi-o.



The river is up, and the channel is deep, Drunken Sailor The

The wind is steady and strong. What shall we do with the drunken sailor (3x)

O Dinah put the hoe-cake on, Early in the morning

As we go sailing along.

Refrain:

The river is up, and the channel is deep, Hooray! And up she rises (3x)

The wind is steady and strong. Early in the morning





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Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober forward

Pull out the plug and wet him all over and back.

Put him in the scuppers with a hose pipe on him

Heave him by the leg in a running bowlin'

Take him and shake him and let now awake him Dunderbeck

That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor There was a strange old butcher, His name was

Dunderbeck

He was very fond of sausage-meat, and sauerkraut

Dubi Du and speck

Dubi du bi du dubi du He had the finest butcher shop, the finest ever seen

Dubi du bi du dubi du Until one day he invented his wonderful sausage

Dubi du bi du dubi du machine

Dubi du bi du du

On Mr. Dunderbeck! How could you be so mean?

Dubi du bi du dubi du I told you you'd be sorry for inventing that machine

Dubi du bi du dubi du For all the neighbor's dogs and cats will never more

Dubi du bi du dubi du be seen

Dubi du bi du du They'll all be ground to sausage meat in

Dunderbeck's machine

Dubi du dubi du

Dubi du dubi du One day a very little girl came walking in the store

Dubi du dubi du She ordered up some sausage meat and eggs, a half a

Dubi du bi du du score

And while she stood a-waiting she whistled up a tune

And the sausage meat it started up and danced around

Dum Dum Da Da the room

Dum, dum, da, da,

Da-dum, dum, da, da, Once day when he was working the machine it would

Da-dum, dum, da, da, da, dum, da-dum, dum, dum not go

Dum, dum, da, da, So Dunderbeck, he climbed inside to see what made

Da-dum, dum, da, da, it so

Da-dum, dum, da, da, da, dum. His wife she had a night-mare and came walking in

her sleep

First time through: pat both knees twice, then right She gave the crank a heck of a yank, and Dunderbeck

hand was meat!

to left shoulder twice; pat knees twice, then left hand

to

right shoulder twice. Dutch Twins

I'm a

Second time through: pat both knees once, then right down-hearted Dutch

hand boy

to left shoulder once; pat knees once, then left hand With grief and with shame

to And das is the reason

right shoulder once; pat knees, then cross arms, I don't know my name

uncross arms

and then snap fingers. Refrain:

Ya Hoy Ya Ya

Third time through: left hand on right elbow, flutter Hoy Ya Ya

right hand; right hand on left elbow, flutter left hand. Hoy Ya Ya Ya

Ya hoy ya ya

Fourth time through: brush hands, then right hand on Hoy ya ya

left Hoy ya ya ya

elbow; left hand on right elbow. You may think this funny

You may think this queer

Fifth time through: cross arms, lean alternately But wait 'till the rest

Of my story you hear



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My mother had twins Early One Morning

Just me and my brother Early one morning, just as the sun

We look so much alike was rising,

Can't tell one from another I heard a maiden sing in the valley

We're called Hans and Jacob below.

And that was our names CHORUS:-

It doesn't make a difference O don't deceive me, O never leave me!

We're called just the same How could you use a poor maiden so.

Remember the vows that you made to

Now one of us died your Mary,

Believe me 'tis so Remember the bower where you vowed to

Which one of us died be true,

My mother don't know CHORUS

Now this is the thing O gay is the garland, and fresh are the

I can't get through my head roses,

Am I Hans that is living I've culled from the garden to bind on

Or Jacob that's dead? thy brow.

CHORUS

Thus sang the poor maiden, her sorrow

Each Campfire Lights Anew bewailing,

Each campfire lights anew Thus sang the poor maid in the valley

The flame of freindship true below.

The joy of having know you CHORUS

Will last my whole life through.



And as the embers die away East Side West Side

We wish that we could ever stay East side, west side, all around the town

But since we cannot have our way The tots sang, "Ring around rosie," "London Bridge

We'll come again some other day. is falling

down"

And as we now must part Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rouke

I'll hold you in my heart Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New

Until we meet again York

God keep you safe, my friend.



Easter Parade

Eagle The In your Easter bonnet,

Have you all seen the eagle With all the frills upon it,

Flying so high You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade.

He circles 'round the universe

On wings of pure light I'll be all in clover:

O-oeechechio And when they look you over,

O-o-eio I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter Parade.

O-oeechechio

O-o-eio On the avenue, Fifth Avenue;

The photographers will snap us,

May we all be like eagles And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure;

Flying so high

We'll circle 'round the universe I could write a sonnet,

On wings of pure light About your Easter Bonnet,

O-oeechechio And About the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade.

O-o-eio

O-oeechechio

O-o-eio Eats Song

O-o Soup, soup, we all want soup

Tip your bowl, and drain it,



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Let your whiskers strain it, a foot off

Hark, hark, the funny noise. the ground.

Listen to the gurgling boys. Everyone places their right hands, palm down, on

their right

Meat, meat, bring on the meat, neighbour's upturned

Fresh and juicy cow meat left hand. To the music (so these actions fit half of

Ham and pickled pig's feet, one line of

Lamb chops and pork chops too, the song)---- with

Any kind of meat will do. your right hand, first you hit your neighbour's left

hand, then

Fish, fish, we must have fish, your right knee, your

We don't want it bony, left knee, the bottom of your left hand and then the

Nor a little phony, top of your

Fresh fish, we won't eat stale, left hand twice.

Any kind of fish but whale.

E.g.: for the line "Edelweiss, Edelweiss", you'd go

through the

Eddy Kootcha Katcha actions twice.

Chorus:

Eddy Kootcha Katcha Koma, Tosta Noma Tosta The really hard part is switching directions. Usually

Nama, Sammy Gammy Wacky Brown initially

Fell into the well, fell into the well, fell into the deep the switching starts at

dark well. the word blossoms (from Blossoms of snow.....) - so

Suzy Brown a milkin in the barn your left

Saw him fall, and went inside to tell her mom that hand is now doing the hitting and the right hand

Chorus remains

Mrs. Brown, a makin' shortin' bread stationary.

Went outside, to tell ole Jed what Suzy said Once they and you feel

Chorus comfortable with that you can switch every time

Then ole Jed, put his plow aside (therefore you'd

Went to town, to tell the folks what Suzy said, that switch twice a line).

Chorus

Then they came, to the well

What a shame, it took so long to say his name that Edelweiss Grace

Eddy Kootcha Katcha Koma, Tosta Noma Tosta Bless our friends, bless our food.

Nama, Sammy Gammy Wacky Brown Come, oh Lord, and sit with us.

WHO?? May our world grow with peace.

Eddy Kootcha Katcha Koma, Tosta Noma Tosta Bring your love to surround us.

Nama, Sammy Gammy Wacky Brown Friendship and love,

DROWNED!!! May they bloom and grow.

Bloom and grow forever.

Bless our friends,

Edelweiss Bless our homes,

Edelweiss, Edelweiss, every morning you greet me Bless our friendships forever

Small and white, clean and bright

You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow Eensey Weensey Spider

Bloom and grow forever The eensey weensey spider went up the waterspout

Edelweiss, Edelweiss, bless my homeland forever Down came the rain and washed the spider out

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain

Actions: And the eensey weensey spider went up the spout

again.

Sitting cross-legged in a circle, each person places

their left Actions:

hand face up between

their left knee and their neighbour's right knee about 1st line: touch the tips of your right thumb and left



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pinky (spoken) Half a bee, philosophically,

together, then swivel Must, ipso facto, half not be. be.

your hands to touch the tips of your left thumb and But half the bee has got to be, be

right pinky A vis-a-vis, its entity - you see.

togther, repeat for the whole line - this is the spider

walking But can a bee be said to be,

Or not to be, an entire bee,

2nd line: with arms staring up high, sweep them When half the bee is not a bee,

down and away Due to some ancient injury?

from you with fingers twinkling - this is the rain A-singing...

3rd line: hands spread on each side of your face - you

are A la-dee-dee, a 1-2-3

thesun! Eric the half a bee.

4th line: repeat actions of first line. A-B-C-D-E-F-G

Eric the half a bee.



Elephant The Is this little demi-bee,

Look over there, Half asleep upon my knee,

Cycling round and round Some freak from a menagerie?

It's enormous; it's an Elephant, No! He's Eric the half a bee.

Ever so dainty and elegant,

With one tail here and one tail there A fiddle de dum, a fiddle de dee

(Repeat dropping out the words and using just Eric the half a bee.

actions) Ho-Ho-Ho, Tee-hee-hee

Eric the half a bee.



England Swings I love this hive employee-ee

Chorus Bisected accidentally,

England Swings like a pendulum do, One summer afternoon by me,

Bobbies on bicycles, 2 by 2 I loved him carnally.

Westminster Abby, the tower of Big Ben He loves him carnally.

The rosy red cheeks of the little children. Semi carnally.

Now if you huff 'n puff, The end.

and you finally save enough money, Cyril Connely?

(Ya ought) to take your family No, semi carnally!

on a trip across the sea [Whistle end of tune.]

Take a tip before you take your trip

Let me tell you where to go.

Go to England Oh Erie Canal The

Chorus I've got a mule, her name is Sal,

Your mama's old pajamas and your papa's mustache Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.

Falling off the window sill frolic in the grass She's a good ol' worker and a good ol' pal,

Trying to mock the way they talk Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.

Fun but all in vain We've hauled some barges inour day,

Gaping at the dapper man with derby hats and canes. Filled with lumber, coal, and hay,

Chorus And now we know ev'ry inch of the way

From Albany to Buffalo.



Epoh E Tai Tai Chorus:

O Epoh E Tai Tai Ey Ah, O Epoh E Tai Tai Ey Ah

O Epoh E Tai Tai Epoh E Tuki Tuki Epoh E Tuki Low bridge, ev'rybody down!

Tuki Ey Ah. Low bridge, for we're comin' to a town!

And you'll always know your neighbor,

You'll always know your pal,

Eric The Half A Bee if you've ever naviagted on the Erie Canal.





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We better get on our way, old pal, And I have seen a fish

Fiften miles on the Erie Canal. Swim in and out the bay

'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal, With his hands in his pockets

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. And his pockets in his pants

Get up there mule, here comes a lock, But I've never seen a fish

We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock, Do the huchi-cuchi dance.

One more trip and back we'll go,

Right back home to Buffalo.

Everton Camp Song

Everton, Everton

Erik The Viking Every Cub that's here can boast,

A Norse is a Norse of course, of course, You're the camp we like the most.

But who's ever heard of a snoring Norse, Everton, Everton

Unless, of course, that snoring Norse is Through thick and thin

That viking, Erik the Red. You'll see us grin

For Everton.

Go right to the source and ask a Norse

If he ever rode on a viking horse.

A member of the Viking force Everybody Loves Saturday Night

Is the famous Erik the Red. Everybody loves Saturday night

Everyone loves Saturday night

Vikings like to sail around to pass the time of day. Everybody, everybody,

But Erik the Red will always sail after his old beard Everybody, everybody,

turns gray. Everybody loves Saturday night



Tout la monde aime Samedi soir (French)

A Norse is a Norse, of course, Jederman liebt Samstag abend (German)

And the loudest of all the snoring Norse

Is the famous Norse who looks like a horse,

The famous, ERIK the Red. Everyday

Thank you God for all you do

Alleluia

Evensong Thank you God for all you do

When the shadows softly gather Every single day.

As we close our eyes in sleep

We would thank thee holy Father

For thy keep Everyone Knows It

Everyone knows it, but how can you show it

Keep our loved ones free from sorrow That love is a wonderful thing.

Be thou ever close beside Try to believe it, and then you will live it

Help us play the game tomorrow And see what the future will bring.

As thy Guides

Chorus:



Ever Been Fishin A-a-a-a-a-a-ah.

Have you ever been fishin' Everyone knows it, but how can you show it

On a bright and sunny day? That love is a wonderful thing.

Have you ever seen a fish

Swim in and out the bay Laughter or crying, there's no use denying

With his hands in his pockets That love holds each life in its hands.

And his pockets in his pants? So, do what you can to be living in harmony,

Have you ever seen a fish Meeting what love may demand.

Do the huchi-cuchi dance.

You've got a lot of it, so you must share it,

Well, I have been a-fishin' Proving that love isn't cold.

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Give it to everyone, don't miss out anyone.

They'll give it back threefold. Farmer in the Dell

The farmer in the dell

The farmer in the dell

Everywhere We Go Hi-ho the dairy-o

Everywhere we go The farmer in the dell

Everywhere we go

People want to know The farmer takes a wife

People want to know The farmer takes a wife

Who we are Hi-ho the dairy-o

Who we are The farmer takes a wife

Where we come from

Where we come from Repeat with:

We're from London

We're from London Wife takes a child

We're the 10th St.Marylebone Child takes a dog

We're the 10th St.Marylebone Dog takes a cat

And if they can't hear us Cat takes a rat

And if they can't hear us Rat take the cheese

We'll sing a little louder Cheese stands alone

We'll sing a little louder

Actions: The group stands in a circle, holding hands.

A girl

Fare Thee Well designated as the

Fare thee well, luck go with thee; Farmer stands in the middle of the circle. By the end

When I'm far, Remember me. of the

first verse, she picks

someone in the circle to be the Wife. By the end of

Farewell to Nova Scotia the second

Chorus: verse, the Wife

So Farewell to Nova Scotia must pick someone to come and be the Child. This

Your seabound coast repeats to the

Let your mountains dark and dreary be end of the song.

For when I am far away When the Cheese is chosen, everyone else returns to

On the briny ocean tossed the circle

Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me except the Cheese,

who stands alone in the middle while the verse is

The sun was setting in the west sung.

The birds were singing on every tree

All nature seemed inclined to rest

But still there was no rest for me Fast Food

Pizza Hut a Pizza Hut

I grieve to leave my native land Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

I grieve to leave my comrades all Pizza Hut a Pizza Hut

And my parents whom I love so dear Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

And the bonny bonny lass that I do adore McDonald McDonalds

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

The drums do beat and the wars do alarm

The Captain calls we must obey A Burger King a Burger King

So farewell farewell to Nova Scotia's charms Long John Silvers and a Burger King

For it's early in the morning, I am far far away A Burger King a Burger King

Long John Silvers and a Burger King

I have three brothers and they are at rest Red Lobster Red Lobster

Their arms are folded on their breast Long John Silvers and a Burger King

While a poor simple sailor just like me

Must be tossed and driven o'er the dark blue sea Dairy Queen A Dairy Queen



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Chuck E. Cheese and a Dairy Queen Notta six... shake both hands, both feet, nod head and

Dairy Queen A Dairy Queen bend

Chuck E. Cheese and a Dairy Queen at

Roy Rogers Roy Rogers waist.

Chuck E. Cheese and a Dairy Queen Notta seven... shake both hands, both feet, nod head,

bend

Actions waist

Pizza Hut - Make shape of a hut in the air and turn around.



Kentucky Fried- Flap elbows up and down in the

manner of a demented chicken Father Abraham 2

Father Abraham,

McDonalds - Put hands on top of head and bribg out Had many sons,

and down And many sons had Father Abraham.

to produce the "Golden Arches" I am one of them, so are you,

So let us praise the Lord.

Burger King - Put hands on head with fingers up to After each time repeat the Chorus, say the next action

make a crown Action 1: Right Foot (everyone starts stomping their

right foot as they re-sing the Chorus)

Long John Silver - mimic sword play Action 2: Right Foot - Left Foot (everyone starts

stomping their left foot along with their right foot so

Red Lobster - hold up arms and bring fingers down that they appear to be marching)

on thumbs Action 3: Right Foot - Left Foot - Right Arm (starts

like lobser claws snaping swining their right arm along with the previous

actions)

Dairy Queen - mimic milking a cow Action 3: Right Foot - Left Foot - Right Arm - Left

Arm (swings left arm)

Chuck E. Cheese - mimic throwing up a pizza Action 5: Right Foot - Left Foot - Right Arm - Left

Arm - Nod Head (everyone starts nodding their head)

Roy Rogers - mimic riding a horse Action 6: Right Foot - Left Foot - Right Arm - Left

Arm - Nod Head - Turn Around (Just once! then

continue previous actions as you sing the Chorus)

Fat Girl Guide Action 7: Right Foot - Left Foot - Right Arm - Left

A fat Girl Guide, a fat Girl Guide Arm - Nod Head - turn Around - SIT DOWN

A skinny little Brownie and a fat Girl Guide

A fat Girl Guide, a fat Girl Guide

A skinny little Brownie and a fat Girl Guide Fire Down Below

The Leaders, the Leaders Fire in the Galley, fire down below,

A skinny little Brownie and a fat Girl Guide It's fetch a bucket of water boys,

The Leaders, the Leaders There's fire down below.

A skinny little Brownie and a fat Girl Guide CHORUS:-

Fire, fire, fire down below,

It's fetch a bucket of water boys,

Father Abraham 1 There's fire down below.

Father Abraham had seven daughters, Fire in the fore-top, fire in the main,

Seven daughters had Father Abraham. It's fetch a bucket of water boys,

And they could not walk And put it out again.

And they could not talk CHORUS

And they could not even sing. Fire in the fore-peak, fire down below,

It's fetch a bucket of water boys,

Notta one... shake right hand. There's fire down below.

Notta two... shake both hands. CHORUS

Notta three... shake both hands and one foot. Fire in the windlass, fire in the

Notta four... shake both hands and both feet. chain,

Notta five... shake both hands, both feet and nod It's fetch a bucket of water boys,

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CHORUS First Thing We Pray For The

Fire up aloft, and fire down below, The first thing we pray for

It's fetch a bucket of water boys, We pray for our rest,

There's fire down below. For the Lord knows and we all know that a good rest

CHORUS is best

And if we have one rest, may we also have ten,

May we have a little holiday,

Fires Burning Hallelujah, Amen

Fire's burning, fire's burning

Draw nearer, draw nearer The next thing we pray for,

In the gloming, in the gloming We pray for our bread

Come sing and be merry For the Lord knows and we all know that without

bread we're dead

Here is what I think is the original song, "Campfire's And if we have one loaf, may we also have ten,

Burning", May we have a little bakery,

which is often sung in the UK! Hallelujah, Amen.



Camp fire's burning, camp fire's burning The next thing we pray for,

Draw nearer, draw nearer, We pray for our beer

In the glowing, in the glowing For the Lord knows and we all know that it brings us

Come sing and be merry good cheer

And if we have one pint, may we also have ten,

May we have a little brewery,

Firestone Theme Song Hallelujah, Amen.

You take a land with hills and whispering pines,

Rocky coasts and folks who are mighty, mighty fine The last thing we pray for,

Blend them in with boys of Scouting's Aim, We pray for our Queen.

And we'll follow on to greater fame. For the Lord knows and we all know what a good

Firestone, land of golden dreams Queen she's been

Hiking trails and crystal mountain streams And if we have one Queen, may we also have ten,

Pledged to Scouting Spirit bold and true, May we have a little regiment,

So let us stand and take our oath anew! Hallelujah, Amen.

On my honor I will do my best

Duty bound to see that Scouting Spirit's blessed

By every boy, no matter where he be, Fish and Chips and Vinegar

As we go on for God and our country! Fish and chips with vinegar

Our country! vinegar, vinegar

Fish and chips with vinegar

pepper pepper pepper pop

First Aiders Song The Don't throw your junk in my back yard

On the first day of camping the Leader sent to me my back yard, my back yard

A boy who had skinned his knee Don't throw your junk in my back yard

On the second day of camping the Leader sent to me by back yard's full

Two banged heads, and a boy who had skinned his

knee

three nose-bleeds . . Five Feet High and Risin

four mozzie bites . . How high's the water Mamma? Two feet high and

five nettle-stings . . risin'

six boys with splinters . . How high's the water Pappa? She said it's two feet

seven upset tummies . . high and risin'

eight cuts and grazes . . Well we can make it to the road in a home made boat

nine twisted ankles . . 'Cause that's the only thing we got left that'll float

ten homesick Leaders . . It's already over all the wheat and oats

eleven boys with measles . . Two feet high and risin'

twelve angry parents . .

How high's the water Mamma? Three feet high and



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risin' Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home.

How high's the water Pappa? She said it's three feet Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name.

high and Lord, I can't go back home this away.

risin' This a-way, this a-way,

Well our hives are gone, I lost my bees this a-way, this a-way.

Chickens are sleepin' in the willow tree Lord, I can't go back home this a-way.

Cows are in water up past their knees

Three feet high and risin'

Five in the Bed

How high's the water Mamma? Four feet high and There were five in the bed and the little one said,

risin' (make #5 with

How high's the water Pappa? She said it's four feet your hands)

high and "Roll over! Roll over!" (roll motion with hands)

risin' So they all rolled over and one fell out (roll motion)

Hey, come look through the window pane And bumped his head and shouted out, (knock on

The bus is comin', gonna take us to the train head, cup hands

Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain around mouth)

Four feet high and risin' "Please remember to tie a knot in your pajamas, (tie

an invisible

How high's the water Mamma? Five feet high and knot)

risin' Single beds are only made for one, two, three, four!"

How high's the water Pappa? She said it's five feet (number 1,

high and 2, 3, 4...)

risin'

Well the rails are washed out north of town There were four in the bed and the little one said...

We gotta head for higher ground There were three in the bed and the little one said...

We cain't come back 'till the water goes down There were two in the bed and the little one said...

Five feet high and risin'

Well it's five feet high and risin' There was one in the bed and the little one said...

(clapping to

the beat)

Five Green and Speckled Frogs "I've got the whole bed to myself,

Five green and speckled frogs I've got the whole darn bed to myself,

Sat on a speckled log I've got the whole bed to myself,

Eating the most delicious bugs I've got the whole bed to myself!"

Yum-yum!

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool Five Irregular Men

Now there are four green speckled frogs. CHORUS: *

There were five, five constipated men in the Bible, in

Four green and speckled frogs... the Bible.

There were five, five constipated men In the holy

books of Moses.

Five Hundred Miles

If you miss the train I'm on, Oh, the first, first constipated man Was Cain, he was

you will know that I am gone, not able.

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. Oh, the first, first constipated man Was Cain, he was

A hundred miles, a hundred miles, not able.

a hundred miles, a hundred miles, *

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. Oh, the next, next constipated man Was Moses, he

CHORUS took the

Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, tablets.

Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four, Oh, the next, next constipated man Was Moses, he

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home. took the

Away from home, away from home, tablets.

away from home, away from home. *



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Oh, the third, third constipated man Was Solomon, he Flower of Scotland

sat for Oh Flower of Scotland

forty years. When will we see your like again

Oh, the third, third constipated man Was Solomon, he That fought and died for

sat for Your wee bit hill and glen.

forty years.

* Chorus.

Oh, the fourth, fourth constipated man Was Balam,

he couldn't That stood against him

move his ass. Proud Edward's army

Oh, the fourth, fourth constipated man Was Balam, And sent him homeward

he couldn't Tae think again.

move his ass.

* The hills are bare now

Oh, the last, last constipated man And Autumn leaves lie thick and still

Was Sampson, he brought the house down… O'er land that is lost now

Which those so dearly held.



Flea Those days are passed now

Flea And in the past they must remain

Flea-fly But we can still rise now

Flea-fly flo And be the nation again.

Vista

Cum-ala-la, Cum-ala-la, Cum-ala-la, vista Repeat verse one.

Oh no, no, not the vista

Einie-meanie, alla-meany, ooh-ah-la-walla-meanie,

escou-meanie, Food Song

zala-meanie-ooh-al-la-wah Soup, soup, we all want soup, Tip your bowl and

drain it,

Let your whiskers strain it,

Flea Fly Mosquito Hark, hark, that funny noise, listening to the gurgling,

Flea boys.

Flea, fly

Flea, fly, mosquito Meat, meat, we must have meat, fresh and juicy cow

Swat 'em! meat,

Calamine, calamine, calamine lotion Ham and pickled pigs feet,

Oh, no more calamine lotion. Veal, lamd and pork chops too, any kind of meat will

Itchy, itchy, scratchy, scratchy, got one on my backy, do

backy

Ohy, ohy, owwy, owwy, wish he'd go away Fish, fish, we all want fish, fish that isn't bony,

Quick get the bug spray, I think he went that-a-way- Nor a little phony,

shhhhhh! Fresh, fish, we won't eat stale, any kind of fish but

(Make can-spraying motions) whale.



Pie, pie, we all want pie, apple, peach and cherry,

Flinstones Grace Cheese and huckleberry,

God is--great--and God is--good Mince, pie, is very fine, That's the wat that Boy

And let us thank Him for our food. Scouts dine!

God is--great--and God is--good

And let us thank Him for our food.

Amen. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-men. Food Terrible Food

Amen. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-men. Food terrible food, burnt sausage and mustard

God is--great--and God is--good We're not in the mood for cold porridge and custard

And let us thank Him for our... Fried eggs with their edges black

We'll thank Him for our... What next is the question

We'll thank Him for our food! We're all gonna suffer from indigestion



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Food terrible food, those soggy old cornflakes Open air and pale and food and fire

That lumpy fruit duff, that's all that our cook makes Joy never ending

We have to eat the stuff, don't want to be rude

But food - horrible food - sickening food - terrible Campfires are buring low

food No longer leaping

Guides sing their evening song

Shadows come creeping

Food Glorious Food Sun sinks below the west

Is it worth waiting for, if we live till eighty-four Goodnight, and may you rest

All we ever get is gruel. Every day we say a Blankets warm and by soft sounds caressed

prayer/gruel Guides all are sleeping.

Will they change the bill of fare? Still we get the

same old

There's not a crust, not a crumb can we find, can we For Goodness

beg Let us all thank God for goodness at this meal

Can we borrow or cadge Let us all thank God for goodness at this meal

But there's nothing to stop us from getting a thrill Let us all thank God for goodness,

When we all close our eyes and imagine Let us all thank God for goodness,

Food, glorious food, hot sausage and mustard Let us all thank God for goodness at this meal.

While we're in the mood, cold jelly and custard Other Phrases:

Peace pudding and saveloys, what next is the We will honor God with goodness every day.

question? We will stand and shout His praises, Yeah God!

Rich gentlemen have it boys, indigestion

Food, glorious food, we're anxious to try it

Three banquets a day, our favourite diet For Health and Strength

Just picture a great big steak, fried, roasted or stewed For health and strength

Oh, food, wonderful food, marvelous food, glorious And daily food

food We praise Thy name

Food, glorious food, what is there more handsome? O Lord

Gulped, swallowed or chewed, still it's worth a king's

ransom

What is it we dream about, what brings on a sigh? For Me and My Gal

Piled peaches and cream about six feet high The bells are ringing, for me and my gal

Food, glorious food, eat right through the menu The birds are singing, for me and my gal

Just loosen your belt, two inches and then you Everybody's been knowing

Work up a new appetite, this interlude To a wedding there going

Then food, once again, food, fabulous food And for weeks they've been sewing

Food, glorious food, don't care what it looks like Every Susie and Sal

Burned, under done, crude, don't care what it cooks They're congregating for me and my gal

like The parsons waiting for me and my gal

Just thinking of growing fat, sets our senses reeling And someday I'm going to build a little home for two

One moment of knowing that full up feeling For three or four or more

Food, glorious food, what wouldn't we give for In love land for me and my gal

That extra bit more, that's all that we live for

Why should we be fated to do nothing but brood

On food, magical food, wonderful food, marvelous For the Beauty of the Earth

food For the beauty of the earth,

For the glory of the skies,

For the love from which our birth,

Footsteps on Distant Trails Over and around us lies;

Footsteps on distant trail Lord of all, to Thee we raise

Campward are wandering This hymn of grateful praise.

Birch fire and bubbling stew

Rich odors sending For the wonder of each hour

Here is your heart's desire Of the day and of the night,

Best when your feet shall tire, Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r,



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Sun and moon, and stars of light; Forty Years on an Iceberg

Lord of all, to Thee we raise Forty years on an iceberg (make #10 four times with

This hymn of grateful praise. hands)

Over the ocean wide (wave motion)

For the joy of human love, Nothing to wear but pyjamas, (slide hands up body

Brother, sister, parent, child, from toes to

Friends on earth and friends above, head)

For all gentle thoughts and mild; Nothing to do but slide (slide hands down body from

Lord of all, to Thee we raise head to toes)

This hymn of grateful praise.

The wind was cold and icy, (shiver, arms around

body)

Forty Acres Jack Frost began to bite (pinch neighbours)

He was headed into Boston in a big diesel truck I had to hug my polar bear (hug neighbours)

It was his first shift about and he was havin' lots of To keep me warm at night, night, night, night...

luck

He was headed the wrong direction down a one way (Repeat and each time hum another line instead of

street in town singing it)

And this is what he said when the police chased him

down

Found a Peanut

Give me ... acres to turn this rig around Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut

It's the easiest way that I've found over there,

Some guys can turn it on a dime or turn it right Thought I'd eat it, thought I'd eat it, thought I'd eat it,

downtown didn't care.

But give me ... acres to turn this rig around

When he finally found where to unload, he had a Rather tasty, rather tasty, rather tasty but now,

dreadful shock Got a pain, got a pain, got a pain, don't know how.

His trailer pointed towards the road, his cab right to

the dock Fetch a doctor, fetch a doctor, fetch a doctor, fetch

And as he looked around him, through his tears he him quick.

made this sound Appendicitis, appendicitis, appendicitis, feeling sick

Give me ... acres and I'll turn this rig around

Cut him open, cut him open, cut him open, save his

When he finally got unloaded, he was asked to leave life.

the town Sew him up, sew him up, sew him up around my

He was very, very happy, going back to Alabam knife.

When up ahead he saw a sign said, you are northward

bound Cut him open, cut him open, cut him open 'til its

Give me ... acres and I'll turn this rig around found,

Sew him up, sew him up, have you seen my specs

He was drivin' down the right lane when ahead he around.

saw a sign

He had to make a left turn, but he could not get in Cut him open, cut him open, cut him open, - ad

line nauseam.

The tears were streakin' down his cheeks and they all

heard him

yell Four Leaf Clover

Give me ... sticks of dynamite 'n I'll blow this rig up I'm looking over a four leaf clover

That I overlooked before

Give me Acres And I'll Turn this Rig around One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain

It's the easiest way that I've found Third is the roses that grow in the lane

Some guys can turn it on a dime or turn it right No need explaining the one remaining

downtown It's somebody I adore

But I need ... acres to turn this rig around I'm looking over a four leaf clover

Yes, I need ... acres to turn this rig around That I overlooked before



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Four Walls be on my trail-o"

Out where the bright lights are glowing

You're drawn like a moth to the flame Well, he ran 'til he came to his cozy den,

You laugh while the wine's overflowing there were the little ones - eight, nine ten

While I sit and whisper your name They said, "Daddy, better go back again 'cause it

must be a might fine town-o, town-o, town-o

Four walls to hear me They said, "Daddy, better go back again 'cause it

Four walls to see must be a might fine town-o

Four walls to hear me

Closing in on me Then the fox and his wife, without any strife,

cut up the goose with a fork and a knife

Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting They never has such a supper in their life and the

But my walls have nothing to say little one chewed on the bones-o, bones-o, bones-o

I'm made for love not hating They never has such a supper in their life and the

But here's where you left me I'll stay little one chewed on the bones-o



One night with you was like heaven

And so while I'm walking the floor Fractured Bonnie

I'll listen for steps in the hallway The codfish lie dead in the ocean.

And wait for your knock on the door The bluefish lie dead in the sea.

They all died from water pollution,

Caused by the oil companies.

Fox The

Oh the fox went out on a chilly night, Don't swim, don't swim,

prayed for the moon to give him light Remember the bluefish and cod, and cod.

He had many a mile to go that night before he It's not our sea, Texaco leased it from God.

reached the town-o, town-o, town-o

He had many a mile to go that night before he What do you do with an drunken sailor?

reached the town-o What do you do with an drunken sailor?

What do you do with an drunken sailor?

So he ran 'til he came to a great big pen Er-lie in the morning.

where the ducks and the geese were kept therein Put him in charge of an Exxon tanker. . .

He said "One of you is going to grease my chin

before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o

He said "One of you is going to grease my chin Frankenstein

before I leave this town-o In a castle, on a mountain

Near the dark and murky Rhine,

He grabbed a duck by the neck Dwelt a doctor, the concoctor

Swung a goose over his back Of the monster, Frankenstein.

He didn't mind the 'quack, quack, quack' and the legs

all dangling down-o, down-o, down-o Oh my monster oh my monster,

He didn't mind the 'quack, quack, quack' and the legs Oh my monster, Frankenstein,

all dangling down-o You were built to last forever,

Dreadful scary Frankenstein.

Well old mother flipper-flopper jumped out of bed

out the window she popped her head In a graveyard near the castle,

She cried, "John, John, the gray goose is gone! And Where the moon refused to shine,

the fox is on the town-o, town-o, town-o He dug for noses and for toeses

She cried, "John, John, the gray goose is gone! And For his monster, Frankenstein.

the fox is on the town-o



So John, he ran to the top of the hill Freight Train

blew his whistle so loud and shrill Freight train, freight train, going so fast

Fox, he said, "I better flee with my kill or they'll soon Freight train, freight train, going so fast

be on my trail-o, trail-o, trail-o" Please don't tell what train I'm on

Fox, he said, "I better flee with my kill or they'll soon So they won't know where I've gone



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Freight train, freight train, comin' round the bend Friends 1

Freight train, who ya gonna send? Friends are nothing 'til they play.

One of these days I'm gonna ride Together, they must play the whole day.

go back to my home town They must play the night away.

They must play, together they must play.

One more place I'd like to be

One more place I'd love to see Other verses:

Watch those ol' Blueridge Mountains fly

When I ride old number * Friends are nothing 'til they cry...

Friends are nothing 'til they camp...

When I die, please bury me Friends are nothing 'til they pray...

Down at the end of Regesse Street Friends are nothing 'til they sing...

So I can hear old number *

As she goes rolling by Final verse:



Friends are nothing 'til they part.

Frere Jacques Brother John Together, with a teardrop in their eyes.

Frere Jacques (Brother John) They must go their separate ways.

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping They must part, together they must part.

Brother John? Brother John?

Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing

Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong. Friends 2

So I thank You, I thank you God for all of my friends

French: I thank You, I thank You God for all of my friends

Frere Jacques, frere Jacques, with me

Dormez-vous, dormez-vous? tonight

Sonnent les mantines, sonnent les mantines:

Ding-dang-dong, ding-dang-dong! When you're all alone and you're feeling so low

There is a friend there to tell the things you know

German: A friend will always listen, a friend will understand

Bruder Jakob, Bruder Jakob, What is a friend? A friend is here indeed

Schlaefst Du noch, schlaefst Du noch? Sitting all around me, listening to my need

Morgenglocken laeuten, Morgenglocken laeuten, A friend is always there, a friend will always care

Ding-dang-dong, ding-dang-dong. There's one important thing that I want you to know

And I mean it sincerely from the bottom of my soul

I love all of you, you're the greatest friends I've got

Fried Ham 1

Fried ham, fried ham, cheese and baloney

After the macaroni, we'll have onions, and pickles, Frog Kissin

and peppers Do you remember the fairy tale, how the wicked

Then we'll have some more fried ham, fried ham. witch's spell

Turned the handsome prince to a toad

Some suggested styles: Through the power of her potion, she handed him the

Opera notion

With fingers in sides of mouth That he was lower than the dirt in the road

And though she left him green and warted, her evil

plan was

Fried Ham 2 thwarted

Fried ham, fried ham, cheese and baloney When there chanced to happen by a young miss

After the macaroni, we'll have onions, and pickles, Who in spite of his complexion, offered her affection

and peppers And broke the wicked curse with her kiss

Then we'll have some more fried ham, fried ham.

Chorus:

Some suggested styles:

Opera If you've never been frog kissin'

With fingers in sides of mouth Well, you don't know what you've been missin', yeah



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There's a world of opportunity under each and every It's squishy and it's slimy and it wiggles in my hand

log I also have a wooly worm and a pocket full of sand

And if you've never been a charm breaker

And if you've never been a handsome prince maker,

yeah Frog Song 3

Then just slow down, turn around, and kiss you a Na-noo went the little green frog one day,

frog Na-noo went the little green frog!

Na-noo went the little green frog one day,

Once upon a time ago, I was down and feeling low So we all went na-noo-na!

Like a lonely frog in a pond Now we know frogs go: la-dee-da-dee-da, la-dee-da-

Life was just a joke, and I was very near to croak dee-da,

And I was zapped by life's wicked wand la-dee-da-dee-da!

Then in the depths of my depression there came a Now we know frogs go: la-dee-da-dee-da,

true expression They never go na-noo-na!

Of love from a lady so sweet

She gave me warm, fuzzy feelings, feelings that were

healing Froggie

And knocked me off my little webbed feet. Dog

Dog Cat

There's a happy ever after land, deep within the heart Dog Cat Mouse

of man Froggie!!!

Where a prince or princess abides Itsy Bitsy Teenie weenie Little-bitty Froggie!

But all we get are glimpses of the handsome prince or Jump Jump Little Froggie

princess Gather up all the little wormies and spiders

'Cause they're covered by a green, warty hide Wormies and spiders, scrum-didili-icious

And thought they're full of life's potential, they're Ribbit Ribbit Ribbit Ribbit Croak

lacking one

essential

To enable them to shine like a star Froggie Went Acourting

And that's the handsome guy or missus who'll cover Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, A-huh

them with Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, A-huh

kisses Frogie went a-courtin' and he did ride

And love them while they're just like they are. Sword and pistol by his side

A-huh, a-huh, a-huh

Well, he rode down to Molly Mouse's door

Frog Round Where he had often been before

1. bananas (low voice) He took Miss Mousie on his knee

2. knee deep (medium) Said, "Miss Mousie, will you marry me?"

3. tea and coffee (high) I'll have to ask my Uncle Rat

4. Hear the lively song See what he will say to that

Of the frogs in yonder pond Well, Uncle Rat laughed and shook his fat sides

Crik, crik, crikkety crik To think his niece would be a bride

Brrrr....uh A-huh, a-huh, a-huh



Frog Song 1

Hear the lively song, From the First Hello

of the frog in yonder pond. From the first hello

Krik, krik, krik, krik, krik, krik, To the last good-bye,

Burr-ump Its been awfully nice to know you.

So forgive the parting sigh,

As we watch you go

Frog Song 2 With your head held high.

I have something in my pocket that I found behind a It's been fun and neat

log A pleasure to meet.

My leader said to put it back, it's a great big slippery A special treat to say I.

frog!



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From the first hello Funky Chicken: dance around in a circle with arms

To the last good-bye. crooked up as

chicken wings

Mae West: flare an invisible skirt

Fruit Salad Dracula: one arm up in front of face as if a cape was

Apples, peaches, pears and plums! draped

Apples, peaches, pears and plums! over it, peek out

from behind arm, then repeat with other arm

Banana-na-na-na-na-na! Orangutan: dance around like a monkey

Banana-na-na-na-na-na!

More verses:

Grapes, grapes, doo-ah doo-ah!

Grapes, grapes, doo-ah doo-ah! (Leader) Let me see your Elvis Presley

(All) What's that you say?

Papaya, papaya, p-p-papaya! (Leader) I said let me see your Elvis Presley

Papaya, papaya, p-p-papaya! (All) What's that you say?



Watermelon, watermelon, (spit out seed, spit out (Leader) Let me see your Cleopatra

seed) (All) What's that you say?

Watermelon, watermelon, (spit out seed, spit out (Leader) I said let me see your Cleopatra

seed) (All) What's that you say?



Raspberry, raspberry, (raspberry, raspberry, (Leader) Let me see your John Travolta

raspberry) (All) What's that you say?

Raspberry, raspberry, (raspberry, raspberry, (Leader) I said let me see your John Travolta

raspberry) (All) What's that you say?



(Leader) Let me see your Michael Jordan

Fun (All) What's that you say?

We're here for fun right from the start, (Leader) I said let me see your Michael Jordan

So drop your dignity, (All) What's that you say?

Just laugh and sing with all your heart, (Chorus action: swish, a a a swish, a a a swish, a a a

and show your loyalty. swish -

May all your troubles be forgot. like a basketball)

Let this night be the best.

Join in the songs we sing tonight. (Leader) Let me see your Biffy-man

Be happy with the rest. (All) What's that you say?

(Leader) I said let me see your Biffy-man

(All) What's that you say?

Funky Chicken (Chorus action: with "peeuh a a a peeuh a a a peeuh a

(Leader) Let me see you funky chicken! a a peeuh")

(All) WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? (Biffy is another word for toilet!)

(Leader) Let me see you funky chicken!

(All) WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? I said....

Gaelic Blessing

Chorus: (everyone) May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

Ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, May the sunshine warm upon your face.

One more time, now! The rain fall soft upon you fields.

Ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, And until we meet again some day.

Back in line, now! (Stomp feet eight times) May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

May the memories that we have shared.

Other Verses: Mae West, Dracula, Orangutan Linger on and on,

Linger on and on.

Actions (done during each Chorus):





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Galaxy Song The

Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown, Repeat but replace 'Lah dee dah dee dah with:

And things seem hard or tough, 'Pop' in the microwave

And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft, 'Splat' when you step on them

And you feel that you've had quite eno-o-o-o-o-ough, 'Squelch' on the freeway



Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's Using sound effects for the word in quotes and

evolving appropriate

Revolving at 900 miles an hour, actions. Cubs love it!

That's orbiting at 90 miles a second, so it's reckoned,

A Sun which is the source of all our power.

The Sun and you and me and all the stars that we can Gary Owen

see Chorus:

Are moving at a million miles a day Gary Owen, Gary Owen, Gary Owen

In an outer spiral arm, at 40 000 miles an hour, In the valley of Montana all alone

Of the galaxy we call the Milky Way. There are better days to be

In the seventh cavalry

Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars, When we charge again

It's a hundred thousand light years side to side, For dear old Gary Owen.

It bulges in the middle, 16 thousand light years thick, I can here those sioux bucks singing, Sgt. Flynn

But out by us it's just 3000 light years wide. I can here those tom-toms ringing, Sgt. Flynn

We're 30 000 light years from galactic central point, I can here those sioux bucks singing,

We go round every 200 million years, I can here those tom-toms ringing,

And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions, But they don't yet know the tune to Gary Owen.

In this amazing and expanding universe. It's first call I hear it sounding, Sgt. Flynn

And it sounds like taps a-rounding, Sgt. Flynn

The universe itself keeps on expanding and Oh me lads, here's something fancy

expanding, Take a break, it's Private Clancy

In all of the directions it can wizz, And you'll feel better when he strikes up Gary Owen

As fast as it can go - the speed of light, you know - For it's Boots and Saddles sounding, Sgt. Flynn

12 million miles a minute and that's the fastest speed Along the line the men are bounding, Sgt. Flynn

there is So let' saddle-up and fall in

So remember when you're feeling very small and For the trumpets are callin'

insecure, And the band is tuning up for Gary Owen.

How incredibly unlikely was your birth, For it's forward we're advancing, Sgt. Flynn

And you'd better hope there's intelligent life And the breeze guides are a-lancing, Sgt. Flynn

somewhere up there Walk, trot, gallop, charged by thunder,

We will ride those cut throats under.

'Cause there's bugger all here on earth. Drive your sabers to the hilt for Gary Owen.

We are ambushed and surrounded, Sgt. Flynn

Yet recall has not been sounded, Sgt. Flynn

Galoomp Gather round me and we'll rally

Galoomp went the little green frog one day, Make one last stand in the valley

Galoomp went the little green frog, For the Seventh Regiment and Gary Owen.

Galoomp went the little green frog one day, You are cut, and scalped, and battered, Sgt. Flynn

And his eyes went gloomp, gloomp, gloomp All your men are dead and scattered, Sgt. Flynn

I will make you bed tomorrow

But: With my head bowed down in sorrow.

o'er your grave, I'll whistle Taps

We all know frogs go And Gary Owen.

Lah dee dah dee dah, Leader sings lines of verses,

Lah dee dah dee dah, group yells back "Sgt. Flynn"

Lah dee dah dee dah, and "Gary Owen" at the end of each of those lines

We all know frogs go

Lah dee dah dee dah,

They don't go gloomp, gloomp,gloomp. Gay Old Desperado The



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The gay old desparado from the wild and woolly Off rolled my head

west, And "naaaah" went Georgie.

He rode into Chicago just to give the west a rest.

He wore a big sombrero and two pistols at his side

and everywhere he went he gave his war hoot. German Doctor The

I'm a good doctor, come from German-land!

Chorus: Yock-von schpeilen!

Meta-me a viola!

Oh what a big, bold, man was this desperado.

From Cripple Creek clear down in Colorado. (everyone) Vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio vio viola,

And he horsed around like a big tornado. vio

And everywhere he went he gave his war hoot. viola, HEY!

YEE HA!

I'm a good doctor, come from German-land!

He went to Cooney Island just to take in all the Yock-von schpeilen!

sights. Meta-me a piano!

He saw the hoochie coochies and the girls all dressed

in tights. (everyone) Plinka plinka plinka plonk, plinka plinka

It got him so excited that he shot out all the lights. plinka

And everywhere he went he gave his war hoot. plonk, plinka

plinka plinka plonk, plinka plinka plonk, OH...

(Chorus) Vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio viola,

HEY!

The gay desperado was a strollin' down the street.

A big, old fat policeman came a stompin' down the I'm a good doctor, come from German-land!

street Yock-von schpeilen!

He took him by the collar and he took him by the Meta-me a radio!

seat.

And put him where he couldn't give his war hoot. (everyone) CB-CB-CBC, CB-CB-CBC, CB-CB-

CBC, CB-CBC, OH...

(Chorus) Plinka plinka plinka plonk, plinka plinka plinka

plonk, plinka

plinka plinka

George Washington Bridge plonk, plinka plinka plonk, OH...

George Washington Bridge Vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio viola,

HEY!

George Washington Washington Bridge

George Washington Bridge I'm a good doctor, come from German-land!

George Washington Washington Bridge Yock-von schpeilen!

Meta-me a TV!



Georgie (everyone) Soapy soapy soapy sud, soapy soapy

Every morning at half past eight soapy sud, soapy

I go "naaaah" to Georgie. soapy soapy sud, soapy soapy sud, OH...

And every morning at half past eight CB-CB-CBC, CB-CB-CBC, CB-CB-CBC, CB-CBC,

He goes "naaaah" to me. OH...

No need to knock, no need to ring Plinka plinka plinka plonk, plinka plinka plinka

For as I rub my eyes, plonk, plinka

I open my window, plinka plinka

Pop out my head, plonk, plinka plinka plonk, OH...

And go "naaaah" to Georgie. Vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio viola,

Then one morning at half past eight HEY!

I went "naaaah" to Georgie.

Opened my window, I'm a good doctor, come from German-land!

Popped out my head Yock-von schpeilen!

Down came the window Meta-me a leader!



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We'll still stick around to see what happens next.

(everyone) Naggy naggy naggy nag, naggy naggy Refrain:

naggy nag, naggy When I was younger my slippers were red

naggy naggy nag, naggy naggy nag, OH... I could kick up my heels right over my head

Soapy soapy soapy sud, soapy soapy soapy sud, When I was older my slippers were blue

soapy soapy soapy But still I could dance the whole night through.

sud, soapy soapy sud, OH... Now I am older my slippers are black

CB-CB-CBC, CB-CB-CBC, CB-CB-CBC, CB-CBC, I huff to the store and I puff my way back

OH... But never you laugh I don't mind at all

Plinka plinka plinka plonk, plinka plinka plinka I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all Refrain:

plonk, plinka I wake up in the mourning and gather my wits

plinka plinka Open the paper and read the obits

plonk, plinka plinka plonk, OH... And if I'm not there I know I'm not dead

Vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio vio viola, vio viola, So I have a good breakfast and go back to bed.

HEY! Refrain:



Actions:

Ghost Chickens In The Sky

German Doctor: hands folded in front of body, bow A chicken Farmer went out one dark and windy day

Yock-von schpeilen: stomp foot, flex arm muscles And by the coop he rested as he went along his way

Vio-vio-viola: play an imaginary violin When all at once a rotten egg hit him in the eye

Plinka-plinka-plinka-plonk: play an imaginary piano It was the sight he dreaded, ghost chickens in the sky.

CB-CB-CBC: two fingers up at each side of head, (Squawk

bend and Cluck etc.)

straigten in succession

Soapy soapy soapy sud: window washing action This farmer had these chickens since he was twenty

Naggy naggy naggy nag: wag finger at other people four,

in the circle Working for the Colnel for thirty years or more

Killing all theses chickens and sending them to fry.

And now they want revenge, ghost chickens in the

Get Acquainted sky. (Squawk

It's a good time to get acquainted, Cluck etc.)

It's a good time to know,

Who is sitting close beside you, Their beaks were black and shining their eyes were

And to smile and say hello! burning red

Good-bye chilly feeling, They had no meat or feathers these chickens were

Farewell glassy stare, dead.

If we all join hands and pull together, They picked the farmer up and he died by the claw

We're sure to get there. They cooked him extra crispy, (pause) and ate him

with cole slaw.



Get Up And Go

Refrain: Ghost Of Anne Bolelyn The

How do I know my youth is all spent? Now in the Tower of London, large as life (large as

My get up and go has got up and went. life)

In spite of it all I'm able to grin The ghost of Anne Bolelyn walks, I declare (I

When I think of the places my get up has been. declare)

Now, Anne Bolelyn was once King Henry's wife

Old age is golden, so I've heard said (Henry's wife)

But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed Until he had the axman bob her hair (bob her hair)

With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup, It happened many long years ago (long years ago)

My eyes on the table until I wake up. But she still comes back at night to tell him so (tell

As sleep dims my vision him so)

I say to myself,

Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf? With her head tucked underneath her arm, she walks

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With her head tucked underneath her arm, at the Dreams we dream sometimes never die

midnight hour We carry them on till they become someone else's

dream

Oh, once in a while King Henry gives a spread (gives A friend of mine had such a dream

a spread) I met her at a truck stop just outside Phoenix

For all his pals and gals, a ghostly crew (ghostly We both worked there

crew) Her dream came true, I know it

The axman carves the meat and cuts the bread (cuts The key to her dream was a little sign that reads

the bread) Giddy-up-go

And in walks Anne Bolelyn to spoil the stew (spoil She's a lovely girl, pretty smile

the stew) But behind all this I could see a troubled mind

She holds her head up high with a wild wa-whoop She told me o' when she met the guy that won her

[blood curdling scream] heart

King Henry cries, "Don't drop it in the soup!" (in the And made her life a joy

soup) And before too long more happiness came, a little

baby boy

Along the drafty corridors for miles and miles she Things wasn't to bad

goes The job wasn't much

She often catches cold, poor thing, it's drafty when it But somehow they got by

blows And then came the day when he drove home a big

And it's awfully awkward when she has to blow her truck

nose And the little boy became so overjoyed

With her head tucked underneath her arm Just like when he saw his first falling snow

He kept shoutin' Giddy-up-go Daddy, Giddy-up-go

Then a dark cloud moved in

Ghosts Tale A few years later

Have you ever thought as a hearse goes by Not long, after a few visits to the doctor

That one of these days you are going to die? She said it was just a matter of time

CHORUS:- She knew she would have to move to a warmer

Oooo Oooo Ooo Ooo climate

Where shall we be in a hundred years And this troubled he mind

from now? So without leaving a trace

They nail you up in a wooden box, She took her son, and left town one night!

And fill the gaps with stones and She settled here

rocks, And we became the closest of friends

CHORUS We talked from time to time and she'd smile

They lower you down on a rotten rope, And her eyes would glow

It's just your luck if the dam thing When she talked about Giddy-up-go

broke, Each time a truck would pull in

CHORUS I could see her stare, and stare

The worms crawl in, the worms crawl Wasn't long before she had to give up being a

out, waitress here

They crawl in thin and crawl out stout, And she moved on out of town. Not too far

CHORUS We visited almost every week

Your eyes fall in, your teeth fall out, The boy had almost grown

Your brain comes drifting down your He's the spittin' image of his dad, she'd say

snout The most handsome man I've ever known

CHORUS Without cab once more, moved away

The moral of this tale belated, As I stood close by, once again, she told her story

Is-Don't be buried but be cremated. I could see a tear in her eye

CHORUS I know my son longs for the road

'N the last request he had: Let him be a truck driver

Like son, like dad

Giddyupgo The boy soon left town, I never knew for where

There's a time to laugh and a time to cry But I find myself watching every truck that pulls

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curve Ging Gang Goolie Goolie Goolie on a pushbike

And Giddy-up-go was the only name that held Ging Gang Goo Ging Gang Goo

between the two Ging Gang Goolie Goolie Goolie on a pushbike

And I was hopin' that I could be of help Ging Gang Goo Ging Gang Goo

It became a dream for me too Pedal You've got to pedal, you've got to pedal up the

Just now I froze in my tracks, as I watched two trucks hill

pull in Pedal You've got to pedal, you've got to pedal up the

A big new shiny diesel, and an old one hill

Wow. I couldn't help starin' as they walked in

Ordered coffee and talked a while Faster Faster Faster Faster Puncture Puncture ............

Then I saw them leave, both wearin' such a smile

They walked out to the old truck

And brushed off some dirt Ging Gang Goolie On A Pushbike

So the name plate would show Ging gang goolie goolie goolie on a pushbike,

And before my eyes, a little sign that read Ging gang goo, ging gang goo,

Giddy-up-go Ging gang goolie goolie goolie on a pushbike,

Ging gang goo, ging gang goo,



Gilligans Island Theme Song Peddle you've got to peddle you've got to peddle up

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, that hill,

a tale of a fateful trip. Peddle you've got to peddle you've got to peddle up

It started from this tropic port, that hill,

aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailing man, Faster and faster and faster and faster and puncture,

the skipper brave and sure. puncture puncture...

Five passengers set sail that day,

for a three hour tour.

(a three hour tour). Girl Guide Girl Guide Dressed In Blue

The weather started getting rough, Girl guide, girl guide, dressed in blue,

the tiny ship was tossed. These are the actions you must do:

If not for the courage of the fearless crew, Stand at attention, stand at ease,

the minnow would be lost, Bend your elbows, bend your knees.

(the minnow would be lost). Salute to the captain, bow to the Queen,

The ship struck ground on the shores of this Turn your back on the dirty submarine.

uncharted desert isle, I can do the heel and toe, I can do the splits.

with Gilligan, the Skipper too. The millionaire and I can do the hootchy-kootchy, just like this.

his wife. Thanks to Michelle Berry for e-mailing me these

The moviestar, the Professor and Mary-Ann, here on extra

Gilligan's isle. verses!

Girl Guide, Girl Guide, dressed in yellow,

This is the way I treat my fellow:

Ging Gang Goolie Hug him, kiss him, kick him in the pants -

Ging gang gooli, gooli, gooli, gooli watcha That is the way to find romance.

Ging gang goo, ging gang goo, Girl Guide, Girl Guide, dressed in green,

Ging gang gooli, gooli, gooli, gooli watcha The leader sent me to the Queen.

Ging gang goo, ging gang goo The queen didn't want me, sent me to the King

The King said "Turn around and count to seventeen".

Heyla, heyla sheyla 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...17

Heyla sheyla, heyla, ho-o-o

Heyla, heyla sheyla

Heyla sheyla, heyla, ho Girl GuideGirl Scout History Cadence

There was a man named Baden-Powell

Shalli-wallee, shalli-wallee, shalli-wallee,shalli- Started us out toward our goal.

wallee He spread scouting far and wide

Oompah, oompah, oompah oompah.... And his wife worked with Girl Guides.





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Lady Olave was the first Chief Guide We even learn to do some mime.

She spread the news the world wide

Each Guide will her Promise say Guiding's more than cookies now

And help people every day Planes and trains and cars, oh wow

History and crafts too

World Centers we have four Makes Guides fun for me and you.

In Africa we'll place one more.

In Our Cabana Girl Guides stay Join with us and have some fun

Near the Grand Sierra Madre Learning stuff till day is done

Girls you too can be a Guide

If you go to England fair Girl Guides can be found world-wide.

Pax Lodge is located there

Traveling 'round the world wide

Every corner holds Girl Guides Girl Guides Are We

O Canada, Thine own Girl Guides are we,

In India you'll find a room May we all strive to bravely live for thee

Sangam's located in Pune With trusty, loyal, usefullness, obedient, courteous,

In Switzerland there is a hike, kind,

But Our Chalet you'll surely like With thrift and cheerful friendliness,

And pure in word and mind

Camping, hiking, playing, too O Canada, O Canada

Never resting 'til they're through O Canada we stand on guard for Thee

Want to see what its about,

Come on check Girl Guiding out.

Girl Scout Camp

Rest is more or less the same but Chorus is

Girl Guides

We are Girl Guides, it is true I don't wanna go to Girl Scout Camp,

We love life and so can you Gee Ma I wanna go

Fun and learning, service too But they won't let me go,

Don't have time to feel real blue Gee Ma I wanna go home.



Chorus: And (for Boy Scout Camp) each verse started



Sound off, 1-2, The x at Camp (wherever you are), they say are

Sound off, 3-4 mighty fine...

Bring it on down 1-2-3-4, 1,2,3-4!



Now my friends and now my foes Girl Scout Cookies 1

Don't have time for all your woes Girl Scout Cookies, Girl Scout Cookies

Marching down this old street Shortbreads are the best,

Marching down with dancing feet Healthy & Nutritious and we like all the rest, HEY!

Girl Scout Cookies, Girl Scout Cookies

Girl Guides teach and Girl Guides learn Thin Mints are great, too

Making campfires really burn We love the new and old ones

Tying knots and lashing trees We love them all, do you?

Studying those honeybees

Dashing to the fridge, to get a glass of milk

Nature's fine but science too Before we go to bed & cover up with quilts

Gives Girl Guides new things to do Bells on all the girls, try to sell the most

Chemistry, and computers, yes What fun it is to eat them all

Learning's what we love the best. Instead of eating toast!



Listen girls, now listen well, Oh, Girl Scout Cookies, Girl Scout Cookies

Guiding's great, now come and yell, Shortbreads are the best,

Guiding's great it takes some time, Healthy and nutritious and we like all the rest, HEY!



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Girl Scout Cookies, Girl Scout Cookies

Thin Mints are great too, Girl Scout Oktoberfest Cadence

We love the new and old ones Girl Scouts of the USA

We love them all, do YOU? We are here to shout and say

Happy happy Octoberfest

Come on in and be our guest

Girl Scout Cookies 2

Girl Scout cookies, Girl Scout cookies Chorus:

Yum, yum, yum, Yum, yum, yum,

Eat 'em by the dozen, Eat 'em by the dozen, Sound off, 1-2,

They're all gone, They're all gone! Sound off, 3-4

Girl Scout Cookies 3 Bring it on down 1-2-3-4, 1,2,3-4!

Oh we come from Buffalo & Erie

Girl Scout cookies for to sell. We are Girl Scouts, it is true

We see every Sue & Sally We love life and so can you

Our good message for to tell. Fun and learning, service too

Don't have time to feel real blue

Girl Scout Cookies!

Boy they are so neat! Now my friends and now my foes

So many kinds, Don't have time for all your woes

So good to taste Marching down this old street

Hard to know which one to eat. Marching down with dancing feet



Girl Scouts teach and Girl Scouts learn

Girl Scout Friends Making campfires that really do burn

Girl Scouts, come out and hike with me, Tying knots and lashing trees

Identify some trees, flowers and bumblebees, Studying those honeybees

We'll see some chipmunks, maybe an eagle soar,

And we'll be Girl Scout friends, forevermore. Nature's fine but science too

Gives Girl Scouts new things to do

Girl Scouts, come out and camp with me, Chemistry, and computers, yes

Up in the woods will be, a tent beneath a tree. 'Cause learning's what we love the best.

We'll build a campfire, and then we'll eat some

s'mores, Listen girls, now listen well,

And we'll be Girl Scout friends, forevermore. Scouting's great, now come and yell,

Scouting's great it takes some time,

Girl Scouts, come out and boat with me, We even learn to do some mime.

Out on the lake we'll be, rowing so merrily.

We'll see some fishes, and then we'll row to shore, Scouting's more than cookies now

And we'll be Girl Scout friends, forevermore. Planes and trains and cars, oh wow

History and crafts too

Girl Scouts, gaze at the stars with me, Makes Scouts fun for me and you.

They'll twinkle happily, and make us so sleepy.

Roll out our sleeping bags, and then it's time to snore, Join with us and have some fun

And dream of Girl Scout friends, forevermore. Learning stuff 'till day is done

Girls you too can be a Scout

Just like us, come on out.

Girl Scout Hearts

I don't know but I've been told (repeat)

Girl Scout hearts are made of gold (repeat) Girl Scouts Together

(leader) Sound off, Girl Scouts together, That is our song.

(girls) One two, Winding the old trails, rocky and long.

(leader) Sound off Learning out motto, living our creed.

(girls) Three four Girl Scouts together in ev'ry good deed.

(all) Sound off one two, three four. Girl Scouts together, Happy are we.

Friendly to neighbors, far o'er the sea;



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Faithful to country, loyal to home, Give My Regards To Broadway

Known as true Girl Scouts where-ever we roam. Give my regards to Broadway,

Remember me to Herald Square,

Tell all the folk on 42nd Street

Give Me Oil In My Lamp That I will soon be there,

Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, Whisper of how I'm yearning

give me in my lamp, I pray; To mingle with the old time throng,

Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, Give my regards to old Broadway

keep me burning till the break of day. And tell them I'll be there ere long



Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,

sing hosanna to the King of kings! Glory Glory How Peculiar

Sing hosanna, sing hosanna, As one woodpecker pecked up the peg, the other

sing hosanna to the King ! woodpecker pecked down

Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising, As one woodpecker pecked up the peg, the other

give me joy in my heart, I pray; woodpecker pecked down

give me joy in my heart, keep me praising, As one woodpecker pecked up the peg, the other

keep me praising till the break of day. woodpecker pecked down

As one woodpecker pecked up the peg, the other

Give me peace in my heart, keep me loving, woodpecker pecked down

give me peace in my heart, I pray;

give me peace in my heart, keep me loving, Glory, glory, how peculiar

keep me loving till the break of day. Glory, glory, how peculiar

Glory, glory, how peculiar

Give me love in my heart, keep me serving, As one woodpecker pecked up the peg, the other

give me love in my heart, I pray; woodpecker pecked down

give me love in my heart, keep me serving,

keep me serving till the break of day. As one sly snake slipped up the slide, other sly snake

slipped down



Give Me That Old Time Religion As one blue bat blew in the bowl, other blue bat blew

Give me that old time religion out

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion As one black bug bled blue black blood, the other

That's good enough for me! black bug bled blue



Lets pray to Aphrodite. She's beautiful and spritely As one drunk duck dove into the ditch, the other

She wears a see thru nighty. That's good enough for drunk duck dropped dead

me

* As one flea fly flew up the flue, the other flea fly

Let's pray to Zarathrusta. Let's pray just like we used flew down

to

I'm a Zarathrusta booster. That's good enough for As one pink porpoise popped into the pool, other

me pink porpoise popped out

*

Let's pray with those Egyptians. They use glyphs to As one brown bear backed up the bank, other brown

write bear backed down

inscriptions

Build pyramids to put their crypts in. That's good As one white whale whipped over the waves, other

enough for me white whale whipped under

*

Let's pray with all them Druids. For they drink

fermented fluids Go Bananas

And dance naked thru the woods That's good enough Version One:

for me

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at camp a When I was a seeker,

group of kids gets I sought both night and day.

together and shouts "Bananas!" The councillors all I asked the Lord to help me

stand up and And He shows me the way

yell...

Chorus:

Did Somebody say bananas?

Bananas of the world unite! Go, tell it on the mountain,

Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas Over the hills and ev'ry where.

Shake bananas, shake, shake bananas Go, tell it on the mountain,

Go bananas, go go bananas Our heav'nly Lord is born.

Peel, peel, peel peel peel

Peel, peel, peel peel peel He made me a watchman

Go, bananas!! Upon the city wall.

Bananas of the world unite!! And if I serve Him truly,

I am the least of all

Actions:

In the time of David,

Unite: Clasp hands over head Some said he was a king.

Peel: Shake thumbs over back alternately And if a child is true born,

Shake: Do the twist The Lord will hear him sing.

Go: Bring arms over head alternately

Peel: make fist like muscle man, bring up and down

every time God Bless America

you say peel God bless America, land that I love.

Go bananas!!: Bring fist up into the air Stand beside her and guide her

Through the night with the light

Version Two: from above.

From the mountains to the prairies,

Gonna pick bananas, pick pick bananas (pretend to To the oceans white with foam,

pick bananas God bless America,

from tall trees) my home sweet home.

Gonna peel bananas, peel peel bananas (pretend to

peel a banana)

Gonna smush bananas, smush smush bananas (clap God Bless My Underwear

hands) God bless my underwear, my only pair.

Gonna eat bananas, eat eat bananas (move hands to

mouth in an Stand beside them, and guide them,

eating motion) Through the rips, through the holes, through the tears.

Gonna GO BANANAS GO GO BANANAS From the washer, to the dryer, to the clothesline in

GONNA GO BANANAS GONNA GO GO the air.

BANANAS (sing loud, jump and God bless my underwear, my only pair.

dance around acting crazy)



God Has Created A New Day

Go Well And Safely God has created a new day

Go well and safely, Silver and green and gold.

Go well and safely, Live that the sunset may find us

Go well and safely, Worthy his gift to hold.

The Lord be ever with you.



(Stay, keep, camp, work, sleep, God Is Great

wake.......) God is great, God is good

Now we're gonna thank him for our food

We're gonna thank him morning, noon and night

Go Tell It On The Mountain We're gonna thank him cause he's out of sight



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Amen Goin' on a lion hunt!

(chi chi chi, chi chi chi, chi chi chi) Amen I'm not scared!

(repeat and fade out.) Look at all the beautiful flowers.

Oh-oh!

Icky, sticky, mud ahead!

God Is Great God Is Good Can't go over it!

God is great, God is good, Alleluia Can't go under it!

Let us thank him for our food, Alleluia Can't go around it!

By His hand we all are fed, Alleluia Gotta go through it!

Thank you Lord, for daily bread, Alleluia

(actions as if you were trying to slog through mud)



God Made The Mountains Goin' on a lion hunt!

God made the mountains, I'm not scared!

God made the rolling hills, Look at all the beautiful flowers.

God made the flowers, Oh-oh!

God made the daffodils, Deep, wide, river ahead!

God made the field of wheat, Can't go over it!

For all the bread we eat, Can't go under it!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia Can't go around it!

(repeat and fade out.) Guess we gotta swim it!



(actions as if swimming)

God Our Father

God Our Father Goin' on a lion hunt!

God Our Father I'm not scared!

Once again Look at all the beautiful flowers.

Once again Oh-oh!

We would ask thy blessing Tall, tall trees ahead!

We would ask thy blessing Can't go over them!

Amen, Amen Can't go under them!

Can't go around them!

Guess we gotta climb them!

Gods Love Is Like A Circle

God's love is like a circle, (actions as if climing up one side of a tree and down

A circle big and round. the other)

And when you see a circle

No ending can be found. Goin' on a lion hunt!

That's how it is with God's love, I'm not scared!

Goes on eternally, Look at all the beautiful flowers.

Forever and forever more Oh-oh!

I know that God loves me. Deep, dark cave ahead!

Can't go over it!

Can't go under it!

Goin On A Lion Hunt

Goin' on a lion hunt! Can't go around it!

I'm not scared! Gotta go through it!

Look at all the beautiful flowers.

Oh-oh! (next verse is done very, very quietly, as if you were

Tall, tall grass ahead! scared of the cave)

Can't go over it!

Can't go under it! Goin' on a lion hunt...

Can't go around it! I'm not scared...

Gotta go through it! Look at all the beautiful flowers...

Oh-oh...

(everyone does actions as if parting long grass) Big, fuzzy nose ahead...



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Two green eyes ahead... Oh, the grass is greener back at Gilwell,

Long, long whiskers ahead... And I breathe again the Scouting Air,

Long, sharp teeth ahead... And im memory I see B-P,

It's a LION! Who never will be far from there.

RUN!!



(slapping on knees goes very fast, as if you were Randall the red cheeked Cub Scout

running... Tune: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

go through all the obstacles in reverse order and as Randall, the red-cheeked Cub Scout

fast as you can, with Had a very cold, cold nose

more slapping of hands on knees inbetween each And if you ever noticed

obstacle.) You could even say it flows



Up the trees! Down the trees! Run!!! All of the other Cubbies

Swim the river! Run!! Used to laugh and point it out

Through the mud! Run!! That Randall, the red-cheeked Cub Scout

Through the grass! Run!! Had a very runny snout

HOME!

Then one day the Den leader

Took Randall out of sight

Thanks to Emmeline Stoddart for this version of the And told him that it’s time he knew

song! How to wipe his nose just right



We're all going on lion hunt Now all the other Cubbies

I'm not scared Think Randall is a “Class-A” Scout

I've got a gun Cause Randall, the red-cheeked Cub Scout

And bulletts too Finally learned to blow his snout!

Oh-oh

Void ahead

Short grass - sh-sh-sh The Astronauts Plea

Tune - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Other Verses:

(Chorus)

Long grass: shhhh-shhhhh-shhhhhh Bring back, bring back,

Oh, bring back my space ship to me, to me,

Swamp: gloomp-gloomp-gloomp Bring back, bring back,

Oh bring back my space ship to me.

Lost: make your hands "run" up a tree, have

to look around and then come back down I went for a ride in a space ship,

The moon and the planets to see,

Supermarket: scuse me-scuse me-scuse me I went for a ride in a space ship,

Now listen what happened to me.

Village: hello-hello-hello

(Chorus)

Lion: ahhhhhhh!

I went for a ride in my space ship,

Then go through all the actions but in the reverse The capsule was crowded and I,

order Developed a cramp in my muscles,

So decided to walk in the sky,



Going Back To Gilwell (Chorus)

In my dreams I'm going back to Gilwell,

To the joys and happiness I found, I went for a walk from my space ship,

On those grand weekends, The ship was controlled from the ground,

With my dear old friends And someone in charge down at NASA,

And see the training grounds, Forgot I was walking around.



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bed bugs run.

(Chorus)

Onward spotted bed bugs, marching off the sheets,

Carrying off the wounded, And poor Grandma’s feet.

Archeologist Song

Tune: My Darling Clementine

Song of My Shoes

In a canyon, in a cavern, Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Looking for a dinosaur,

With a brand new pick and shovel My shoes have seen the glory of the growing of a

I will go and dig some more. Scout.

My shoes the been in water steppin’ in and steppin’

O my dino, O my dino out.

You are from off the earth, My shoes have hiked through forest to the top of the

Extinction was your downfall mount

Many years before my birth. My shoes are wearing out!

Groovy, Radical, and Awesome (repeat 3x)

I’ll find a bronto, or a stego, My shoes do really stink!

Or a T-rex dinosaur.

You can see them in the museum My shoes have seen the bottom of the dirty, fishy

High upon the second floor. creek,

My shoes have been all covered with the gooey,

I found a leg bone, and an arm bone muddy cake,

So where’s that neck bone gone? My shoes have seen the same old socks for seven

Now I’m chasing my dog Rover days this week

As he drags it across the lawn. My shoes do really stink!

Groovy, Radical, and Awesome (repeat 3x)

My shoes do really stink!

Hiking

Tune- Caisson Song My shoes are torn and ripped from climbing fences

packed in rust,

Over hill over dale, My shoes are stained and spattered with some yucky

We will hit the green wood trail, insect guts,

As the Cub Scouts go hiking along. My shoes are oozing slime and fill my mother with

disgust,

(Chorus) My shoes have bit the dust!

And it’s Hi, Hi, Hee! Groovy, Radical, and Awesome (repeat 3x)

The BSA for me, My shoes have bit the dust!

Shout out our name and shout it strong,

Where ere we go, we will always know,

that the Cub Scouts go hiking along. SuperCalifornianEspertSurferOfTheOcean

In and out, all around, Tune: Supercalifragilistic

You will never see us frown,

As the Cub Scouts go hiking along. Chorus:

SuperCalifornianExpertSurferOfTheOcean,

(Chorus) Even though most all of them won’t use a suntan

lotion

When they hit the waves too hard

Spotted Bedbugs They sure do cause commotion.

Tune: “Onward Christian Soliders) SuperCalifornianEspertSurferOfTheOcean,

Hum, diddle, diddle, diddle

Onward spotted bed bugs, Marching up the sheets, Hum, diddle, I (up half-tone)

tickle, tickle, tickle On poor Grandma’s feet. Hum, diddle, diddle, diddle

Hum, diddle, I

Grandma gets excited, Grandpa gets the gun. Because I was afraid to surf

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom See those When I was just a lad



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My father took my board away Down in my feet

And told me I was bad All over me

But then one day I learned a word Last Verse

That every surfer knows I’ve got that Cub Scout spirit up in my head

The biggest word you ever heard Deep in my heart, down in my feet

And this it how it goes: OOOOHHH! I’ve got that Cub Scout spirit all over me

All over me to stay.

Chorus:



Ding Dong the Year is done

Rotten Reeboks Tune: Ding dong the Witch is Dead

Tune: Clementine

Ding Dong the year is done! Look what we have

I’ve tried bug balm, lemon air scent won, won, won!

Even spray that smells like pine, Ding Dong the Year, the year is done.

Rotten Reeboks, dirty sweat socks, The Wolfs earned yellow beads; the Bears earned red

Must be something that can cut it ‘n activities,

Generating toxic fumes, The Webelos earned their activities badges.

Something strong like turpentine. Ding Dong look what we have won won won.

I’ve seen flies dead struck in mid-air Ding Dong look what we have done, done DONE!

Fatal venture into his room

“Not to worry,” says my father

In my brother’s bedroom closet Lets go for a ride

“Could be money after all, Tune: Ten Little Indians

Stinkarooning like refuse”

Pentagon might pay a bundle Come everyone lets go for a ride

Dwelt a size 10 pair of sneakers Start your engines we don’t need a guide.

“For the secret to it all.” Just hop in the car of your choice

With a smell you couldn’t lose. A Mustang, school bus, or a Rolls Royce.

Aging tennies, in a corner

Turning the air a bluish green, Gremlin, Vespa, Cadillac

Hope the county doesn’t visit Corvette, Rabbit, horse and tack.

They’d condemn us sight unseen Minivan, Cavalier, ATV

Limousine, Neon, SUV.



Take me Out to The Forest A Dodge with a Hemmy, ain’t that super?

Tune: Take Me Out To The Ball game Or better yet, a Mini Cooper!

Motorcycle, taxi, or Ferrari

Take me out to the forest. Hop into a forklift, you won’t be sorry.

Let me hike in the wild.

Show me a skunk and a few bear tracks. Ambulance, Porsche, El Camino

I won’t care if I never come back. Convertible, T-bird, or a Pinto.

But it’s look, look, look at your compass. Big rig, Charger, or a fire truck

If it rains, then you’re wet. Perhaps a crane so you don’t get stuck.

And it’s ouch, slap, sting and you’re bit

In the great outdoors. A 198 Honda Accord

Maybe a Jeep so you don’t get bored.

Station wagon, bicycle, or a Hummer

Ive Got That Cub Scout Spirit A caboose is the end, oh what a bummer!

I’ve got that Cub Scout spirit up in my head

Up in my head, Up in my head

I’ve got that Cub Scout spirit up in my head John Browns Ford

Up in my head to stay Tune: John Brown’s Body

Repeat verse above and sing in turn:

Deep in my heart John Brown’s Ford has a puncture in it’s tire,

John Brown’s Ford has a puncture in it’s tire,



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John Brown’s Ford has a puncture in it’s tire, Yeah do the Chicken Dance

So he patched it up with chewing gum. Come on do the Chicken Dance

Just do....

Motions: The Chicken....

‘Ford’ – make a ‘brrrrmmmm’ sound as you pretend

to shift into gear.

‘Puncture’– make a ‘ptsssss’ sound as you pretend Picking up Litter

that you are puncturing a tire with your finger Tune: I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

‘Tire’ – make a circle in front of you using both arms

‘Patched’ – smack your hands I’ve been picking up the litter

‘Gum’ – pretend to have a wad of gum in your mouth All the livelong day.

and you reach up and pinch it between I’ve been picking up the litter

your thumb and finger and stretch it out in front of Just to have a place to play.

you Can’t you see the litter basket

Sitting on the sidewalk there?

Every little bit will help us

Chicken dance

Chicken Dance If you just show you care.

(great to do while cubs beat a Won’t you pick it up,

rhythm) Won’t you pick it up,

Chorus Won’t you pick it up today?

Everybody..... Won’t you clean it up,

Do the chicken dance! Won’t you clean it up,

I said everybody..... Help us clean the USA!

Do the chicken dance!

Dance around like you’ve got ants in

you pants. Oh Mister Magician

And do the chicken dance! Tune: On Top of Old Smokey



Verses: (any 1 person say loudly) Oh, Mister Magician

A really old man Come do us some tricks.

From down the street Take some of your foam balls

Sat on a bench And turn them to sticks.

And tapped his feet

He stood up Take eggs from an ear

And gave me a glance Break them into your hat.

So we started doing Wave your magic wand

The Chicken Dance Turn them into a bat.

Chorus:

A leprechaun

He came to me Asking Ants Go Marching

“where Ireland be?” The ants go marching 1by 1 hurrah, hurrah

Go over the sea The ants go marching 1by 1 hurrah, hurrah

Just take a chance The ants go marching 1by 1 the little one stops to

But before you go suck his thumb

Do the Chicken Dance! CHORUS:

Chorus: And they all go marching DOWN (where) to the

There was a lot of noise Ground (why) to get out of the rain, BOOM,

Coming from my house Boom, boom, boom, boom.

The people were jumping 2 the little one stops to tie his shoe

Some were on the ground 3 scratch his knee

Everyone was in a 4 close the door

Funny trance 5 take a dive

They were all doing 6 pick up sticks

The Chicken Dance! 7 count to eleven

Chorus: 8 roller-skate



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9 pass some time Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh.

10 start all over again!!

Chorus:



Swimming Rose are red, violets are blue,

Swimming Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh.

Tune: Sailing, Sailing Sugar is sweet and so are you,

Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh.

Swimming, swimming in my swimming-pool

When days are hot when days are cold, in my Chorus:

swimming pool

Breast stroke, side stroke, fancy diving too. I see England, I see France,

Don’t you wish you never had anything else to do, Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh.

but . . . I see Mary's polka-dot pants,

Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh.

Actions:

Swimming, swimming swimming Chorus:

action

In my swimming pool trace outline of an

imaginary pool Keep On Scouting

Days are hot wipe hand across Let me keep on Scouting

forehead Through the years to come

Days are cold shiver Let me know the pleasures

Breaststroke pretend to do the And the joy and fun,

breaststroke Ever aiding others better men to be,

Sidestroke pretend to do the That, we know "Good Scouting"

sidestroke Brings to you and me.

Fancy diving pretend you are going

to dive

Repeat the song a number of times, leaving out each Keep On The Sunny Side

of the above lines Chorus:



Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,

Keemo Kyemo Keep on the sunny side of life, YEE-HAW!

There was an old frog and he lived in a spring, You will feel no pain as we drive you all insane, so

Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh. Keep on the sunny side of life!

He was so hoarse he couldn't sing,

Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh. (between Choruses, do a series of knock-knock jokes,

like the

Chorus: following:)



Keemo kyemo dellway Hiho Rumpetee rump Leader: Knock knock!

Periwinkle soap Linkhorn nip cat All: Who's there?

Hit 'em with a brickbat, Leader: Ether!

Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh. All: Ether who?

Leader: The Ether Bunny! HA HA HA HA...

Cheese in the springhouse nine days old,

Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh. Leader: Knock knock!

Rats and skippers awful bold, All: Who's there?

Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh. Leader: Nother!

All: Nother who?

Chorus: Leader: Nother Ether Bunny! HA HA HA HA...



There was a man and he was rich, Leader: Knock knock!

Sing-song kitty catch-ee kye-nne-oh. All: Who's there?

He got a rash and began to itch, Leader: Stella!



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All: Stella who? 1. Derry derry down

Leader: Stella Nother Ether Bunny! HA HA HA Amongst the leaves so green O. (both)

HA...

The first doe he shot and he missed

Leader: Knock knock! The second doe he trimmed, he kissed,

All: Who's there? The third doe went where nobody whist

Leader: Cargo! Amongst the leaves so green O.

All: Cargo who?

Leader: Cargo beep beep and run over all the Ether CHORUS

Bunnies! BOO

HOO HOO... The fourth doe she did cross the plain

The keeper fetched her back again,

Leader: Knock knock! Where she is now she may remain

All: Who's there? Amongst the leaves so green O.

Leader: Boo!

All: Boo who? CHORUS

Leader: Don't cry, the Ether Bunny will be back next

year! YAY! The fifth doe she did cross the brook

The keeper fetched her back with his crook,

Leader: Knock, Knock! Where she is now you must go and look

All: Who's there? Amongst the leaves go green O.

Leader: Ya!

All: Ya who? CHORUS

Leader: See, I told you he'd be back! HA HA HA

HA!! The sixth doe she ran o'er the plain

But he with his hounds did turn her again,

And there he did hunt in a merry merry vein

Keep The Campfire Burning Amongst the leaves so green O.

Keep the camp fire burning,

Day to night is turning CHORUS

Soon our fancies with the stars in dreams shall roam;

Let the light be glowing,

Warmth land sleep bestowing Kille Kille Watch Watch

'Till at last the dawn comes up for the long trail Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah!

home. (One half of the group, repeat the first line imitating

tom-tom

accompaniment throughout.)

Keeper Kille, kille, kille, kille,

The keeper did a hunting go Watch, watch, watch, watch,

And under his cloak he carried a bow Kay-you-kin-cum-ka-wah

All for to shoot of a merry little doe Kille, kille, kille, kille,

Among the leaves so green O. Watch, watch, watch, watch,

Kay-you-kin-cum-ka-wah

CHORUS:- (2 parts) Hay-ha-hay-chalma,

1. Jacky Boy Hay chalma-polly-wamma;

2. Master Hay-ha-hay-chalma

1. Sing ye well Hay-chalma-polly-wah! Enough!

2. Very Well

1. Hey Down

2. Ho down Kings Nivy

1. Derry derry down I don't want to

Amongst the leaves go green O. (both) March with the infantry,

1. To my hey down, down Ride with the cavalry,

2. To my ho down, down Shoot with the artillery.

1. Hey Down I don't want to

2. Ho Down Fly over Germany.



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I'm in the King's nivy A scout is Brave, Lord

I'm in the King's nivy Kum ba yah,

I'M in the King's nivy A scout is Clean, Lord

Oh.......... Kum ba yah.

Replace words with A scout is Reverent, Lord

motions Kum ba yah

"March"....stomp feet Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah

"Ride".....sit up and down

"Shoot"....Fire rifle "Bang"

"Fly";......Spread arms Kumala Vista

fy fie fy fie

fy fie fo fie. fy fie fo fie

Kookaburra cumala cumala cumala vista

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, oh no no no no na ta vista

Merry merry king of the bush is he, imini simini ouaoua ni

Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh, Kookaburra, imini souamini ouaoua ni

Gay your life must be. big bables ou and bables ou tamingka



Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, La Bamba

Eating all the gum-drops he can see, Para bailar La Bamba

Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra, Para bailar La Bamba

Leave some there for me. Se necesita una poca de garcia

Una poca de garcia, y otra cosita

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, Y arriba, y arriba, y arriba ire

Kissing all the monkeys he can see, Por ti sere, por ti sere

Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra, Bamba

That's no monkey, That's ME!! Bamba

Bamba

(can be sung in round) Bamba

Bamba

Bamba.

Kum Ba Yah With The Scout Law

A scout is

Trustworthy, La Chanson Des Brownies

Lord Nous les Brownies, avons un but

Kum ba yah, Rendre ser-vice, jou-er le jeu.

A scout is Loyal, Lord

Kum ba yah.

A scout is Helpful, Lord La Loi Guide

Kum ba yah La Loi Guide m'invite d'etre honnete,

Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah Digne de confiance;

A scout is Friendly, Lord D'utiliser mes ressources avec sagesse;

Kum ba yah, Me respecter, respecter les autres;

A scout is Courteous, Lord Connairtre et utiliser mes talents;

Kum ba yah. Proteger l'environnement;

A scout is Kind, Lord Etre forte et courageuse,

Kum ba yah Partager dans la joie

Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah L'amitie de mes soeurs Guides.

A scout is Obedient, Lord

Kum ba yah,

A scout is Cheerful, Lord Land Of Oden

Kum ba yah. In the land of Oden,

A scout is Thrufty, Lord there lies a mountain,

Kum ba yah Ten thousand miles, in the air

Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah From edge to edge



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This mountain measures, My shoes have seen the bottom of the dirty, fishy

Ten thousand miles square creek,

My shoes have been all covered with the gooey,

A little bird comes a winging muddy cake,

Once every thousand years or so My shoes have seen the same old socks for seven

Sharpens its beak on teh mountain days this week

And then he swiftly flies away My shoes do really stink!

Groovy, Radical, and Awesome (repeat 3x)

And when this mountain My shoes do really stink!

has worn away

that in eternity will be My shoes are torn and ripped from climbing fences

But one single day. packed in rust,

My shoes are stained and spattered with some yucky

In the land of Oden, insect guts,

There lies a mountain My shoes are oozing slime and fill my mother with

Ten thousand miles in the air disgust,

In the air My shoes have bit the dust!

In the air. Groovy, Radical, and Awesome (repeat 3x)

My shoes have bit the dust!



Lassa Walks In Circles

Lassa walks in circles and that's the way it goes, The Noble Captain Kirk

Lassa walks in circles and that's the way it goes, Tune: The Grand Old Duke of York

Right hand to your partner, The Noble Captain Kirk

Left hand to your neighbour, He had 500 men.

Arms around the 3rd one and that's the way it goes, He beamed them up to the Enterprise,

And he beamed them down again.

Dancing with Lappadu And when they’re up, they’re up.

And when they’re down, they’re down.

Dancing with Lappadu, Lappadu, Lappadu And when they’re only halfway up,

Dancing with Lappadu, Lappadu, Lappadu They’re nowhere to be found



Do you want to dance with Lappadu?

Yes

Bring Back My Spaceship to Me

Have you danced with Lappadu before? Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Yes I went for a ride in my spaceship

The moon and the planets to see

Have you danced with Lappadu holding hands? I went for a ride in my spaceship

No Now listen what happened to me.

(Chorus)

ears, noses, knees etc., Bring back, bring back,

Oh bring back my spaceship to me, to me.

Bring back, bring back,

Songs of My Shoes Oh bring back my spaceship to me.

Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic

My shoes have seen the glory of the growing of a While sitting aloft in my spaceship

Scout. The capsule was crowded and tight.

My shoes the been in water steppin’ in and steppin’ To lessen the cramps in my muscles

out. I went for a walk in the night. (Chorus)

My shoes have hiked through forest to the top of the

mount I went for a walk in my spacesuit;

My shoes are wearing out! The ship was controlled from the ground.

Groovy, Radical, and Awesome (repeat 3x) Then someone in charge down at NASA

My shoes do really stink! Forgot I was walking around. (Chorus)





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The Scouts Winter Song Do not use suntan lotion.

Tune: If you're happy and you know it When they hit the waves too hard

If you have a cold and you know it blow your nose They always cause a motion.

If you have a cold and you know it blow your nose Superwavehawaiiansurfer, expert of the

If you really have a cold, then grab just one of those ocean!

If you really have a cold blow your nose.



If you're a Scout and you know it say 'Do Your Best' The Winter Pokey

If you're a Scout and you know it say 'Do Your Best' Tune: The Hokey Pokey

If you're a Scout and you know it, then your deeds You put your right mitten in; you take your right

will surely show it, mitten out

If you're a Scout and you know it say 'Do Your Best' You put your right mitten in, and you shake it all

about.

If you're in a snowball fight, duck your head. You do the winter pokey (shiver) and you turn

If you're in a snowball fight, duck your head. yourself around,

If you're in a snowball fight, then don't freeze up in That's what it's all about!

fright. Continue adding verses: left mitten, right boot, left

If you're in a snowball fight, duck your head. boot, long scarf, warm cap, snowsuit, etc.



If you sing our winter song, then do all three.

> (Tune: Yankee Doodle)

If you sing our winter song, then do all three. America is beautiful,

> So let’s always stash our trash,

If you sing our winter song, then the cheer will keep And show her that we care.

you warm. Come on guys, let’s do our part,

If you sing our winter song, then do all three. And clean our countryside;

> We can point with pride!





Superwavehawaiiansurfer THE WORLD AROUND US

(Tune: Supercalifragilsticexpialidocious) (Tune: She’ll Be Comin’ Round the

Superwavehawaiiansurfer, expert of the Mountain)

ocean. If you’re living in the country on a farm,

Even though the most of them You’ll enjoy to the fullest nature’s charm.

Do not use suntan lotion. Trees and birds, and bees and flowers,

When they hit the waves too hard Animals, skies, and grass and showers.

They always cause a motion. You can be outside for hours on a farm.

Superwavehawaiiansurfer, expert of the

ocean. If you’re living in the city, visit zoos.

Parks, museums, gardens, aviaries, too.

Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddlelie, We can all get back to nature,

Um diddle diddle diddle, um diddlelie. But protect it for our future.

Because I was afraid to surf Live in harmony and be sure that we do

When I was just a lad,

My father took my board away

And told me I was bad. Pick Up That Trash

But then one day I learned the word (Tune: Home on the Range)

That everybody knows, On give me a street

The biggest word you’ve ever heard That looks very neat,

And this is how it goes… Where no paper and trash fly about.

Superwavehawaiiansurfer, expert of the For when I do see

ocean. All that mess and debris,

Even though the most of them It makes me just want to shout out...



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CHORUS Grow apple trees and honey bees,

Pick, pick up that trash. And snow white turtle doves.

Don’t you care how our streets appear?

Oh, can’t you be good I’d like to teach the world to sing

And do as you should In perfect harmony,

To keep our neighborhood clean? I’d like to hold it in my arms,

So during the day And keep it company.

At work or at play,

We should all do our duty so well, I’d like to see the world for once,

And when on the ground Walk hand in hand in hand,

Someone throws their trash down, And hear them echo through the hills

Do your part and clean up where you dwell. For peace throughout the land.

CHORUS

Let’s all of us vow It’s the real thing,

Right here and right now What the world wants to say,

That we’ll keep it clean every day. That’s the way it will stay.

And when we should find With the real thing.

The litterbug kind,

We’ll look at him and we’ll say...

CHORUS Cowboys Dream

(Tune: My Bonnie)

Last night as I lay on the prairie,

The Homemade Band And looked at the stars in the sky,

Cub Scouts sing the following song to the tune of And I wondered if ever a cowboy

“She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain” while Could drift to that sweet by and by.

doing what the line says. From second verse on, keep Roll on, roll on,

adding the sounds. So for the third verse, Roll on, little doggies, roll on, roll on.

after the gonger gongs, then the clapper claps and the Roll on, roll on,

chimer chimes. Roll on, little doggies, roll on.

Suggestion for the instruments:

Chime with wooden spoon and pan lid. The road to that bright happy region

Clap two flat pieces of wood. Is a dim narrow trail, so they say;

Gong a spoon against a pie pan. But the broad one that leads to perdition

Scrape a rasp with ridged foil or vegetable box. Is posted and blazed all the way.

Bongo a can with plastic lid.

Clonk two yogurt or similar plastic jugs. Roll on, roll on,

Rattle a can with plastic lid, with dry peas inside. Roll on, little doggies, roll on, roll on.

Roll on, roll on,

I’ll be chim-ing on my chim-er when I come; I’ll be Roll on, little doggies, roll on.

chim-ing on my chim-er when I come.

I’ll be chim-ing on my chim-er, I’ll be chim-ing on They say there will be a great roundup,

my chim-er, And cowboys like doggies will stand,

I’ll be chim-ing on my chim-er when I come. To be cut by the riders of Judgment,

Who are posted and know every brand.

I’ll be clapping on my clappers...

I’ll be gong-ing on my gong-er... Roll on, roll on,

I’ll be scrap-ing on my scraper... Roll on, little doggies, roll on, roll on.

I’ll be bonging on my bongo... Roll on, roll on,

I’ll be blowing comb and paper... Roll on, little doggies, roll on.

I’ll be clonking on my clonker... I wonder if ever a cowboy

I’ll be rattling on my rattle... Stood ready for that Judgment Day,

And could say to the boss of the riders,

I'm ready -- come drive me away.

Id Like to Teach the World to sing Roll on, roll on,

I’d like to build the world a home Roll on, little doggies, roll on, roll on.

And furnish it with love,



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Roll on, roll on, Sailing on a big ship,

Roll on, little doggies, roll on. In the days of old



If in a battle,

Get Along Little Dogies The ship was sunk,

As I was walking one morning for

pleasure, On the bottom it would lay

I saw a cowpuncher come riding along; You can find their treasure,

His hat was thrown back and his spurs If you search there some fine day.

were all jingling,

And as he approached, he was singing

this song: Baby Beluga

Yippee ti yi yay, get along little doggies, Baby beluga in the deep blue sea,

Tis your misfortune and none of my Swim so wild and you swim so free.

own. Heaven about you, sea below,

Yippee ti yi yay, get along little doggies, Just a little white whale on the go.

For you know Wyoming will be

your new home Baby beluga, baby beluga, is the water warm?

Is your mother home with you, so happy.



Sally The Camel Way down yonder where the dolphins play,

Sally the camel has five humps. Where they dive and splash all day,

Sally the camel has five humps.

Sally the camel has five humps. The waves roll in and the waves roll out,

So go, Sally, go. See the water squirting out of your spout.



Sally the camel has four humps. Baby beluga, baby beluga, sing your little song,

Sally the camel has four humps. Sing for all your friends, we like to hear you.

Sally the camel has four humps.

So go, Sally, go. When it's late and you're home and fed,

Curling up snug in your waterbed.

Sally the camel has three humps. Stars are shining and the moon is bright,

Sally the camel has three humps. Good night, little whale, goodnight.

Sally the camel has three humps.

So go, Sally, go. Baby beluga, baby beluga, with tomorrow's sun,

Another day has come, you'll soon be waking.

Sally the camel has two humps.

Sally the camel has two humps. Baby beluga, baby beluga, is the water warm?

Sally the camel has two humps. Is your mother home with you, so happy.

So go, Sally, go.

Sally the camel has one hump. Actions: Hands together, make the shape of a small

Sally the camel has one hump. whale jumping over the

Sally the camel has one hump. waves.

So go, Sally, go.



Sally the camel has no humps. Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea

Sally the camel has no humps. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,

Sally the camel has no humps. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,

Now Sally is a horse. There's a hole, there's a hole



There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.

Pirate Ship There's a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.

(Tune: Sing a song of Sixpence) Etc. as above.



Sing a song of pirates, There's a bump on the log etc.

A pocket full of gold, There's a frog on the bump etc.



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There's a wart on the frog etc. (Tune: Clementine)

There's a hair on the wart etc. In the kitchen, Dad was cooking,

There's a flea on the hair etc. Frying chicken in some oil.

Said he’d go out to do the shopping,

Now the flea on the hair on the wart on the frog on Just as dinner tried to boil!

the bump on

the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea sneezed. Thinking Safety, I remembered,

Now the flea on the hair on the wart on the frog on Told him, “Dad! Turn off the heat!”

the bump on Using caution is more important

the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea sneezed. Than preparing supper meat.

Yes, he sneezed, that flea sneezed

In the hole in the bottom of the sea. At the table was a candle

Mom had lit to cheer the room.

Matches sitting on the counter

Im Fire Safety Sam Made me feel a sense of doom.

(Tune: Popeye the Sailor Man)

I'm Fire Safety Sam. (ruff, ruff) Thinking Safety, I remembered,

I'm Fire Safety Sam. (ruff, ruff) Told her, “Mom, this I must teach,

Please test smoke detectors Keep the matches and the lighters

'Cause they're home protectors. Out of little sister’s reach!”

I'm Fire Safety Sam. (ruff, ruff)

In the bedroom, brother studied,

Substitute lines 3 and 4 with the following words for Working oh so diligently,

new verses... Stereo, TV, heater, computer,

All plugged in same circuitry.

It's important to say..

With matches, don't play. Thinking Safety, I remembered,

Told him, “Bud, that’s not too wise!

If there's smoke you should know, You should unplug some electronics

you'd better crawl low. Before that one connection fries!”



Have a fire escape plan. Fire prevention can be easy,

Every family can. Just have care at every turn.

Use your good sense and some planning

If there's a fire, get out. To prevent unwanted burn.

Use your escape route.



Go to a neighbor's when alone, Here is Our Pinata

Then call 9-1-1 on the phone. (Tune: Sing a song of sixpence)

Here is our piñata

Clothes on fire? Here's your goal: What a sight to see,

First stop, then drop, and roll! Filled with treats and goodies

Just for you and me.



Burn Care When it's time to break it,

(Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb) We'll circle all around

For minor burns, we are told, Then we'll scramble for the treats

Treat with water that is cold. That fall down to the ground.

A light cover keeps out air,

A minor burn gets minor care. A Balancing Elephant

Major burns need medical potion, An elephant stood on the web of a spider.

Never apply grease or lotion! She felt it was strong, it couldn't be tighter.

“A clean dry cloth” is what they say Along came her friend. She called to invite her.

And, “See a doctor right away!”

Thinking Safety Two elephants stood on the web of a spider.





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Two elephants stood on the web of a spider.



They felt it was strong, it couldn't be tighter. Do Your Best

(Tune: Are You Sleeping)

Along came their friend. They called to invite her. When you do your best

When you do your best

Three elephants stood on the web of a spider. You'll feel great

You'll feel great

Three elephants...

Make and do for others

Four elephants... Make and do for others

Spread good cheer

etc.... Spread good cheer





Cub Cucaracha

(Tune: La Cucaracha)

La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha,

We are happy, young seniors;

La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha,

Guitar music we adore.



La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha,

The bullfight we love to see,

La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha,

We siesta after three.



La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha,

Senioritas we admire,

La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha,

Our food will set your mouth a fire.



La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha,

Brilliant clothing is our rule,

La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha,

Our sombreros make us cool.





Siesta or Fiesta

(Tune: Home on the Range)



Down Mexico way, they have parties to gay;

Which they call a great big fiesta,

And during each day, they take time from their play,

To take a relaxing siesta.



Chorus:

South, south of the border,

A relaxed kind of people we find.

They don’t seem to worry or rush in a hurry,

We should have more of that kind.



During each day, down in Mexico way,

They take a rest called a siesta,

Then there’s lots of fun for everyone

When they have an exciting fiesta.



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Boom Chicka boom I said a boom GO TO YOUR ROOM and don't come

(repeat each line after song leader) out 'til next June.



I said a Boom Chicka Boom Cheerleader Style:

I said a Boom Chicka Boom I said a Boom-Go-Fight-Boom

I said a Boom Chicka Rocka Chicka Rocka Chicka I said a Boom-Go-Fight-Boom

Boom I said a Boom Go-Fight-Win Go-Fight-Win Go-

Uh huh Fight-Boom

Oh yeah

One more time ______ style. Taco Bell Style:

I said a bean chicka bean

Janitor Style: I said a bean chicka bean

I said a Broom Sweep-a Broom I said a bean and cheese burrito and a nacho supreme.

I said a Broom Sweep-a Broom

I said a Broom Sweep-a Mop-a Sweep-a Mop-a Arnold Schwarznegger Style: (Dana Q. Pack 75 in

Sweep-a Broom Long Beach)

[speak it slowly with a heavy 'Ahnold' accent and

Valley Girl Style: shoot a gun on every BOOM]

I said like boom chicka boom Ich spracht Boom Chicka Boom

I said a totally boom chicka boom Ich spracht Boom Chicka Boom

I said like boom chicka like rocka chicka like gag me Ich spracht Boom Chicka Rocka Chicka Rocka

with a spoon Chicka Boom

Ah hah

Baseball Style: Oh ja

I said a boom chicka boom Noch ein mal ______ style.

I said a boom chicka boom

I said a boom chicka rocka hit that softball to the McDonalds Style:

moon. I said a Big Mac and Fries

I said a Big Mac and Fries

Barn-yard Style: I said a Big Mac and Fries and dont forget to Super

I said a moo chicka moo Size.

I said a moo chicka moo

I said a moo chicka watch your step, don't track it in Photographer Style:

the room. I said a zoom clicka zoom.

I said a zoom clicka zoom.

Race Car Style: I said a zoom clicka Smile Watch the Birdie clicka

I said a vroom shifta vroom zoom.

I said a vroom shifta vroom

I said a vroom shifta grind-a shifta grind-a shifta End of the World Style:

vroom I said a Doom Chicka Doom.

I said a Doom Chicka Doom.

Astronaut Style: I said a Doom Chicka *Huge Explosion Noise*

I said a moon shoot the moon Chicka *Huge Explosion Noise* Chicka Doom.

I said a moon shoot the moon

I said a moon blast-me shoot-me blast-me shoot-me- Homie Style:

to-the-moon I said a grill shiny grill

I said a bling chicka bling

Flower Style: I said a Honda Civic rims a-spinnin' on my

I said a bloom chicka bloom Limousine

I said a bloom chicka bloom

I said a bloom chicka blossom smell those flowers Fonzie Style:

chicka bloom I said a vroom chicka vroom

I said a vroom chicka vroom

Parent Style: I said a vroom chicka aaaaaaye chicka aaaaaaye

I said a boom GO TO YOUR ROOM chicka vroom

I said a boom GO TO YOUR ROOM



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Thunderstorm Style: Tune: (The verses match My Bonnie just fine. But, the

I said a boom crasha boom chorus is different.)

I said a boom crasha boom I have a sad story to tell you

I said a boom crasha flasha crasha flasha crasha It may hurt your feelings a bit

boom Last night when I walked into my bathroom

I stepped in a pile of ...

Space Style:

I said a space chicka space Chorus (repeat after every verse):

I said a space chicka space Shaving cream, be nice and clean.

I said there's a Pluto there's a Mars there's the Earth Shave everyday and you'll always look keen.

and there's the stars

I think I'll break off with my girlfriend

Surfer Style: Her antics are queer I'll admit

I said a dude chicka dude Each time I say, 'Darling, I love you'

I said a dude chicka dude She tells me that I'm full of ...

I said a dude chicka wipe out chicka WHOA chicka

dude Our baby fell out of the window

You'd think that her head would be split

Conservation Style: But good luck was with her that morning

I said a tree hug a tree She fell in a barrel of ...

I said a tree hug a tree

I said save the whales, save the gas, save the water, An old lady died in a bathtub

hug a tree She died from a terrible fit

In order to fulfill her wishes

Librarian Style: She was buried in six feet of ...

I said a book read a book

I said a book read a book When I was in France with the army

I said a book choose a novel, keep it quiet, read a One day I looked into my kit

book I thought I would find me a sandwich

But the darn thing was loaded with ...

Bee Style:

I said a Bzzzz chicka Bzzzz And now, folks, my story is ended

I said a Bzzzz chicka Bzzzz I think it is time I should quit

I said a Bzzzz flower nectar pollen honey chicka If any of you feel offended

Bzzzz Stick your head in a barrel of ...

Many more verses...

Fire Style: Our leader says Clean is a virtue,

I said a OUCH chicka OUCH On his face you will see not one zit.

I said a OUCH chicka OUCH Instead of washing with soap and hot water,

I said a OUCH burnt my finger in the fire Chicka He scrubs with a handful of ...

OUCH

Last Saturday I went out hiking,

Speeder Style: I like to keep physically fit,

I said a Vroom Squeela Vroom But when I stopped for a rest break,

I said a Vroom Squeela Vroom My boots were all covered with ...

I said a Vroom Theres a Coppa Betta Stoppa Chicka

Vroom Let's have a cheer for the camp staff,

They're definitely our favorite!

Cellphone Style: But, every night at the campfire

I said a call me on my cell They lead us and sing just like ...

I said a call me on my cell

I said a call me, text me, call me, text me, call me on I thought I would make me some tie-dyes

my cell And bought lots of colors for it.

But after I dyed all my T-shirts

They all were the color of ...

Shaving Cream



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Our leader made us all breakfast On Republicans and Democrats I spit!

I asked him what food was in it. They promise you peace and employment,

He laughed as he gave me a spoonful But give you more of the same ...

And said it was rice, beans, and ...

Our Christmas tree, it was so gorgeous,

Our 4th day of hiking at Philmont So brightly and brilliantly lit,

We were dehydrated a bit And underneath were all of my presents!

We'd heard that Ponil had cold root beer Yeah, boxes and boxes of ...

But all that they gave us was...

I was laughing so hard at these lyrics,

We'd all just descended Mt. Baldy I thought that my sides they would split,

Our stomachs a bottomless pit I stopped laughing just now, however

We just wanted Probars and jerky 'Cause my pants just filled up with my ...

But Baldy Town made us do ...

I went swimming in Lake Kukamunga

While hiking, Joe spotted a black bear I thought I would cool off a bit

He screamed like a girl cause of it But when I stepped out of the water

It left but Joe looked quite embarrassed My body was covered in ...

Then we noticed his pants filled with...

I bought a computer by mail...

I asked to come out and play baseball It arrived at my door in a kit.

I'd just bought a new catchers mitt; But although I followed instructions,

I asked you to throw me a fastball I ended up with a box full of ...

but you threw me a big lump of ... My program was nearly completed,

In 640K it did fit,

Once while I was at the ball game, But then I wrote 'just one more feature,'

The batter smashed out a hit. And my program was blown all to ...

But while he was running for second,

He slipped in a big pile of ... I went out last night to the opera,

I thought I'd relax for a bit.

Last night we all had a big snowstorm, But when I sat down in my box seat

And it's time to shovel, isn't it? I found it was covered with ...

The only good thing about snow is,

It's better than shoveling ... My in-laws came over to visit,

But left in a terrible snit

They built a big wall in East Berlin. Because I suggested for dinner

The biggest one that they could fit. That they should have plates full of ...

But I found out what that big wall was made of.

Well the whole thing was nothing but ... My wife put a sack in the garden,

I'm curious I will admit,

Here we are in this fine health food restaurant. One morning I sneaked out a handful,

I hate to be picking a nit. I found it was nothing but ...

But, waiter, I ordered your tofu,

And you brought me a plate full of ... I went for a walk cross the pasture

Got tired and wanted to sit

Here we are in this fancy French restruant, But when I sat down on my bottom

And I hate to be picking a bit, I sat in a pile of ...

But I ordered creamed fishie-soi

And the waiter brought me a bowl of.. There was a young fellow from Sparta,

who could flatulate ballads and airs,

Here we are in this Mexican restaurant, He could blow out a Mozart sonata,

I hate to be picking a nit, and accompany musical chairs;

But waiter, I ordered 'El Burrito Supremo,' One day he attempted an opera -

And you brought me a plate full of ... it was hard, but he just wouldn't quit -

With his head held aloft, he suddenly coughed -

I am fed up with all politicians! and collapsed in a mountain of ...



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I know that these verses are scanty, away from there,

the rhyme seems too much for my wit, But right behind

I start out like Shakespeare and Dante, me was that bear.

but somehow I end up with ...

And on the path

My father was a lavatory cleaner, ahead of me,

He worked all day long in the pit I saw a tree,

And when he came home in the evening Oh glory be.

He'd be covered all over in ...

The lowest branch

Now some say he died of a fever was ten feet up,

And some say he died of a fit, I'd have to jump

But I know what my father died of: and trust my luck.

He died of the smell of the ...

And so I jumped

Now some say he's buried in gravel into the air,

And some say he's buried in grit, But I missed that branch

But I know where my father is buried: away up there.

He's buried in six feet of ...

Now don't you fret,

And some say he left me a fortune, and don't you frown,

While some say he left me a bit, I caught that branch

But I know what my father left me: on the way back down.

No more than a bucket of ...

That's all there is,

I met a bear there ain't no more,

The other day, Unless I meet

I met a bear, that bear once more.

Out in the woods,

away out there. [Point]

The littlest worm

everyone: The other day, I met a bear. Out in the The littlest worm

woods, away out there. I ever saw

was stuck inside

He looked at me, my soda straw.

I looked at him, everyone: The littlest worm I ever saw, was stuck

He sized up me, inside my soda straw.

I sized up him.

I took a sip

everyone: He looked at me, I looked at him. He sized and he went down

up me, I sized up him. right through my pipes

He'll surely drown.

He says to me, everyone: I took a sip and he went down, right

'Why don't you run?' through my pipes he'll surely drown.

'Cause I can see,

you got no gun.' I burped him up

and he was dead.

everyone: He says to me, 'Why don't you run?' I buried him

'Cause I can see you got no gun.' in a flower bed.

everyone: I burped him up and he was dead. I buried

I says to him, him in a flower bed.

'That's a good idea.'

'Now legs get going, He was my pal,

get me out of here!' He was my friend

and now he's gone

I began to run, and now he's dead.



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everyone: He was my pal, he was my friend and now His long white fangs

he's gone and now he's dead. Hung to his chin.



He moved toward me

The prettiest girl Upon four paws.

The prettiest girl And those four paws

I ever saw Held six-inch claws.

Was sippin' cider

Through a straw. I couldn’t move.

everyone: The prettiest girl I ever saw, was sippin' My feet were froze,

cider through a straw. As I saw steam

Shoot from his nose.

I asked her if

She'd teach me how But I was safe

To sip cider Because I knew,

Through a straw. This polar bear

everyone: I asked her if she'd teach me how to sip Was at the zoo.

cider through a straw.



First cheek to cheek The cutest bear

Then jaw to jaw The cutest bear

We sipped that cider I ever saw.

Through that straw. Was in the road

everyone: First cheek to cheek then jaw to jaw, we with a sandwich in his paw.

sipped that cider through that straw.

I asked him if

And now and then he’d pose for me.

That straw did slip He said he would

And we'd sip cider for a nominal fee.

Lip to lip.

everyone: And now and then that straw did slip, and I walked right up

we'd sip cider lip to lip. and looked at him.

He opened his mouth

Now 49 kids and shoved me in.

All call me 'pa'

From sippin' cider Now here I sit

Through a straw. inside this Bear.

everyone: Now 49 kids all call me 'pa', from sippin' I need some HELP

cider through a straw. and a little fresh air.



The moral of

This little joke A yellow bird

Is don't sip cider A yellow bird

Sip a coke! With a yellow bill.

everyone: The moral of this little joke, is don't sip Was singing on

cider, sip a coke! My windowsill.



I coaxed it in

I saw a bear With a piece of bread.

The other day And then I hit

I saw a bear It on the head.

A big white bear

I had to stare. I coaxed it in

With a piece of meat.

He stared right back And then I crushed

And seemed to grin. It's little feet.



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Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen

I coaxed it in Roy Rogers, Roy Rogers

With a chunk of cheese. Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen

And then I smacked

It on the knees. Actions:

Pizza Hut: Make shape of hut in air

I coaxed it in Kentucky Fried Chicken: Flap elbows up and down

With a plate of spaghetti. McDonalds: Put hands on top of head for arches

Then I hacked its wings Burger King: Put hands on head with fingers up to

With my little machete. make crown

Long John Silvers: Mimic sword play

I coaxed it in Red Lobster: Hold up arms and bring fingers down

with cold root beer. on thumbs like lobster claws

And then I ripped Dairy Queen: Mimic milking a cow

Off its right ear. Chucky Cheese: Mimic throwing a pizza in air

Roy Rogers: Mimic riding a horse.

I coaxed it in

With a Tweety poster.

And then I popped A good cub scout

It in the toaster. Tune: a ram sam sam

A good Cub Scout,

I coaxed it in A good Cub Scout,

With chicken chow mein A new Tiger Cub and a good Cub Scout

Sucked on its nose A good Cub Scout,

And slurped its brain. A good Cub Scout,

A busy young Wolf Cub and a good Cub Scout

We are Cub Scouts!

A Ram Sam Sam We are Cub Scouts!

A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam A growing fast Bear Cub and a good Cub Scout

Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam We are Cub Scouts!

A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam We are Cub Scouts!

Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam A pack leading Webelos and a good Cub Scout

A rafi, a rafi,

Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam

A rafi, a rafi, Announcements

Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam Announcements, announcements, announcements!

What a terrible way to die,

A terrible way to die,

Alternate Lyrics A terrible way to be talked to death.

A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut A terrible way to die.

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut Announcements, announcements, announcements!

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut (London Bridge)

McDonald's, McDonald's Make the announcements short and sweet,

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut Short and sweet,

Short and sweet.

A Burger King, a Burger King Make the announcemnts short and sweet,

Long John Silvers and a Burger King They're so BORING!

A Burger King, a Burger King

Long John Silvers and a Burger King Announcements, announcements, announcements!

Red Lobster, Red Lobster (Ever Seen a Windmill)

Long John Silvers and a Burger King Have you ever seen a windbag,

A windbag, a windbag?

A Dairy Queen, a Dairy Queen Have you ever seen a windbag?

Chucky Cheese and a Dairy Queen Well, there's one right now.

A Dairy Queen, a Dairy Queen Swings this way and that way,



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And this way and that way, I used to be a Beaver, and a good ol' Beaver too,

Have you ever seen a windbag? But now I've finished Beaver-ing,

Well there's one RIGHT NOW! I don't know what to do,

I'm growing old and feeble,

Announcements, announcements, announcements! And I can Beaver no more,

(Freres Jaques) So I'm going to work my ticket if I can.

Words of wisdom, Chorus:

Words of wisdom. Back to Gilwell, happy land;

Here they come, I'm going to work my ticket if I can.

Here they come.

Boring words of wisdom, Verses:

Boring words of wisdom. I used to be a Bobwhite…

Dum, dum, dum, I used to be an Eagle…

Dum, dum, dum. I used to be a Fox…

I used to be an Owl…

I used to be a Bear…

Announcements, announcements, announcements! I used to be a Buffalo…

(What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor) I used to be an Antelope…

What do you do with a loud Cubmaster? I used to be a Staffer

What do you do with a loud Cubmaster?

What do you do with a loud Cubmaster,

Early in the evening? Battle Hymn of the Republic

Mine eyes have seen the glory

Hit him in the face with a chocolate cream pie! of the coming of the Lord;

Hit him in the face with a chocolate cream pie! He is trampling out the vintage

Hit him in the face with a chocolate cream pie, where the grapes of wrath are stored;

Early in the evening! He has loosed the fateful lightning

of His terrible swift sword;

Announcements, announcements, announcements! His truth is marching on.

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream Chorus: Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Throw the announcements overboard and listen to Glory, glory, hallelujah!

them scream. Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Row, row, row your boat His truth is marching on

Gently down the stream.

Ha Ha! Fooled you, In the beauty of a stable

I'm a submarine. Christ was born across the sea,

With a glory in His presence

Announcements, announcements, announcements! that transfigures you and me,

The man stood up to talk. And he died to make men holy,

He talked real long and hard. Let us live to make men free;

He talked so long I wrote this song, While God is marching on.

On the lid of a can of lard! Chorus

He's got something to say.

I'm sure it must be good.

But if he talks too long today, Another version

we'll leave its understood. Chicken Sandwich

I walk into a restaurant

Announcements, announcements, announcements! And this is what I cry:

We've got a silly cheer, 'I want a chicken sandwich,

That you've just got to hear! Cup of coffee, piece of pie.'

It makes no sense we're sure you know, Oh, you will surely hear me

The announcements have to GO! Sing this song until I die!

'I want a chicken sandwich,

Cup of coffee, piece of pie.'

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Another version Aren't you glad that I am through, ya?

It isn't any trouble just to S-M-I-L-E (Spoken) Thank goodness!!

It isn't any trouble just to S-M-I-L-E

There isn't any trouble that won't vanish like a

bubble, Battle Hymn Scouting Verses

If you only take the trouble just to S-M-I-L-E. The Weekend

I have seen the sky in darkness, I have seen it in the

It isn't any trouble just to G-R-I-N, grin. sun,

I have felt the rain upon me, I’ve enjoyed the snowy

It isn't any trouble just to L-A-U-G-H fun.

When the weather isn’t cloudy or the wind it doesn’t

It isn't any trouble just to HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! blow.

It isn’t only raining, it’s the weekend too, you know.

Glory, glory, it’s the weekend!

Another version Glory, glory, it’s the weekend!

I went fishing at the lake I can tell because it’s raining and it’s 42 below,

With worms and pole and pail, As we Scouts go marching on.

To catch a fish for supper,

But instead I caught a whale.

I climbed upon his slippery back, Ode to a Den Leader

And took myself a ride, Tune: Battle hymn

But he swam so fast I slipped right off, After raising six sweet daughters, I was glad to have

And landed right inside. a son.

I thought of all the games we'd play, the picnics,

Glory, glory hallelujah, hikes and fun.

That's a tall tale I told to ya, I thought of how we'd sit and talk for hours when day

Shakes and shivers running through ya, is done.

(Spoken) Here comes another one, worse than the Oh, wasn't I the foolish one.

other one.

Chorus:

An astronaut invited me Glory, glory, I'm a leader.

To take a ride in space. How'd I get to be a leader?

We blasted off one morning, All I ever wanted was to have a little fun

For a most unusual place. Cub Scouting with my son.

We landed on a planet,

After many weeks of flight; I tried to make excuses and their pleas to ignore.

We saw three-headed elephants, I said, 'I'm not equipped!' they said, 'Oh, yes you are,

A most unusual sight. what more,

We will train you in the basics and outfit you for the

Glory, glory hallelujah corps.'

That's a tall tale I told to ya. And they shoved me out the door.

Do you believe that it is true, ya?

(Spoken) Well it's not! Chorus



I dug a hole to plant a tree They taught me how to sing a song and how to tie a

One warm and sunny day. knot.

I dug so deep I couldn't get out They taught me how to do a skit, make puppets on

To run and jump and play. the spot.

I thought to keep on digging They taught me all I'd need to know, at least that's

Was the best thing I could do. what I thought.

So I made a hole clean through the earth, 'Til a Cub came in with a snake that he'd caught!

And then I fell right through.

Chorus

Glory, glory hallelujah

That's the last tale I'll tell to ya, The time arrived for hiking, just my Webelos den and

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They say the woods are full of many sights for you to Don't take the time to worry,

see. All you have to do is shout,

I know we sure were sights when we were found, Call a Scout.

eventually.

And I do this all for free. If you need a helping hand,

Call a Scout.

Chorus They'll take your garbage out,

Call a Scout.

But even though I mumble and I grumble and I pout If the traffic that you meet,

And many times I wonder what's the best way to get Has you scared to cross the street,

out. They'll be there to help you out,

When all is said and done there really isn't any doubt. Call a Scout.

I'm glad to be a scout!

Now the Scouts are always helpful,

Glory, glory, I'm a leader! Don't you see.

I'm so glad to be a leader! They will lend a helping hand,

When all is said and done and then they lay me to my To you and me.

rest, For they're wise in what they do.

They'll say I did my best! They are kind and cheerful too.

And they always help you out.

Call a Scout.

Bug juice song

Tune: On top of spaghetti

At camp with the Boy Scouts, Camp Song

they gave us a drink. The buses that you ride in,

We thought it was kool-aid they say are mighty fine.

because it was pink. But when they turn a corner,

they leave the wheels behind.

But the thing that they gave us

would gross out a moose, Chorus:

for that great-tasting pink drink Hey, Ma, I wanna go

was really bug juice. But, they won't let me go

Hey, Ma, I wanna go home!

It looked fresh and fruity

like tasty kool-aid The leaders that they have here,

but the bugs that were in it they say are mighty fine.

were murdered with raid. But when you get up closer,

they look like Frankenstein.

We drank it by gallons.

We drank it by tons. The first aid that they give you,

But, then the next morning they say is mighty fine.

we all had the runs. But if you cut your finger,

you're left with only nine.

So if you drink bug juice

and a fly drives you mad The water that they have here,

he's just getting even they say is mighty fine.

because you swallowed his dad. But when you try to drink it,

it tastes like turpentine.



Call a scout The biscuits that they serve you,

Tune: When you’re happy and you know it they say are mighty fine.

When you're down and feeling blue, But one rolled off the table

Call a Scout. and killed a pal of mine.

They will know just what to do,

Call a Scout. The spaghetti that they serve you,

If you're ever in a hurry, they say is mighty fine.



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They rinse it the toilet much

and drain it on the line. She put them in the fridge - now we all live under a

bridge

The cocoa that they serve you, She threw them in the sky - now Superman refuses to

they say is mighty fine. fly

It's good for cuts and bruises She threw them in the air - now Superman's on

and tastes like iodine. medicare

She threw them over the fence - haven't seen the

The tents that you sleep in, neighbor since

they say are mighty fine, She threw them on the wall - now Spiderman won't

But whoever said this crawl

has never slept in mine. She threw them on the ceiling - now the paint's all

peeling

The toilets that they have here She threw them in a boat - now that boat can't float

are the best that they can get. She threw them at the cat - now the cat's a welcome

Last night my tent mate had to go, mat

they haven't found him yet. She threw them on the clock - now the clock don't

tick or tock

Campfires that they have here She threw them up towards heaven - brought down a

they say are mighty bright. 7-4-7

You wake up in the morning She threw them in the garbage can - killed 3 rats and

and there's not a tree in sight. the garbage man

She threw them in the washing machine - now all the

The nurses that they have here clothes are green

they say are mighty fine. She threw them at a squirrel - made that poor squirrel

But if you break a finger hurl

they break the other nine. She threw them at a rock - that rock got up and

walked

The girls that they have here She threw them at a bus - you should have heard it

they say are mighty fine. cuss

But they're either under seven She threw them at a flower - now it's praying for an

or over ninety-nine. April shower

She threw them in the fire - that made the fire expire

She threw them in my Coke – I took a sip and nearly

Don’t wear no socks croaked.

A ding dong dong dong dong She threw them at the sun – Made the sun dial 911

A ding dong dong dong dong She threw them on a telephone wire - Started the

A ding dong Chicago fire

Your Mama don't wear no socks She threw them in a hole - Wouldn't touch 'em with a

A ding dong 10 foot pole

I saw 'em when she took 'em off She thew them in outer space - That's the end of the

A ding dong human race

She threw them in the tree She threw them at King Kong - That's the end of this

A ding dong silly song

Now the dogs refuse to pee

A ding dong dong dong dong

A ding dong dong dong dong Happy Wanderer

A ding dong I love to go a-wandering,

Along the mountain track,

She threw them on my bed - now my poor Teddy's And as I go, I love to sing,

dead My knapsack on my back.

She threw them in her bed - now dad sleeps in the

shed Chorus:

She threw them under the bed - left all the Val-deri, Val-dera,

cockroaches dead Val-deri,

She served them up for lunch - but no one wanted Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha



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Val-deri, Val-dera. They bring it in a wheelbarrow

My knapsack on my back. Instead of in a tray.



I love to wander by the stream

That dances in the sun, Hole in the Bucket

So joyously it calls to me, There's a hole in my bucket,

"Come! Join my happy song!" dear Liza, dear Liza,

-Chorus There's a hole in my bucket,

dear Liza, a hole.

I wave my hat to all I meet,

And they wave back to me, Well fix it, dear Henry,

And blackbirds call so loud and sweet dear Henry, dear Henry,

From ev'ry green wood tree. Well fix it, dear Henry, well fix it.

-Chorus

With what shall fix it, ...

High overhead, the skylarks wing, With straw, ...

They never rest at home

But just like me, they love to sing, The straw is too long, ...

As o'er the world we roam. Well cut it, ...

-Chorus

With what shall I cut it, ...

Oh, may I go a-wandering With an axe, ...

Until the day I die!

Oh, may I always laugh and sing, The axe is too dull, ...

Beneath God's clear blue sky! Then sharpen it, ...

-Chorus

With what shall I sharpen it, ...

With a stone, ...

Another version

I love to go a-gorging The stone is too dry, ...

Amid great gobs of food, Then wet it, ...

And as I do my abdomen

Continues to protrude. With what shall I wet it, ...

With water, ...

Calorie, calorah,

Calorie, calorah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha In what shall I fetch it, ...

Calorie, calorah, With a bucket, ...

My body is obese.

But there's a hole in my bucket, ...!!!

Italian food with all its cheese

And thick tomato paste,

It never seems to pass on through

But hangs around my waist.



French cuisine inspires me

To even greater heights.

An eight-course meal is quickly done

In seven standard bites.



A German meal is all I need

To make my day complete.

It's hard to keep account of all

The strudel that I eat.



At hot dog stands and burger joints

To make my power play,



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