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3 Sharp Toothed Buzzards

A SMILE IS SUCH A FUNNY THING

Alphabet Love Song
Amazing Grace - To The Mickey Mouse Club Song
An Austrian Went Yodeling 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS 2

Announcements 3
Ant Marching Song
Baby Bumble Bee 
Barges 
Bazooka Bubblegum
Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends

Boogaloo 
Boom Boom Ain't it Great to be Crazy
Boom-Chick-A-Boom
Brother Noah
Catalina
Catalina (version 2)
Catalina (version 3)
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cottage In A Wood
Cottage in the Wood (2)
Court Of King Herodicus
Crazy Moose
Dining Table
Do Your Ears Hang Low 
Down in the Valley
Duke Of York 
Eidelweiss
Elbows off the Table
Everywhere We Go

Father Abraham
Father Abraham #2
Five Little Ducks
Flea
Flea #2
Fried Ham 
Galoomp
Gee, Ma I Wanna Go Home
Ghost Chickens in the Sky

Gopher Girls
Green Grass (There Was A Hole)
Happy Trails
Here We Are, Altogether
Hiking Chants

How Great Thou Art 
I Love The Mountains
I’m A Little Piece Of Tin
I'm a Nut
I Need a Man
If All the Raindrops
If You're Happy 
Jaws
J-E-L-L-O 
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Kookaburra
Kum Ba Ya
The Little Blue Man
Little Bunny Foo-Foo
Loaded
Lonesome Valley 
A Man Without a Mormon Girl
Midnight Train
Mormon Boy 
Mormon Girl
Mormon Girl 2
Mules
My Aunt Came Back 
My Bonnie

No Pop
Noah
Noble Captain Kirk
Oh I Wish I Were
Oh, Susanna
One Bottle O' Milk 
Pink Pajamas
Ravioli

RE-turn Song

Road Kill Stew
Rose (all verses)
Romans 1:16
Round #1
She Went Into The Water 
Shorts
Sippin Cider
Soap And Towel
Sprite Song
Tarzan 
Tarzan of the Apes
The Bear Song 
The Bear in Tennis Shoes
The Canoe 
The Forever Song 

The Little Green Frog
The Ping-Pong Ball 
The Princess Pat 
The Titanic 
There's A Hole In The Bucket 
This Land Is Your Land
This Little Light 

Tummy Song
Washer Woman
Wataliatcha 
Weenie Man 
Willing Men
Worms 
Yogi Bear 
You Are My Sunshine
Zulu Chief

The Little Blue Man
One morning while I was out walking, tho you'll find it hard to believe,
A little blue man came out of the crowd, and timidly tugged at my sleeve.

Chorus:
"I wuv you, I wuv you," said the little blue man, and scared me right out of my wits.
"I wuv you", he loved me said the little blue man, and scared me right out of my wits.

I hurried back to my apartment, I rushed in and I closed the door,
But there on the desk stood the little blue man, who started to tell me once more..
(Chorus)

For weeks after that I was haunted, tho no one could see him but me,
Right by my side stood the little blue man, where ever I happened to be.
(Chorus)

One evening in wild desperation, I rushed to a rooftop in town,
And over the side I pushed the little blue man, who sang to me on the way down
(Chorus)

I whispered "Thank goodness that’s over", I smiled as I hurried outside,
But there on the street stood the little blue man, (sing this part very slowly and sadly) "I don't wuv you any more!"

(Last verse)
So remember if somebody loves you, treat them honestly, faithful and true
Or the next thing you know it will happen to you, and you will be heartbroken, too!

HERE WE ARE, ALTOGETHER
Here we are, altogether
As we sing our song joyfully
Here we are, altogether
As we pray we'll always be.
Join we now as friends, and celebrate
The sisterhood we share, all as one.
Keep the fire burning, kindle it with care
As we all join in and sing.


Catalina (v. 2)

Chorus: Catalina, Madelina, Lupen Steina Waddle, and a Hogan Logan Bogan was her name.
She had two teeth in her mouth, one pointed north and the other pointed south.(Chorus)
Her ears stuck out like sails on a boat, Her adams apple wobbled up and down her throat,(Chorus)
Her feet were flat like a bathroom mat, I don't know how they got like that,(Chorus)
Her nose was long like a bathroom hose, I don't know how the rest of it goes!!!

Shorts
(Sung to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low")

Do your shorts hang low
Do they touch below the knee
Can you pull 'em up to here and they still go down to there
Can you sit cross-legged and still not feel naked
Do you shorts hang low

Ghost Chickens in the Sky
(tune is Ghost Riders in the Sky)

A Chicken farmer went out one dark and dreary day.
He rested by the coop as he went along his way.
When all at once a rotten egg hit him in the eye.
It was the sight he dreaded: Ghost Chickens in the Sky!

Chorus:
Bok, Bok, Bok, Bok.
Bok, Bok, Bok, Bok.
Ghost Chickens in the Sky!

The Farmer had raised chickens since he was 24,
Workin’ for the Colonel for 30 years or more,
Killing all those chickens and sending them to fry.
Now they want revenge….Ghost Chickens in the sky.

Chorus

Their feet were black and shiny. Their eyes were burning red.
They had no meat or feathers. These chickens all were dead.
They picked the farmer up and he died by the claw.
They cooked him extra crispy, and ate him with cole slaw.

Chorus



Cottage in the Wood:
There was a little house in the middle of the woods,
Little old man at the window stood,
Saw a little rabbit hopping by,
Knocking at the door.

"Help me, help me, help me!" she said,
"'fore the hunter will shoot me dead."
"Come, little rabbit, come with me,
Happy we will be. Tee hee!"



Mormon Girl 2

Mormon, Mormon, Mormon, Mormon
Mormon, Mormon, Mormon, Mormon

I am a Mormon girl
I wear my hair in curls
I wear my skirts way down to my knees
I wear my Daddy's shirts
I am the biggest flirt
Oh how I love those Mormon boys!



A Man Without a Mormon Girl

A man without a Mormon girl
Is like a ship without a sail
It's like a boat without a rudder
It's like a fish without a tail.

A man without a Mormon girl
Is like a wreck upon the sand
There's only one thing worse in this universe
And that's a Mormon girl - what?
I said a Mormon girl- what?
I said a Mormon girl without a man-
We ought to know!



Loaded

Chorus:
All I want is a man who is loaded
All I want is a man who is loaded
With money, money
Loaded with money;
Loaded with money, money
Loaded with money.

I don't care if he's short, fat or tall
I don't care if he's no man at all.
(chorus)

I don't care if he's as stiff as a board
I don't care if he's headed to the morgue.
(chorus)

I don't car if he's dumb as an ox,
Just as long as he's got precious rocks.
(chorus)

I don't care if he can't bake a cake
Just as long as he's got what it takes.
(chorus)



Midnight Train
Honey you can't love one,
Honey you can't love one,
You can't love one
And still have fun
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

CHORUS
La de da da (pat legs)
Oh boy (clap hands)
Some fun (cross left hand over right)
Uh Huh (cross right hand over left)
Woo Hoo! (Pretend to pull cord)

Honey you can't love two,
Honey you can't love two,
You can't love two
And still be true
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

Repeat Chorus

Honey you can't love three,
Honey you can't love three,
You can't love three
And still love me
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

Repeat Chorus

Honey you can't love four,
Honey you can't love four,
You can't love four
And still want more
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

Repeat Chorus

Honey you can't love five,
Honey you can't love five,
You can't love five
And still be alive
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

Repeat Chorus

Honey you can't love six,
Honey you can't love six,
You can't love six
And so no more tricks
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

Repeat Chorus

Honey you can't love seven,
Honey you can't love seven,
You can't love seven
And still go to heaven
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

Repeat Chorus

Honey you can't love eight,
Honey you can't love eight,
You can't love eight
And still be great
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

Repeat Chorus

Honey you can't love nine,
Honey you can't love nine,
You can't love nine
And still be mine
I'm leaving on the midnight Train!

Repeat Chorus

Honey you can't love ten
Honey you can't love ten
You can't love ten so kiss me again
And the heck with the midnight train!

Repeat Chorus

(sing faster and faster with each verse until you get to ten and sing really slow.)



Willing Men
Sung to "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel"

The World Has need of Willing Men
Who have the dating zeal, the work to do is here for you
Put your finger on the dial

Chorus:
Put your finger on the dial, ask us out
We'll be free on friday night without a doubt
We all have work, but time to flirt,
Put your finger on the dial

Now don't stand idly looking on the fight for us is real
The work is long but must go on
Put your finger on the dial

Repeat chorus



ZULU CHIEF
I cuma zimba zimba zia
I cuma zimba zimba zee
I cuma zimba zimba zia
I cuma zimba zimba zee
See him there the Zulu warrior!
See him there the Zulu chief.

Sung in parts. one part chants chief chief chief over and over again and the other part sings he main part and then it switches after chanting chief 4 times.



Sprite Song
Tune: "Doe a Deer "
Dough: I use to buy my sprite
Ray: the guy who pours my sprite.
Me: the one who drinks my sprite
Far: a long way to the john
So: I think I'll have a sprite
La: I guess I'll have a sprite
Tea?: no thanks, I'll have a sprite....
That will bring us back to dough.... 

This is a round that I learned over 35 years ago--I have no idea who originally wrote the music, but the words are from Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God". I'm not sure how to write the music, C-F-F-G-E-F; F-G-A-B flat-G-A; highC-C-C-A-F-lowerC-C-F.
I
t's really impressive as the words fade out over the campfire and softly echo from the mountains.
Chocolate Chip Cookies

They're made outta sugar, butter and flour
You can bake 'em in the oven 'bout a quarter of an hour
But the thing that gives them, their magical power,
Are the Chocolate Chips inside
Boom Boom Boom

CHORUS:
Chocolate Cookies
You gotta have more
You can bake 'em in the oven
Or buy them at the store
But whatever you do
Have them waiting at the door,
And I'll love ya till I die
Boom Boom Boom

You can't have one
You can't have two
Once ya start a munchin
There's a nothin you can do
So clean off your plate
And eat the crumbs too
And go out and buy some more
Boom Boom Boom

Repeat Chorus

And when I die
I don't want wings
A golden halo
Or a harp that sings
Give me a book, a fire,
And someone who will bring me
Chocolate chip cookies all day
Boom Boom Boom

Repeat Chorus


I Need a Man
(to the tune of "Part of your World", from "The Little Mermaid")

Look at my smile; isn't it great?
Wouldn't you think that I'd have a date?
Lookin' at me, yeah, you'd think,
"She's got everything."

Look at my clothes; look at my face.
Just once I'd like to go to a nice place.
Fast-food and dollar matinees-They're not everything.

I've got hairspray and makeup aplenty;
I've used toothpaste and mouthwash galore.
Wanna go Dutch? I've got a twenty.
But who cares? No big deal; I want more.

I wanna be where the elders are.
I want one for my eternal companion-One who's not afraid of...
What's that word again? Oh...commitment.

In institute class you don't get too far;
Dates are required for real romancin'.
Hopin' for an engagement...
What's the word again? Ring!

A guy who is fun, a guy who is cute,
A guy who would look real good in a suit.
I'm really great; why don't I date?
I need a man!

What would I give if I could live in Salt Lake City?
What would I pay to spend a day on temple grounds?
Betcha they'd call if they weren't all just so intimidated.
Sweet young maiden-sick of waitin'-
Ready for more!

And ready to know what the couples know.
Ask'em my questions and get some answers.
What is a gentleman and why is he...
What's the word? Extinct!?

Why can't they think and see me now?
I am a woman worth more than eight cows!!
I'm really great; why don't I date?
I NEED A MAN!!


Gopher Girls
(on this one, tuck up your top lip so your teeth are showing, and do actions that are appropriate)

We are the Gopher Girls
We really go for guys
But they don't go for us
So we still go for them

We climb up totem poles
And slide down gopher holes
That's why they call us
The Goofy Gopher Girls



ANNOUNCEMENTS
This is one we do every time a camp leader says they have a few announcements

Announcements (repeat 2x)
A horrible way to die (repeat)
A horrible way to talk to death
A horrible way to die
Announcements (repeat 2x)
Announcements (clap) (repeat)
Misery is in the air
*Sinah's talking everywhere
Announcements (clap) (repeat)

*Fill in the name of whoever is doing the Announcements


Announcements 2
Announcements, Announcements, announcements
Balonie, balonie, balonie,
A horrible way to die, a horrible way to die, a horrible way a horrible way, a horrible way to die, announcements, announcements, announcements!


Annoucements 3

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream,
Throw the annoucements overboard
And listen to them scream.  Ah!


Lonesome Valley

Jesus walked this lonesome valley,
He had to walk it by Himself.
Oh, nobody else could walk it for him;
He had to walk it by himself.

I must walk this lonesome valley;
I have to walk it by myself.
Oh, nobody else could walk it for me;
I have to walk it by myself.

You must go and stand your trials
You must stand them by yourself.
Oh, nobody can stand them for you
You have to stand them by yourself.



Boom-Chick-A-Boom

I said a boom-chick-a-boom
(REPEAT)
I said a boom-chick-a-boom
(REPEAT)
I said a boom-chick-a-rocka, chick-a-rocka, chick-a-boom
(REPEAT)
Oh, yeah
(REPEAT)
Uh, huh
(REPEAT)
One more time, now
(REPEAT)

This can be done in many ways.  Baby talk, fast, slow, high, low, fast, etc.



ROUND#1

Group #1
Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar
Fish and chips and vinegar, pepper, pepper, pepper, POP!

Group #2
1 bottle of pop, 2 bottle of pop, 3 bottle of pop, 4 bottle of pop, 5 bottle of pop, 6 bottle of pop, 7 bottle of pop.

Group #3
Don't dust your dust in my dust pan, my dust pan, my dust pan.
Don't dust your dust in my dust pan, my dust pan's full.


Dining Table

PAULA, PAULA* if you're able,
Get your elbows off the table.
This is not a horse's stable,
But a refined dining table.

Round the mess hall you must go, you must go, you must go.
Round the mess hall you must go -- My Fair Lady!

*Put in the name of the person who has their elbows on the table



ROSE

CHORUS
Rose, Rose, Rose red
Will I ever see thee wed?
I will marry at thy will Sire,
At thy will.

Well I won't be my fathers Jack;
and I won't be my mothers Jill.
I will be a fiddlers wife;
and fiddle when I will,

*chorus*

Heigh ho nobody's home;
Meat nor drink nor money have I none;
I will still be merry;
Heigh ho nobody's home.

*chorus*

Ding-dong, ding-dong;
Wedding bells on an April morn;
Carve my name on a moss-covered stone;
On a moss-covered stone.

*chorus*

Ah, poor bird;
Take flight;
Rise up on the sorrows
Of this sad night

*chorus*

Peace, Peace, Peace, Peace
Will I ever see thee come?
I will wait forever and ever;
Peace, Peace, Peace

*chorus*

Love, love, love, love
Neighbor won't you heed the call?
Love thy neighbor as thy own;
For the Gods love us all.

*chorus*



SHE WENT INTO THE WATER
(To the tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)

She went into the water and she got her toes all wet.
(Repeat twice)
But she didn't get her (clap) (clap) wet, yet
Glory, Glory Hallelujah
(Repeat twice)
She didn't get her (clap) (clap)  wet yet

Add in succession: toes, ankles, calf, knees, and thigh. Then end with this verse:

She went into the water and finally got it wet.
(Repeat twice)
Yes, she finally got, it wet, yet
Glory, Glory Hallelujah
(repeat twice)
Yes, she finally got her bathing suit wet, yet



CATALINA

Catalina Madalina Rubenstina Walentina
A hokum-pokem-lokem was her name. (CHORUS)
She had two teeth in the middle of her mouth,
One went north and the other went south,

She had two eyes with which to see,
One looked at you and the other looked at me,

She had two hairs on the top of her head,
The gosh darn things were carrot red.

If it takes a rain to make flowers clean,
It takes a flood for Catalina.


SIPPIN CIDER

The cutest boy (echo), I ever saw (echo)
Was sippin cider through a straw,
The cutest, boy I ever saw,
Was sippin cider through a straw.

I asked him if (echo) he'd show me how (echo)
To sip that cider through a straw.
I asked him if he'd show me how,
To sip that cider through a straw.

He said of course, He'd show me how,
To sip that cider through a straw.
He said of course he'd show me how
To sip that cider through a. straw.

First cheek to cheek, then jaw to jaw
We sipped that cider through that straw,
First cheek to cheek then jaw to jaw,
We sipped that cider through a straw.

Then all at once, that darn thing slipped,
And we were sipping lip to lip.
Then all at once that darn thing slipped,
And we were sipping lip to lip.

That's how I got my mother -in- law,
And 49 kids that call me ma.
That's how I got my mother-in law,
And 49 kids to call me ma,

The moral of, this story is~
Don't sip that, cider through a straw
The moral of this story is,
Don't sip that cider through a straw.
DRINK MILK!!



J-E-L-L-O

Oh the big red letters stand for the Jello Company,
Oh, the big red letters stand for the Jello company,
Jello, Jello, yum, yum, yum!
Jello Pudding yum, yum,
Jello T-A-----(This is a high note held until the rest of the other groups catch up)Pioca-
Try all three!



MORMON GIRL

Oh, when a Mormon girl walks down the street,
She looks 100 per from head to feet.
She's got the smile, that style, that winning way.
And when you look at her you'll recognize her and you'll say:
"Now there's a girl I'd like to know.
"She's got the great L-D-S pep and go."
And when you see her it is quite a treat,
It's hard to beat a Mormon Girl.
M-O-R-E-M-E-N, MORE MEN, MORE MEN SING IT AGAIN!
{Capitalized parts should be shouted, as in any good camp song!}



MORMON BOY
(Sung to the tune of "I know a weenie man" if you ever heard that song before!)
I know a Mormon boy,
He is my pride and joy.
He knows most everything from Alma on down.
Someday I'll be his wife,
We'll have eternal life.
Oh how I love that Mormon Boy!


AN AUSTRIAN WENT YODELING

Oh, an Austrian vent yodeling on the mountain so high.
When along came a coo coo bird interrupting his cry
Ho-li-ah, ho-li-ah ki-ki-ah, ho-le- ah, coo, coo, coot
Ho-li-ah-ki-ki-ah, ho-li-ah coo, cool coo cool Ho-li-ah-ki-ki-ah, Oh!
Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on the mountain so high,
When along came an airplane interrupting his cry.

Repeat chorus, adding the sound of the airplane after the coo coo.

Add what you want in place of coo coo bird and airplane, adding the sound after the other sounds.



IF YOU'RE HAPPY

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands,
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it
Then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it nod your head...(continue same)
If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet...(continue same)


I LOVE THE MOUNTAINS

 I love the mountains,
 I love the rolling hills,
 I love the clovers,
 I love the daffodils,
 I love the fireside, - when the lights are low.
 Boom de ah da, boom de ah da,
 Boom de ah da, boom de ay.



FRIED HAM

Fried ham, fried ham, cheese and baloney,
After the macaroni, we'll have onion, pickles and pretzles,
Then we'll have some more fried ham, fried ham, fried ham.
Other verses; same words with different accents:

English
Southern
Baby talk (hold nose while singing)
Granny (wiggle throat with thumb and index finger)
Ending: Then we'll have some more fried ham.


FATHER ABRAHAM

Father Abraham
Had seven sons sir
Had seven sons sir
Had Father Abraham
And they never laughed
And they never cried
All they did wae go like this...
With a right        (Move right arm up and down)
Chorus -
With a left          (Move left arm up and down)
Chorus -
With a right        (Add in your right leg)
Chorus -
With a left          (Now you will be jumping and moving arms)
Chorus -
With a head        (Now move head along with arms and legs)
Chorus -
With a body        (Now move entire body)
Chorus –            (collapse)



WATALIATCHA

Wataliatcha, wataliatcha, doodely doo, doodely doo.
(Repeat )
The simplest thing, there ain't much to it
All you gotta do is doodely do it
I know the rest, but the part I like the best
Goes doodely doodely doo.



Kum ba Ya

kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah
Oh, Lord, kum ba yah

Someone's singing, my Lord, kum ba yah
Someone's singing, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone's singing, my Lord, kum ba yah
Oh, Lord, kum ba yah!

(Actions for song)

Other verse:

Weenie Man

I know a weenie man.
He owns a hot dog stand.
He sells most anything from hot dogs and down.
Someday I'll change his life.
I'll be his weenie wife.
Oh, how I love that weenie man. 


THE CANOE

A boy and a girl in a little canoe
With the moon shining all around.
Well, they paddled and paddled that little canoe
And they didn't even make a sound.
Well, they talked and they talked till the moon went dim
And he said, "You'd better kiss me or get out and swim."
So, watch'a gonna do in a little canoe
With the moon shining all a -- moon shining all a--
Moon shining all around?

GET OUT AND SWIM!


HIKING CHANTS:

Left! Left!
Left! Right! Left!

Caller:
Why did the chicken cross the road?

Hikers:
To get from the left to the right! He stepped out of rank, got hit by a tank, and he ain't a chicken no more! SIR!

The Grand Old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up the hill (and they got shot!)

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Had omelets.

BOOGALOO

Let me see your boogaloo!
What's that you say?
Let me see your boogaloo!
What's that you say?
Let me see your boogaloo!
What's that you say?
oo-eehh-ooh-ahh-aahh-ooh-eeh
One more time!
oo-eehh-ooh-ahh-aahh-ooh-eeh
Back in line!
Let me see your crocodile!
What's that you say?
Let me see your crocodile!
What's that you say?
Let me see your crocodile!
What's that you say?
oo-eehh-ooh-ahh-aahh-ooh-eeh
One more time!
oo-eehh-ooh-ahh-aahh-ooh-eeh
Back in line!
Let me see your bacon fry!
What's that you say?
Let me see your bacon fry!
What's that you say?
Let me see your bacon fry!
What's that you say?
oo-eehh-ooh-ahh-aahh-ooh-eeh
One more time!
oo-eehh-ooh-ahh-aahh-ooh-eeh
Back in line!
Let me see your boogaloo!
What's that you say?
Let me see your boogaloo!
What's that you say?
Let me see your boogaloo!
What's that you say?
oo-eehh-ooh-ahh-aahh-ooh-eeh
One more time!
oo-eehh-ooh-ahh-aahh-ooh-eeh
Back in line!

TARZAN

Tarzan! (echo)
Swinging on a rubber band (echo)
Swung into a frying pan (echo)
Now Tarzan has a tan (echo)
Jane! (echo)
Flying in her air-o-plane (echo)
Flew into a freeway lane (echo)
Now Jane has a pain (echo)
Now Tarzan has a tan (echo)
Cheetah! (echo)
Rockin' to the beat-a (echo)
Boppin' in the street-a (echo)
Now Cheetah is Velveeta (echo)
Now Jane has a pain (echo)
Now Tarzan has a tan (echo)
 



Cottage In A Wood

In a cottage in a wood
Little old man at the window stood,
Saw a rabbit running by
Frightened as could be.

"Help me, help me, sir," she said,
"Before the huntsman shoots me dead."
"Come, little rabbit, come with me,
Happy we will be."

Actions:
Cottage - draw shape of cottage in air
Little old man at the window stood - hold hands up to eyes like binoculars looking out window
rabbit running by - hold hand in "peace" sign with two fingers extended to look like rabbit ears, and move hand from one side to the other in "hopping" motion
frightened as could be - cross arms across chest and twist from side to side
help me, help me - throw arms up in air
shoots me dead - clap one hand against the other
come little rabbit - "come here" gesture with finger
happy we will be - stroke one hand with the other
Keep repeating; with each repeat replace a line of the song with the appropriate action until no words are sung.



Duke of York

Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
and he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up;
And when they were down, they were down;
And when they were only half way up,
they were neither up nor down.

For actions, get everyone to stand up each time the song says "up" and sit down when it says "down" etc. Sing the song twice and reverse the ups and downs second time through.



Galoomp

Galoomp went the little green frog one day,
Galoomp went the little green frog,
Galoomp went the little green frog one day,
And his eyes went gloomp, gloomp, gloomp
But:
We all know frogs go
Lah dee dah dee dah,
Lah dee dah dee dah,
Lah dee dah dee dah,
We all know frogs go
Lah dee dah dee dah,
They don't go gloomp, gloomp, gloomp.
Repeat but replace "Lah dee dah dee dah" with:
"Pop" in the microwave
"Splat" when you step on them
"Squelch" on the freeway

Actions:
Galoomp/Gloomp - hold hands on either side of eyes and quickly spread fingers out to look like frog's eyes opening up wide
Lah dee dah dee dah - hold hands up in front and wave them from side to side
For other verses, use imagination for sound effects and appropriate actions for the words in quotes.


My Aunt Came Back
(Leader sings line and does actions and is echoed by audience. Keep doing actions for following verses)

My Aunt came back (My aunt came back)
From old Japan (From old Japan)
And she brought me back (and she brought me back)
A Japanese fan (a Japanese fan)
(Start waving right hand like a fan)

My Aunt came back
From old Hong Kong
And she brought me back
A game of ping pong
(wave left hand like ping-pong bat)

Kampuchea - Rocking Chair
(start rocking back and forward)

Timbuktu - some nuts like you
(stop actions and point at audience)
 



Soap and Towel
(Tune - "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")

Soap, soap, soap and towel; towel and water please.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, wash your dirty knees.

Actions - place hands on knees, and in time with the song open and close knees while swapping hands from one knee to the other when the knees come together (as in the 1920's "Charleston" dance, for those who can remember it...) If done correctly, every second time the knees move apart the right hand will be on the left knee and left hand on right knee, with the arms crossed.



Yogi Bear
(Tune - "Camptown Races")

I know someone you don't know,
Yogi, Yogi,
I know someone you don't know,
Yogi, Yogi Bear,
Yogi, Yogi Bear,
Yogi, Yogi Bear,
I know someone you don't know,
Yogi, Yogi Bear.

Yogi has a little friend,
BooBoo, BooBoo, Bear...

Yogi has a sweet girlfriend,
Cindy, Cindy Bear...

Yogi lived in Jellystone,
Jelly, Jellystone...

Yogi has an enemy,
Ranger, Ranger Smith...

Yogi has a favorite food,
Picnic basket
GULP!



One Bottle O' Milk

One bottle of milk, two bottles of milk,
Three bottles of milk, four bottles of milk,
Five bottles of milk, six bottles of milk,
Seven, seven, bottles of milk!

You can't put your muck in our dustbin,
Our dustbin, our dustbin.
You can't put your muck in our dustbin,
Our dustbin's full!
 

Fish and chips and vinegar,
vinegar, vinegar
Fish and chips and vinegar,
Pepper, pepper, pepper, salt!


The Ping-Pong Ball
(Tune - "William Tell Overture")

A guy had a game with a ping-pong ball,
A guy had a game with a ping-pong ball,
Oh, a guy had a game with a ping-pong ball,
With a ping, ping-pong ball.
Oh, a guy had a game with a ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong ball,
With a ping, with a ping, with a ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong ball.
Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping!
A guy had a game with a ping-pong ball,
Oh, a guy had a game with a ping-pong ball,
A guy had a game with a ping-pong ball,
With a ping, ping-pong ball.

(repeat, but this time say "pong" for "ping" and vice-versa)



Noble Captain Kirk
(Tune - "Grand Old Duke of York")

The noble Captain Kirk,
He had 500 men.
He beamed them up to the Enterprise,
And he beamed down again.
And when they're up, they're up,
And when they're down, they're down,
And when they're only halfway up,
They're nowhere to be found.



The Bear Song
Leader: Group, echoing:

The other day (The other day)
I saw a bear (I saw a bear)
A great big bear (A great big bear)
A way up there (A way up there)

Everyone:
The other day I saw a bear
A great big bear a way up there

[Continue this pattern throughout the song.]
I looked at him
He looked at me
I sized up him
He sized up me

He says to me
Why don't you run
I see you ain't
Got any gun

I said to him
That's a good idea
So come on feet
Let's get out of here

And so I ran
Away from there
But right behind
Me was that bear

But ahead of me
There was a tree
A great big tree
Oh, Glory Be!

But the lowest branch
Was ten feet up
I'd have to trust
My luck to jump

And so I jumped
Into the air
But I missed that branch
A way up there

Now don't you fret
Now don't you frown
'Cause I caught that branch
On the way back down

That's all there is
There ain't no more
Unless I meet
That bear once more



Mules
(Tune - "Auld Lang Syne")

On mules we find two legs behind,
    and two we find before;
We stand behind before we find,
    what the two behind be for.
When we're behind the two behind,
    we find what these be for;
So stand before the two behind,
    and behind the two before



Ant Marching Song
(Tune - "When Johnnie Comes Marching Home")

The ants go marching one by one. Hurrah, Hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one. Hurrah, Hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one, The little one stops to chew some gum.
And they all go marching, Down... to the ground... to get out... of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.

(Insert the following lines, replacing one by one/to chew some gum, etc.)
Two by two / to tie his shoe.
Three by three / to climb a tree.
Four by four / to close the door.
Five by five / to do a jive.
Six by six / to pick up sticks.
Seven by seven / to look at heaven.
Eight by eight / to shut the gate.
Nine by nine / to tell the time.
Ten by ten / to say THE END.
 

chorus:
And they all go marching Down... to the ground... to get out... of the rain Boom, boom, boom, boom.



Father Abraham #2

Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham.
I am one of them, and so are you.
Let me tell you what to do...
Right arm.
Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham.
I am one of them, and so are you.
Let me tell you what to do...
Right arm, left arm.

...... Continue until:

Right arm,
left arm,
right leg,
left leg,
nod your head,
stick out your tongue,
turn around, sit down.



OH I WISH I WERE
 (Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It")

Oh, I wish I were a little bar of soap.
Oh, I wish I were a little bar of soap.
I would slippy and I'd slidey,
Over everybody's hidey.
Oh, I wish I were a little bar of soap.

Oh, I wish I were a little hunk of mud.
Oh, I wish I were a little hunk of mud.
I would ooey and I'd gooey,
Under everybody's shoey.
Oh, I wish I were a little hunk of mud.

Oh, I wish I were a little can of pop.
Oh, I wish I were a little can of pop.
I'd go down with a slurp,
and come up with a burp.
Oh, I wish I were a little can of pop.

Oh, I wish I were a little slippery root.
Oh,  I wish I were a little slippery root.
I would sit upon the trail,
And knock everyone on his tail.
Oh, I wish I were a little slippery  root.

Oh, I wish I were a little mosquito.
Oh, I wish I were a little mosquito.
I'd buzzy and I'd bitey,
Under everybody's nighty.
Oh, I wish I were a little mosquito.

Oh, I wish I were a little bitty orange.
Oh, I wish I were a little bitty orange.
I'd go squirty, squirty, squirty,
Over everybody's shirty.
Oh, I wish I were a little bitty orange.



NOAH

The Lord told Noah' there's gonna be a floody, floody.
The Lord told Noah' there's gonna be a floody, floody.
Get those animals out of the muddy, muddy,
Children of the Lord.

Chorus:

Oh rise and shout and give God your glory, glory.
Oh rise and shout and give God your glory, glory.
Oh rise and shout and give God your glory, glory.
Children of the lord.
 

So Noah, he built him, he built him an arky, arky.
So Noah, he built him, he built him an arky, arky.
Built it out of Hickory barky,  barky.
Children of the Lord.

Chorus

The animals they came on, they came
on by twosies, twosies.
The animals they came on, they came
on by twosies, twosies.
Elephants and kangaroosies, roosies.
Children of the Lord.

Chorus

It rained and poured for forty  daysies, daysies.
It rained and poured for forty  daysies, daysies.
All most drove those animals crazy, crazy.
Children of the Lord.

Chorus

The sun came out and dried up the landy, landy.
The sun came out and dried up the landy, landy.
Everything was fine and dandy,
dandy Children of the Lord.

Chorus



OH, SUSANNA
(Stephen Foster)

I come from Alabama,
With my banjo on my knee;
I'm goin' to Louisiana,
My true love for to see.
It rained all night the day I left,
The weather it was dry;
The sun so hot I froze to death;
Susanna, don't you cry.

Chorus:

Oh, Susanna, oh, don't you cry for me;
I've come from Alabama,
With my banjo on my knee.

Oh, Susanna, oh, don't you cry for me;
I've come from Alabama,
With my banjo on my knee.

I had a dream the other night,
When everything was still;
I thought I saw Susanna A-commin' down the hill.
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
The tear was in her eye;
Says I, I'm commin' from the South;
Susanna, don't you cry.

Chorus



MY BONNIE
Action version: Stand up on the first word that starts with a "b". Then sit down on the next "b" word and so on. The whole group should end the song sitting down.
 

My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea.
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me.

Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me.

Variations: instead of doing the action version, sing this additional verse.

Last night as I lay on my pillow,
Last night as I lay on my bed,
I stuck my feet out of the window,
Next morning my neighbors were dead.

Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my neighbors to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my neighbors to me.



RAVIOLI
Tune: Alouette

All: Ravioli, I like ravioli.
Ravioli, it's the best for me.

Leader: Have I got it on my chin?

All: Yes, You've got it on your chin.

Leader: On my chin?

All: On your chin. Oh-h-h-h-h

Ravioli, I like ravioli.
Ravioli, it's the best for me.



LITTLE BUNNY FOO-FOO

All:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
hopping through the forest,
scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.

Down came the good Fairy,
and she said: "Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
I don't want to see you,
scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head."

Leader:
"Little Bunny Foo-Foo", she said, I'm going to give you three chances, and if you continue to scoop up the field mice and bop them on the head, I'm going to turn you into a goon! Next day...

All:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
hopping through the forest,
scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.

Down came the good Fairy,
and she said: Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
I don't want to see you,
scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.

Leader:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, she said, I gave you three chances, and now you only have two left. If you continue to scoop up the field mice and bop them on the head, I'm going to turn you into a goon! Next day...

All:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
hopping through the forest,
scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.

Down came the good Fairy,
and she said: Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
I don't want to see you,
scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.

Leader:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, she said, I gave you three chances, and now you only have one left. If you continue to scoop up the field mice and bop them on the head, I'm going to turn you into a goon! Next day...

All:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
hopping through the forest,
scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.

Down came the good Fairy,
and she said: Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
I don't want to see you,
Scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.

Leader:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, she said, I gave you three chances, and now you've used them all up. So now
I'm going to have to turn you into a goon!  POOF, GOON!

The moral: Hare today, Goon tomorrow!


PINK PAJAMAS
Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic

I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it's hot.
I wear my flannel nighties in the winter when it's not.
And sometimes in the springtime, and sometimes in the fall,
I jump between the sheets with nothing on at all.

CHORUS:

Glory, glory, Hallelujah;
Glory, glory, what's it to ya.
Balmy breezes blowing through ya,
With nothing on at all.



GEE, MA I WANNA GO HOME
(Old Army Song)

Note: This song needs to be personalized each time it is used. Name staffers or things particular to your specific camp experience. the important thing is to keep the rhythm for each stanza and have fun with it.

The biscuits that they have here
They say are mighty fine,
But one rolled off the table
And killed a friend of mine.

Chorus:

Oh, I don't want no more of Girl's Camp Life!
Gee, Ma I wanna go home.

The staffers that they have here
The say are mighty fine,
The one that teaches swimming
He looks like Frankenstein.

The chicken here at Girl's Camp,
They say is mighty fine,
But once two drumsticks got up,
And started beating time.

THE COCOA AT THE GRLS CAMP
THEY SAY IT'S MIGHTY FINE
IT LOOKS LIKE MUDDY WATER
AND TASTES LIKE TURPENTINE

THE BOYS AT THE GIRLS CAMP
THEY SAY THEY'RE MIGHTY FINE
THEY'RE EITHER UNDER 8
OR OVER 99

THE LEADERS AT THE GIRLS CAMP
THEY SAY THEY'RE MIGHTY FINE
I SAW ONE WITHOUT MAKE-UP
SHE LOOKED LIKE FRANKINSTEIN



GREEN GRASS (THERE WAS A HOLE)
(repeat each line after leader)

There was a hole
Down in the ground.
The prettiest little hole
that you ever did see,

CHORUS: (ALL) And the green grass
grew all around, all around, And
the green grass grew all around.

And in that hole
There was a tree
The prettiest little tree
that you ever did see,

(ALL) And the tree was in the hole,
And the hole was in the ground,

CHORUS  (ALL)

CONTINUE ADDING ONE LINE AT A TIME

Now on that tree there was a branch...
the prettiest little etc...
...limb on the tree
...nest on the limb
...egg in the nest
...bird in the egg
...wing on the bird
...feather on the wing
...bacteria on the feather

LAST VERSE

And the bacteria was on the feather,
And the feather was on the wing,
And the wing was on the bird,
And the bird was in the egg,
And the egg was in the nest,
And the nest was on the limb,
And the limb was on the tree,
And the tree was in the hole,
And the hole was in the ground,
CHORUS


THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BUCKET

Liza:  Henry! Fetch me some water!
Henry: There's a hole in the bucket dear Liza, dear Liza
There's a hole in the bucket dear Liza, a hole.
Liza:   Well, fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, well, fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.
Henry: With what shall I fix it ...
Liza: With a straw dear Henry ...
Henry: The straw is too long ...
Liza:  Well, cut it dear Henry ...
Henry: With what shall I cut it ...
Liza: With an axe dear Henry ...
Henry: The axe is too dull dear Liza .
Liza:  Well, sharpen it dear Henry ...
Henry: With what shall I sharpen it ...
Liza:  With a stone dear Henry ...
Henry: The stone is too dry dear Liza ...
Liza:  Well, wet it dear Henry ...
Henry: With what shall I wet it ...
Liza:  With water dear Henry ...
Henry: In what shall I fetch it ...
Liza:  In a bucket dear Henry ...
Henry: There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza ...


EIDELWEISS

Eidelweiss, Eidelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white,
Clean and bright,
You look happy to meet me.

Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever,
Eidelweiss, Eidelweiss,
Bless my homeland forever. 



HOW GREAT THOU ART

O Lord my God!
When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Chorus:

Then sings my soul, my savior God to Thee,
How great thou art!
How great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my savior God to Thee,
How great thou art!
How great thou art!

When through the woods and forest  glades I wander,
I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandure
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze;

Chorus

But when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin;

Chorus

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, "My God, how  great thou art!"

Chorus



This Land is Your Land

As I went walking, that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below that golden valley.
This land was made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land.
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters.
This was made for your and me.

I saw a sign that said "No Trespassing."
And on the other side, that sign said nothing.
And all around me a voice was calling
"That sign was made for you and me."

This land is your land, this land is my land.
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters.
This was made for your and me.
 



Do Your Ears Hang Low

Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them over your shoulder
Like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Do your ears flip-flop?
Can you use them for a mop?
Are they stringy at the bottom?
Are they curly at the top?
Can you use them for a swatter?
Can you use them for a blotter?
Do your ears flip-flop?

Do your ears hang high?
Do they reach up to the sky?
Do they droop when they're wet?
Do they stiffen when they're dry?
Can you semaphore your neighbor
With a minimum of labor?
Do your ears hang high?

Do your ears hang wide?
Do they flap from side to side?
Do they wave in the breeze
From the slightest little sneeze?
Can you soar above the nation
With a feeling of elation?
Do your ears h