Robbinswold Camp Song Book

Aardvark in the Park

There’s a large dark aardvark in the park

They say he’s missing from the zoo

The police are looking high and low,

They haven’t seen him, have you?

Oh I’ll tell you the reason,

Because it’s aardvark mating season!

When an aardvark makes a date

You know he slips right through that old zoo gate

So if you see two aardvarks playing in the park

Don’t upset their apple cart.

Why?

You are not a spy, you’re not the FBI,

And you should never break an aardvark’s heart!

Adams Family Grace

*Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh (snap, snap)

Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh (snap, snap)

Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh, duh-nuh-nuh-nuh,

Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh (snap, snap)*

We thank the earth for giving

This food we need for living

So bless us while we eat it

Because we really need it (The Girl Scout family) *

The Airplane Song

Open your song book to page 13.

If I had the wings of an airplane, airplane

Up in the sky I would fly, would fly

If I had the wings of an airplane, airplane

I’d fly till the day I would die, would die

Chorus: Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la, repeat

Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la, again

Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la, once more

Ooh la la, ooh la la, la, the end

Close your song book

Alive, Awake, Alert, Enthusiastic

I’m alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic (2x)

I’m alive, awake, alert

I’m alert, awake, alive

I’m alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic

Alice the Camel

Alice the camel has 10 humps (3x)

So go, Alice, go!

(Continue on down to…)

Alice the camel has no humps (3x)

Cause Alice is a horse!

Alligator

*Alligator, alligator

Can be your friend, can be your friend, can be your friend,

too*

The alligator is my friend, he can be your friend too

If only you would understand that he has feelings too *

The alligator laughs and plays, he never sings the blues

I’d rather have him on my shirt than have him for my shoes *

The alligator ate my friend, he can eat your friend too,

If only you would understand that he gets hungry too *

All My Life’s a Circle

All my life’s a circle,

Sunrise to sundown.

The moon rolls through the evening

‘Til the daylight comes around.

All my life’s a circle,

But I can’t tell you why

Seasons spinning ‘round again

The years keep rolling by.

Always

Oh you are my friend, and I’ll walk with you always

I’ll stay by your side and I’ll walk with you always

Always, always, I’ll walk with you always

Always, always, I’ll walk with you always

Animal Song

Animals are lots of fun

They’re big and round and hairy

Some have teeth and some have claws

And some are rather scary.

And I would go to the animal zoo

With lots of money to buy them

And I would bring one home to you

If I knew how to fly them.

Dum de dum de dum dum dum

Lions they are lots of fun

They’re big and round and furry

And I would bring one home to you

Bring one home in a hurry

And I would go to the African plain

And there I’d try to trap him

And I would bring one home to you

If I knew how to wrap him.

Dum de dum de dum dum dum

Elephants are lots of fun

They’re big and round and pleasant

And I would bring one home to you

As an elephant present.

And I would go to the animal zoo

With lots of peanuts to bribe him

And I would bring one home to you

If I knew how to hide him.

Dum de dum de dum dum dum.

Polar bears are lots of fun

They’re big and round and real white.

And I would bring one home to you

Bring one home on a plane flight.

And I would go to the north pole

And there I’d try to lure him

And I would bring one home to you

If I knew I wouldn’t hurt him.

Dum de dum de dum dum dum.

Wallabies are lots of fun

They’re big and round and jumpy.

And I would bring one home to you

Just so you could have comp’ny

And I would go to Australia

And there I’d try to tag him.

And I would bring one home to you

If I knew I wouldn’t gag him.

Dum de dum de dum dum dum

Announcements

Announcements, announcements, announcements

A terrible death to die, a terrible death to die

A terrible death, a terrible death,

A terrible death to die

Make announcements short and sweet,

Short and sweet, short and sweet.

Make announcements short and sweet,

‘Cause they are boring.

__(name)__ has another one, another one, another one

__(name)__ has another one, she has them all the time.

Apple Trees

Underneath the rising moon, silver mists are dancing

Soft the lilac’s sweet perfume, fills the night entrancing

White and ghostly in the gloom,

Stands the apple trees in bloom

Apple trees in bloom, apple trees in bloom

(a round to be started after the first line)

The Ash Grove

Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander

When twilight is fading I pensively rove

Or at the bright noon-tide in solitude wander

Amid the dark shades of the lonely ash grove

‘Tis there where the blackbird is cheerfully singing

Each warbler enchants with his notes from the tree

Ah, then little think I of sorrow or sadness

The ash grove entrancing spells beauty for me

Auld Lang Syne

Should old acquaintance be forgot

And never brought to mind,

Should old acquaintance be forgot

In days of Auld Lang Syne

For Auld Lang Syne, my dear

For Auld Lang Syne

We’ll take a cup of kindness yet,

In days of Auld Lang Syne

(To be sung with “I Understand”)

Austrian Yodeling

Once an Austrian went yodeling

On a mountain so high.

When along came a cuckoo bird

Interrupting his cry:

*Oh, da la, oh da la kiki, oh da la cuckoo cuckoo

Oh da la kiki, oh da la cuckoo cuckoo

Oh…

(add other verses with different sounds as desired,

i.e. grizzly bear, etc.)

Baby Bumble Bee

I’m bringing home my baby bumble bee

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me

I’m bringing home my baby bumble bee.

Ouch! It stung me!

I’m squishing up my baby bumble bee

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me

I’m squishing up my baby bumble bee

Ewww! It’s all over me!

I’m licking up my baby bumble bee

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me,

I’m licking up my baby bumble bee.

Ugh, I don’t feel so good!

Baby Day

Why sleep when the day has been brought up by the sun?

From the night, when the light’s gonna shine on everyone

Why sleep when sleep only closes up our eyes?

Why sleep when we can watch the sun arise? *

*We were meant to see the beginning of the day

I believe it was planned to lift us this way

Take you an apple and take you a song,

And watch the baby day be born*

Quite, quite, said I, that’s all very well to say

When I woke at the dawn, to your singing yesterday

I couldn’t see the light ‘cause the dark was in my skies

I couldn’t see the sun ‘cause the sun was in my eyes *

“Why sleep?” I heard and I followed it today,

To the top of the hill, where the wind-songs play

I know it like I heard it, why I heard it who knows why

Why sleep when we can watch the sun arise?

We were meant to see the beginning of the day

I believe it was meant to lift us this way

Take you an apple and take you a song

Take back an answer to something gone wrong

Take you some music and take me along

And watch the baby day be born

Baby Duck

Wasn’t it a bit of luck that I was born a baby duck?

With yellow sucks and yellow shoes

So I can go wherever I choose.

Quack! Quack! Quack-quack-quack! Yay Ducks!

Baby Lima

I think that I would like to be

A baby lima or a pea.

Living snuggly in my pod

In my green and tender bod.

Back of the Bread

In back of the bread is the flour

In back of the flour is the mill

In back of the mill is the wind and the rain

And the creator’s will.

Backwards Song

I walked up the door and opened the stairs

Said my pajamas and put on my prayers

Turned off my bed and jumped into the light

All because you kissed me, goodnight

When I woke up in the morning I scrambled my shoes

Shined up and egg and toasted my shoes

Buttered my tie and had another bite

All because you kissed me, never could resist me

All because you kissed me, goodnight

Balloons

Green and yellow balloons make me happy

The red ones they make me feel sad

But tomorrow the red ones will make me feel silly

And the next day balloons are just fads *

*Friends let me cheer you, let me sing you a song

Let me tell you a tale of today

Let me create a moment, let me make the world move on

Let me live life just for today*

When you see out your window some rain

I’ll ask you to come out and play

But you’ll stay in your dry house and ask me to come in

But today I like rainy days

Bamboo

You take a stick of bamboo, you take a stick of bamboo,

You take a stick of bamboo, and you throw it on the water *

*Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-na

The river, she comes down

The river, she comes down*

I travel on the river, I travel on the river,

I travel on the river, and I travel on the water *

My home’s across the river…

and my home’s across the water *

Banana Slug

Ya know I love my baby (love my baby!)

Love the way that she hugs (way that she hugs)

Some people don’t understand it (don’t understand it)

She’s a banana slug (banana slug) *

*Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na, BAAAAA, NAAAA, NAAAA,

slug!*

She’s got just one foot (just one foot)

She ain’t got no toes (got no toes)

She hangs out in the forest (out in the forest)

Helps to decompose (decompose) *

Some people think she’s gross (think she’s gross)

But I don’t hear that jive (hear that jive)

Cause if it weren’t for my baby now (weren’t for my baby)

The forest might not survive (might not survive) *

The way you wiggle your antennae (wiggle your antennae)

Ya know you gimme such bliss (gimme such bliss)

Come on, come on, come on, banana slug (come on banana

slug)

Wontcha gimme a kiss (gimme a kiss) *

The way you slide through the forest (slide through the

forest)

You know you look so fine (look so fine)

Come on, come on, come on, banana slug (come on banana

slug)

Let me follow your slime (follow your slime) *

Banana slug, banananananana,

Banana slug, banananananana

Banana slug, banananananana, YEAH! (2,3,4)

Banana slug, banananananana

Banana slug, banananananana

Banana slug, banananananana, YEAH!

(a call and response song with the responses in parentheses)

Banjolo

I olulunce halad an olod banjolo that relested olon my

knelelele

But nololow the strilings are olold and broloke

It ilis no uluse to melelele.

I toolook it tooloo the milliller sholop to seelee what hele

could dolololo

He sailaid to mele this olold banjolo it ilis no uluse to

youlululu!

Barbie

By: Dave Ends

Chorus:

And some girls play with Barbies,

And some boys play with Ken,

But me I’d rather grab a sewing needle

And start again,

‘Cause the more you play with dolls,

The more you wanna look like them,

But if I make a doll of me,

I wanna be exactly how I am.

Just cause some boys prefer Barbie,

And some girls look more like Ken,

Besides it’s overrated to have plastic friends,

Maybe there’s a reason why fairl tales

Take place in a land so far-far-far away-ay-ay..

Chorus

Barges

Out of my window, looking in the night

I can see the barges’ flickering lights

Silently flows the river to the sea

And the barges do go silently *

*Barges, I would like to go with you

I would like to sail the ocean blue

Barges, are there treasures in your hold?

Do you fight with pirates, brave and bold?*

Out of my window, looking in the night

I can see the barges’ flickering lights

Starboard shines green and port is glowing red

I can see the barges dead ahead *

How my heart longs to sail away with you

As you sail across the ocean blue

But I must stay beside my window, dear

As I watch you sail away from here

Bazooka Bubblegum

1.) My mom gave me a penny

She said go buy a henny

But I didn’t buy no henny

Instead I bought some bubblegum

Bazooka, zooka bubblegum

2.) Nickel, pickle

3.) Dime, lime

4.) Quarter, water

5.) Dollar, collar

Beans

My dog Lima likes to roam

My dog Lima, she left home

She came back, quite unclean

Where, oh where, has Lima bean?

Lima bean, lime bean, where, oh where has Lima bean?

Lima bean, lime bean, where, oh where has Lima bean?

(other possible verses: black, Mexican jumping,

human, state of, kidney, lentil, franks and, etc.

Belly Button Song

*Me likes to care for me belly button

Me likes to keep it nice and clean

Cause if me neglects me belly button

In it grows a fungus green

Fungus dance!

Do do do do, Do do do do, Do do do do, do do do*

When me was a little baby,

My mother looked and she adored

The doctor gave me a belly button,

When he cut off the umbilical cord *

In the winter I wear a sweater,

The one that my aunt Nellie sent

And when me takes it off at night time

My belly button, she is full of lint *

Some people they have an inny

Deeper than the Grand Canyon

Some people they have an outty

Larger than the Tacoma Dome *

Bear in Tennis Shoes

The other day°, I met a bear°

In tennis shoes°, a dandy bear° (2x)

He looked at me°, I looked at him°

He sized up me°, I sized up him° (2x)

He says to me°, “Why don’t you run?°

Cause I see you ain’t° got any gun?”° (2x)

And so I ran° away from there°

But right behind° me was that bear°(2x)

And on the path° ahead of me°

A great big tree°, oh glory me° (2x)

The lowest branch° was ten feet up°

I’d have to jump° and trust my luck° (2x)

And so I jumped° into the air°,

But I missed that branch° away up there° (2x)

Now don’t you fret°, now don’t you frown°

‘Cause I caught that branch° on the way back down° (2x)

The morale of° the story is°

Don’t talk to bears° in tennis shoes° (2x)

The end the end°, the end the end°

The end the end°, the end the end° (2x)

The Birdie Song

Way up in the sky, the big birdies fly

While down in the nest, the little birds rest

With a wing on the left, and a wing on the right

The little birds sleep, all through the night

Shhh! They’re sleeping!

The bright sun comes up, the dew falls away

“Good morning! Good morning!” the little birds say

Black Socks

Black socks, they never get dirty

The longer you wear them the blacker they get

Sometimes I think I might wash them

But something inside me says don’t wash them yet

Blowing in the Wind

How many roads must a man walk down

Before they can call him a man?

Yes’n how many seas must the white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand?

And how many times must the cannonballs fly

Before they’re forever banned?*

*The answer my friends, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind.*

How many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky?

Yes’n how many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

Yes’n how many deaths will it take till he knows,

That too many people have died?*

How many years can a mountain exist

Before it is washed to the sea?

Yes’n how many years can some people exist

Before they’re allowed to be free?

Yes’n how many times must a man turn his head

Pretending that he just doesn’t see?*

Blue Sky

There’s a blue sky way up yonder

There’s a blue sky over my head.

There’s a blue sky way up yonder

That’s a cover for my bed *

*And wherever I wander, and wherever I roam

There’s a blue sky way up yonder

That’s calling me home*

There’s a bright star way up yonder

There’s a bright star over my head

There’s a bright star way up yonder

That’s a cover for my bed *

There’s a blue sky over the mountain

There’s a blue sky over the streams

There’s a blue sky over the sunset

That’s a home for my dreams *

The Boatmen

The boatmen dance, and the boatmen sing,

And the boatmen do most anything

When the boatmen come on ashore

They spend their money and they work for more *

*Hi-ho, the boatmen go

Up and down the river on the Ohio (2x)*

Have you ever seen where a boatman lives

It’s a house on a hollow and it leaks like a sieve

The boatman says if he gets one wish

If he gets any wetter he’ll soon be a fish *

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

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

Boogie Woogie Washer Woman

Way down the road where nobody goes,

There’s a boogie-woogie washer woman washing her clothes

With a scrubadub here and a scrubadub there

A boogie-woogie washer woman washing her clothes

A-diddly-ah, hum, a-boogie, a-woogie (3x)

A boogie-woogie washer woman washing her clothes!

Yeah!

Boom Chicka-Boom

I said a boom chicka boom°

I said a boom chicka boom°

I said a boom-a-chicka-rocka-chicka-rocka-chicka-boom°

Uh huh°, oh yeah°, One more time now°

(a repeat song with verses, fast, slow,

deep voice, high voice, English, etc.)

Bottle of Pop Medley

One bottle of pop, two bottle of pop

Three bottle of pop, four bottle of pop

Five bottle of pop, six bottle of pop

Seven bottle of pop, pop!

Don’t chuck your muck in my backyard

My backyard, my backyard

Don’t chuck your muck in my backyard

My backyard’s full

Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar

Fish and chips and vinegar

Pepper, pepper, pepper, salt

The Briar

Poor Rose, she died°

She died fer love°

Her lover he died°

From sarr°

They buried ‘em both°

In the old church yard°

In graves so deep°

And narr°

And up from hers°

There grewed a rose°

And up from his’m °

A briar°

They clumbed and clumbed°

Up the old church tower°

The red rose and°

The BRIAR (together)

Brownie Smile

I’ve got something in my pocket, that belongs across my face

I keep it very close at hand in a most convenient place

I bet you wouldn’t guess it, if you guessed a long, long while

So I’ll take it out, and I’ll put it on,

It’s a great, big, brownie smile!

Buddies and Pals

You and me, we’re gonna be partners

You and me, we’re gonna be pals

You and me, we’re gonna be partners,

Buddies and pals.

You and me, we’re gonna be happy

You and me, we’re gonna have fun

You and me, we’re gonna be happy

Gonna have fun.

From now on, we’re gonna be partners

From now on, we’re gonna be pals

From now on, we’re gonna be partners,

Buddies and pals

Buffalo Song

Hey! (Hey what?)

Are you ready? (Ready for what?)

To buff! (Buff?)

Alo! (Oh…)

I’ve got my hooves up high, my hooves down low

And that’s the way we buffalo

We might be fast, we might be slow

But that’s the way we buffalo

Buffalo, buff-buff-alo!

Buffalo, buff-buff-alo!

(A call and response song with the responses in parentheses)

Button Factory

Hello, my name is Joe

I have a wife, and a dog, and a family

I work all day in a button factory

One day, my boss came up to me and said,

“Hey Joe, are you busy?”

I said, “No, heck no!”

“Then do this…”

(any action from pushing a button to jumping up and down,

and all actions are done simultaneously)

Bye-Bye Long Johns

I just lost my underwear, I don’t care, I’ll go bare.

Bye-bye Long Johns.

They were very close to me, tickled me, tee hee hee

Bye-bye Long Johns.

How I miss that old trap door behind me.

When you see them you’ll know where to find me.

I just lost my underwear, I don’t care, I’ll go bare.

Long Johns, bye-bye.

Camp Robbinswold

*Camp Robbinswold, Camp Robbinswold

Camp Robbinswold, Camp Robbinswold*

We call it fun but some may call it madness,

So come on along and wipe away your sadness

Happy campers are we, having fun ‘neath the trees

And when we are gone, we’ll remember our song

Singin’

(The chorus also gets sung the whole time as a base line)

Canoeing in the Wind

*Canoeing in the wind, feeling free

Just a sunset between you and me

There are so many things I want to say

Before they forever slip away*

Sharing out thoughts and feelings

Life was young and so were we

Talking together with special looks

That only friends can see *

Memories of a warm meadow

Where we laughed and played all day

That night we both got homesick

And we tried to run away *

We vowed we’d be together

When we finally could be staff

Making friendship bracelets of leather

Just us sharing a laugh *

Some people just don’t understand us

They can’t accept us for who we are

Laughter’s our way of expressing ourselves

It’s like singing with a guitar *

Once more I want to run barefoot

In the dew sprinkled land I love

They say we’re too old to be children

But so are the stars above

Yes so are the stars above

Caravan Song

(high part) Ya na-na na na na na na na

Ya na-na na na na na

Ya na-na na na na na na na

Ya na-na na na na

(low part) Eh oh, oh eh

Casey’s Song

*The stars are out tonight

It’s a very lovely sight

They sparkle and they dance on the dew

Do they look the very same to you*

I’m reminded of a midnight hour

When I talked with you beneath such stars

We spoke of life and magic and love

While the stars twinkled softly above *

‘Twas then that our friendship grew

When I looked at you and then I knew

Two kindred souls had wandered so far

To meet each other here beneath the stars *

Catch the Wind

(Donovan Leitch)

In the chilly hours and minutes

Of uncertainty I long to be

In the warm hold of your loving mind

To feel you all around me and to

Take your hand along the sand

But I may as well try and catch the wind

When the sun has paled the sky I want to

Hide away behind your smile

Everywhere I look your eyes I’d find

For me to love you now would be the

Sweetest thing, ‘twould make me sing

But I may as well try and catch the wind

When the rain has hung the leaves with tears I

Want you hear to quell my fears

Help me chase all my woes away

Standing in your heart is where I

Want to be, I long to be

But I may as well try and catch the wind

Celebrate

I celebrate my time with you (clap 2x)

I celebrate my time with you (clap 2x)

I celebrate my time with you

Memories for all year through, Go!

(clap, clap-clap, clap-clap, clap-clap, clap, clap-clap, clap)

Meeting new folks left and right…

We’ll all be friends before the night, Go!

Swimming, sailing ‘neath the sky…

Feeling the ultimate natural high, Go!

Round the campfire warm and bright…

Sharing dreams all through the night, Go!

Counting stars and catching “z’s”…

Girl Scout Camp is ecstasy, Go!

(Repeat first verse)

Chairs to Mend

Chairs to mend, old chairs to mend

Mackerel, fresh mackerel,

Any old rags, any old rags

Change the World

*Change the world, come with me

Time to let our dreams fly free

And it comes so easily, that is our way

Every moment we’re alive,

It’s our love that will survive

In the Girl Scouts, together,

We change the world*

Sisters of every color,

Friends from everywhere

We all make the difference,

When we show the world we care

The Girl Scouts are our family,

And they show us what we can be

And I believe, together, we change the world *

In America, we have so much to give

To our sisters around the world

Who are struggling just to live

Light the light and do our share,

Reach out your hand and someone’s there

And I believe, together, we change the world *

Charlottestown

Charlottestown is burning down, good-bye, good-bye

Burning down to the ground, Good-bye Liza Jane

Ain’t you mighty sorry, good-bye, good-bye

Ain’t you might sorry, good-bye Liza Jane

Three Chartreuse Buzzards

Three chartreuse buzzards (caw!)

Sitting on a dead tree

Three chartreuse buzzards

Sitting on a dead tree *

*Oh no, one has flown away!

What a shame!*

Two chartreuse buzzards… *

One chartreuse buzzard… *

No chartreuse buzzards… *

*Oh look! One has returned!

Let us rejoice! *

One chartreuse buzzard… *

Two chartreuse buzzards… *

Three chartreuse buzzards…

Che Che Koole

Che che koole!

Che che kofisa!

Kofisa langa!

Che che qui langa!

Mm, Atengue!

Mm, Atengue, hey!

Hands on your head

Hands on your shoulders

Hands on your waist

Hands on your knees

Hands on your ankles

Mm, Atengue, hey!

(a repeat song, and repeat speeding up each time)

Chiquita Banana

Chiquita bananas, unite!

Peel banana, peel peel banana

Eat banana, eat eat banana

Go bananas, go go bananas!

Chiquita Banana #2

Chiquita bananas unite!

Peel to the left, peel to the right

Peel down the middle, and ungh, take a bite!

Go bananas, go go bananas!

Go bananas, go go bananas!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chorus:

Chocolate chip cookies, you gotta have more,

You can bake ‘em in the oven or

Buy ‘em at the store

But whatever youdo, have ‘em ready at the door

And I’ll love you till I die

You can’t eat one, you can’t eat two

Once you start munching, there’s nothing left to do

But to finish the plate and to eat the crumbs too

And go and find some more

Boom boom boom . . .

Chorus

Made of butter, sugar, and flour,

You put ‘em in the oven about a half an hour-

But the thing that gives them

Their magical power

Is the chocolate chips inside

Boom boom boom….

Chorus

When I die, I don’t want wings,

A golden halo or a harp that sings

Just give me a book, a fire, and

Someone to bring me chocolate chip cookies all day.

Boom boom boom . . . .

Chorus

The Circle Game

(Joni Mitchell)

Yesterday a child came out to wonder

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

And tearful at the falling of a star *

*And the seasons, they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and down

We’re captive on a carousel of time

We can’t return, we can only look

Behind from where we came

And go round and round and round in the circle game*

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons

Skated over ten clear frozen ponds

Words like “when you’re older” must appease him

And promises of someday make his dreams *

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now

Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town

And they tell him “Take your time it won’t be long now

Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down” *

Years spin by and now the child is twenty

Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true

There’ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty

Before the last revolving year is through *

Circle the Earth

I circle the earth (clap twice)

I circle the earth from the mountains to the sky

From the mountains to the sky

Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly

(This is a round to be started after the first line)

Climbing

The road is rough and the way is often steep,

But inside yourself there’s a promise you can keep

When you reach the top the view is worth the climb

All the stumbling and the pitfalls seem very far behind

Chorus:

Just keep your eyes looking at the sky

And there’ll never be a night you can’t reach

Climb to the clouds, raise your voices out loud

And show the world the joy of being free

When you climb

We’ve climbed this far but our climbing’s just begun

And now we know that climbing can be fun

There’s a lot to share and it’s time to say goodbye

But we’ll always have the memory of how we climbed so

high

Chorus

Cockles and Mussels

In Dublin’s fair city, where girls are so pretty

I first set my eyes on sweet Mollie Malone

As she pushed her wheel barrow,

Through streets broad and narrow

Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive, oh! *

*Alive, alive, oh! Alive, alive, oh!

Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!*

She was a fishmonger, but sure ‘twas no wonder

For so were her father and mother before

And they each pushed their wheelbarrow

Through streets broad and narrow

Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive, oh! *

She died of a fever, and no one could save her

And that was the end of sweet Mollie Malone

Her ghost wheels her barrow

Through streets broad and narrow

Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive, oh!

Come and Go

Come and go with me today

We will sail across the bay

(a round with a high and low part)

Come Follow

1.) Come follow, follow, follow,

Follow, follow, follow me

2.) Wither shall I follow, follow, follow

Wither shall I follow, follow thee?

3.) To the greenwood, to the greenwood

To the greenwood, greenwood tree

Come Sisters Come

Edge of the night

A campfire’s light

Come sisters come

Magic of song,

A place to belong

Come sisters come

Warmth of a fire,

Warmth of a friend

Come sisters come

And when days have past

Through the memories that last

Sisters come back again

(a round to be started after the first stanza)

Crawdad Song

You get a line, I’ll get a pole, honey

You get a line, I’ll get a pole, Babe

You get a line, I’ll get a pole,

We’ll go down that crawdad hole,

Honey, oh Babe, of mine

See that crawdad struttin’ around, honey

See that crawdad struttin’ around, babe

See that crawdad struttin’ around,

Thinks he’s king of that crawdad town

Honey, oh Babe, of mine

Whatcha gonna do when the water runs dry, honey

Whatcha gonna do when the water runs dry, babe

Whatcha gonna do when the water runs dry,

Sit right down and have a crawded fry

Honey, oh babe, of mine

Crawdads kinda turn me on, honey

Crawdads kinda turn me on, babe

Crawdads kinda turn me on,

Think I’ve been here way too long!

Honey, oh babe, of mine

(first verse, part of the Robbinswold Harmony)

Crazy Elephant

There was a crocodile, an orangutan

And an eagle flying, and a northern pike

A bunny, a beaver, a crazy elephant

Na-na na na na, Na-na na na na

The Lady and the Crocodile

She sailed away on a sunny summer day

On the back of a crocodile

‘You see,’ said she, ‘he’s as tame as he can be,

and I’ll ride him down the Nile!’

The croc winked his eye as she waved them all goodbye

Wearing a happy smile

At the end of the ride, the lady was inside

And the smile was on the crocodile!

Daisy On My Toe

Perty daisy on my toe

It is not real, it does not grow

It’s just a tattoo of a flower

So I look neat taking a shower

It’s on the second toe of my left

A stem and flower but there’s not root

(‘Cause that wouldn’t look good!)

Perty daisy on my toe

My right foot loves my left foot so

Darling Won’t You Wait

Darling won’t you wait, won’t you wait, won’t you wait

Darling won’t you wait for me (2x)

Should another love come along, come along

Simply tell her you’re not free

Send her on her way, on her way, on her way

Darling won’t you wait for me

Oh my love, some of us I know are bound to die

Hold me close, kiss me once again before we say good-bye

Devoted to You

Darling you can count on me, Till the sun dries up the sea

Until then I’ll always be, Devoted to you

I’ll be yours till endless time, I’ll adore your charms sublime,

Guess by now you know that I’m, Devoted to you

I’ll never hurt you, I’ll never lie, I’ll never be untrue

I’ll never give you reason to cry,

I’d be unhappy if you were blue

Through the years my love will grow, Like a river it will flow

It can’t die because I’m so, Devoted to you

Dickey Bird

High on a tree a dickey bird

*Bim-sala-bim-bam-ba-sala-do-sala-dim*

High on a tree a dickey bird sat

Below her sat a furry black *

Below her sat a furry black cat

She said, “For dinner, I shall have *”

She said, “For dinner, I shall have you”

Then all at once the dickey bird *

Then all at once the dickey bird flew, she flew,

She flew, she flew, she flew, She flew!

Dona Nobis Pacem

Dona nobis pacem pacem

Dona nobis pacem

Dona nobis pacem

Dona nobis pacem

Dona nobis pacem

Dona nobis pacem

The Doughnut Song

Well I walked around the corner and I walked around the

block

And I walked right into a Doughnut shop,

And I picked up a doughnut and I wiped off the grease,

And I handed the lady a five-cent piece.

Well, she looked at the nickel and she looked at me and

She said “Kind sir you can plainly see,

There’s a hole in the nickel and it goes right through,”

And I said, “There’s a hole in the doughnut too!

Thanks for the doughnut, So long!”

Down by the Banks

Down by the banks of the hanky-panky

Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky

With an eeps, ipes, opes, ops,

And they ease off the lily with the kerplop!

Down by the Bay

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do, my mother will say,

“Have you ever seen a whale, with a polka-dotted tail

Down by the bay?”

(a repeat song with such verses as fox wearing some socks,

etc.)

Do Your Ears Hang Low

Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro?

Can you tie ‘em in a knot? Can you tie ‘em in a bow?

Can you throw them o’er your shoulder like a continental

soldier?

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 town?

Can you shut them up for sure when you hear an awful bore?

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 up when they’re dry?

Can you semaphore your neighbor with the minimum of

labor?

Do your ears stand high?

A Duck Can’t Sit on a Log

Oh a duck can’t sit on a log

Cause he hasn’t got toes on his feet

And a fish can’t swim in the sea like a bird

Cause he hasn’t got a waterproof, hasn’t got a waterproof

Hasn’t got a waterproof seat.

Duck Girl

Oh I’m a lone duck rover from out in Montana

Round up them duckies and drive ‘em along

To a flooded corral where they bulldog and brand them

Mosey on home just a-singin’ this song *

*Singin’ quack-quack-yippee-ay

And quack-quack-yippee-o

Get along little duckies, get along real slow

It’s dirty and smelly and it really don’t pay

But I’ll be a duck girl ‘til the end of my day*

On Saturday nights I ride into town

On a short-legged pony with my hat pulled way down

But the boys don’t like duck girls,

And I can’t figure out why

No cowgirl could be more romantic than I *

There’s danger, adventure, and romance I know

From a wild-duck stampede to a duck rodeo

But there’s loneliness too and it cuts to the bone

When you smell like duck feathers you’re always alone *

Dum Dum Da Da

Dum dum da da

Da dum dum da da

Da dum dum da da da dum da dum dum dum

Da dum dum da da da da dum dum da da da dum

Elephant So Elegant

Have you seen what’s in the sky tonight

It’s something grey and big, it’s riding on a bike

It is an elephant, she is so elegant

She has a trunk in front, a tail behind

Epo

Oh epo-i-tai-tai-ay

Oh epo-i-tai-tai-ay

Oh epo-i-tai-tai

Epo-i-tookie-tookie

Epo-i-tookie-tookie-ay

Et On Pagaie

Et on pagaie, on pagaie

Mais ou t’as mis la pagaie?

La-bas, derriere le cocotier

Le crocodile l’a mangee

Et on ne peut plus pagayer

(a repeat song)

Family

Family*

You are my family*

And Robbinswold*

That is our home

And I’m so glad, they brought us here together

And I’m so glad that together we will grow

Love my friends*

That’s what you’ve shown me*

And openness*

I’ve never seen before

For you have shown, that love is more than words

And now my life, it will never be the same

So as we go*

I’ll always cherish*

The memories*

Of times well spent

And in my heart, you’ll always find a home,

Ad in my eyes, you will always be a friend

So family*

You are my family*

And Robbinswold*

That is our home

And I’m so glad, they brought us here together

And I’m so glad that together we have grown

Father Abraham

Father Abraham had seven sons

Seven sons had father Abraham

And they never laughed and they never cried,

All they did was go like this

(Add in motions that you do simultaneously)

Father, Father, Goodbye

Father, father goodbye

And fare thee well mother

I’m leaving you now to begin with another

I’m leaving you now to begin with another

Finally

Finally, finally, finally

Finally, finally,

Finally, fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine

Finally, finally, finally

Finally, finally,

Finally, fine, fine.

Fishing On a Bright Sunny Day

Have you ever been fishing on a bright sunny day

With all the little fishies swimmin’ up and down the bay

With your hands in your pockets,

And you pockets in your pants

And all the little fishies doing the hoochie-coochie dance

Tra-la-la-la-la, tra-la-la-la

With your hands in your pockets

And your poc

kets in your pants

And all the little fishies doing the hoochie-coochie dance

Flicker

The flicker of the campfire, the wind in the pines

The moon in the heavens, the stars that shine

A place where people gather, make friends of all kinds

A place where all man’s troubles are always left behind *

*So give me the light of the campfire, warm and bright

And give me some friends to sing with, I’ll be here all night

Love is for those who find it, I’ve found mine right here

Just you and me and the campfire, the songs we love to sing

Da-dum, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dum

Bah-da-da-dum

Da-dum, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dum

Bah-da-da-dum*

Green are the valleys, sweet is the clover

Gone are the cold winds, forever none

The roses now are blooming, the lake is so blue

The sun above is setting, above our lives so new *

The peacefulness of the silence of night

The sun in the morning shining so bright

The place where campers gather, making friends for all times

A place where city troubles are always left behind

I know a place where no one ever goes

There’s peace and quiet, beauty and repose

It’s hidden in a valley, beside a mountain stream

And lying there beside the stream I find that I can dream

Only of things of beauty to the eye

Snow peaked mountains, towering in the sky

It’s then that I know god made this world for me

Flea

Flea!

Flea fly!

Flea fly flo!

Vistay!

Kumalata kumalata kumala vistay

Oh, no no no not the vistay

Eenie meenie decimeenie ooh walla walla meenie

Eenie meenie decimeenie ooh walla wa

A beat bittily oten doten bo-bo bo deetin’ dottin’

Wattin’ tottin’ window wattin’ chhhhhhh

Flea!

Fleas flies

Fleas flies flo

Mosquitoes!

Calomine, Calomine, Calomine lotion

Oh, no more calomine lotion

Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy

Ooh I’ve got one on my backy

Beat, went the bug when I sprayed him with the bug spray

Pshhhh

Food Chain Song

(together) Where have you been since I saw thee, I saw thee?

On Ilkley Moor Baht-At

(high part) Where have you been since I saw thee?

Where have you been since I saw thee?

On Ilkley Moor Baht-At

On Ilkley Moor Baht-At

On Ilkley Moor Baht-At

(low part) Where have you been since I saw,

Where have you been since I saw thee?

Where have you been since I saw thee?

On Ilkley Moor Baht-At

On Ilkley Moor Baht-At

I’ve been a courtin’ Mary Jane…

Then ye shall thy death of cold…

Then we shall have to bury thee…

Then worms shall come and eat thee oop…

Then dukes (ducks) shall come and eat oop worms…

Then we shall come and eat oop dukes…

Then we shall have our loved ones back…

There is a moral to this tale…

Don’t go a-courtin’ Mary Jane…

Forest Is A Wonderful Place

Forest is a wonderful place

Filled with frogs and snakes

I wanna see a salamander’s face

Forest is a wonderful place

(repeat at various volumes)

Fred the Moose

There was a great big moose

He liked to drink a lot of juice

There was a great big moose

He liked to drink a lot of juice *

*Singin’ who

Way-oh, way-oh, way-oh, way-oh

Way-oh, way-oh

Way-oh, way-oh, way-oh, way-oh*

The moose’s name was Fred

He liked to drink his juice in bed

The moose’s name was Fred

He liked to drink his juice in bed *

He drank his juice with care

But he spilled some in his hair

He drank his juice with care

But he spilled some in his hair *

Now he’s a sticky Moose

He’s a moose

Full of juice

On the loose *

Freedom Land

(echo) I’m on my way

To the freedom land

I’m on my way

To the freedom land

(together) I’m on my way

To the freedom land

I’m on my way, oh yes, I’m on my way

Other verses:

I asked my brother, “Wontcha come with me?”…

I asked my sister, “Wontcha come with me?”…

If you won’t come, dontcha hinder me…

French Cathedrals

Orleans, Beaujency

Notre Dame de Cléry

Vendome, Vendome

(a round)

Fried Ham

Fried ham, fried ham, cheese and bologna

And after the macaroni

We’ll have mustard, pickles and ketchup

And then we’ll have some more fried ham

Fried ham, fried ham!

Same song, second verse, English accent

Whole lot worse!

(Then sung with an English accent, or a country accent,

underwater accent, etc.)

Friend of Yours

I wanna be a friend of yours, mmm, and a little bit more

I wanna be a friend of yours, mmm, and a little bit more

I wanna be that little flower hanging above your door

I wanna be your grandmother, grandfather

Mother, father, sister, brother, mmm, and a little bit more

Friends are Nothing

Friends are nothing ‘till they sing

They must sing all day,

They must sing the night away!

They must sing together, they must sing

2. laugh, 3. work, 4. cry, 5. camp

Friends are nothing ‘til they part with teardrops in their eyes

They must go their separate ways

They must hope to meet again someday

Froggy

Dog

Dog, Cat

Dog, Cat, Mouse

Froggie!

Itsy bitsy teenie weenie little green froggy

Jump, jump, jump little froggy

Little greenie froggy eating all the bugs and spiders

Fleas and flies are scrumpdiddleyumptious

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, croak!

Faster

Frog Round

Hear the lively sound

Of the frogs in yonder pond

Krik, krik, krikity krik

Brrrrrrum

Geoduck Song

You can hear the diggers say as they’re headed for the bay

Oh I gotta dig a duck, gotta dig a duck a day

For I get a buck a duck if I dig a duck a day

So I gotta dig a duck, gotta dig a duck a day *

*Dig a duck, dig a duck, dig a geoduck

Dig a duck, dig a geoduck, dig a duck a day

Dig a duck, dig a duck, dig a geoduck

Dig a duck, dig a geoduck, dig a duck a day*

Well it takes a lot of luck, and a certain kind of pluck

Just to get around the muck, just to get a geoduck

‘Cause it doesn’t have a front, and it doesn’t have a back

And it doesn’t know a Donald, and it doesn’t go quack *

G for Generosity

She wears a G for generosity

She wears an I for interest too

Se wears an R for real live sportsmanship

She wears an L for loyalty, for loyalty!

She wears an S for her sincerity

She wears a C for courtesy, for courtesy

She wears an OUT for outdoor life, outdoor life!

And that Girl Scout is me!

Gibberish

Do you dig that crazy gibberish,

Do you dig it? Do you dig it?

Do you dig that crazy gibberish,

Do you dig it? Do you dig it?

Hey look! There’s a chicken on the barnyard fence

Hey look! There’s another one coming down the road

Ma! Ma! Get that son of a gun off my tractor!

(A round)

The Gift

I have a little present here for you

Inside this tiny bottle so very small and blue

Please do not uncork it, simply put it on away

For inside there lies a summer’s day

Put it on away

I’d be pleased if you did not ask me why I gave this gift to

you

I don’t know myself, did it on a whim,

As the thought came running through

I just want to make you happy in a summertime sort of way

And I thought you might like your own summer’s day

Put it on away

Can you read the writing on this tiny bottle’s walls

I know that it’s quite small, but I can read it all

It says, “She who is a-reading me is a-lookin’ right at my

side,

And might be sort of interested at what lies inside.

There’ll be one breath of a butterfly, and one ray from the sun

And lots and lots of laughter from little children’s fun.”

Please do not uncork it, or everything’ll get away

And I want you to have your own summer’s day

Put it on away

Ging Gang Goolie

Ging gang goulie goulie goulie goulie wash wash

Ging gang goo, ging gang goo

Ging gang goulie goulie goulie goulie wash wash

Ging gang goo, ging gang goo

Oh oh oh way-la (clap 2x)

Oh way-la shay-la (clap 2x)

Oh way-la shay-la shay-la oh oh

Way-la (clap 2x)

Oh way-la shay-la (clap 2x)

Oh way-la shay-la shay-la oh

Shalloway shalloway shalloway shalloway

Umpa Umpa Umpa

(Sing all together one time through, then the

Ging Gang Goolie part is sung over the Umpas)

Girl Scouts Are So High Minded

Girl Scouts are so high minded

Bless my soul their double-jointed

They climb mountains, don’t mind it

All day long

(Each time through drop a line of words, humming

instead, but continue to do the motions)

Gnomes are Short

Hi ho cried the merry gnomes * *

It’s off to the woods we * Are*

We’d like to stay but time is * * short

To be sung as a three part round

(* = silent clap)

God Bless My Underwear

God bless my underwear, my only pair

Stand beside them, and guide them.

Through the rips, through the holes, through the tears

From the washer to the dryer, to the clothesline in the air

God bless my underwear, my only pair.

Gonna Build Us a Land

Order or verses:

A=1,2,3,3,4,5,5,3,1

B=1,2,3,1,4,5,4,1,1

1) Gonna build us a land, a land of a lifetime

Gonna build it with love

Won’t you come along

And lend a hand if you can

Gonna build us a land where everybody can be free

2) Now you don’t need a boat,

And you don’t need a highway

To get to our land, all you need is love

So lend a hand if you can

Gonna build us a land where everybody can be free

3) Gonna build it out of, with the help of lots of,

Gonna build it out of love

So come along if you can and help us build tomorrow now

4) Can you hear the new sound,

Of the rhythm of living?

The sound of our land, that’s near at hand

So lend a hand if you can and help us

Build tomorrow now

5) No more hatred in our, no more sorrows in our,

Good tomorrows in our land

So come along if you can and help us

Build tomorrow now

Good Morning All You Robbinswold Girls

Good morning all you Robbinswold girls

With your hair just as messed as mine

Good morning all you Robbinswold girls

You’re surely lookin’ fine

Out of your pajamas and into your togs,

Hoppin’ down to breakfast like a bunch of frogs

Good morning all you Robbinswold girls

With your hair just as messed as mine

Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning

Good morning, good morning, good morning

It’s time to rise and shine

Good morning, good morning, good morning

I hope you’re feeling fine

It’s time to get up, get out of bed

It’s time to get up you sleepy head

The day is dawning just for you

And all your dreams are coming true…

Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo do, doo doo doo doo

Goodnight Irene

(Raffi)

Foxes sleep in the forest, lions sleep in their dens

Goats sleep on the mountainside, and piggies sleep in pens

Irene, goodnight, Irene goodnight

Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene,

I’ll see you in my dreams

Whales sleep in the ocean, zebras sleep on the land

Hippos sleep by the riverside, and camels sleep on sand

Coyotes sleep in the canyon, a birdie sleeps in a tree

And when it’s time for me to rest, my bed’s the place for me

Great Green Gobs

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts

Mutilated monkey meat

Little birdies dirty feet

French fried eye balls floating in a pool of blood

And me without my spoon

The Haka

Ka ma-te, ka ma-te

Ka ora, ka ora

A ka ma-te, ka ma-te

Ka ora, ka ora

Tenei te tangata

Puhuruhuru

Nana nei I tiki mai

Whakawhiti t era

Upane, kaupane

Upane, kaupane

Whiti te ra

Ham and Eggs

Ham and eggs, ham and eggs

Some like theirs all golden brown

Some like theirs turned upside-down

Ham and eggs, ham and eggs

Flip ‘em, flop ‘em, flip ‘em, flop ‘em

Ham and eggs

Happiness Runs

Happiness runs in a circular motion

Love is like a little boat upon the sea

Everybody is a part of everything anyway

You can have it all if you let yourself be

Happiness runs, happiness runs

Happiness runs, happiness runs

Happy Birthday Song

Today is a birthday, I wonder for whom?

It must be for somebody here in this room

So, look all around you for someone who is

Laughing and smiling, my goodness it’s _______!

Happy birthday _______, from all of us to you

Happy birthday _______, from friends and family too

Happy birthday _______, may all your dreams come true!

Happy birthday ________, from all of us to you!

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday dear _______

Happy birthday to you!

Happy Days

Happy days to all those that we love

Happy days to all those that love us

Happy days to all those that love them

That love these that love them that love us

Harriet Tubman

(Walter Robinson)

One night I dreamed I was in slavery

‘Bout 1850 was the time

Sorrow was the only sign

Nothing around to ease my mind

Out of the night appeared a lady

Leading a distant pilgrim band

“First mate,” she cried pointing her hand,

“Make room aboard for this young woman” *

*Saying, Come on up, I’ve got a lifeline

Come on up to this train of mine

Come on up, I’ve got a lifeline

Come on up to this train of mind

She said her name was Harriet Tubman

And she drove for the Underground Railroad*

Hundreds of miles, we traveled onward

Gathering slaves from town to town

Seeking every lost and found

Setting those free that once were bound

Somehow my heart was growing weaker,

I fell by the wayside sinking sand

Firmly did this lady stand,

She lifted me up and took my hand *

Who are those children dressed in red?

They must be the ones that Moses led.

Who are those children dressed in red?

They must be the ones that Moses led… *

Head and Shoulders, Baby

Head and shoulders baby, 1,2,3 (2x)

Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,

Head and shoulders baby, 1,2,3

(touch head and shoulders each time)

Other verses: Knees and toes (touch knees and toes)

Shoot the stars (pretend to shoot the stars)

Kick the can (kick and imaginary can)

Round the world (make hips go in a circle)

(to be sung in a circle with everyone clapping their hands

then the hands of the person next to them)

Herman the Worm

Sittin’ on a fence post, chewing my bubblegum

(chew, chew, chew, chew)

Playin’ with my yo-yo, Woo-Hoo

When along came Herman the worm

And he was THIS big

And I said, “Herman, what happened?”

And he said, “Duh, I ate my _____”

(Fill in the blank with mother, sister, father, cousin, etc. and

Herman gets bigger each time, until finally, “Duh, I burped.”)

Hey, Ho

Hey, ho, nobody home

Meat, nor drink, nor money have I none

Yet still I will be merry

Hey, ho, nobody home

(pretty in a round with Rose and Hey Poor Bird)

Hey, Little Child

*Hey, Little Child, where you gonna run to?

Ho, Little Child, where you gonna run to?

Hey, Little Child, where you gonna run to?

All on a summer’s day

Hey, hey, hey…*

I ran to the trees, the trees said grow with me

I ran to the trees, the trees said grow with me

I ran to the trees, the trees said grow with me

All on a summer’s day

Hey, hey, hey… *

Other verses: stars/dance, wind/blow, moon/shine,

clouds/float, etc.)

Hey Poor Bird

Hey poor bird

Take thy flight

High above the shadows

Of this dark night

The Hills (a grace)

The hills in their glorious height

Surround us by day and by night

Sing praise to the hills

Hey Robbin

By Meaghan Leferink Summer 2010

Hey Robbin, I hear the waves calling your name

Hey Robbin, here no day is exactly the same

Hey Robbin, this is a place to stake a claim

So come out by the water and make your claim to fame

Hey Robbin, I hear the forest singing a song

Hey Robbin, I think it want you to sing along

Hey Robbin, no song you sing can be wrong

So come out to the forest and find where you belong

Hey Robbin, I hear the firelight’s call to you

Hey Robbin, nights like this are few

Hey Robbin, look up into that dark deep blue

Then look down around you and see those friendships true

Hey Robbin, live your life out in the wild

Hey Robbin, feel the days that are mild

Hey Robbin, look through the eyes of a child

Then look back at out times together and

Remember each time you smiled

Then look back to Camp Robbinswold

And remember each time you smiled

Hippopotamus Song

What can make a hippopotamus smile?

What can make him walk for more than a mile?

It’s not a tune on the old violin,

Or listening to the whistling wind

That’s not what hippos do *

*They ooze through the goose without any shoes

They wade through the water ‘til their lips turn blue

That’s what hippos do*

Shhh!

What can make a hippopotamus smile?

What can make him walk for more than a mile?

It’s not a party with a paper hat,

Or a bag of candy that’ll make him fat

That’s not what hippos do *

Homeward Bound

In the quiet, misty morning

When the moon has gone to bed

When the sparrows stop their singing

And the sky is clear and red

When the summer ceased its gleaming

When the corn is past its prime

When adventures lost its meaning

I’ll be homeward bound again *

*Bind me not to the pasture

Chain me not to the plow

Set me free to find my calling

And I’ll return to you somehow*

If you find it’s me you’re missing

If you’re hoping I’ll return

To your thoughts I’ll soon be listening

In the road I’ll stop and turn

Then the wind will set me racing

As our journey nears its end

In the path I’ll be retracing

When I’m homeward bound again *

In the quiet misty morning

When the moon has gone to bed

When the sparrows stop their singing

I’ll be homeward bound again

Hosea

Come back to me with all your heart

Don’t let fear keep us apart

Trees do bed though straight and tall

So must we to others call *

*Long have I waited for your coming home to me

And living deeply our new life*

The wilderness will lead you

To the place where I will speak

Integrity and justice

Tenderness you shall know *

You shall sleep secure with peace

Faithfulness will be your joy *

The House at Pooh Corner

Christopher Robin and I walked along

Under branches lit up by the moon

Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore

As our day disappeared all too soon

But I’ve wandered much further today than I should

And I can’t seem to find my way back to the wood

So help me if you can I’ve got to get

Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one

You’d be surprised there’s so much to be done

Count all the bees in the hive

Chase all the clouds from the sky

Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

Winnie the Pooh doesn’t know what to do

Got a honey jar stuck on his nose

He came to me asking help and advice

And from here no one knows where he goes

So I sent him to ask of the Owl if he’s there

How to loosen the jar from the nose of a bear

Chorus

It’s hard to explain how a few precious things

Can follow throughout all of our lives

After all’s said and done, I was watching my son

Sleeping there with the bear by his side

So I tucked him in, I kissed him and as I was going

I could swear that old bear whispered

“Boy, welcome home”

Believe me if you can I’ve finally come

Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one

What do you know, there’s so much to be done

Count all the bees in the hive

Chase all the clouds from the sky

Back to the days of Christopher Robin

Back to the ways of Christopher Robin

Back to the days of Pooh

Ho, Young Rider

Ho, young rider, apple-cheeked one,

Wither riding

On your steed so black and prancing

Wither riding

What matters where I ride?

Slovak mountains are my pride

Du-shamoyah, du-shamoyah, hey!

Ho, young rider, apple-cheeked one

Wither roaming

On your steed so black and prancing

Wither roaming

What matters where I roam,

Slovak mountains are my home

Du-shamoyah, du-shamoyah, hey!

The Human Touch

It’s the human touch in this world that counts

The touch of your hand in mine

It means far more to this fading heart

Than shelter, bread, or wine

The shelters’ gone when the night is ore

The bread lasts only a day

But the touch of hand and the sound of your voice

Rings on in my heart always

May the road rise up to meet you

May the wind be always at your back

May the sun shine warm upon your face

And the rain fall soft upon your fields

Until we meet again someday

May God hold you in the palm of her hand

May the memories that we have shared

Linger on and on

Humpty Dumpty

*Hump-ty Dump, Hump-hump-ty dump-ty dump-ty

Hump-ty Dump, Hump-hump-ty dump-ty dump-ty*

(Insert first three lines of a nursery rhyme, followed

by “Ooh, ain’t that funky now…”

for example: Jack and Jill went up the hill

to fetch a pail of water,

Jack fell down and broke his crown and

Ooh, ain’t that funky now… *

Three dances that accompany the chorus:

-the lawn mower

-the sprinkler

-the karate kid (wax on, wax off, paint the fence (2x), catch

that fly (2x), crane (2x)

I Don’t Care if I Go Crazy

I don’t care if I go crazy, 1 2 3 4 5 6 switch

Crazy go I if care don’t I, 6 5 4 3 2 1 switch

If All the Raindrops

If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drop

Oh what a rain it would be

I’d stand outside, with my mouth open wide

Going “AA Aa-aa aa aa-aa aa aa-aa aa”

If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops

Oh what a rain it would be!

If all the snowflakes were candy bars and milkshakes

Oh what a snow it would be!

I’d stand outside, with my mouth open wide

Going “AA Aa-aa aa aa-aa aa aa-aa aa”

If all the snowflakes were candy bars and milkshakes

Oh what a snow it would be!

If all the sunbeams were jellybeans and ice cream

Oh what a sun it would be!

I’d stand outside, with my mouth open wide

Going “AA Aa-aa aa aa-aa aa aa-aa aa”

If all the sunbeams were jellybeans and ice cream

Oh what a sun it would be!

If all the hailstones were gummy bears and Sno-Cones

Oh what a hail it would be!

I’d stand outside, with my mouth open wide

Going “AA Aa-aa aa aa-aa aa aa-aa aa”

If all the hailstones were gummy bears and Sno-Cones

Oh what a hail it would be!

If I Had a Hammer

If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning

I’d hammer in the evening, all over this land

I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out warning

I’d hammer out love between my brothers

And my sisters all over this land

Ooooooh

If I had a bell, I’d ring it in the morning

I’d ring it in the evening, all over this land

I’d ring out danger, I’d rng out warning

I’d ring out love between my brothers

And my sisters all over this land

Ooooooh

If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning

I’d sing it in the evening, all over this land

I’d sing out danger, I’d sing out warning

I’d sing out love between my brothers

And my sisters all over this land

Ooooooh

Now I have a hammer, and I have a bell

And I’ve got a song to sing all over this land.

It’s the hammer of justice

It’s the bell of reedom

It’s the song of love between my brothers

And my sisters all over this land

Ooooooh

If You Love Me

If you love me, if you love love love me

Plant a rose for me

And if you’ll love me for a long long time

Plant an apple tree

So whether I stay, or whether I go

You’ll have an apple or you’ll have a rose

So if you love me, if you love love love me

Plant a rose for me

I Love the Mountains

I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills

I love flowers, I love the daffodils

I like the fire side when all the lights are low

Boom-di-yada, boom-di-yada, boom-di-yada, boom-di-yada

I’m a Little Dinosaur

I’m a little dinosaur, I’m a little dinosaur

I’m a little dinosaur and I’m planning to go away

I am real old don’tcha know

Born ten million years ago/ but the people here

Don’t love me so

I’m planning to go away

The children on their lawns will wake up and wonder

Where I’ve gone

And the flies that buzzed around where I used to pee

Are gonna have to get along without me

They’ll say “where’s that little dinosaur?” (where’d he go?)

“Where’s that little dinosaur? He must have gone away.”

Oh no, please don’t go

Oh no, please don’t go

Don’t go little dinosaur

Please don’t go away

Well ok, I’ll come back!

o-oh you know I’m back to stay

for I’m just a little dinosaur

and I could never really go (No!)

Never really go (He’s back!)

Never really go away

I’m a Nut

I’m a little acorn brown

Lying on the cold, hard ground

Everybody steps on me,

That is why I’m cracked you see *

*I’m a nut (click, click)

I’m a nut (click, click)

I’m crazy (click, click)*

Called myself on the telephone,

Just to see if I was home

Asked myself out on a date

Set the time for half-past eight *

Took myself to the picture show

Sat myself in the very last row

Wrapped my arms around my waist

Got so fresh I slapped my face!

I’m On My Way

I’m on my way, to the freedom land (repeat 3x)

I’m on my way, oh yes, I’m on my way!

I asked my brother, wontcha come with me (repeat 3x)

I’m on my way, oh yes, I’m on my way!

I asked my sister, wontcha come with me (repeat 3x)

I’m on my way, oh yes, I’m on my way!

If you can’t come, dontcha hinder me! (repeat 3x)

I’m on my way, oh yes, I’m on my way!

(a repeat song)

I’m Up Right

I’m up right, in right, out right, down right

Happy all the time

The birds their songs they sing,

Throughout the woodland green

I’m up right, in right, out right, down right

Happy all the time

Is There Any Reason

Is there any reason to be in such a mood alone?

Is there ay reason to be in such a mood alone?

Sitting alone on a log on a hill far away

Sitting alone you don’t find very much left to say

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la (2x)

Is there any reason to be in such a mood alone?

I Understand

I understand, just how you feel, my dear

My love for you has been unreal

It’s over now, but it was grand, my dear

I understand, I understand

Should you ever change your mind, my dear

Come back to me, and you will find

Me waiting there to take your hand, my dear

I understand, I understand

(To be sung simultaneously with Auld Lang Syne)

I Want To Be Strong

*Well, I want to be strong

To be, strong as the land around me

I want a heart that’s as wide as the sky

I want a spirit like a moving mountain stream

I want to look people straight in the eye*

Walking along beneath a canopy of clouds

Feeling like a stranger in the midst of a crowd

I know that something great is calling me out loud

I know that I must choose *

I know that in this world there’s hunger and there’s hate

But if we care it’s not too late

A loving, laughing world, we’ll be able to create

Underneath the endless sky *

I Won’t Grow Up!

I won’t grow up (repeat)

I don’t want to go to school (repeat)

Just to learn to be a parrot (repeat)

And recite a silly rule (repeat)

If growing up means it would be

Beneath my dignity to climb a tree,

I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up

Not me! (Not I) Not me, so there! *mlaaah!*

I won’t grow up (repeat)

I don’t want to wear a tie (repeat)

Or a serious expression (repeat)

In the middle of July (repeat)

And if it means I must prepare

To shoulder burdens with a worried air,

I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up

Not me! (Not I) Not me, so there! *mlaaah!*

I won’t grow up (repeat)

Not a penny will I pinch (repeat)

I will never grow a mustache (repeat)

Or a fraction of an inch (repeat)

Cause growing up is awfuller

Than all the awful things that ever were

I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up

Not me! (Not I) Not me, so there! *mlaaah!*

I Wuv a Wabbit

I wuv a wabbit, a cwazy cwazy wabbit

Hop, hop, bunny, bunny

Hop, hop, bunny, bunny

Hop, hop, ho, ho, hop hop

He wuvs his cawwots, his cwazy cwazy cawwots

Chew, chew, bunny, bunny

Chew, chew, bunny, bunny

Chew, chew, ho, ho, chew, chew

When I go to sweep at night, I kiss he, and he kiss I

If he’s been a such and such

He sweeps out in da wabbit hutch

Oh, I wuv a wabbit, a cwazy cwazy wabbit

Hop, hop, bunny, bunny

Hop, hop, bunny, bunny

Hop, hop, ho, ho, hop, hop

Jamaican Farewell

Down the way where the lights are gay

And the sun shines brightly on the mountain tops

I took a trip on a sailing ship

And when I reached Jamaica, I made a stop *

*But I’m sad to say, I’m on my way

Won’t be back for many a day

My heart is down, my head is turning around

I had to leave a little boy back in Kingston town*

Sounds of laughter are everywhere

And the dancers swinging to and fro

I must declare that my heart is there

Though I’ve been from Maine to Mexico *

Down at the market, you can hear

Ladies cry out while on the heads they bear

Ackie rice, salt fish are nice

And the rum (mangoes are) is fine anytime of year *

Jambalya

Chorus:

Jambalaya, crawfish pie, filet gumbo,

Cause tonight I’m gonna see my cheramio,

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and by gay-o,

Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou.

Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh,

Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou,

My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh,

Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.

Chorus

Thibodeaux, Fountainbleu, the place is buzzin,

Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen,

Dress in style, go hog wild and be gay-o,

Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou

Chorus

Jell-O and Fruit

Monday I had fruit and Jell-O

Tuesday I had Jell-O and fruit

Wednesday I had fruit and Jell-O

Thursday I had Jell-O and fruit

Friday I had fruit and Jell-O

Saturday I had Jell-O and fruit

Sunday was a change in menu

I had Jell-O without the fruit

Jell-O Song

Oh, the big red letter stands for the Jell-O family

Oh, the big red letter stands for the Jell-O family

It’s Jell-O, yum yum yum

Jell-O pudding, yum yum yum

Jell-O tapioca pudding, try all three

(this is a round)

Jimmy Brown

Run and jump and skip and fall

You think you’re tall but you’re so small

Oh mama calls for supper, no more play

Soon comes tomorrow, it’ll be another day

Chorus:

Singing hey la de da

Oh la de de

Oh le oaten doen, ollyoxinfree

Oh I can run faster than Jimmy Brown

I’m the king of the mountain

And you’ll never get me down

Up bright and early, got a lot to do

Gonna build a castle and go to the zoo

And visit Mother Goose in storybook land

Why does Mommy hold my hand?

Chorus

I’m real old now five and a half

Gonna be like Daddy and never laugh

‘Cause when you’re old you’ve gotta be strong

You’re not a child for very long

Chorus

I’m full grown now on my own

Oh how I wish I could go back home

And play all day with my old friends

Why does childhood have to end?

Chorus

Joan Glover

Go to Joan Glover and

Tell her I love her and

By the light of the moon

Tell her I’ll come to her

(a round to be started after the first line)

Johnny Appleseed

Oh the earth is good to me, and so I thank the earth

For giving me, the things I need

The sun and the rain and the appleseed

The earth is good to me

John Jacob Jingle Hymer Schmidt

John Jacob Jingle Hymer Schmidt

His name is my name too

Whenever I go out, the people always shout,

“There goes John Jacob Jingle Hymer Schmidt”

Da na na na na na na

Jubilate Deo

Jubilate Deo,

Jubilate Deo,

Alleluia

Kookaburra

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Merry, merry kinig of the bushes, he

Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra

Gay your life must be!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Eating all the gum drops he can see

Stop, Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra

Save some there for me!

La Haina

I was sitting at a table in an open café, waiting for a drink of

tea

When I asked the water for the time of day

He said, “Look out, there’s a centipede a-comin’ your way!”

*

*In La Haina, sugar cane grows, in La Haina, livin’ is slow

in La Haina, the mangoes grow sweet,

But the centipede she crawls all over your feet!

Bah-dah-dah-dum bum bum bum bah-dah-dum

Bah-dah-dah-dum bum bah-dum! In La Haina! (repeat)*

I was laying by the water in the morning sun, shaded by a

coconut tree,

When I turned around it was all I could see,

There was a great big a-centipede a-starin’ at me! *

I had only a second to decide what to do, while staring at it’s

poisonous fangs

When I said I thought it was a beautiful day, he said,

“Hey lady don’t ya think you’re pulling my leg?” *

La, La, La

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la. La, la, la

La, la, la

Leavin’ On a Jet Plane

My bags are packed, I’m ready to go

I’m standing right outside your door

I hate to wake you up to say good-bye

But the dawn is breaking, it’s early morn

The taxi’s waiting, he’s blowing his horn,

Already I’m so lonesome I could die…*

*So kiss me and smile for me,

Tell me that you’ll wait for me

Hold me like you’ll never let me go

‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane,

Don’t know when I’ll be back again

O babe I hate to go*

There’s so many times I let you down

So many times I played around

I tell you now that they don’t mean a thing

Every place I go, I’ll think of you

Every song I sing, I’ll sing for you

When I come home, I’ll wear your wedding ring…*

Well now the time has come to leave you

One more time, please let me kiss you,

Then close your eyes and I’ll be on my way

Dream about the days to come

When I won’t have to leave you alone

About the times when I won’t have to say…*

Let Me See Your…

Let me see your Frankenstein

What’s that you say?

I said let me see your Frankenstein

What’s that you say?

I said ooh ah-ah-ah, ooh ah-ah-ah, ooh ah-ah (2x)

(replace italicized word Tarzan, John Travolta, etc. with

hand motions and act like the character)

Like A Ship in the Harbor

Like a ship in the harbor

Like a mother and child

Like a light in the darkness

I’ll hold you awhile

We’ll rock on the water

I’ll cradle you deep

And hold you while angels

Sing you to sleep

Linger

Mmmm, I wanna linger

Mmmm, a little longer

Mmm, a little longer here with you

Mmmm, it’s such a perfect night

Mmmm, it doesn’t seem quite right

Mmmm, that it should be my last with you

Mmmm, and some September

Mmmm, I will remember

Mmmm, our camping days and friendships true

Mmmm, and as the years go by

Mmmm, I’ll think of you and sigh

Mmmm, this is good-night and not good-bye

Little Canoe

Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe

With the moon shining all around

They paddled their paddles so

You couldn’t even hear a sound

And they talked and they talked till the moon grew dim

He said you better kiss me or get out and swim

So what ‘cha gonna do in a little canoe

With the moon shining all a, boy swimming all a,

Girl paddling all around

Little Cottage

Little cottage in the woods

Little man by the window stood

Saw a rabbit hopping by

Knocking at his door

“Help me, help me, Help!” He said

“Or the hunter will shoot me dead.”

“Come little rabbit, come inside.

Safely you’ll abide.”

(Keep singing, omitting the words to a line at a time,

continuing on with the motions)

Little Drop of Dew

(high part and low part)

Little drop of dew of dew, like a gem you are,

I believe that you must have been a star

When the morn is light, on the grass you lie

Tell me then at night are you in the sky?

Little drop of dew of dew, like a gem you are,

I believe that you must have been a star

Little Green Frog

Mmm-ah went the little green frog one day

Mmm-ah went the little green frog

Mmm-ah went the little green frog one day

And they all went mmm-mmm-ah!

Now all those frogs go la-dee-da-dee-da

La-dee-da-dee-da

La-dee-da-dee-da

Now all those frogs go la-dee-da-dee-da

Instead of mmm-mmm-ah

Little Red Caboose

Little red caboose, chug chug chug

Little red caboose, chug chug chug

Little red caboose behind the train, train, train, train

Smoke stacks on his back, back, back, back

Comin’ ‘round the track, track, track, track

Little red caboose behind the train

Whoo-whoo

Lollipop Grace

We thank the earth for a hundred things

For the flowers that bloom and the birds that sing

For the sun that shines and the rain that drops

For ice cream and raisins and lollipops

Long John

Well I’m a long john

And I’m a long time gone

Like a fish in the canal

With his long johns on

Glub, glub-glub, glub

Glub, glub-glub, glub

Glub, glub, glub, glub

(a repeat song)

(other suggested verses: seal/canal/arf, snake/grass/hiss,

bear/woods/roar, etc.)

Lullabye

Lull-a lull-a bye,

Lull-a-bye, lull-a-bye

Sweetly sing to a lull-lull-lull-lull-a-bye

Lull-a-bye, lull-a-bye

Sweetly sing to a lull-lull-lull-lull-a-bye

Madeleine Grace

We love our bread, we love our butter

But most of all, we love each other

Magic

*Magic is the sun the makes the rainbow out of rain

And magic keeps the dream alive, to try and try again

Magic is the love that stays, when good friends have to leave

I do believe in magic I believe*

When I was young I thought the stars were made for wishing

on

And every hole deep in a tree must hide a leprechaun

Houses all had secret rooms, if I could find the key

I do believe in magic, I believe *

Growin up, the grown-ups said, one day I’d wake to find

That magic’s just a childhood game, I’d have to leave behind

Like clothes that did no longer fit, or toys that I’d ignore

I’d not believe in magic anymore *

Now I’ve grown old and learned again that much to my

surprise

Magic did not fade away, it took a new disguise

A childhood friend, a smile, a song, the courage to stand tall

I do believe in magic after all

Magic is the sun that makes the rainbow out of rain

And magic keeps the dream alive to try and try again

Magic is the love that stays when good friends have to leave

I do believe in magic,

For love’s the greatest magic,

I do believe in magic, I believe

Magic Melody

Here I stand, all alone upon a hill so high

Gazing at the sky as clouds drift by

And I hear a melody from my heart

Leaves sing too, echoing my lovely melody

And my longing to be free to roam

In the sunlight of today and always

Where I choose in the heather by the restless sea

This my magic song my heart sets free

I’m in love with the world

I’m in love with the world

Rain may fall all around me and the sky show gray

Comes again my melody to say

I will see a rainbow smiling at me

Bright hues there, splendor painted on an arc of blue

And the morning sun peeks through to say

Follow on to find the treasures of life

All the way, yet another path another day

Filled with promise and my magic song

I’m in love with the world

I’m in love with the world

I’m in love with the world

Make New Friends

Make new friends, but keep the old

One is silver, and the other’s gold

A circle’s round, it has no end

That’s how long I want to be your friend

(a round, to be started after “Make New Friends”)

Make Your Own Kind of Music

Don’t let anyone tell you

There’s only one song worth singin’

They make try to tell you

Cause it hangs them up, to see someone like you

But you’ve gotta *

*Make your own kind of music

Sing your own special song

Make your own kind of music

Even if nobody else sings along, sings along*

You’re gonna be lonely

The loneliest kind of lonely

It may be rough goin’

Cause to do your thing is the hardest thing to do

But you’ve gotta *

So if you cannot take my hand

And if you must going

I will understand, that you’ve gotta *

Mark Twain

1.) If I could be anything I wanted

Anything under the sun

I think I’d be the old steam-boat captain

On the old Cotton Blossom #1, #1

The old Cotton Blossom #1

And I’d go Mark Twain up the river

I’d go Mark Twain up and down

I’d go Mark Twain up the river

And I’d serenade the people back in town, back in town

I’d serenade the people back in town.

2.) Same as first verse, except “old steam-boat captain,”

it’s the “old steam boat paddle” that goes “swish”

3.) “Whistle” instead of “captain” that goes “toot-toot”

4.) “Calliope” instead of “captain” that goes “who-who-

who”

Martian Hop

Ooh mao-mao, papa, ooh mao-mao

Papa ooh mao-mao, papa ooh mao-mao

Ooh mao-mao, papa, ooh mao-mao

Papa ooh mao-mao, papa ooh mao-mao

Ooh mao-mao, papa, ooh mao-mao

Papa ooh mao, ooh mao, ooh mao-mao

Ooh mao-mao, papa, ooh mao-mao

Papa ooh mao, ooh mao, ooh mao-mao

Eeee, eee-eee, eee-eee eee, Martian Hop

Eeee, eee-eee, eee-eee eee, Martian Hop

Matilda the Gorilla

I had a pet gorilla

Her name was Matilda

Matilda used to sing songs everyday

And this is what Matilda the gorilla would say:

Ooh, ooh, aah-aah

Ooh, ooh aah-aah

Ooh, ooh, aah-aah

Ooh, ooh aah-aah

May All Your Dreams

*May all your dreams bloom like daisies in the sun

May you always have stars in your eyes

And may you not stop running, not until your race is won

And may you always have blue skies*

A dream is something all your own to keep within your heart,

To build on when you’re glad

Or when your world has fallen apart

A dream is something all your own that no one else can steal

A dream is something you can make come real *

You can share a smile with any stranger that you meet

You can share your money with a beggar on the street

But you can only share a dream when love has set it free

Please won’t you share yours with me *

May the Long Time Sun

May the long time sun shine upon you

All the love surround you

And the pure light within you

Guide you all the way on

(a round)

Me and My Dinosaur

One day when the weather was cloudy and gray,

And I wished that someone would come out and play!

I heard a ‘knock, knock’ and I opened the door,

And there stood the loveliest BIG! Dinosaur *

*Me and my dinosaur, I’ve never had such a friend before!

Big as a house, twenty times and a half,

And fifty times taller than ANY giraffe!

Legs like sequoia trees, teeth big as piano keys!

No two people are buddies more than me and my dinosaur!*

I brought out some cookies and we had a snack,

Then she said she’s give me a ride on her back,

I started to climb from her tail to her cheek,

The whole darn trip took a year and a week! *

We hop-scotched to Africa, quick as a breeze

While leap-frogging over the coconut trees!

Then we got thirsty after a while,

In one great big gulp we just drank up the Nile! *

Mickey Mouse Roll Call

Who’s the leader of the pack that’s made for you and me?

M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e

Mickey Mouse (Donald Duck)

Mickey Mouse (Donald Duck)

Forever let us hold our banners high

High, high, high!

Come along and sing this song

And join the jamboree

M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e

Mickey Mouse roll call sound off now…

Mississippi Mud

1.) Sun goes down, moon comes up,

People gather ‘round and they all begin to shout *

*Hey, hey, Uncle Dud

It’s a treat to beat your feet on the Mississippi Mud

It’s a treat to beat your feet on the Mississippi Mud*

2.) What a dance do they do?

Lordy how I’m tellin’ you *

3.) They don’t need no rockin’ band

They keep time by clappin’ their hands *

Mud, mud, mud, mud, mud

Mississippi Mud

Mister Moon

Mister Moon, Mister Moon, you’re out too soon

The sun is still in the sky

Go back to bed and cover up your head

And wait till the day goes by

From out the battered elm tree,

The owl cries out, “Who’s there?”

And from the distant forest, the cuckoo answers clear

Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!

Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!

Moon on the Meadow

Moon on the meadow, bugs in our ears

Smoke in our eyes, wet wood and tears

On up the meadow, water somewhere

We were the only ones there

Wild horse and Slushy, Dry Lakes, the Peak

Finding a love that everyone seeks

Hiking to Rainbows, Sunsets and Stars

Just finding out who we are

We will return here some lucky day

Our hearts will guide us, they know the way

People in cities don’t understand

Falling in love with the land

Moon on the meadow, bugs in our ears

Smoke in our eyes, wet wood and tears

On up the meadow, water somewhere

With you my friend, I am there

(The capitalized words in the second verse are the

names of units at another camp)

Moonshadow

*I’m being followed by a moonshadow,

moonshadow, moonshadow

Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow,

moonshadow, moonshadow*

And if I ever lose my eyes,

All my colors, they run dry

‘Cause if I ever lose my eyes

O-wee-ee-ee-wee ee ee ee

I won’t have to cry no more *

And if I ever lose my hands,

Lose my plow and lose my land,

‘Cause if I ever lose my hands

O-wee-ee-ee-wee ee ee ee

I won’t have to work no more *

And if I ever lose my legs,

I won’t cry and I won’t beg,

‘Cause if I ever lose my legs

O-wee-ee-ee-wee ee ee ee

I won’t have to walk no more *

And if I ever lose my mouth

All my teeth, North and South

‘Cause if I ever lose my mouth,

O-wee-ee-ee-wee ee ee ee

I won’t have to talk—um um *

But if I ever lose my friends,

All my world comes to an end,

If I ever lose my friends

O-wee-ee-ee-wee ee ee ee

I would never love no more.

Moses Supposes

Moses supposes his toeses are roses

But Moses supposes erroneously

‘Cause nobody’s toeses are poses of roses

Like Moses supposes his toeses to be

Moses supposes his toeses are roses

But Moses supposes erroneously

Morning Star

Morning, morning

Star, Star

Here we go swimming and here we go sailing

And morning, morning

Star, Star

(Draw a star with your finger)

Mountain Girls

City girls, they wear those high heels

Country girls, they do the same

Mountain girls just wear their hiking boots,

But they get there just the same.

City girls they wear that French perfume

Country girls, they do the same

Mountain girls just go au naturel

But they get there just the same.

City girls they use those flush toilets

Country girls, they do the same

Mountain girls just find a friendly bush

But they get there just the same

Mountains High

1.) Mountains high, reaching for the sky

That I can climb and find peace of mind

2.) Meadows green, tiny flowing streams

To beautiful it seems, I dream, mountain dream

3.) Mountains high, reaching for the sky

That I did climb and find peace of mind

Murray the Rabbit Boy

*Murray the rabbit boy, Murray

Who?

Murray the rabbit boy, Murray?

What’d he do?

He hops from place to place

To save the human race

Murray the rabbit boy, Murray*

One day the rabbit and the boy were caught in a radiation

storm

And when the clouds had lifted

The boy had been transformed

The rabbit and the boy had mutated into one

The legend of Murray the rabbit boy has begun *

Music Alone Shall Live

All things shall perish from under the sky

Music alone shall live

Music alone shall live

Music alone shall live, never to die

My Babe

My babe she came in winter

Like a seed sprouting under

The dark earth’s greeny cover

Deep in the womb of the world.

Chorus:

Ooh la la ooh la oo la (x3)

Oo la la ooo la la

My babe she sees like springtime

Everything wildflowers,

Blossoming in the morning

she watches nature moving

Chorus

My girls she plays like summer

Like an elf hiding under

The green leaf, distant thunder,

Cannot shake or surprise her

Chorus

My girl she leaves like autumn

Dressed up in many colors

She reaps the harvest we sowed

It seems like so long ago

Chorus

My Friends

*My friends, my friends are good for me

I like them and they like me

1.) Together we drink our juice and bread

We’re so happy when everyone’s fed *

2.) A friend can be either short or talk

A friend can be most anyone at all *

3.) Together we dance and play around

Wiggle our toes in the soft green ground *

My Old Mom’s a Farmer

My old mom’s a farmer, now whadda you think about that?

She wears her farmer’s raincoat, she wears her farmer’s hat

She wears her farmer’s collar, she wears her farmer’s shoes

And every Sunday morning she reads the farmer’s news

And some day, if I can

I’m gonna be a farmer, just like my old mom

(other verses: doctor, counselor,

Chiquita banana sticker licker, etc.)

My Paddle

My paddle’s keen and bright

Flashing like silver

Follow the wild goose flight

Dip, dip and swing

Dip, dip and swing and back

Flashing like silver

Swift as the wild goose flies

Dip, dip and swing

My Roots Go Down

*My roots go down, down into the ground (3x)

My roots go down*

I am a fish swimming in the sea (3x)

My roots go down *

(Make up any verses)

My Summer Friend

*So many times we’ve cared my summer friend

The secrets that we’ve shared my summer friend

And as surely as the sun will rise, you’re always there for me

My summer friend I know you’ll always be*

1.) The first days of my summer were so empty and alone

I didn’t have a friend to see me through

When we first met we hit it off and summer changed it’s tone

And now I know I have a friend in you *

2.) Through summer days we’ve shared our dreams, our

secrets, and our fears

And now I see a part of me in you

I hope these days would never end because of you my friend

How strong our love would be we never knew *

3.) Summer’s over and I never knew

How quickly time would fly

It seems our days together were so few

Those happy days, those giving days I’ll always keep in mind

With memories that will keep me close to you *

‘Neath These Tall Green Trees

‘Neath these tall green trees we stand

Asking blessings from thy hand

Thanks we give to thee above

For thy health and strength and love

No Bananas in the Sky

There are no bananas in the sky, in the sky (2x)

There’s a sun and a moon and a coconut cream pie,

But there are no bananas in the sky, in the sky!

Noodle Soup

Oh, I was born one night one morn

When the whistle went too, toot

You can bake a steam or fry a cake

When the mud pies are in bloom

Does six and six make nine?

Does ice grow on a vine?

Does Uncle Joe eat cheerios

In the good old summer-time?

Oh, loop the loop in the noodle soup

Just give your socks a shine

I’m the guilty judge, I stole the fudge

Three cheers for old exsine

I cannot tell a lie, I hocked an apple pie

It’s on a tree, beneath the sea,

Above the great blue sky

They call me King Napoleon

But I’m not him at all

I come from South Dakota

Way down by old St. Paul

I’ll sue them all for slander

I’ll make them all repent

For how can I be Bonaparte

When I’m the president

If Easter eggs don’t shave their legs,

Their children will have ducks

Quack, quack, quack

I’d rather have a lemon pie than 47 bucks

Way down in Barcelonia

They fell into the foamia

Now that is all bolognia

Paterooski blow your horn

Toot! Toot!

Now All the Woods are Waking

Now all the woods are waking

The sun is rising high

Wake up now, Get up now,

Before the dew is dry

Oden

In the land of Oden

There stands a mountain

Ten thousand miles in the air

From edge to edge, this mountain measures

Ten thousand miles square

A little bird comes a-winging

Once every million years or so

Sharpens her beak on a stone

And then quickly disappears

And when that mountain

Has worn away

This to eternity will be,

But one single day

In the land of Oden

There stands a mountain

Ten thousand miles in the air

Oh Be Joyful

Oh be joyful, oh be jubilant

Put your sorrows far away

Come rejoice and sing together this happy day

Oh be joyful, oh be happy on this day

Oh be joyful, oh be joyful

Oh be joyful on this happy day

Oh be joyful, oh be joyful

Oh be joyful on this happy day

(a round, to be started after the first chunk)

Oh, Gee, How Happy I Feel!

Oh, gee, how happy I feel

I’ve got the rhythm of an automobile

Don’t have to worry where I get my next meal

Cause I’m eating chicken and I don’t have to steal

Everything’s just going my way

Every dog’s gotta have his day

Well, I’ve had mine and I’m ready to say

Everything, everything, everything, everything,

Everything’s going my way!

Well, my clothes are tailor made,

And my shoes are patent leather

All you gotta do is stitch yourself together

Take a look at me, and Lordy, Lordy, Lordy!

Everything’s going my way!

Oh How Lovely Is the Evening

Oh, how lovely is the evening, is the evening

When the bells are sweetly ringing, sweetly ringing

Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong

Oh Mr. Sun

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down on me

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Hiding behind that tree

Camp Robbinswold is a-waitin’ for you

So come on and do the things that you do

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down-on

Won’t ya shine down-on

Please shine down-on me

Oh, Olay Olay! (The Corn Growing Song)

Oh, olay olay

Alla tikka tumba

Maza maza maza

Olloo olloo olloway!

(a repeat song)

Oh Be Joyful

Oh be joyful, oh be jubilant

Put your sorrows far away

Come rejoice and sing together this happy day

Oh be joyful, oh be happy on this day

Oh be joyful, oh be joyful

Oh be joyful on this happy day!

Old McDonald

Old McDonald had a farm, eyi-eyi-o

And on that farm he had some chickens

Eyi-eyi-o

With a bock bock here, and a bock bock there

Here a bock, there a bock, everywhere a bock bock

Old McDonald had a farm, eyi-eyi-o

One Day

One day

Walking in the sun

We laugh

Friendship has begun

Same day

Talkin’ in the sun

Two there

Becoming one

Time past

Friends part

Friendship last

Bound between hearts

Two together

Two alone

Love each other

Find the way home

One day

Forever long

Builds a bond

Forever strong

(a repeat song)

One Finger, One Thumb

One finger, one thumb keep moving (3x)

We’ll all be merry and bright

One finger, one thumb, one arm keep moving, etc.

Other possible motions to accompany singing: arm, leg, stand

up sit down, nod of the head, etc.

One Tin Soldier

Listen children to a story

That was written long ago

‘Bout a kingdom on a mountain

And the valley folk below

On the mountain was a treasure

Buried deep beneath a stone

And the valley people swore

They’d have it for their very own *

*Go ahead and hate your neighbor,

Go ahead and cheat a friend

Do it in the name of heaven

You can justify it in the end

There won’t be any trumpets blowing

Come the judgment day

On the bloody morning after…

One tin soldier rides away*

So the people of the valley

Sent a message to the hill

Asking for the buried treasure

Tons of gold for which they’d kill

Down the mountain came the answer

“With our neighbors we will share

All the secrets of our mountain

All the riches buried there” *

Now the valley cried with anger

“Mount your horses, draw your swords”

And they killed the mountain people

So they won their just reward

Now they stood beside the treasure

On the mountain dark and red

Turned the stone and looked beneath it

“Peace on earth” was all it said *

Now the mountain people’s story

Seems to me so very sad

Not because they lost their treasure

But because all others had

Take a look down in the valley

We could be the people there

Seeking riches we abuse

What little peace we still might share *

On My Honor

*On my honor I will try

There’s a duty to be done, and I say “aye”

There’s a reason here for a reason above

My honor is to try and my duty is to love*

People don’t need to know my name

If I hurt someone, then I’m to blame

If I help someone, then I’ve helped me

And that’s the way that it should be *

I’ve tucked away a song or two

If you’re feeling low, there’s one for you

If you need a friend, then I will come

There’s plenty more where I come from *

Come with me where a fire burns bright

You can see much better by its own light

You can find more meaning in a campfire’s glow

Than you’ll ever find in a year or so *

Friendship is the strangest thing

If you keep it to yourself, no reward will it bring

But you gave it away, and you give it to me

And from now on great friends we’ll be *

We’ve got a promise to always keep

We will sing, “Day is Done” before we sleep

We are Girl Scouts together, and when we’re gone

We’ll still be a-trying and a-singing this song *

On The Loose

1.) Have you ever a sunrise

Turn the sky completely red?

Have you slept beneath the moon and stars

A pine bough for your head?

Do you sit and talk with friends

Though a word is never said?

Then you’re just like me and you’ve been on the loose *

*On the loose to climb a mountain

On the loose where I am free

On the loose to live my life the way I think my life should be

For I’ve only got a moment and a whole world yet to see

I’ll be looking for tomorrow on the loose*

2.) There’s a trail that I’ll be hiking

Just to see where it might go

Many places yet to visit,

Many people yet to know

So in following my dreams

I will live and I will grow

On a trail that’s waiting out there on the loose *

So in search of love and laughter

I’ll be traveling this land

Never sure of where I’m going

For I haven’t any plans

So in time when you are ready

Come and join me take my hand

And together we’ll share life out on the loose *

Oyster Stew

One day I ordered an oyster stew, alone tee-hee alone

And only one oyster loomed in view, alone tee-hee alone

He winked at me and he blinked at me

“I’ve been in many a stew,” said he

“But don’t tell the chef that you saw me, alone tee-hee alone

And maybe I’ll go to the junior prom, alone tee-hee alone

And maybe I’ll sit by the chaperone, alone tee-hee alone

And maybe somebody will wink at me

And I will wink at them, tee-hee

And then you’ll know that I’ll not be, alone tee-hee alone”

Parting Wish

I’d like to share this parting wish with you

Treasure all the friendships unto you

Remember all the good times we’ve had here

And don’t forget them in the coming year

(a repeat song, repeat two times through, the last time, repeat

the last line again)

Paul’s Lullaby

Sing your lullaby to the world, it’s a happy song to know

For the children need their sleep to grow

Softly as the people sleep, the moon drifts through the sky

And she sings to us all her lullaby

Peace is the World Smiling

Peace is the world smiling

Peace is a gentle dove,

Peace is sharing, Peace is caring

Peace is filling the world with love!

Peace Like a River

I’ve got peace like a river (3x)

In my soul, in my soul (2x)

I’ve got love like a mountain (3x)

In my soul, in my soul (2x)

I’ve got joy like a fountain (3x)

In my soul, in my soul (2x)

I’ve got peace like a river

I’ve got love like a mountain

I’ve got joy like a fountain

In my soul, in my soul (2x)

Percy the Pale Face Polar Bear

Way up in the land of ice and snow

Where the temperature drops to forty below

Who’s the happiest one up there?

It’s Percy the pale face polar bear

He sleeps all day and then at night

He catches his fish by the pale moonlight

Has no worries, has no cares

He’s Percy the pale face polar bear

Then one day the hunters came

They caught poor Percy by the snout

Put him in a great big cage

Percy howled, and he growled

But he couldn’t get out

Now he’s living in the zoo

Funny thing he likes it too

‘Cause he met his girlfriend there

And she loves Percy the pale face polar bear

Who? Percy the pale face polar bear!

Pink Pajamas

I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it’s hot

I wear my flannel nighty in the winter when it’s not

And sometimes in the spring and sometimes in the fall

I jump between the sheets with nothing on at all!

Glory, glory hallelujah!

Glory, glory what’s it to ya?

Balmy breezes flowin’ through ya,

With nothing on at all!

Pickin’ Flowers

*Pickin’ flowers in the rain and

laughing with the sun

Trying to teach them how to live by themselves

And still get things done *

Gonna be a counselor at summer camp,

Gonna find out what it’s all about

Little eyes will look up to you and

Little hands will reach out *

The days are long and the nights are short

And the pay is so small

We really don’t know if what we say

Sinks in at all *

Build a fire, dig a trench,

Sharpen an axe with a wet stone

And maybe next time when we’re not here

They can do it all alone *

And sometimes when things don’t work out right

And we think we’re all flops

They look up at us and they smile at us

And ask us not to stop *

When it’s all over and it’s time to leave

We’ll sit and think

What parts of us do they take along?

What part of them do they leave?

So that’s why I’m here at this summer camp

And I hope you feel the same way

There’s a lot to get, but there’s much more to give

And I hope you’re here to stay *

Pirate Ship

When I was one

I sucked my thumb

The day I went to see

I jumped aboard a pirate ship

And the captain said to me,

“We’re going this way that way

Forward backward

Over the Irish Sea

A juicy plum (a bottle of rum)

To warm my tum

The pirate’s life for me”

Plea for the World

A plea for on world is heard in many different lands

These are the pleas of a world who is hungry for peace

Let us all come together

Let us live well together

Striving to make the world better

Pledging out lives to peace

This Pretty Planet

This pretty planet, spinning in space

Your garden, your harbor, your holy place

Golden sun going down

Gentle blue giants spin us around

All through the night

Safe to the morning light

Princess Pat

The princess pat

Light infantry

She sailed across

The seven seas

She sailed across

The channel two

And she took with her

A rickadandoo *

*A rickadandoo

Now what is that?

It’s something made

By the Princess Pat

It’s red and gold

And purple too

That’s why it’s called

A rickadandoo*

Now Captain Jack

Had a mighty find crew

He sailed across

The Channel Two

But his ship sank

And yours will too

If you don’t take

A rickadandoo *

(a repeat song)

Prunee

No matter how young a prune may be

She’s always getting wrinkles

A baby prune is like her dad

But she ain’t wrinkled half as bad

Now you have wrinkles on your face

But prune has them everyplace!

No matter how young a prune may be,

She’s always getting wrinkles

Little seed inside the pru-in

Is it night or is it noo-in

Whatch yo’ name

And Whatch yo’ doin’

Little seed inside the pru-in

No matter how young a prune may be

She’s always getting wrinkles

Puff the Magic Dragon

Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist

In a land called Honalee

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff

And brought him strings and sealing wax

And other fancy stuff

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail

Jackie kept a lookout perched

On Puff’s gigantic bluff

Noble kings and princes would bow whenever they came

Pirate ships would lower their flags

As Puff roared out his name

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys

Painted wings and giants’ rings

Make way for other toys

One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more

And Puff that mighty dragon

He ceased his fearless roar

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain

Puff no longer went to play

Along the cherry lane

Without his lifelong friend Puff could not be brave

So Puff that might dragon

Sadly slipped into his cave

Purple Lights

Purple lights*

In the canyon*

That’s where I*

Long to be*

With my three*

Good companions*

My banjo, my pony, and me, yee-haw!

Whippoorwill*

In the willer*

Sings a sweet*

Melody*

For my three*

Good companions*

My banjo, my pony, and me, yee-haw!

No more goats*

To be ropin’*

No more strays*

Do I see*

Just my three*

Good companions*

My banjo, my pony, and me, yee-haw!

Gonna hang*

My sombrero*

On a limb*

Of a tree*

For my three*

Good companions*

My banjo, my pony, and me, yee-haw!

Purple Soup

We’re makin’ a purple soup ba-doup, ba-doup

Makin’ a purple soup, ba-doup, ba-doup

Purple potatoes, and purple tomatoes

And we want you

Rain Dance

Have one person leading the following motions:

1. Rub hands back and forth (wind)

2. Snap fingers lightly (light showers)

3. Slap knees softly (shower)

4. Slap knees harder (harder rain)

5. Stomp feet (cloud bursts)

6. Slap knees hard

7. Slap knees softer

8. Snap fingers lightly

9. Rub hands back and forth

10. Put hands over head to form the sun

Rainbow Connection

Why are there so many songs about rainbows?

And what’s on the other side?

Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,

Rainbows have nothing to hid

So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it

I know they’re wrong, wait and see

Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection

The lovers, the dreamers and me

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered

And wished on the morning star?

Somebody thought of that and someone believed it

And look what it’s done so far

What’s so amazing that keeps us star gazing

And what do we think we might see?

Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection

The lovers, the dreamers, and me

Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices

When I’ve heard them calling my name?

Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors

The voice might be one and the same

I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it

It’s something that I’m supposed to be

Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection

The lovers, the dreamers and me

La deed a, la dee da doo

The lovers, the dreamers and me

Raisin Song

Lay some happiness on me

Give me raisins and I’ll be

So much happier, you’ll see

Lay some happiness on me

I think raisins are just dandy

A natural energy treat, oh boy!

Raisins are as good as candy

‘Bout as good as fruit, so…

(Chorus)

A Ram Sam Sam

A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam

Goolie, goolie, goolie, goolie, goolie, ram sam sam

A raja, a raja

Goolie, goolie, goolie, goolie, goolie, ram sam sam

Rare Bog

*(together) Rare bog, the rattlin’ bog

Way down in the valley-oh

Rare bog, the rattlin’ bog

Way down in the valley-oh*

(echo) And in that bog

There was a tree

A rare tree

A rattlin’ tree

And the tree’s in the bog

And the bog’s down in the valley, Oh! *

And on that tree, there was a limb…

And on that limb, there was a branch…

And on that branch, there was a twig…

And on that twig, there was a leaf…

And on that leaf, there was a nest…

And in that nest, there was an egg…

And in that egg, there was a chicken…

And on that chicken, there was a feather…

And on that feather, there was a tick…

And on that tick, there was a speck of dust…

And in that speck of dust, there was a whole new world…

And in that whole new world, there was a Girl Scout camp…

(in the last verse, instead of a “rattlin’ Girl Scout camp,”

it’s a “rockin’ Girl Scout camp”)

Reach

*Reach up to the sky, and open up your eyes

And, let your troubles fade away

Dream those dreams today

And melt your cares away

And open up your heart and sing*

Live your life for everyday

The old one is gone,

So don’t let this one slip away, and… *

Reach for the Sun

Ride on the wind of a summer’s day

Ride on the wind and be a world away

Reach for the sun and touch the moon too

Reach for the sun and touch the moon

Find yourself before you run away

Stand on the grass and watch the children play

Their world is really half of yours, too

Their world is really half of yours

Where ‘ere you go be sure to see the sky

Don’t let your only chances pass you by

Reach for the sun and touch the moon, too

Reach for the sun and touch the moon

Red Balloon

1.) Give me a red balloon on a long black string

I’ll be richer than any king

With my red balloon on a long black string

I can whistle and I can sing *

*Laughs are many and tears are few

Life’s exciting and always new

In a world of girls and boys

In a world of simple joys*

2.) Give me a paper kite on a windy day

Oh I think I’ll fly away

With my paper kite on a windy day

Oh yes, I’ll fly away *

3.) Give me a warm spring day and an apple tree

There’s nothing that I can’t see

When I looked out from my apple tree

Look up there and you’ll see me *

4.) Give me a blue C-Lark and a windy day

And I think I’ll sail away

In my blue C-Lark on a windy day

Oh yes, I’ll sail away *

5.) Give me friends to love and a place to go

With these friends there’s joy I know

That when they’re gone and far apart

There’s still joy beneath our hearts *

6.) Give me a summer camp and the campers there

We’ll explore with friends who care

On the rocky shores of Robbinswold

Memories in my heart I’ll hold *

7.) Skies are blue and the trails are long

Joy and love ring in our song

In a world of friendship true

In a world I share with you *

Red River Valley

From this valley they say you are going

We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile

For they say you are taking the sunshine

Which has brightened our pathway a while *

*Come and sit by my side if you love me

Do not hasten to bid me adieu

But remember the Red River Valley

And the one who has loved you so true*

Won’t you think of the valley you’re leaving

Oh, how lonely, how sad will it be?

Oh, think of the fond heart you’re breaking

And the grief you are causing to me *

As you go to your home by the ocean

May you never forget those sweet hours

That we spent in the Red River Valley

And the love we exchanged ‘mid the flowers *

Red Wagon

You can’t ride my little red wagon

Front wheel’s broken

And the back wheel’s dragging

Slug! Slug! Slug, slug, slug!

Rover

See the clouds rolling on their way

See the stars shining so gay

Hear the wind in the tall pine trees

And you’ll know exactly why I’m free

Chorus:

I am a rover rolling along

Rover, singing a song

I am a rover until the day I die

Have few friends but they are true

A mountain, flower and a sky so blue

I am a wanderer, never standing still

And I must go onward to those hills

Chorus

Through this land I’m bound to roam

Without a friend, a fire or a home,

But I have a friend that is true,

And that, my comrade, that is you

Chorus

Rhymes and Reasons

So you speak to me of sadness

And the coming of the winter, the

Fear that is within you now, it

Seems to never end. And the

Dreams that have escaped you

And the hopes that you’ve forgotten

And you tell me that you need me now

And you want to be my friend

And you wonder where you’re going

Where’s the rhyme and where’s the

Reason, and it’s you who can’t accept

It is here we must begin

To seek the wisdom of the children

And the graceful way of flowers in the wind

For the children and the flowers are our sisters and

Our brothers, their laughter and

Their loveliness could clear a cloudy

Day. Like the music of the mountains

And the colors of the rainbow they’re

A promise of the future and a blessing

For today.

Rice Crispies

Snap now, snap now, snap’s the sound

You gotta have snap or the world’s not round

I snap, you snap, we snap, they snap

Snap! (pause, pause) Makes the world go round

Crackle, crackle, the crispy sound

You gotta have crackle or the clock’s not wound

Geese cackle, feathers tickle, boys are fickle, have a pickle

(pause) Crackle! (pause) Makes the world go round

I insist that pop’s the sound

You’ve gotta have pop or the world’s not round

Orange pop, grape pop, lemon pop, lime pop

(pause, pause) Pop! Makes the world go round

Snap, crackle, pop rice krispie

Ride on the Wind

1.) Ride on the wind of a summer’s day

Ride on the wind and be a world away

Reach for the sun and touch the moon too

Reach for the sun and touch the moon

2.) Find yourself before you run away

Stand in the grass and watch the children play

Their world is really half of yours too

Their world is really half of yours

3.) Where ‘ere you go be sure to see the sky

Don’t let your only chances pass you by

Reach for the sun and touch the moon too

Reach for the sun and touch the moon

4.) Repeat verse 1

Riggidy Jig

Riggidy Jig and away we go

Away we go, away we go

Riggidy jig and away we go

Hi ho Hi ho Hi ho

We were starved as starved could be

But now we’ve had enough to eat

Riggidy jig and away we go

Hi ho Hi ho Hi ho

Rising of the Sun

(echo) From the rising of the sun

(together) To the going down of the same

(echo) Mother Earth

(echo) Is to be praised

Riverboat

*No, I ain’t gonna step down off that riverboat

No, I ain’t gonna step down off that riverboat

‘Cause if I step down off that riverboat

Oh, I don’t think that I’m gonna float

‘Cause there’s mud just below that sparkling water

Yes, there’s mud just below that sparkling water

And it’s soft, soft, deep and warm

Settled ‘neath the river once in a storm

Mud just below that sparkling water*

Once had a daughter strong and fine

Grew up said she didn’t wanna be mine

Said I understood and felt the same (2,3,4)

Now she runs a school for girls

Each one tougher than a redwood burl

Growing up stronger than the world into which they came *

When, oh when, will I ever learn

It’s not just fire that makes me burn

It’s not just ice that cools my flaming skin (2,3,4)

But if I get caught it’ll cook me good

And that’s not the road to sisterhood

Where I’m going is the same as where I’ve been *

River of Life

I’ve got a river of life flowing out of me

Makes the lame to walk and the blind to sea

Opens prison doors, sets the captives free

I’ve got a river of life flowing out of me

Spring forth well inside my soul

Spring forth a well, and make me whole

Spring forth well, and let me see

That life, which shines in me

Robbinswold Goodnight Medley

The Time Has Come:

The time has come for me to say

It has been a lovely day

And the spirit dwelling in my heart

Won’t be leaving when the sun goes down

So have a good night,

Have a good night,

Have a good night,

Have a good night my dear

The time has come for me to say

It has been a lovely day

And the spirit dwelling in my soul

Won’t be leaving when the sun goes down

So have a good night,

Have a good night,

Have a good night,

Have a good night my dear friend

Green Trees:

Green trees around us, blue skies above

Friends all around us,

In a world filled with love

Taps sounding softly

Hearts beating true

As we all sing, good night to you

Good night:

Good night, good night

As the evening shadows creep into the night

With each living glowing ember

There’s a friendship to remember

As we sing

Taps:

Day is done, gone the sun

From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky

All is well, safely rest,

And good night

Robbinswold Harmony

Dominique:

Dominique-nique-nique o’er the land he walks along

And sings a little song

Never asking for reward

He just talks about the Lord

He just talks about the Lord

Swing low:

Swing low, sweet chariot

Comin’ for to carry me home

Swing low, sweet chariot

Comin’ for to carry me home

Crawdad Song:

You get a line, I’ll get a pole honey

You get aline, I’ll get a pole babe

You get a line, I’ll get a pole

We’ll go down that crawdad hole

Honey, oh babe, of mine

Oh When the Saints:

Oh, when the saints, go marching in

Oh when the saints go marching in

How I want to be in that number

Oh, when the saints go marching in

(sing all four simultaneously

Robbinswold Song

O’er the waters we have come to join in gaiety

Here the mountains rise so high and here the winds blow free

O’er the waters singing, hear our laughter ringing

Echoes softly bringing back a melody

Camp of royal beauty, Robbinswold, we salute thee

May we always know thy rugged majesty

Rose Round

Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose

Will I ever see thee wed?

I will marry at thy will sire

At thy will

(a round, to be sung with Hey, Ho, and Hey Poor Bird)

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

(a round to be started after each line, or to be sung dropping

one word off the end each time the song is sung through)

Rub-a-Dub Grace

Rub-a-dub-dub

Thanks for the grub

Yay earth

Sai-Volley-Volley

Sai-volley-volley means take a walk

Tai-tolley-tolley means too much talk

A-lo-pey-ah-tey-oy means I love you

Take it easy, fie-fie-ley-mo

Sarah the Whale

In Bristol Bay there was a whale

She ate oysters by the pail

By the thimble… by the teacup

By the schooner full

Her name was Sarah and when she smiled

You could see her teeth for miles and miles

And her tonsils… and her adenoids

And things too fierce to mention!

Now what would you do with a whale like that?

What would you do if she sat on your hat?

Or you toothbrush, or your counselor?

Or other things like that

Sarasponda

Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret set set

Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret set set

A dooray-oh, a dooray boomday-oh

A dooray boomday ret set set

Pawsay pawsay oh

Sardines

Every morning by the river side, sardines!

See the people standing by my side, sardines!

Every morning when I go to the store, sardines!

See the people there all beggin’ for more

*I’ve got sardines on my plate and I don’t need no steak

With sardines, hey, and pork and beans,

Hey, and sardines*

On a Monday, hey, hey

On a Tuesday and a Wednesday, hey, hey

I’ve got sardines on a Thursday, hey, hey

A Friday, Saturday and Sunday, hey, hey *

Scotland’s Burning

Scotland’s burning, Scotland’s burning

Look out! Look out!

Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!

Pour on water! Pour on water!

(a round, come in after first line)

Second Story Window

The window, the window

The second story window

With a heave and a ho,

And a mighty throw

They threw it out he window

(Sing nursery rhymes to the tune)

Sea Fever

I must go down to the sea again

To the vagrant gypsy life

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way

And the wind like a whetted knife

And all I ask is a merry yarn

From a laughing fellow rover

And a long sleep and a sweet dream

When the long trick’s over

I must go down to the sea again

For the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call

That may not be denied

And all I ask is a windy day

With the white clouds flying

And the flung spray and the blown spume

And the seagulls crying

I must go down to the sea again

To the lonely sea and sky

And all I ask is a tall ship

And a star to steep her by

And the wheel’s kick and the winds’ song

And the white sails shaking

And a gray mist on they seas’ face

And a gray dawn breaking

Shangy Mama

Shangy mama, shangy mama,

Shangy mama, shangy mama (2x-low)

Shangy mama, shangy mama,

Shangy mama, shangy mama (2x-high)

Ya two ya vana, ee ya vana

Terminah suzakah (2x)

Ya two, suzakah,

Ee ya ee terminah (2x)

Ooh ooh ooh, ee ya vana

Terminah suzakah (2x)

Shooting Star

Please won’t you catch a shooting star for me

And take it with you on your way,

Though it seems like we just met

You’re the one I won’t forget,

Hope some kind of wind blows you back my way.

Chorus:

And I was thinking maybe somewhere later down the road,

After all out stories have been told,

I’ll sit and think of you,

You’re the dear friend I once knew,

Shot through my life like a shooting star.

You are my dears, you’re my bright and shining stars,

You brighten each and every day,

You are so near, yet soon you’ll be so far,

So why not hold my hand today?

Chorus

Sometimes I know that a part of you will show,

Somewhere in my eyes or in my smile,

They’ll always be some part of you deep inside my heart,

And I know just when to let it show.

Chorus

Sing a Rainbow

Red and yellow and pink and green

Purple and orange and blue

I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too

Listen with your eyes

Listen with your hearts

Sing everything you see

I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing along with me

Red and yellow and pink and green

Purple and orange and blue

I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too

Sing Me a Rainbow

*Sing me a rainbow, paint me a dream

Show me a world that I’ve never seen

Whisper a sunset, and when you do

You’ll know how I feel, I say you’ll know how I feel

You’ll know how I feel when I’m with you*

…Walked into my life on such an ordinary day

But it’s been extraordinary since you’ve come my way

There’s nothing in this world that I can’t do

As long as you continue to… *

…Brought something special to a life that was so plain

Feelings that you’ve turned me onto I just can’t explain

Something happens when I’m near you

And I just can’t wait to hear you… *

Sing, Sing a Song

Sing, sing a song, sing out loud, sing out strong

Sing of good things, not bad

Sing of happy, not sad

Sing, sing a song, make it simple

To last your whole life long!

Don’t worry if it’s not good enough

For anyone else to hear

Sing, sing a song!

(La, lalala, la lala, lalalala, la la la la la…)

Dong worry if it’s not good enough

For anyone else to hear

Sing, sing a song!

Sing With Joy

Sing, sing with joy,

Sing with joy that knows no end

Sing, sing with love

Welcome home my dearest friend

Round, and round, and round, and round we go

The love and laughter set your face a-glowing dear

(a round to be started after the first line)

Sisters Around the World

Sisters around the world, friendship across the sea

We raise our voices high in harmony

The world lies just ahead, the sun will shine

In each and ever land, for all to find

There’ll be many a road to travel, many a hill to climb

I’m gonna reach that mountain top

If it takes till the end of time!

Boom, boom, boom

(repeat first verse)

Skeeters and the Bedbugs

I woke up Sunday morning

I looked up on the wall

The skeeters and the bedbugs were having a game of ball

The score was 6 to nothing, the skeeters were ahead

The bedbugs hit a homerun and knocked me out of bed *

*Singin’ ee-ner, mea-ner and a min-er mo

Catch a wiper wopperby the toe

And if he hollers, hollers, hollers

Don’t let him go

Singin’ ee-ner, mea-ner, and a mi-ner mo*

I went downstairs for breakfast

I ordered ham and eggs

I ate so many pickles,

The juice ran down my leg *

Skinny Dog

I’ve got a dog, skinny as a rail

He’s got fleas all over his tail

Every time his tail goes pop

The fleas on the bottom all hop to the top

Slap, Bang!

Slap! Bang! Here we go again,

Here we go again, here we go again

Slap! Bang! Here we go again,

Jolly good friends are we!

We laugh, we sing

We laugh, Ha! Ha! We sing, Tra la!

Slap! Bang! Here we go again,

Jolly good friends are we!

(can also be sung Bang, Slap!)

Slick Chick

Oh I once had a chicken that wouldn’t lay an egg

So I poured hot water up and down her leg

And the little chicken cried, and the little chicken begged

And the gosh darn chicken laid a hard boiled egg!

Boom diddly-ada, slick chick!

(colored dye/Easter egg, hot chocolate/Cadbury egg,

DNA/dinosaur egg, etc.)

Smile Awhile

Smile awhile, and give your face a rest

Raise your hand to the one you love the best

Then shake hands with the one nearby

And greet them with a smile awhile

Song for Judith

Sometimes I remember the old days,

When the world was filled with sorrow

You might have thought that I was living

But I was all alone

In my heart the rain was falling

The wind blew, the night was calling

Come back, come back

I’m all you’ve ever known *

*Open the door and come on in

I’m so glad to see you my friend

You’re like the rainbow

Coming around the bend

And when I see you happy

Well, it sets my heart free

I’d like to be as good a friend to you

As you are to me*

There are friends who could always see me

Through the haze their smiles would reach me

Saying okay, saying good-bye, saying hello

Soon I knew what I was after

Was life and love, tears and laughter

Hello my good friend, hello my darling, what do you know?

*

I used to think it was only me

Living alone, not feeling free

To be alive, to be your friend

Now I know we all have stormy weather

The sun shines through when we’re together

I’ll be your friend right through the end

Song of the Soul

Open mine eyes that I might see

Glimpses of truth thou hast for me

Open mine eyes illumin me

Spirit Divine

Love of my life, I am crying

I am not dying, I am dancing

Dancing along in the madness

There is no sadness

Only a song of the soul *

*And we’ll sing this song, why don’t you sing along

And we can sing for a long time

Why don’t you sing this song

Why don’t you sing along

And we can sing for a long time*

What do you do for a living,

Are you forgiving, giving shelter

Follow your heart, love will find you

Truth will unbind you

Sin gout the song of the soul *

Come to your life like a warrior

Nothing will bore, you can be happy

Let in the light it will heal you

And you can feel you

And sing out a song of the soul *

Southerly Wind

Oh a southerly wind and a cloudy sky,

Proclaiming a hunting morning

It’s over the hills and away we fly

No sleep my downy bed scorning

To horse, my friend, and away

Great Phoebus the hills adorning

The face of all nature is gay

It’s a beautiful hunting morning

Hark, hark follow! Tally-ho, tally-ho, tally-ho

Hark, hark follow! Tally-ho, tally-ho, tally-ho

Sparrow Song

(echo) Do you love me?

Said the sparrow to the tree

I will always

Let you be what you must be *

*(together) In the autumn

In the spring

I will give you

Songs to sing*

(echo) Will you take me?

Underneath your hallowed light

And protect me

Even through the darkest night *

Speckled Frogs

Five little speckled frogs, sitting on a hallow log

Eating some most delicious bugs, yum yum!

Once jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool

Now there are four little speckled frogs, ribbit ribbit!

(Repeat counting down)

Spider’s Web

It’s a web like a spider’s web

Made of silk and light and shadow

Spun by the moon in my room at night

It’s a web made to catch some dreams

Hold them fast till I awaken

As if to tell me my dreams are all right

Spirit Springing

What a spirit, spirit, springing round my head

Makes me feel glad that I’m not dead

What a spirit, spirit, springing round my head

Makes me feel glad that I’m not dead

A-witchi-tie-tie-kee-mo-rye

Ow-a-nicka, ow-a-nicka

Hey-nay, hey-nay, noah (2x)

Squirrel, Squirrel

Squirrel, squirrel, shake your bushy tail

Squirrel, squirrel, shake your bushy tail

Wrinkle up your little nose, stick it in between your toes

Squirrel, squirrel, shake your bushy tail

Starfish and Coffee

7:45, we stood in line for our teacher, Miss Kathleen

First came Kevin, then came Lucy, third in line was me.

All of us were ordinary, except for Cynthia Rose

She always stood at the back of the line

With a smile beneath her nose

Her favorite number was 20, and every single day

If you asked her what she’d had for breakfast,

This is what she’d say: she’d say

Chorus:

Starfish and coffee, (clap) maple syrup and jam (clap clap)

Butterscotch clouds, and tangerines,

and a side order of ham (clap clap)

and if you set your mind free, baby, maybe you’ll understand

starfish and coffee (clap), maple syrup and jam. (clap clap)

Cynthia wore a pretty dress with different colored socks

Sometimes I wondered what was in her lunchbox.

Lucy and I opened it when Cynthia wasn’t around

Lucy cried – I almost died! Do you know what we found?

Chorus

Cynthia wore a happy face just like the one she draws

On every wall, of every school - but that’s all right ,

It’s for a worthy cause!

Singin’:

Chorus (last line 2x, 2

nd

time slow)

Super California Surfer

Because I was afraid to surf when I was just a lad,

My father took away my board and told me I was bad

(you’re bad!)

And then one day I heard the word that ever surfer knows,

The longest word I ever heard and this is how it goes!

Oh! SuperCaliforniaSurferExpertOnTheOcean

Even though the most of them do not wear suntan lotion

If you hit a wave too hard, you’re always in a motion

SuperCaliforniaSurferExpertOnTheOcean!

Hum-diddle-diddle-diddle Umm-diddle-aye

Hum-diddle-diddle-diddle Umm-diddle-aye

Superman Grace

We thank the earth for giving us food

We thank the earth for giving us food

For the friends we meet, and the food we eat

We thank the earth for giving us food

Sweet Baby James

(James Taylor)

There is a young cowboy who lives on the range

His horse and his cattle are his only companions

He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons

Waiting for summer his pastures to change

And as the moon rises he sits by his fire

Thinking about women and glasses of beer

Closing his eyes as the doggies retire

Sings out a song which is soft but is clear

As if maybe someone could hear *

*Goodnight you moonlight ladies

Rock-a-bye Sweet Baby James

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose

Won’t you let me go down in my dreams

And rock-a-bye Sweet Baby James*

The first of December was covered with snow

So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston

The Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting

Ten miles behind me, and ten thousand more to go

There’s a song that they sing when they take to the highway

A song that they sing when they take to the sea

Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep

But singing works just fine for me

Swinging Along

(low part) Swinging along, the open road

Under a sky that’s clear

Swinging along, the open road

In the fall of the year

Swinging along, swinging along,

Swinging along the open road

All in the fall of the year

(high part) Swinging along the open road

Swinging along under a sky that’s clear

Swinging along the open road

All in the fall, in the fall of the year

Swinging along, swinging along

Swinging along the open road

All the in the fall of the year

Take Me Back

Take me back to the happy land

Where the cotton candy grows

Where the little marshmallows grow on the ground

And the lollipops grow on the ground

What? The lollipops grow on the ground?

Yes, the lollipops grow on the ground!

Taps

Day is done, gone the sun

From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky

All is well, safely rest

And good-night

Tarzan

Tarzan, swinging on a rubberband

Tarzan, fell into a frying pan

Ooh, that hurt

Now Tarzan has a tan

Jane, cruisin’ in her jet plane

Jane, crashed into a traffic lane

Ooh, that hurt

Now, Jane has a pain,

Now Tarzan has a tan

(a repeat song, to the tune of Tongo)

Tennessee Wiggle Walk

I’m a bowlegged chicken, I’m a knock-kneed hen

Haven’t been so happy since I don’t know when

I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk

Doin’ the Tennesse Wiggle Walk

Put your heels together and your knees apart

Snap your fingers, ready and start

Flap your elbows just for luck

And you wiggle and you waddle like a baby duck

Come dance with me, Baby, keep your toes in time

Haven’t been so happy in a long, long time

I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk

Doin’ the Tennessee Wiggle Walk

Doin’ the Tennessee Wiggle Walk

Thank You Mother Earth

Thank you Mother Earth

Thank you sister water

Thank you for our births

Thank you from your daughters

Thank You My Friend

Thank you my friend

For sharing with me

Your love and your warmth

I’m grateful you see

For all of your wealth

I never could find

Best wishes in life

Are born in the mind

They grow ‘til they light

N some one in time

And I’ve been made warm

For friendship is mine

For friendship is mine

This Land is Your Land

*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 land was made for you and me*

As I was walking that ribbon of highway

I saw above me, that endless skyway

I saw below me, that golden valley

This land was made for you and me *

(descant over chorus)

This land is your land, this land is my land

This land goes from the river to he sea

I’m singin’ this land is your land, this land is my land

This land was made for you and me!

Third Fence Post

I’ve been sitting here thinking about leaving

When I wanted to stay the most

So I went outside and left a piece of my heart

Buried ‘neath the third fence post

*So when tomorrow morning comes I’ll be smiling

Though I might be a little down

Though my body’s leaving, I’ll still be around*

I was sitting here thinking about smiling

And the warmth and the love that you give

So I went inside your little house

And felt glad this is how you live *

I’ve been sitting here thinking about flowers and sunshine

And the happiness of being alive

Which means I’m thinking of you and the waters and the

mountains

And the plenty of warm open skies *

Though my body’s leaving, I’ll still be around

Today

*Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine

I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine

A million tomorrows will all pass away

Ere I forget all the joys that are mine today*

I’ll be a dandy and I’ll be a rover

You’ll know who I am by the song that I sing

I’ll feast at your table, and sleep in your clover

Who knows what tomorrow shall bring *

I can’t be contented by yesterday’s glories

I can’t live on promises winter to spring

For now is my moment, today is my story

I’ll laugh and I’ll cry and I’ll sing *

Tomorrow Today

Haven’t known each other long for time has just begun

I’m discovering you and you’re discovering me

And, I like what I see

I see two people laughing and sharing

And giving up their time

Risking their love, their pride their own

But becoming much more whole inside *

*And when I think of you my heart sings with joy

And laughter fills my mind

You’re the smile in my heart I’ve got a running start

On the road to happiness

One thing’s for certain: I’ll remember you

My time with you will never end my friend

For I’ve got you now as well as yesterday

I promise you a piece of my tomorrow today

Tomorrow today*

You see yourself I ask nothing else I love true honesty

I’ll give you room to grow so that you’re able to know

You’re special to me

And when I see you change I won’t rearrange

Your life to be like mine

You’re one of a kind and like fruit on the vine

You’ve opened up the world for me *

I’m so proud to have you as my friend

And I’m so thankful that you’ve chosen me

Chosen me

And when it’s time to leave there will be a tear

But it’s one of gratefulness

I’ll be singing with joy that you’ve opened the door

And opened me

And some people say that our time is short

And all good things must end

But that isn’t true because I’m giving to you

A piece of my tomorrow too *

Tongo

Tongo

Jimminey bayo bayo

Tongo

Upi upi upi-yo

Ooh, ollay

Mali-pa, mali-way

Mali-pa, mali-way

(a repeat song)

Tony Chestnut

Tony Chestnut,

Chest got back from the frong

He shouldered his arms to face defeat

Hip, hip, hooray!

Too Ollay-lay Mao Mao

(echo) Too ollay-lay mao mao

Gee-o lay lay mao mao

Too ollay-lay mao mao

Gee-o lay lay mao mao

(together) Austen gee-lee, gwinzop gwin-zollay

Agua lay-lay mao mao lay mao mao

Too ollay-lay mao mao

Toothbrush Song

1.) Woke up in the morning a quarter to one

Felt like having a little fun *

*I brushed my teeth

Ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch

I brushed my teeth

Ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch*

2.) Woke up in the morning at a quarter to two

Felt like trying something new *

(make up verses)

True Blue Billy

I grew up in the mountains

Up where the snakes have legs,

Where the hoot owls speak in English

And the roosters lay square eggs.

I shaved my beard and moustache,

The morning I was born,

And then I wrestled my old man

And I ate his rye and corn.

*Oh, I’m a truthful fellow,

They call me True Blue Bill

I never told false said “no”

And I bet I never will.

Oh true-oo, blue-oo, Bill-ee*

One day when I was flying

In my aeroplane,

I flew across to Paris

And I started home again.

When I got halfway back over

The gosh darn motor balked

So I let it just right sit up there

And I got right out and walked. *

One day when I was shipwrecked

In Islands in the seas,

I was captured by some cannibals

And tied up to the trees.

Oh they danced and beat their tom-toms

(Do-do do do do, beat chest)

And it got rather rough,

But they said I would not make good steak

Cause I was too gosh darn tough.

Oh the father of our country

Could never tell a lie,

And he was my great-uncle soooooo

I ask you why should I?

Oh, True-oo, Blue-oo, Bill-ee

Oh-oh-oh True-oo, Blue-oo, Bill-ee

Tuesday Song

Sunshine dancing on mountain tops

Morning shadows seem to run away

Music echoes from trees and rocks

The whole world smiles ‘cause it’s Tuesday

Doo doo doo, do do do do

Do do do do do do do do do do do

Doo doo doo, do do do do

The whole world smiles ‘cause it’s Tuesday

Turn, Turn, Turn

(Pete Seeger)

*To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time for every purpose under heaven*

A time to be born, a time to die

A time to plant, a time to reap

A time to kill, a time to heal

A time to laugh, a time to weep *

A time to build up, a time to break down

A time to dance, a time to mourn

A time to cast away stones

A time to gather stones together *

A time of love, a time of hate

A time of war, a time of peace

A time you may embrace

A time to refrain from embracing *

A time to gain, a time to lose

A time to rend, a time to sew

A time to love, a time to hate

A time of peace, I swear it’s not too late *

Tzena

Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena,

Can’t you hear the music playing

In the village square? (2x)

Tzena, Tzena, join the celebration

There’ll be people there from every nation

Dawn will find us dancing in the sunlight

Dancing in the village square

Under the Full Moonlight

Under the full moonlight

We danced, spirits

Danced we danced joining

Hands we danced joining

Souls, rejoice!

(a round to be started after “moon”)

Us Two

Wherever I am, there’s always Pooh

There’s always Pooh and me

Whatever I do, he wants to do,

“Where are you going today?” says Pooh

“Well, that’s very odd ‘cause I was too.

Let’s go together,” says Pooh, says he.

“Let’s go together,” says Pooh.

“What’s twice eleven?” I said to Pooh

“Twice what?” said Pooh to me

“I think it ought to be twenty-two.”

“Just what I think myself,” said Pooh

“It wasn’t an easy sum to do,

But that’s what it is,” said Pooh, said he.

“That’s what it is,” said Pooh.

“Let’s look for dragons,” I said to Pooh.

“Yes, let’s,” said Pooh to me.

We crossed the river and found a few

“Yes, those are the dragons all right,” said Pooh.

As soon as I saw their beaks I knew

“That’s what they are,” said Pooh, says he.

“That’s what they are,” said Pooh.

“Let’s frighten the dragons,” I said to Pooh.

“That’s right,” said Pooh to me.

“I’m not afraid,” I said to Pooh

And held his paw and I shouted “Shoo!”

Silly old dragons—and off they flew.

“I wasn’t afraid,” said Pooh, said he

“I’m never afraid with you.”

So wherever I am, there’s always Pooh.

There’s always Pooh and me

“What would I do?” I said to Pooh

“If it wasn’t for you,” and Pooh said, “True,

It isn’t much fun for one, but two

Can stick together,” says Pooh, says he,

“That’s how it is,” says Pooh.

Walk With Me

*So walk with me, and talk with me

And say you’ll be my friend

And together we’ll work out harmony

On a road that’ll never end*

1.) Although our paths are different

Just watch as they converge

We’ve got a job to do together

Our songs they must be heard *

2.) Sister’s for the summer

That’s what the children say

But little do they know when we go away

Our friendship will never fade *

3.) So when you’re down I’ll build you up

And when you’re up I’ll laugh with you

And together we’ll find a peace of mind

That only true friends can find *

Watermelon Over My Grave

You can plant a watermelon over my grave

And let the juice slip through

You can plant a watermelon over my grave

And that’s all you have to do

Girl Scout cookies taste so fine,

But there’s nothing like the taste of a watermelon rind…

You can plant a watermelon over my grave

And let the juice slip through

We Come From the Mountain

We come from the mountain (2x)

Go back to the mountain

And turn the world around

We come from the mountain

Go back to the mountain

And turn the world around.

We come from the water (2x)

Go back to the water

And turn the world around

We come from the water

Go back to the water

And turn the world around.

We come from the fire (2x)

Go back to the fire

And turn the world around

We come from the fire

Go back to the fire

And turn the world around.

We come from the sky (2x)

Go back to the sky

And turn the world around

We come from the sky

Go back to the sky

And turn the world around.

We come from Robbinswold (2x)

Go back to Robbinswold

And turn the world around

We come from Robbinswold

Go back to Robbinswold

And turn the world around.

We Welcome You to Robbinswold

We welcome you to Robbinswold

We’re mighty glad you’re here

We’ll sent the air reverberating with a mighty cheer

We’ll sing you in, we’ll sing you out

To you we raise a mighty shout

Hail, Hail, the kids are here

Welcome to Robbinswold!

The Whale Song

Ta hora nui

Ta hora roa

Ta hora te ma no wan a

Ta hora pua pua e

Fe ora pue pue e

Ta hora te moana e moana e

When E’er You Make a Promise

When e’er you make a promise

Consider well its importance

And when made

Engrave it upon your heart

(a round to be started after the first line)

Where Are You Going with the Rain?

1.) Where are you going with the rain?

Little boy I wish that you’d explain

I’m gonna take my friend the rain

Back where she can’t hear anyone explain *

*She won’t hear those straight faced liars,

bad mouthed talkers, mean back fighters

That’s where I’m going with the (wind, rain, your heart)*

2.) Where are you going with the wind?

There’s no place I know where she ain’t been

I’m gonna take my friend the wind

Back where the stars begin *

3.) Where are you going with my heart

Little boy I guess I’m not so smart

I’m gonna take my friend your heart

To the world from breaking apart *

White Coral Bells

White coral bells upon a slender stalk

Lilies of the valley deck my garden walk

Oh, don’t you wish that you could hear them ring

That will happen only when the fairies sing

(a round to be started after “bells”)

White Sands

White sands and gray sands

Who will buy my white sands?

Who will buy my gray sands?

(a round to be started after “gray sands”)

Yawnin’ In the Mornin’

Yawnin’ in the mornin’,

When you hear that whistle blow (Toot! Toot!)

You only got two hours of sleep,

And you wish you had ten more

If you’d only gone to bed

When your unit leader said

You wouldn’t be yawnin’ in the mornin’

Yogi Bear

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, Boo-Boo, Boo-Boo

Yogi has a little friend, Boo-Boo, Boo-Boo Bear

Boo-Boo, Boo-Boo Bear, Boo-Boo, Boo-Boo Bear

Yogi has a little friend, Boo-Boo, Boo-Boo Bear

Yogi has a girlfriend, too, Cindy, Cindy

Yogi has a girlfriend, too, Cindy, Cindy Bear

Cindy, Cindy Bear, Cindy, Cindy Bear

Yogi has a girlfriend, too, Cindy, Cindy Bear

They all have an enemy, Ranger, Ranger

They all have an enemy, Ranger, Ranger Rick

Ranger, Ranger Rick, Ranger, Ranger Rick

They all have an enemy, Ranger, Ranger Rick

They all live in Jellystone, Jelly, Jelly

They all live in Jellystone, Jelly, Jellystone

Jelly, Jellystone, Jelly, Jellystone

They all live in Jellystone, Jelly, Jellystone

You Are My Sunshine

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

You’ll never know dear how much I love you

Please don’t take my sunshine away

Zippity Do Da

Zippity do da, zippity a

My, oh my, what a wonderful day

Plenty of sunshine heading my way

Zippity do da, zippity a