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Song
Titles in Categories
Activities/Meeting Sparklers
Announcements (Tune: Grand Old Duke of York
/Farmer in the Dell)
We're On The Upward Trail (Earning Badges, Earning Patches) for awards time
Our Honored Guests Are Here (tune: Farmer in the Dell)
Wonder Wonder Who.... ( who'll get the next award)
I've Been Workin' On My Badges ( Tune: I've been working on the railroad)
Blessings / Grace
Heavenly Father (tune: Are You Sleeping)
Thank You For the food we Eat (tune: Michael Row the Boat Ashore)
Cheers, Chants or Shouts
There Ain't no Flies on Us
Flea Fly Floh
ChickaBoom
Folk Songs or SONGS EVERYONE
KNOWS & KIDS SONGS
All God's Critters
The Battle of New Orleans
Blowin' in the Wind
Clementine
Comin' Round the Mountain
From a Distance
Goodnight Irene (animal version)
Grandma's Feather Bed
The Happy Wanderer
Hey Ho Nobody Home
Home on the Range
The Lion Sleeps Tonite
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
Oh Suzanna
Shortenin' Bread
Taps (Day is Done)
The Titanic
This Land is Your Land
What shall we do with the Drunken Sailor
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Funny or Gross or add your own Verse Songs
BoomBoom Ain't it Great to be Crazy
The Breakfast Club
The Coming of the Frogs (Mine eyes have seen the horror of )
Down By the Bay Where the wartermelon grow
Down By the old Latrine (Millstream )
DoWah Diddy Diddy (parody )
Do your ears hang low (motions & drop out only doing motions)
Father Abraham
Found a Peanut
Glory Glory What's It to Ya
Glory Glory How Peculiar
Goodnight Cubscouts (tune goodnight Irene)
Grand Old Duke of York (stand up & down & half up)
Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimey Gopher Guts
Horsefly (Did you ever see a )
If I were a Cub Scout
In China They Do It for Chilli (Ay YiYi Yi In china...)
It Ain't Gonna Rain No More No More
I wish I were a little bar of soap
John Jacob Jingleheimerschmidt (louder & softer)
Little Cottage in the Wood (Motions & drop out 1 line )
Long Way Home
Mommas Soup Surprize
Monster Mash
My Breakfast Lies Over the Ocean
Mrs O'Leary (stand up on FIRE) (Round)
Ninety Nine Bottles of Beer
Nobody Likes Me (I think I''ll go eat worms)
OGNIB ( Bingo backwards)
Oh Dear What can the Matter be (7 den Leaders are locked in the Lavatry)
On Top of Spaghetti
The Other Day I met a Bear (Sippin'Cider tune)
Pizza Hut
Purple People Eater
The State Song (tune : Our Boys will shine tonite )
Row your Boat ( parody)
Stay (or keep)on the Sunny Side (knock knock joke version)
This is the Pack that has no end ....
This Old Man (Scout)
There were three Jolly Fishermen
Throw Them Out the Window
This is the Song (Pack) that has no end..
Waltzing with Bears (Our cubmaster was)
What shall we do with the drunk den leader ( Make your own verses)
Patriotic
America the Beautiful
God Bless America
Grand Old Flag
My Country Tis of Thee (America)
Pop
Da Do Ron Ron
Do Wah Diddy diddy
Don't let the Rain Come Down / Crooked Little Man
The Name Game
Religious
Amazing Grace
Do Lord (with This Little Light of Mine )
Heavenly Father (Grace to tune of "Are you sleeping"
Rise & Shine & Give God Your Glory
The Battle Hym of the Republic
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
When The Saint's Go Marchin in
Thank you For the Food we eat -(Grace to tune Michael Row the Boat ashore )
Let there Be Peace on Earth
Simple Gifts (Tis a Gift to be Simple )
Taps
Rounds
All Things Shall Perish Under the Sun
Are You Sleeping (with Three Blind Mice woven in)
Come Follow follow follow
Dona Nobis Pacem
Hey Ho Nobody Home
Kookaburra
Mrs O'Leary
One Bottle of Pop
Peace Round
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SONGS WITH FULL
LYRICS
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcements Announcements Announcement
A horrible way to die A horrible way to die
Cause they go on forever
It's a horrible way to die
Announcements Announcements Announcements
And when you're up you're up
And when you're down you're down
And when you're only half way up you're neither up nor down
So get up and do announcements!!!!
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BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.
cho: Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
l can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
His day is marching on. cho:
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d
rows of steel,
"As ye deal with my contemners, So with you my grace shall deal;"
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
Since God is marching on. cho:
He has sounded form the trumpet that shall never call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.cho:
He has sounded form the trumpet that shall never
call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on. cho:
ln the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
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BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
Well, in 18 and 14, we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Missisip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we met the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
Cho:
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began a running
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Well, I seed Marse Jackson come a-walkin' down the street
And a-talkin' to a pirate by the name of Jean Lafitte;
He gave Jean a drink that he brung from Tennessee,
And the pirate said he'd help us drive the British to the sea.
Well the French told Andrew, "You had better run
For Packenham's a=comin' with a bullet in his gun."
Old Hickory said he didn't give a damn
He's a-gonna whup the britches off of Colonel Packenham.
Well, we looked down the river and we seed the British come
And there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
While we stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
Old Hickory said we could take em by surprise
If we didn't fire a musket till we looked em in the eyes
We held our fire till we seed their face well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave em well..
Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Well we fired our cannons till the barrels melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with minie balls and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind
They lost their pants and their pretty shiny coats
And their tails was all a-showin' like a bunch of billy goats.
They ran down the river with their tongues a-hanging out
And they said they got a lickin', which there wasn't any doubt.
Well we marched back to town in our dirty ragged pants
And we danced all night with the pretty girls from France;
We couldn't understand 'em, but they had the sweetest charms
And we understood 'em better when we got 'em in our arms.
Well, the guide who brung the British from the sea
Come a-limping into camp just as sick as he could be,
He said the dying words of Colonel Packenham
Was, "You better quit your foolin' with your cousin Uncle Sam."
Well, we'll march back home, but we'll never be content
Till we make Old Hick'ry the people's president.
And every time we think about the bacon and the beans
We'll think about the fun we had way down in New Orleans.
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THE BREAKFAST CLUB
(tune :"The Colonel Bogie March,"
written for ANZACS ("Australia New Zealand Army
Corps") in World War I, was popularized by being featured in the 1960s
film about WWII in Burma, "The Bridge on the River Kwai,"
from the novel by Pierre Boule .)
Come on & join our breakfast club
Come on & we've got the best of grub
Come on - you won't regret it
You'll never get it as good as we've got
Comet will make your teeth turn green
Comet it tastes like gasoline
Comet will make you vomit
So get some Comet, and vomit, today!
Ajax will make your teeth turn blue
Ajax it smells like Elmer's Glue
Ajax will make you relax
So get some Ajax, and relax, today!
Arrid It keeps your armpits dry
Arrid It makes you smell, "Oh, my!"
Arrid Helps you get marrid
So get Arrid, and get marrid,today!
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THE COMING OF THE FROGS
[Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic]
Mine eyes have seen the horror
of the coming of the frogs.
They are sneaking through the swamps,
they are lurking under logs.
You can hear their mournful croaking
through the early morning fog.
The frogs keep hopping on.
CHORUS
Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, croak, croak [Repeat 3x]
The frogs keep hopping on.
The frogs have grown in numbers,
and their croaking fills the air.
There's no place to escape to
'cause the frogs are everywhere.
They've eaten all the flies
and now they're hungry as a bear.
The frogs keep hopping on.
I used to like the bullfrogs,
like to feel their slimy skin.
Liked to put them in my teacher's desk
and take them home again.
Now they're knocking at the front door,
I can't let those frogs come in.
The frogs keep hopping on.
They have hopped into the living room
and headed down the hall.
They have trapped me in the corner
and my back's against the wall.
And when I open up my mouth
to give a desperate call.
This is all that's heard:
Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, croak, croak...
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DONA DONA
On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye
High above him there's a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky
Oh how the winds are laughing,
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night (singing dona)
Dona, Dona, Dona
Dona Dona Dona Do
Dona Dona Dona... Dona
Dona Dona Dona Do
Stop complaining said the farmer
Who told you a calf to be
Why don't you have wings to fly with
like the swallow so proud and free?
Oh how the winds are laughing...
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom
Like the swallow, must learn to fly
Oh how the winds are laughing...
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DON'T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN
Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Uh-Uh)
Oh No Don't let the rain come down (Uh-Uh)
Oh No Don't let the rain come down
My roof's got a hole in it and I might drown
Oh yes my roof's got a hole in it and I might drown
There was a crooked man in a crooked little
house
He lived all together with a crooked cat and mouse
A crooked little cane & a crooked little hat
And he knocked with a crooked little ....... rat tat tat tat tat
Uh Uh - Oh no Dont' let the rain come down ....
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DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY
There we were , we were a hiking up the hill
Singing Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
Our clothes wet & filthy and I think they are still -
Singin Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
But we hiked on (hiked on) We sang songs (sang songs )
We hiked on we sang songs ....Whooaooaoaooa - Mosquitos....
It's been two days of this now & I want my own bed - singing Do Wah......
The rain isn't stopping and I've got pains in my head singing Do Wah....
But we hiked on .........
Before we knew it, it was time to go home Singing....
I dumped all my laudry and I hugged my dear Mom -Singing.....
Then I signed up (signed up) For Next Year (for next Year )
I signed up for Next Year I just can't wait til it's here
Whoooooaooaooa - Moskitos
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DOWN BY THE BAY
(Chorus)
Down by the Bay where the watermelons grow
Back to my home I dare not go
For if I do - my momma will say
Did you ever see a ........... add new part here each time
Moose kissing a goose down by the bay
chorus (down by the bay where the watermelons.......)
Did you ever see a whale with a polka dot tail down by the bay
chorus
Did you ever see a snail delivering the mail down by the bay
chorus
Did you ever see a LLama waering pink pajamas down by the bay
chorus
Did you ever have a time when you couldn't make a rhyme down by the bay
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FATHER ABRAHAM
Father Abraham
Had 3 sons
and they never laughed and they never cried
they only went like this ........
with the right arm ! (swing right arm)
Repeat verse - add with the left arm (do right first & then right &left together)
Repeat with the right leg ( all three )
with the left leg (move all over
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FOUND A PEANUT
(Tune: Clementine)
Found a peanut, found a peanut,
Found a peanut just now. Just now I found a peanut found a peanut just now
Cracked it open....It was rotten....Ate it
anyway.....Got a stomachache, got a stomachache....
They cut me open cut me open .....They found a peanut ......They cracked it open .....
or another version - Continue with one side then the other asking questions
- Where d'ya find it... - In the ... - What was it doing there...
.......... until one team gets stuck or repeats - Then sing "Got you
beaten........"
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FROM A DISTANCE
From a distance, the world looks blue and green,
and the snow caped mountains, white.
From a distance, the ocean meets the stream,
and the Eagle takes to flight.
From a distance, there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land,
It's the voice of hope,
It's the voice of peace,
It's the voice of every man.
From a distance, we all have enough,
and no one is in need.
There are no guns, no bombs, no diseases,
no hungry mouths to feed.
From a distance, we are instruments,
marching in a common band,
Playing songs of hope,
Playing songs of peace,
They're the songs of every man.
And God is watching us, God is watching us,
God is watching us,from a distance.
From a distance, you look like my friend,
even though we are at war.
From a distance, I can't comprehend,
what all this war is for.
From a distance, there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land,
It's the hope of hopes,
It's the love of loves,
It's the heart of every man / song of every man.
And God is watching us, God is watching us,
God is watching us,from a distance
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Glory Glory What's It To Ya (
(tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)
I wear my favorite jammies in the summer when
it's hot,
I wear my favorite jammies in the winter when it's not ,
and sometimes in the spring and sometimes in the fall
I slip in between the sheets with nothing on at all
Glory Glory What's It To Ya
Glory Glory How Peculiar
(tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)
As one pink porpoise popped into the pool the
other pink porpoise popped out
Glory Glory How Peculiar
As one blue beetle was bleeding blue blood, the other blue beetle bled black
Glory Glory How Peculiar
As one sly snake slid up the slide, the other sly snake slid down
As one drunk duck dropped into the ditch the other drunk duck dropped dead
etc.
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GOD BLESS MY UNDERWEAR
[Tune: God Bless America]
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.
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GOODNIGHT CUBSCOUTS
tune (Goodnight Irene)
Tigers sleep in the forest
Wolf cubs sleep in their dens
Bear Cubs sleep in their Lean-to's
Webelos sleep in tents
Cubscouts goodnight Cubscouts goodnight
Goodnight cubscouts Goodnight Cubscouts
It's time for fires out
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GRANDMA'S FEATHER BED
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
and soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of fourty-seven geese
With a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs
And the piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On grandma's feather bed
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GREAT GREEN GOBS
Great green gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts
All purpose porpoise pus
Little Dirty Birdie feet
Massive chunks of mutilated monkey meat
Swimming in a pink lemonade....
(and I forgot my straw)
*But I got my spoon!
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HEAVENLY FATHER
(tune: are you sleeping)
Heavenly Father (audience repeats)
Once again (audience repeats)
We will ask thy blessing (audience repeats)
Amen (audience repeats)
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HORSE FLY
(Tune: The More We Get Together)
Did you ever see a horse fly, a horse fly, a horse fly?
Did you ever see a horse fly, a horse fly, fly, fly?
Did you ever see a board walk,...
....neck tie, moth bawl, eye lash, yard stick, ear drum, clam bake, bed spring, square
dance, book mark, hat box, umbrella stand ,Shoe lace, hair pin, tooth pick, eye drop
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IF I WERE NOT A CUB SCOUT
If I were not a cub scout I wonder what I'd
If I were not a cub scout I wonder what I'd be
If I were not a cub scout I'd would be a :
fireman (
jump lady jump lady oooooh splat - 2x)
lifeguard
(save yourself man, I'm working on my tan, )
garbage man (
pick it up, dump it out , look for all the good stuff)
camp cook
(pick it up, dump it out look, for stuff to cook )
a denleader -
do this do that I think I'll take a nap -
an ice cream man - tooty fruity tooty fruity ring ring
a greaser -
love peace my hair is full of grease
a cowboy -
yeee haa yee haaa yeee haahaaa
a statue -
spit out water
girl scout (
hey mister you wanna buy a cookie
an airplane pilot - Houston we have a problem
greaser (
slick it back, comb it back, waaay back)
indian ( pow
wow wow wow,pow wow wow, ugh )
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IN CHINA THEY DO IT FOR CHILLI
Ay Yi Yi Yi In China they do it for chilli
So here come another verse that's worse than the other verse
Waltz me around again willi
The once was a cub from Roychester
Who was quite a curious questor
But he stuck his toe in
Where the red ants had kin
And soon his whole leg was infestered
Ay yi yi yi in china they do it....
We had a den Leader from Norway
Who casually sat in a doorway
When the door squeezed her flat
She exclaimed "What of that"
Our very slim leader from Norway
Ay yi yi yi.......
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IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN NO MORE
Chorus:
It aint gonna rain no more no more,
It aint gonna rain no more,
So how the heck can I wash my neck
If it aint gonna rain no more.
A peanut sat on a railroad track
His heart was all a-flutter
A choo-choo train came round the bend,
TOOT TOOT Peanut butter.
Chorus:
It aint gonna rain no more no more.....
A hen and a pig went for a walk
Just to stretch their legs,
A motorcar came round the bend,
TOOT TOOT Ham and eggs.
Chorus:
When boating, never quarrel,
For you'll find, without a doubt,
A boat is not the proper place
To have a falling out.
Chorus:
Oh for a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play.
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
For what can an antelope say?
Chorus:
Mary had a little lamb
The doctor was surprised
But when Old McDonald had a farm
He couldn't believe his eyes
Chorus:
Mary had a steamboat;
The steamboat had a bell.
Mary went to heaven,
The steamboat went "Toot, toot."
Chorus:
Mary is a proper girl,
She goes to church on Sundays.
She prays that she will have the strength,
To chase the boys on Mondays.
Oh! Mosquito he fly high,
Mosquito he fly low,
If the ol' moskeeta light on me,
He ain't gonna fly no mo'
Oh, of all the fishes in the sea,
My favorite is the bass,
He climbs up in the seaweed trees,
And slides down on his hands and knees.
An old man lay down by a sewer
And by that sewer he died.
Now, at the coroner's request,
They called it sewer-side.
A golf ball sailin' thru the air,
Whizzed by a man a hummin'
He heard a caddy holler, "Fore!"
An' he thought three more were comin'.
Said baby tern to mother tern,
"Can I have a brother."
"Yes" said mom to baby tern,
"One good tern deserves another."
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I WISH I WERE A LITTLE BAR OF SOAP
Oh I wish iI were a little bar of soap 3x
I would slippey & I'd slidey over everybody's hidey
Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap
hunk of mud
oohey & I'd gooey under everybody's shoey
can of pop
I'd go down with a slurp & come up with a burp
a little slippery root
I'd lay upon the trail & knock everyone on their tail
O a little mos-ki-to
Oh, I'd itchy and I'd bitey under everybody's nighty
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THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
Simultaneous 4 parts:
a wemaweh awemaweh a wemaweh awemaweh a wemaweh
awemawehawemahwoho
ooooo-oooohuuuu -oooo-huuu uu um um um a weh
ah-haha - ahaha -ahaha - ahaha
Way up ho a wemaway
Hush My darling Ok my darling
The lion sleeps tonite
Hush My darling Ok my darling
The lion sleeps tonite
Chorus
In the jungle the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
Cho:
Near the village,the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Cho:
Hush my darling,
don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush my darling,
don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
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Little Cottage in the Wood
Motions & drop out 1 line )
Little Cottage in the wood
Little man by the window stood
Saw a rabbit hopping by
Come Knocking at the door
Help me! Help me ! Help me! he cried
Before the hunter shoots me dead
Little rabbit come inside
Safely you can hide
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MRS. O'LEARY ( round)
Late one night when we were all in bed
Mrs. O'Leary left the lantern in the shed
And when the cow kicked it over she winked her eye and said
"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight."
(stand up) FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
Sung in a round.
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MY BREAKFAST LIES OVER THE OCEAN
(Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)
My breakfast lies over the ocean,
My dinner lies over the sea,
My stomach is in a commotion,
Don't mention my supper to me.
CHORUS
Bring back, bring back,
Oh bring back my bucket to me, to me . . .
I really felt rotten this morning,
They tell me I really looked pale,
My stomach gave adequate warning,
To lean far out over the rail.
The sound of a stomach in motion,
A murmuring noise inside me,
I looked down and there on the water,
Was breakfast and dinner and tea.
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MOMMA DON"T ALLOW
Momma don't allow no lip-smackin' noises round
2x
But I don't care what momma don't allow
gonna smack my lips any old how
(Pause for lip-smacking)
Momma don't allow no lip smackin' noises round here
Belchin' & burpin'
Foot stompin'
Knee slappin'
Whistlin'
Finger poppin' (pop finger in mouth)
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MULES
[Tune: Auld Lang Syne]
On mules we find two legs behind, and two we find before;
We stand behind before we find, what the two behind be for.
When we're behind the two behind, we find what these be for;
So stand before the two behind, and behind the two before.
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OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE .......
SEVEN DEN LEADERS LOCKED IN THE LAVAT'RY
(Each den uses their own den leaders names)
Oh Dear What Can the Matter be
Seven den Leaders locked in the Lavat'ry
They we there from Sunday to Saturday
Nobody knew they were there
Say this part like a poem being read):
Now the first to go in was old Mr Tuck
But when he sat down his Tuschie got stuck
He tried to get out but he just had NO LUCK
(Sing):And nobody knew he was there
Chorus: Oh Dear what can the matter be .. Seven
den Leaders.....
Now the second to go was den 1's Mr Draving
Who soon found himself a- ranting and raving
He got covered with foam from the guy who was shaving
(SING:) and nobody knew he was there (Chorus)
The third to go in was Mr Appel
Who really had trouble abiding the smell
So whilst holding his nose he backed right down a well
(Sing): And nobody knew he was there (Chorus)
The fourth to go in was Mr. McClure
Who seemed to not notice the stuff on the floor
So he slipped on a wet spot - of that we're quite sure
(sing) And nobody knew he was there (Chorus)
Now Mr Gamble was the next to go in
He prided himself on being so thin
But when he sat down, well he fell right on in
(Sing): And nobody knew he was there
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THE OLD GREY MARE
The old grey mare she lost all her underwear
Swimmin' in the Delaware
Couldn't find it anywhere
The Old grey Mare she lost all her underwear
Many Long years ago
Here comes _______ floatin' down the Delaware
He's lost all his underwear He's looking for another pair
He has just been bitten by a Polar Bear
Poor old Polar Bare died
Row Row Row Your Boat Gently down the stream
Throw your leaders overboard & listen to them scream
(change tune to...... Old grey Mare....)
5 days later they were floating down the Delaware
Missing all their underwear Couldn't find another pair
Ten days later they were eaten by an alligator
That's how our leaders died
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THE OTHER DAY (I MET BEAR)
(Tune: Sipping Cider Through a Straw)
The other day (echo: The other day)
I saw a bear (I saw a bear)
Out in the woods (Out in the woods)
A way out there (A way out there)
(Both groups together:) The other day I saw a bear,
Out in the woods a way out there.
He says to me......Why don't you run........?
'For I see you ........ain't got no gun......?
And so I ran ........Away from there......,
But right behind......Me was that bear.........!
Ahead of me....... I see a tree........
A great big tree.........Oh GLORY BE......!
The lowest branch .......Was 10 feet up........
I'd have to jump........And trust to luck........
And so I jumped ........Into the air........
But missed that branch........away up there......!
Now don't you fret.........And don't you frown.......
Cause I caught that branch......On the way back down,.....!
There is no more........This is the end...........
Unless I meet .........That bear again.........
VERSION 2
The other day, (the other day )I saw a bear, (I saw a bear
A great big bear(a great big bear) , I had to stare (Ihad to stare)
The other day I met a bear- a great big bear I
had to stare
He stared right back, .....and seemed to grin, ....
His long white fangs...., hung to his chin.......
He stared right back..........
He moved toward me....., upon four paws.....,
And those four paws....., held six-inch claws.....
He moved toward me ......
I couldn't move, my feet were froze,
As I saw steam, shoot from his nose
I couldn't move ..........
But I was safe, because I knew,
This polar bear, was at the Zoo!
But I was safe beacuse........
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OUR HONORED GUESTS ARE HERE
(tune: Grand old Duke of York/ Farmer in the Dell)
Our Honored Guests are here Our Honored guests
are here
So Stand-up now and take a bow - our honored guests are here
We're sitting on our hands We'll make it
understood
You have all our attention so you'd better make it good
Thank You for coming - Hey Ho
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RISE & SHINE
CHORUS: (sung between each verse)
Oh, rise and shine and give God your glory, glory,
Rise and shine and give God your glory, glory,
Rise and shine and give God your glory, glory,
Children of the Lord.
Old Noah, he built him, he built him an arky, arky,
Noah, he built him, he built him an arky, arky,
Built it out of hickory barky, barky
Children of the Lord.
The animals, they came in, they came in by twosies, twosies,
Animals, they came in, they came in by twosies, twosies,
Elephants and kangaroosies, roosies,
Children of the Lord.
It rained, it poured for forty daysies, daysies,
Rained, it poured for forty daysies, daysies,
Drove those animals nearly crazy, crazy,
Children of the Lord.
The sun came out and dried up the landy, landy,
Sun came out and dried up the landy, landy,
Everything was fine and dandy, dandy,
Children of the Lord.
So Rise & shine & give......
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ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT ( AND OLD GREY MARE)
Row Row Row Your Boat Gently down the stream
Throw your leaders overboard & listen to them scream
(change tune to...... Delaware)
5 days later they were floating down the Delaware
Missing all their underwear Couldn't find another pair
Ten days later they were eaten by an alligator
That's how our leaders died
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SALVATION ARMY
Salvation Army Salvation Army Put a Nickel in the drum and you'll save another bum
Salvation arm salvation Army Put a Nickel in the drum and you'll be saved
In my town, we have to go to school on Saturday
( everyone boos)
But we have all the other days off!!!! (Yeah!!!!!!!!) Salvation Army.....
In my town all the teachers are mean (
Booooo!!!!)
But only adults have to go to school (Yeah!!!!) Salvation Army....
In my town every kid has to buy his own school
supplies (Boooo!!!)
But all the toys are free (Yeah!!!!) Salvation Army......
In my town we have to go to school 7 days a week
(boooo!)
But we only have one week of school a year (yeah!!!!!)
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SIMPLE GIFTS
Tis the gift to be simple Tis the gift to be
free
Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be
And when we find ourselves in the place just right
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight
When true simplicity is gained
To bow and to bend we shan't not be ashamed
To turn, turn will be our delight
Til by turning, turning we come out right
The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof
It's streets its slums, as well as the stars above
Salvation is here where we laugh, where we cry
Where we seek and love, where we live and die
When the true liberty is found
By fear and by hate we shall no longer be bound
In love and in life we will find a new birth
In peace and in freedom redeem the earth
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SOAP AND TOWEL
[Tune: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"]
Soap, soap, soap and towel; towel and water please.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, wash your dirty knees.
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THE STATE SONG
(tune: Our Boys will shine tonite)
What did Tenne- see boys, what did tenne-see 3x
I ask you ,then, as a personal friend What did tenne - see?
She saw what Arkin - saw boys, she saw what Arkin-saw
I'll tell you then as a personal friend She saw....
Where has ore- gon boys where ...I ask you
,then, as ...
He's taking Okla - home, boys .... I'll tell you then
What did Dela - ware , boys....
She wore her New Jersey boys.....
What did Missy-sip, boys....
She sipped her Mini-soda boys.....
What did Ohi- owe boys....
She owed her Dad 10 bucks boys....
How did Flora- dieboys....
She died of Misour-y boys
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STAY ON THE SUNNY SIDE
Stay on the Sunny side Always on the sunny side
Stay on the Sunny side of Life
You will feel no pain as we drive you insane
If you stay on the Sunny side of Life
Knock Knock
(audience) who's there?
Al
(audience) Al Who?
Al tell you a better joke if you sing that chorus again
Chorus Stay on the sunny side......
(keep going ad nauseum til you run out of jokes)
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TAPS
Day is done. Gone the sun..From the lakes
From the hills.........From the skies.
All is well, Safely rest.......God is nigh........
Fading light..........Dims the sight........And a star.........
Gems the sky,..........Gleaming bright
From afar, Drawing nigh, Falls the night.
Thanks and praise, For our days, Neath the sun,
Neath the stars, Neath the sky,
As we go, This we know, God is nigh.
Reportedly, in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army
Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing in
Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of
land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a soldier who
lay severely wounded on the field.
Not knowing if it was a Union or Confederate soldier, Captain Ellicombe
decided to risk his life and bring the stricken man back for medical
attention. Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the Captain reached
the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his encampment.
When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was
actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead.
The Captain lit a lantern and suddenly caught his breath and went numb with
shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier.
It was his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when war
broke out. Without telling his father, the boy enlisted in the Confederate
Army.
The following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of his
superiors to give his son a full military burial despite his enemy status.
His request was only partially granted. Captain Ellicombe had asked if
he could have a group of Army band members
play a funeral dirge for his son at the funeral. The request was turned down
since the soldier was a Confederate. But, out of respect for the father,
they did say they could give him only one musician. The Captain chose a
bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found
on a piece of paper in the pocket of the dead youth's uniform.
This wish was granted. The haunting melody, we now know as "Taps"
used at military funerals, and at the end of each day on US military bases
was born.
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THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD WE EAT
(tune Micheal row the Boat Ashore
Thank you for the food we eat - Hallelujah
Thank you for the friends we meet Hallejulah
Thank you for the birds that sing Hallejulah
Thank You Lord for Everything , Hallelujah
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THERE WERE THREE JOLLY FISHERMEN
There were three Jolly Fishermen 2x
Fisher Fisher Men men men 2z
There were three jolly fishermen
The first one's name was Abraham 2x ....
etc
The Second One's name was Isaac
The Third one's name was Jacob
The all went down to Amster ---ssshhhhhh
I musn't say that naughty word
I think I'll say it any way ....
(Amster amster Dam Dam Dam !!!)
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THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW
Old Mother Hubbard , she went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone
But when she got there the cupboard was bare so she threw it out the window
The window the window - She threw it out the window
When she got ther e the cupboard was bare so she threw it out the window
Mary had a little lamb it's fllece was white as
snow
and everywhere that Mary went she threw it out the window , the window the window.....
Old King Cole, Little Bo Peep,Jack &
Jill,Peter Peter, Little Miss Muffet , Hey Diddle Diddle
Higgelty Piggelty There was an old woman who lived in a shoe Rub a dub dub, The queen of
hearts Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
etc
(can do this in two sides challenging until one side runs out. )
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y.
WALTZING WITH BEARS
(or:OUR CUBMASTER GOES WALTZING WITH BEARS)
We went to his tent in the middle of the night
We tip-toed inside & turned on the light
But o-ur cubmaster was nowhere in sight
And we're sure our cubmaster was waltzing with bears
He goes wa- wa- wa- wa- wa- waltzing with bears
Raggy bears shaggy bears baggy bears too
And there's nothing on earth our cubmaster won't do
So he can go waltzing Wa Wa Wa Waltzing
So he can go waltzing Go waltzing with bears
We gave our cubmaster a new shirt to wear
But when he came home it was covered with hair
And lately we've noticed there's several new tears
And we're sure our cubmaster's been waltzing with bears
He goes wa- wa- wa- wa- wa- waltzing with
bears.....
We told our cubmaster that he should be good
And do all the things that we said that he should
But we know that he'd rather be off in the wood
And he's dancing with Pandas We can't understand it
But the Bears all demand at least one waltz a day
He goes wa- wa- wa- wa- wa- waltzing with
bears........
Last nite when the moon rose we crept down the
stairs
And he took us to where all the bears have their lairs
We danced in big bear hugs with nary a care
And it all seems like flying There is no denying
And now all our den shirts are covered with hairs
We went wa wa wa wa wa waltzing with bears
.......
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WE'RE ON THE UPWARD TRAIL
We're on the upward trail
We're on the upward trail
Learning as we go, scouting bound
We're on the upward trail
We're on the upward trail
Earning badges, earning patches
Scouting bound
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MISC SITES
Please Preview .......Some included here are NOT, in this
editor's opinion, suitable for scouts - especially for young scouts. But there is such a
wealth of info here that we have included them. Email us your opinion if you care to
Rick
Rambo's Songlist- Lewis & Clark District, Cascade Pacific Council in
Portland Oregon
Rick
Rambo's latest additions
www.scoutsongs.com
www.macscouter.com/songs
Scouters
Belay http://www.dynanet.com/~chadw/belay/songs/
Check out www.usscouts.org
for Rick Rambo's songlist if the above link does not work.
Prairie Home Companion camp songs
Garrison Keillor had his season finale July 5at Yellowstone National Park, and he collected camp songs for performance during that show.
Flying
Pig Campfire Songbook
Songs from Camp Belzer in Indianapolis
Campfire
ideas & songs from a guy named Mike Davis
To find a specific song try:
Digital Tradition
Folk Song Database or the digitalMuse
Australian Folk Songs.
Leaders can buy songs ideas & tips on
leading activities from : www.jonessquare.com/radworks
Overall
Scout Activity stuff -http://inter.scoutnet.org/skills.html
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