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'''Scouting songs''' have long played a major role in [[Scouting]]. Whether sung around [[campfires]] late at night, [[hiking]] through wooded [[trails]], in the dining hall, or as a requirement to enter into a [[campsite|camp's]] program area, Scout [[songs]] are a way for Scouts to have fun and express themselves. | '''Scouting songs''' have long played a major role in [[Scouting]]. Whether sung around [[campfires]] late at night, [[hiking]] through wooded [[trails]], in the dining hall, or as a requirement to enter into a [[campsite|camp's]] program area, Scout [[songs]] are a way for Scouts to have fun and express themselves. | ||
== Songs == | == Songs == | ||
There are hundreds of Scouting songs. | There are hundreds of Scouting songs. In the United States, for example, such commonly heard songs as ''The Mermaid Song'', ''The Princess Pat'', ''Can't Get To Heaven'', or ''Boom Chicka Boom'' are ones that have been carried through the years and are heard during the summer at camps around the country. Each camp tends to have their own adopted version of a song, and often their own songs too. | ||
[[Girl Scouting]] events will often have competitions to see which [[Troop]] knows more songs. | [[Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scouting]] events in the U.S. will often have competitions to see which [[Troop]] knows more songs. | ||
== The Lyrics == | == The Lyrics == | ||
<br /> | === Herman The Worm === | ||
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum<br /> | |||
[smack smack smack smack]<br /> | |||
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo<br /> | |||
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this big!<br /> | |||
I said, “Herman, what happened?”<br /> | |||
”I ate my mom.” [or, “I ate breakfast.”]<br /> | |||
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum<br /> | |||
[smack smack smack smack]<br /> | |||
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo<br /> | |||
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this big!<br /> | |||
I said, “Herman, what happened?”<br /> | |||
“I ate my dad.” [or, “I ate lunch.”]<br /> | |||
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum<br /> | |||
[smack smack smack smack]<br /> | |||
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo<br /> | |||
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this big!<br /> | |||
I said, “Herman, what happened?”<br /> | |||
“I ate my sister.” [or, “I ate dinner.”]<br /> | |||
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum<br /> | |||
[smack smack smack smack]<br /> | |||
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo<br /> | |||
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this big!<br /> | |||
I said, “Herman, what happened?”<br /> | |||
“I ate my brother.” [or, “I ate dessert.”]<br /> | |||
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum<br /> | |||
[smack smack smack smack]<br /> | |||
When along came Herman the | Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo<br /> | ||
I said | When along came Herman the worm, and he was this small!<br /> | ||
I said, “Herman, what happened?”<br /> | |||
“I burped.”<br /> | |||
[[Swimming]], swimming, in the | === Swimming Hole === | ||
When days are hot when days are cold, in the swimming hole | [[Swimming]], swimming, in the swimming hole<br /> | ||
When days are hot, when days are cold, in the swimming hole<br /> | |||
Side stroke, [[breast stroke]], fancy diving too<br /> | |||
Don't you wish you never had anything else to do<br /> | |||
''[With each repeat of the song, eliminate parts until there is no more to say, and only the actions are left]'' | ''[With each repeat of the song, eliminate parts until there is no more to say, and only the actions are left]'' | ||
=== The Princess Pat === | |||
[A repeat-after-me-song] | [A repeat-after-me-song] | ||
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A Rick-a-bamboo<br /> | A Rick-a-bamboo<br /> | ||
CHORUS:<br /> | |||
A Rick-a-bamboo<br /> | A Rick-a-bamboo<br /> | ||
Now, what is that?<br /> | Now, what is that?<br /> | ||
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A Rick-a-bamboo<br /> | A Rick-a-bamboo<br /> | ||
CHORUS | |||
Now Princess Pat<br /> | |||
Saw Captain Jack<br /> | |||
She reeled him in<br /> | |||
She brought him back<br /> | |||
She saved his life<br /> | |||
And his crew's too<br /> | |||
And she did it with<br /> | |||
A Rick-a-bamboo<br /> | A Rick-a-bamboo<br /> | ||
CHORUS | |||
(see: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) | |||
=== Father Abraham === | |||
Father [[Abraham]] had seven sons<br /> | Father [[Abraham]] had seven sons<br /> | ||
Seven sons had Father Abraham<br /> | Seven sons had Father Abraham<br /> | ||
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With a left! [start swinging left arm.]<br /> | With a left! [start swinging left arm.]<br /> | ||
''[With every repeat, add another motion. After left would come right, where you swing your right arm now too. Then left leg, right leg, and wiggle -where you then wiggle your entire body.]'' | ''[With every repeat, add another motion. After left would come right, where you swing your right arm now too. Then left leg, right leg, and wiggle -where you then wiggle your entire body.]'' | ||
=== Froggy === | |||
''[Clap knees and then hands to get a beat. The beginning of every line is said on a "knee clap".]''<br /> | ''[Clap knees and then hands to get a beat. The beginning of every line is said on a "knee clap".]''<br /> | ||
This is a repeat after me song<br /> | This is a repeat after me song<br /> | ||
Dog<br /> | |||
Dog [[cat]]<br /> | Dog [[cat]]<br /> | ||
Dog cat | Dog cat mouse<br /> | ||
[[ | [[Frog]]gy!<br /> | ||
Itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny little | Itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny tiny little froggy<br /> | ||
Jump, jump, jump little froggy<br /> | Jump, jump, jump little froggy<br /> | ||
Gobble up all those little worms and spiders<br /> | |||
Fleas and flies are scrump-tadidily-icious<br /> | |||
Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, CROAK!!! | |||
Faster!!!<br /> | Faster!!!<br /> | ||
''[With each repeat, the song is sung faster.]'' | ''[With each repeat, the song is sung faster or slower.]'' | ||
<br /><br /> | <br /><br /> | ||
=== The Fast Food Song === | |||
A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut<br /> | A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut<br /> | ||
Kentucky Fried Chicken<br /> | Kentucky Fried Chicken<br /> | ||
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A Burger King and a Dairy Queen<br /><br /> | A Burger King and a Dairy Queen<br /><br /> | ||
=== [[The Mermaid (ballad)|The Mermaid Song]] === | |||
Chorus:<br /> | Chorus:<br /> | ||
Oh the ocean waves may roll, and the stormy winds may blow,<br /> | Oh the ocean waves may roll, and the stormy winds may blow,<br /> | ||
But we poor | But we poor sailors go skipping to the top,<br /> | ||
While the land-lubbers lie down below, below, below!<br /> | While the land-lubbers lie down below, below, below!<br /> | ||
While the land lubbers lie down below!<br /><br /> | While the land lubbers lie down below!<br /><br /> | ||
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Twas Friday morn, when we set sail,<br /> | Twas Friday morn, when we set sail,<br /> | ||
And we weren't very far from the land (from the land!)<br /> | And we weren't very far from the land (from the land!)<br /> | ||
When our captain spied a lovely | When our captain spied a lovely mermaid<br /> | ||
With a comb and a brush in her hand (in her hand!)<br /><br />Chorus<br /><br /> | With a comb and a brush in her hand (in her hand!)<br /><br />Chorus<br /><br /> | ||
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And she sunk... to the bottom... of the sea... (OF THE SEA...!)<br /><br />Chorus<br />''[It is now sung slowly and sorrowfully, but only for the first line. Everything after "but we poor sailors" is sung extremely fast.]'' | And she sunk... to the bottom... of the sea... (OF THE SEA...!)<br /><br />Chorus<br />''[It is now sung slowly and sorrowfully, but only for the first line. Everything after "but we poor sailors" is sung extremely fast.]'' | ||
<br /><br /> | <br /><br /> | ||
=== Little Red Wagon === | |||
You can't ride in my little red wagon<br /> | You can't ride in my little red wagon<br /> | ||
Front wheel's broken and the axel's dragging<br /> | Front wheel's broken and the axel's dragging<br /> | ||
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''[Each verse gets louder and louder]'' | ''[Each verse gets louder and louder]'' | ||
<br /> | <br /> | ||
== Camp, Staff, and Order Songs == | == Camp, Staff, and Order Songs == | ||
=== Oregon Trail Council - Camp Baker Staff === | |||
We are Camp Baker staff from Western Oregon.<br /> | We are Camp Baker staff from Western Oregon.<br /> | ||
We're glad you came to Baker, you'll have a lot of fun.<br /> | We're glad you came to Baker, you'll have a lot of fun.<br /> | ||
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=== [[Minsi Trails Council]] - [[Camp Minsi|Minsi Alma Mater]] === | |||
By the shores of old Stillwater, with its azure blue.<br/> | By the shores of old Stillwater, with its azure blue.<br/> | ||
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Give a cheer that all may hear it; Hail all hail Minsi! <br/><br/> | Give a cheer that all may hear it; Hail all hail Minsi! <br/><br/> | ||
=== Great Valley Council - Camp Mosey Wood === | |||
Some call it fun and others call it madness.<br /> | Some call it fun and others call it madness.<br /> | ||
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Happy campers are we, having fun 'neath the trees,<br /> | Happy campers are we, having fun 'neath the trees,<br /> | ||
And when we are gone, we'll remember this song.<br /> | And when we are gone, we'll remember this song.<br /> | ||
Oh camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, | Oh camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, CAM | ||
[[Category:Scouting]] | [[Category:Scouting]] |
Latest revision as of 21:28, 7 January 2014
Scouting songs have long played a major role in Scouting. Whether sung around campfires late at night, hiking through wooded trails, in the dining hall, or as a requirement to enter into a camp's program area, Scout songs are a way for Scouts to have fun and express themselves.
Songs
There are hundreds of Scouting songs. In the United States, for example, such commonly heard songs as The Mermaid Song, The Princess Pat, Can't Get To Heaven, or Boom Chicka Boom are ones that have been carried through the years and are heard during the summer at camps around the country. Each camp tends to have their own adopted version of a song, and often their own songs too.
Girl Scouting events in the U.S. will often have competitions to see which Troop knows more songs.
The Lyrics
Herman The Worm
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum
[smack smack smack smack]
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this big!
I said, “Herman, what happened?”
”I ate my mom.” [or, “I ate breakfast.”]
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum
[smack smack smack smack]
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this big!
I said, “Herman, what happened?”
“I ate my dad.” [or, “I ate lunch.”]
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum
[smack smack smack smack]
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this big!
I said, “Herman, what happened?”
“I ate my sister.” [or, “I ate dinner.”]
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum
[smack smack smack smack]
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this big!
I said, “Herman, what happened?”
“I ate my brother.” [or, “I ate dessert.”]
Sittin’ on the fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum
[smack smack smack smack]
Playin’ with my yo yo- woo woo
When along came Herman the worm, and he was this small!
I said, “Herman, what happened?”
“I burped.”
Swimming Hole
Swimming, swimming, in the swimming hole
When days are hot, when days are cold, in the swimming hole
Side stroke, breast stroke, fancy diving too
Don't you wish you never had anything else to do
[With each repeat of the song, eliminate parts until there is no more to say, and only the actions are left]
The Princess Pat
[A repeat-after-me-song]
The Princess Pat
Lived in a tree
She sailed across
The seven seas
She sailed across
The channel too
And brought with her
A Rick-a-bamboo
CHORUS:
A Rick-a-bamboo
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 Rick-a-bamboo
Now Captain Jack
Had a very fine crew
They sailed across
The channel too
But their ship sank
And yours will too
If you forget
A Rick-a-bamboo
CHORUS
Now Princess Pat
Saw Captain Jack
She reeled him in
She brought him back
She saved his life
And his crew's too
And she did it with
A Rick-a-bamboo
CHORUS
(see: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)
Father Abraham
Father Abraham had seven sons
Seven sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them, and so are you,
So let's all praise the Lord!
With a left! [start swinging left arm.]
[With every repeat, add another motion. After left would come right, where you swing your right arm now too. Then left leg, right leg, and wiggle -where you then wiggle your entire body.]
Froggy
[Clap knees and then hands to get a beat. The beginning of every line is said on a "knee clap".]
This is a repeat after me song
Dog
Dog cat
Dog cat mouse
Froggy!
Itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny tiny little froggy
Jump, jump, jump little froggy
Gobble up all those little worms and spiders
Fleas and flies are scrump-tadidily-icious
Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, CROAK!!!
Faster!!!
[With each repeat, the song is sung faster or slower.]
The Fast Food Song
A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut
A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut
McDonalds, McDonalds
Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut
A Burger King, a Burger King
A Burger King and a Dairy Queen
A Burger King, a Burger King
A Burger King and a Dairy Queen
Roy Rogers, Roy Rogers
A Burger King and a Dairy Queen
The Mermaid Song
Chorus:
Oh the ocean waves may roll, and the stormy winds may blow,
But we poor sailors go skipping to the top,
While the land-lubbers lie down below, below, below!
While the land lubbers lie down below!
Twas Friday morn, when we set sail,
And we weren't very far from the land (from the land!)
When our captain spied a lovely mermaid
With a comb and a brush in her hand (in her hand!)
Chorus
Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship,
And a well-spoken captain were he (were he!)
"I had me a wife in London Fair
and tonight a widow she will be." (she will be!)
Chorus
Up spoke the figure head of our gallant ship,
And a well-carved figure head were she (were she!)
"I'd rather be the figure head of our gallant ship
Than a log at the bottom of the sea." (of the sea!)
Chorus
Then up spoke the cook of our gallant ship
And a red-hot cook were he (were he!)
"I care much more for me pots and me pans,
Then a I for the bottom of the sea." (of the sea!)
Chorus
Sad verse! [cry]
Three times around went our gallant ship
And three times around went she (went she...)
Three... times around... went our gallant ship...
And she sunk... to the bottom... of the sea... (OF THE SEA...!)
Chorus
[It is now sung slowly and sorrowfully, but only for the first line. Everything after "but we poor sailors" is sung extremely fast.]
Little Red Wagon
You can't ride in my little red wagon
Front wheel's broken and the axel's dragging
Chug! Chug! Chug-a-lug-a-lug OOO!
Chug! Chug! Chug-a-lug-a-lug OOO!
Second verse, same as the first,
A little bit louder and a whole lot worse!
[Each verse gets louder and louder]
Camp, Staff, and Order Songs
Oregon Trail Council - Camp Baker Staff
We are Camp Baker staff from Western Oregon.
We're glad you came to Baker, you'll have a lot of fun.
We'll teach you scouting skills, and sing a lot of songs.
Come on you scouts you've gotta sing along.
We like to sail boats, we like to cook!
We like to shoot guns, we like to look
at the tall spruce trees and the shore pines too.
Camp Baker staff is here to serve you.
Oregon Trail Council. CAMP STAFF!!!!
Minsi Trails Council - Minsi Alma Mater
By the shores of old Stillwater, with its azure blue.
Lies a camp of friendly Boy Scouts, cheerful, brave, and true.
Sing her glories, live her ideals hold her memories dear.
Give a cheer that all may hear it; Hail all hail Minsi.
Far away from care and turmoil of the busy town.
In a Brotherhood of Scouting; We will there be found.
Sing her glories, live her ideals, hold her memories dear.
Give a cheer that all may hear it; Hail all hail Minsi!
Great Valley Council - Camp Mosey Wood
Some call it fun and others call it madness.
So come along and join us and wipe away your sadness.
Happy campers are we, having fun 'neath the trees,
And when we are gone, we'll remember this song.
Oh camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, camp, Camp Mosey Wood, CAM