The Lochearn Songbook Favorite Lochearn Songs from years past and present “So, give me the light of the campfire, warm and bright. Give me some friends to sing with, I’ll be here all night. Love is for those who find it, I’ll find mine right here. Just you and me and the campfire, and the SONGS WE LONG TO HEAR.” Table of Contents Kneel Always 2 When the Council Fire is Burning 2 Lochearn Camp Motto 2 On My Honor 3 Lochearn Camp Hymn 3 Taps 3 Back to Pooh Corner 4 Barges 4 Garden Song 5 Linger 5 I Love the Mountains 5 Magic 6 Moon on the Meadow 6 Puff the Magic Dragon 7 Each Campfire Lights Anew 8 Flicker of the Campfire 8 Peace 8 A Boy and A Girl in a Little Canoe 9 Alice the Camel 10 Alligator 11 Back to Lochearn 11 Little Green Frog 11 Banjo Song 12 Five Little Aliens 12 I’m A Nut 13 Lochearn Spirit! 13 No Bananas in the Sky 13 Peanut Butter and Jelly 13 Moose Song 14 My Name Is Joe 14 Penguins 15 Prunes 15 Ricky the Rock 15 The Goat Song 16 The Green Cathedral 16 The Hippo Song 17 The Princess Pat 17 The Milk Song 18 The Rattlin’ Bog Song 19 Go Meat 19 The Worm Song 20 Fifties Party 21 Bubblegum 22 Baby Bumblebee 23 Jellyfish 24 Hermie, the Family Pet 25 Walkin’ Through the Woods 26 Junior Line 27 Sub Senior Line 27 Senior Line 28 Camp Lochearn Program for S-Day Campfire Kneel Always Kneel Always when you light a fire! Kneel reverently and thankful be For God’s unfailing charity, And on the ascending flame inspire A little prayer that shall up bear The incense of your thankfulness For his sweet grace Of warmth and light. When the Council Fire is Burning When the council fire is burning And the sun is in the west, Of the hours we spend at Lochearn ‘Tis the time we love the best Friend meets friend in the Lochearn circle Seeks a trust she’ll e’er renew Joining hands in loyal friendship Gives a pledge to the Green and Blue. Lochearn Motto To be honest, to be kind, To seek a deeper understanding of the beauty about us. To make the whole camp happier for our being here To make and to keep friends, but to do so without surrendering our ideals And above all, to keep friends with ourselves; To grow to have more courage and self-confidence, And to take home an open mind and a kind and caring heart. 2 On My Honor Chorus: On my honor I will try There’s a duty to be done and I say aye There’s a reason here for the reason above; My honor is to try and my duty is love. People don’t need to know my name If I’ve done something wrong, then I’m to blame If I’ve helped someone, then I’ve helped me, And I’ve opened up my eyes to see. Chorus I’ve tucked away a song or two If you’re feeling down, there’s one for you If you need a friend then I will come, And there’s many more where I come from. Chorus Come with me where the fire burns bright We can even see better in a candle’s light, And we find more meaning in a campfire’s glow Then we’d ever learn in a year or so. Chorus Everyone sits for S-Day Campfire Program Everyone stands for the Lochearn Camp Hymn Lochearn Camp Hymn I would be true for there are those who trust me I would be pure for there are those who care I would be strong for there is much to suffer I would be brave for there is much to dare I would be brave for there is much to dare. I would be friend of all, the foe, the friendless I would be giving and forget the gift I would be humble for I know my weakness I would look up and laugh and love and lift I would look up and laugh and love and lift. Taps Day is done Gone the sun From the lake From the hills From the sky All is well Safely rest God is nigh End of S-Day Campfire 3 Songs Often Sung as Part of S-Day Campfire Back to Pooh Corner Christopher Robin and I walked along under branches lit up by the moon Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore as the days pass away all too soon Well I’ve wandered much farther today than I should and I can’t seem to find my way back to the woods. Chorus: 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 (5) Chase all the clouds from the sky (chase those clouds away) 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 there no one knows where he goes. So I sent him to ask of the owl if he’s there how to loosen the jar off the nose of a bear? Chorus Ending: Back to the days of Christopher Robin and back to the days of Christopher Robin And back to the ways of Pooh. Barges Out of my window looking in the night, I can see the barges’ flickering light Silently flows the river to the sea And the barges do go silently. Chorus: Barges, I would like to go with you I would like to sail the ocean blue Barges, have you 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 light Starboard shines green and port is glowing red I can see the barges far ahead. Chorus Out of my window looking in the night I can see the barges’ flickering light Silently goes the cargo out to sea And I wish that someday they’d take me. Chorus 4 Garden Song Chorus: Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow All it takes is a rake and hoe and a piece of fertile ground Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow Someone warm them from below ‘till the rain comes tumbling down Pulling weeds and pitching stones, We are made of dreams and bones. I feel the need to grow my own ‘cause the time is close at hand Grain for grain, sun and rain, I’ll find my way in nature’s chain Tune my body and my brain, to the music from the land. Chorus Plant your rows straight and long, Temper them with prayer and song Mother Earth will make you strong if you give her love and care An old crow watching hungrily from his perch in yonder tree In my garden I’m as free as that feathered thief up there. Chorus Linger Mm mm I’d like to linger, Mm mm a little longer, Mm mm a little longer, here with you Mm mm it’s such a perfect night Mm mm it doesn’t seem quite right Mm mm that it should be my last with you. Mm mm and come September Mm mm I will remember Mm mm my Lochearn days and friendships true. Mm mm and as the years go by Mm mm I’ll think of you and sigh Mm mm this is goodnight and not goodbye Mm mm it’s not goodbye, it’s just goodnight. I Love the Mountains I love the mountains I love the rolling hills I love the flowers I love the daffodils I love the fireside, when all the lights are low Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da. 5 Magic When I was young I thought the stars were made for wishing on, And every hole deep in a tree must hide a leprechaun Old houses all had secret rooms, if one could find the key I do believe in magic, I believe. Chorus: Magic is the sun that makes a 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. Growing up, the grown-ups said, someday I’d wake to find that Magic’s just a childhood dream I’d have to leave behind Like clothes that would no longer fit and toys that I’d ignore, I’d not believe in magic anymore. Chorus When I grew up I learned again that much to my surprise Magic did not fade away, it took a new disguise A child, a friend, a smile, a song, the courage to stand tall I do believe in magic, after all. Chorus Last line of chorus: For love’s the greatest magic: I do believe in magic, I believe. Moon on the Meadow Moon on the meadow, bugs in our ears Smoke in our eyes, wet wood and tears Up on the meadow, water somewhere We were the only ones there.