The Backcountry Singer Note: This book is explicitly intended as a trail song guide for Camp Manito-wish YMCA, though the contents herein do not necessarily reflect the values or beliefs of Camp Manito- wish YMCA or its staff. All Rights remain with the authors. Table of Contents - Page Title 1 Break Out the Oars 2 The River Malign 3 Easy Chair (You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere) 4 Big Yellow Taxi 5 The Circle Game 6 We’re Going To Be Friends 7 Wagon Wheel 8 Build Me Up Buttercup 9 Halo 10 Just The Way You Are 11 A Thousand Miles 12 You Belong With Me 14 Love Story 16 Breaking Free 17 Party in the U.S.A. 18 Call Me Maybe 19 Hey Soul Sister 20 How Far I’ll Go 21 Let It Go 22 A Whole New World 23 Colors of the Wind 24 Part of Your World 25 Do You Want To Build A Snowman? 26 Out of The Woods 27 All Star 28 Accidentally In Love 29 Walking on Sunshine 30 Love Yourself 31 Baby 32 Rolling in the Deep Table of Contents (continued) - Page Title 33 Royals 34 Someone Like You 35 Firework 36 Most Girls 37 Rather Be 38 She Will Be Loved 39 Payphone 40 Let It Be 41 Here Comes the Sun 42 Blackbird 43 What Makes You Beautiful 44 Perfect Day 45 I Want It That Way 46 Hey There Delilah 47 Skinny Love Break Out The Oars Curt Peacock - Break out the oars, course set for Manito-wish, Swing on the oars, got to get to Manito-wish, Had a good trip, now let a rip for home. Let’s trim the ship, we’ll get ‘er on the way, Can’t say goodbye, we’ll come again some day Swing it out smooth, we’re in the groove for home. Let’s sing as we paddle, wing as we paddle, heading for the place we love Give out while you’re rowing, shout while you’re rowing Singing to the skies above Now comes the time, time for our song to cease, Camp’s just ahead, ove the lake due easy We’re nearly there, never a care back home! 1 The River Maligne Mary Satterfield Swanson - O, the River Malign, the River Malign, Calls me Canada way Her gentle breezes and her wandering feelings are mine, and I know that I’ll be coming back someday. Oh, the Rapids rushing, trees a-rustling frogs a-leaping, twilight creeping, moose calls from the far shore. The fish are leaping high and the gulls go soaring by, and her water’s rushing on forever more. The River Malign, the River Malign, Calls me Canada way, Her gentle breezes and her wandering feelings are mine, and I know that I’ll be coming back someday. Well, I wish that I could tarry here, beside your waters cool and clear, where my worries are few. But I’ll move on with a sigh, for I know this is goodbye until summer comes and winter days are through. The River Malign, the River Malign, Calls me Canada way, Her gentle breezes and her wandering feelings are mine, and I know that I’ll be coming back someday. 2 Easy Chair (You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere) Bob Dylan - Chorus: Whoo-ee, ride me high, Tomorrow’s the day my bride’s gonna come Oh, oh, are we gonna fly, down in my easy chair Clouds so swift, rain won’t lift, Gate won’t close, railings froze, Get your mind off wintertime You ain’t goin’ nowhere CHORUS I don’t care how many letters they sent Morning came and morning went Pick up your money and pack up your tent, You ain’t goin’ nowhere CHORUS Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots Tailgates and substitutes Strap yourself to the tree with roots You ain’t goin’ nowhere CHORUS Genghis Khan he could not keep All his kings supplied with sleep We’ll climb that hill, no matter how steep You ain’t goin’ nowhere CHORUS 3 Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell - Chorus: Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you’ve got til its gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot CHORUS They took all the trees and put ‘em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar and a half to seem ‘em No no no CHORUS Hey farmer farmer put away the DDT I don’t care about spots on my apples Leave me the birds and the bees, Please! CHORUS Listenin’ late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man. CHORUS 4 The Circle Game Joni Michell - Chorus: And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We’re captive on the 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. 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, CHORUS Then the child moved ten times round the seasons, Skated over ten clear frozen streams. Words like, when you’re older, must appease him And promises of someday make his dreams CHORUS 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. CHORUS So the years spin by and now the boy 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 CHORUS 5 We’re Going to be Friends The White Stripes - Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the bell Brand new shoes, walking blues Climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we are going to be friends Walk with me, Suzy Lee Through the park and by the tree We will rest upon the ground And look at all the bugs we found Then safely walk to school, without a sound Well here we are, no one else We walked to school all by ourselves There’s dirt on our uniforms From chasing all the ants and worms We clean up and now its time to learn Numbers, letters, learn to spell Nouns, and books, and show and tell At playtime we will throw the ball Back to class, through the hall Teacher marks our height against the wall And we don’t notice any time pass We don’t notice anything We sit side by side in every class Teacher thinks that I sound funny But she likes the way you sing Tonight I’ll dream while I’m in bed When silly thoughts go through my head About the bugs and alphabet And when I wake tomorrow I’ll bet That you and I will walk together again Cause I can tell that we’re going to be friends 6 Wagon Wheel Bob Dylan - Chorus: So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama anyway you feel, hey mama rock me Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south-bound train, hey mama rock me Headed down south to the land of the pines I’m thumbin’ my way into North Caroline Starin’ up the road, pray to God I see headlights CHORUS I made it down the coast in seventeen hours Pickin’ me a bouquet of dogwood flowers And I’m a hopin’ for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight CHORUS Runnin’ from the cold up in New England I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band My baby plays the guitar, I pick a banjo now CHORUS Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin’ me now Lost my money playin’ poker so I had to up and leave But I ain’t a turnin’ back, to livin’ that old life no more CHORUS Walkin’ to the south out of Roanoke, I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long talk But he’s a headed west from the Cumberland Gap, To Johnson City, Tennessee And I gotta get a move on before the sun, I hear my baby callin’ my name, and I know that she’s the only one And if I die in Raleigh, At least I will die free CHORUS 7 Build Me Up Buttercup The Foundations - Chorus: Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup, baby Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin’ You know that I have from the start So build me up (build me up) buttercup, don’t break my heart “I’ll be over at ten”, you told me time and again, But you’re late, I wait around and then I went to the door, I can’t take any more, It’s not you, you let me down again Baby, baby, try to find, a little time and I’ll make you mine I’ll be home, I’ll be beside the phone waiting for you CHORUS You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore If you’d just let me know, Although you’re untrue, I’m attracted to you all the more Why do I need you so Baby, baby, try to find, a little time and I’ll make you mine I’ll be home, I’ll be beside the phone waiting for you CHORUS 8 Halo Beyonce - Chorus: It’s like I’ve been awakened, Every rule I had you break it It’s the risk that I’m taking, I ain’t never gonna shut you out Everywhere I’m looking now, I’m surrounded by your embrace Baby, I can see your halo, You know you’re my saving grace You’re everything I need and more, It’s written all over your face Baby, I can feel your halo, Pray it won’t fade away I can feel your halo, x 4 Remember those walls I built, Well baby, they’re tumbling down And they didn’t even put up a fight, They didn’t even make a sound I found a way to let you win, But I never really had a doubt Standing in the light of your halo, I got my angel now CHORUS Hit me like a ray of sun, Burning through my darkest night You’re the only one that I want, Think I’m addicted to your light I swore I’d never fall again, But this don’t even feel like falling Gravity can’t forget, To pull me back to the ground again.