Troop 237 Cheers & Songs “Party Hardy” Party hardy, Cheers page Rock ‘n’ role. “Who Are We?” & “King of the Hill” 1 Earn a badge, “Party Hardy” & “Dam Site” 2 Set a goal. “Poison Oak” & “Not Prepared” 3 Camp is fun, “When We Are Near” & “I Don’t Know” 4 Feels like heaven. (space for future cheers) 5 We’re the troop, Two thirty-seven. Songs page “America” & “God Bless America” 6 “Dam Site” “America the Beautiful” 7 Two thirty-seven’s “Star Spangled Banner” 8 Got it right. “Vespers” & “Taps” 9 We’re the best troop “Home on the Range” 10 By a dam site. “Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts” 11 “Waltzing Matilda” 12-13
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“Who Are We?” “Poison Oak” Who are we? Itchy, scratchy, leaves of three, We’re 237, Poison oak is easy to see. Bound and never stop. Itchy, scratchy, raspy motion, You will see, Cure it with some calamine lotion. Where we are going, Straight to the top. “Not Prepared” Hiked without a compass and without a map. “King Of The Hill” Sat on some poison oak and took a little nap. Up the hill Woke up feeling itchy and cold from the night. Down the hill Didn’t have a jacket or a flashlight. Round the hill That’s when I remembered, that’s when I declared, King of the hill. To learn the scout motto and always “Be Prepared”. Two thirty-seven rocks. Huh! (manly grunt, clench fists, kick right foot)
page 1 page 3 “When We Are near” “America” When we are near My country, 'tis of Thee, Everybody else runs in fear! Sweet Land of Liberty, We always win, We never lose. Of thee I sing. So stay if you want or Do as you chose! Land where my fathers died, Two thirty-seven rocks! Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain side, “I Don't Know” Let Freedom ring. I don't know but I've been told, Two thirty-seven's mighty bold! “God Bless America” Not three, not two, but number one! God Bless America, land that I love. When we're around the other troops run! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home.
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(space for future cheers) “America the Beautiful” O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
page 5 page 7 “The Star Spangled Banner” “Home On The Range” Oh, say can you see Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam By the dawn’s early light, Where the deer and the antelope play What so proudly we hailed Where seldom is heard a discouraging word At the twilight’s last gleaming? And the skies are not cloudy all day. Whose broad stripes and bright stars Through the perilous fight, Home, home on the range O’er the ramparts we watched Where the deer and the antelope play Were so gallantly streaming? Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the rockets’ red glare And the skies are not cloudy all day. The bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there. Oh say, does that star spangled Banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free And the home of the brave?
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“Taps” “Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts” Day is done. Gone the sun, Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts From the lake, From the hill, Mutilated monkey meat From the sky. All is well, Hairy pickled piggy feet Safely rest, God is nigh. French fried eyeballs floating in some kerosene And me without a spoon. “Vespers” Softly falls the light of day, Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts As our campfire fades away. Scab sandwich, puss on top Silently each scout should ask Vulture vomit, camel snot Have I done my daily task? Deep dish boogers soaking in a bowl of fat Have I kept my honor bright? And me without a spoon. Can I guiltless sleep tonight? Have I done and have I dared Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts In everything to be prepared? Parrot eyeballs dipped in glue Petrified porpoise puss Flaming ear wax bobbing in a bowl of barf And me without a spoon. page 9 page 11 “Waltzing Matilda” Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me, Instructions: And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled Print all pages. You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. Cut along horizontal (dash) lines & vertical (solid) lines. Staple booklet together along left edge. Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee, And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. page 12
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“Waltzing Matilda” (continued) Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred, Down came the troopers - one, two, three, Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag? You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me, Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag? You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Up jumped the swagman, and sprang into the billabong, You'll never catch me alive said he, And his ghost may be heard as you ride beside that billabong You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me, And his ghost may be heard as you ride beside that billabong You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. page 13