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Songs, Sparklers & Pizzazz Pow Wow 2000 -- Cub Scout Leaders Express Songs, Sparklers & Pizzazz What is Pizzazz? Anyone can hold a Den meeting, go through the crafts and activities and send the kids home. Anyone can hold a Pack meeting, give out the awards and advancement, and send the kids home. BORING! It’s the Pizzazz that keeps them coming back. It’s the songs, skits, stories, run-ons, and cheers that bring on the laughter, the sparkle in the eyes, the excitement. It’s the impressive ceremonies when the kids are recognized for achievement, that they will remember for years to come. This is what Pizzazz is. And if you don’t have any, you need some & you’ve come to the right place. Become a Song Leader Why songs? Remember the great times singing those songs in school or that song that rumbled the rafters at church? The feeling after these songs really lifted the spirits. Singing is fun! Songs can create enthusiasm or set a mood. To be a successful song leader, all that is required are a few tips about how to lead songs. Voice? Don't worry about it! A voice like that of a crooner or an operatic star is not necessary. Never apologize. It's easy and it's fun to lead songs. Just follow these hints to be a song leader! A song leader must break the ice, particularly with a new group. Do things that will break down the reserve and get everyone into the group spirit. At the beginning of the first song period, announce that the group will do things together. Ask a Cub Scout to stand in front of the group and throw his neckerchief into the air and then catch it. Have him do this several times. Tell the group that they can yell as long as the neckerchief is in the air, but must stop instantly when the neckerchief is caught. Suggest such words as "yip-pee, wahoo, Akela, Wolf, Bear, Webelos" etc. Everyone should yell something. TIPS 1. Begin with a song that everyone knows. Announce the name and the tune (if it isn't an original song). 2. Sing the first few bars, or sing the entire song. This will give the pitch and the proper tempo. If there is a piano and a pianist or a recording of the song, use them to teach the song. 3 Then start the song. How? Tell the group to begin singing after the first few words, then signal, such as a simple down motion with the hands is given. 4. What about hand motions? Start with simple up and down motions. Then use these motions to keep time with the rhythm and the syllables of the words as they are sung. The movement of the hands should indicate those notes that are to be prolonged or quickened. In the same way, raise or lower the hands to regulate the volume. Get into the proper swing and rhythm. Put some personality and pep into it. Put the entire body into song leading. 5. Insist on quality, not volume. Expect everyone to sing. 6. Use songs that fit the occasion. Start with lively songs and end the program with something inspirational. 7. Songs should be taught in the weekly den meeting, using songbooks only until the words are learned. Everybody should be ready for some real singing at the monthly pack meeting. 8. If the first song doesn't measure up to expectations, "kid" the group along. Don't reprimand! For instance, try some competition. Put dens one and two against dens three and four... or boys against parents. Or moms against dads. Use only one short song to get everyone into the proper spirit. Santa Clara County Council -- 419 -- Songs, Sparklers & Pizzazz Pow Wow 2000 -- Cub Scout Leaders Express 9. In small groups, someone can often begin a song and everyone joins in naturally without formal leadership. I’ve Got That Tiger Cub Spirit Tiger Songs I've got that Tiger Cub Spirit Up in my head, up in my head, up in my head, Hi There Tiger Cub! I've got that Tiger Cub Spirit up in my head (Tune: Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here) Up in my head, to stay. Hi! Hi! Hi'. There, Tiger Cub! Replace up in my head with: We are glad to meet you' Deep in my heart We are glad to greet you, Down in my feet Hi! Hi! Hi! There, Tiger Cub! All over me You are welcome to our group. I've got that Tiger Cub spirit Ten Little Tigers Up in my head, Deep in my heart, Down in my feet, One little, two little, three little Tigers, I've got that Tiger Cub spirit all over me, Four little, five little, six little Tigers, All over me, to stay. Seven little, eight little, nine little Tigers, Ten little Tiger Cub boys. Where Is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin? Here I am. Here I am. Hail to Tigers How are you today, sir? (Tune: On Wisconsin) Very well, I thank you. Run away. Run away. Hail to Tigers! Hail to Tigers! Best game of them all. Where is Pointer? We're a bunch of jolly Tiger Cubs. Where is Tall Man? Listen to our call -- Where is Ring Man? Rah! Rah! Rah! Where is Baby? Ever onward, ever forward -Bringing fun to all! Here's to the game of Tiger Cubs, Best of All! To play: On the question "Where is...", first one thumb, then the other is brought up. At the lines "How are you..." and its answer, the thumbs each Where Has My Little Tiger gone? make a circle as if speaking to each other. On the Oh where, oh where, "Run away..." lines, first one, then the other hand Has my little tiger gone? disappears behind the singer's back. The same is On where, oh where, done for each successive finger. Can he be? With his ears cut short, And his tail cut long, Oh where, oh where Can he be? Santa Clara County Council -- 420 -- Songs, Sparklers & Pizzazz Pow Wow 2000 -- Cub Scout Leaders Express The skeeter he fly high, The skeeter he fly low. Den and Pack Songs If ole Mr. Skeeter light on me, He ain't a-gonna fly no more. Worms Nobody likes me Peanut sittin on a railroad track, Everybody hates m~ His heart was all a-flutter, I'm gonna eat some worms. Along came a big ole railroad train, Choo! Choo! Peanut butter! Chorus: Long slim slimy ones Bananas, Coconuts & Grapes Short fat Juice ones Tune: (Battle Hymn of the Republic) Itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms. I like bananas, coconuts and grapes First you get a bucket I like bananas, coconuts and grapes, Then you get a shovel I like bananas, coconuts and grapes, Oh, how they wiggle and squirm. That's why they call me - (yell) Tarzan of the Apes! (Chorus) First you pull their heads off Three Cub Scouts Then you suck their guts out (Tune: Three Little Fishes) Oh, how they wiggle and squirm. Out in the backyard in an itty-bitty tent, (Chorus) Three little Cubs and a Den Momma went. Sing, said the Den Momma, Down goes the first one Sing if you can, Down goes the second one And they sang and they sang all over the den. Oh, how they wiggle and squirm. On Top of Spaghetti (Chorus) (Tune: On Top of Old Smokey) Up comes the first one On top of spaghetti, Up comes the second one All covered with cheese, Oh, how they wiggle and squirm) I lost my poor meatball, When somebody sneezed. It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More Bullfrog sittin' on a lily pad, It rolled off the table, Lookin' up at the sky, And onto the floor, Lily pad broke and the frog fell in, And then my poor meatball, Got water in his eye.' Rolled out of the door. Chorus: It rolled in the garden, Well, it ain't a-gonna rain no more, no more, And under a bush, It ain't gonna rain no more, And then my poor meatball, How in the heck can I wash my neck Was nothing but mush. If it ain't a-gonna rain no more! Santa Clara County Council -- 421 -- Songs, Sparklers & Pizzazz Pow Wow 2000 -- Cub Scout Leaders Express The mush was as tasty, All you et-a, Think of all you et-a, As tasty could be, All you. et-a, Think of all you et, And then the next summer, Think of all the corn you et, It grew into a tree. Think of all the corn you et, Corn you et; Corn you et, Oh--- The tree was all covered, All covered with moss, 3. Potatoes 5. Meat And on it grew meatballs, 4. Salad 6. Ice Cream, etc. And tomato sauce. Tony Chestnut So if you eat spaghetti, (Tune: Ten Little Indians) All covered with cheese, Hold on to your meatball, Tony Chestnut knows I love you Least somebody sneeze. Knows I love YOU Knows I love you The Meat’s All Gone Tony Chestnut knows I love you Tune: (Hail, hail, the Gang's All Here) That's what Tony Chestnut knows. Hail, hail, the meat's all gone, As you sing this song point to your toes. Knees, What'll be the next course? chest, head, nose and eves. What'll be the next course? Hail, hail, the meat's all gone, Apple Pie Baker What'll be the next course now? (Tune: My Bonnie) (Go through various kinds of food) My mother's an apple pie baker, Apple Pie My father he fiddles for tin (Tune: Old Apple Tree) My sister scrubs floors for a living, Oh boy, how the money rolls in.