Camp Echo Heritage Songs
2017 Edition Katie Tucker Trippi, Editor
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CAMP ECHO SONG P.9 A PLEA FOR ONE WORLD P.6 CANADIAN WILDERNESS P.9 THE ASH GROVE P.6 CANNIBAL KING P.9 ALL GIRL’S CAMP P.6 CHEESE P.9 ALL NIGHT ALL DAY P.6 CHESTER P.9 ALL THINGS SHALL PERISH P.6 CHICKEN P.9 ALLIGATOR CHANT P.6 CIRCLE GAME P.10 BARGES P.6 THE COMCAST (ECHO) SONG P.10 BEACH PARTY P.7 DAISY DAISY P.10 BEANS IN MY EARS P.7 DARLIN’ YOU CAN’T LOVE ONE P.10 BEAVER SONG P.7 DAY IS DONE P.11 BIG BLUE FROG P.7 DEAD DOG ROVER P.11 THE BILLBOARD SONG P.7 DESPERADO P.11 THE BIRDIE SONG P.8 DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW P.11 BLACK GIRL P.8 DOODLY-DO P.11 BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND P.8 DONA DONA P.12 BOA CONSTRICTOR P.8 ECHO E TI TI EH P.12 BOOM BOOM AINT IT GREAT P.8 FATHER ABRAHAM P.12 2
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I KNOW A PLACE P.15 FIVE HUNDRED MILES P.12 I LIVEY UPPY P.15 FOUR STRONG WINDS P.12 I LOVE MY SHIRT P.15 THE GARDEN SONG P.13 IT’S NOT HARD P.16 GIVE ME OIL IN MY LAMP P.13 I WANNA LINGER HERE P.16 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN P.13 IF I HAD A HAMMER P. 16 THE GRAND OLD DUKE P.13 JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER P.16 HANKY PANKY P.13 JUNIOR BIRDMAN P.16 HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT P.13 KOOKABURRA P.16 HAPPY TIMES P.14 KOOM-BA-YA P.17 HAPPY WANDERER P.14 LEAVING ON A JET PLANE P.17 HAVE FUN P.14 LIFE OF A VOYAGER P.17 HELP FROM MY FRIENDS P.14 LITTLE BAR OF SOAP P.17 HEY HO NOBODY HOME P.15 LITTLE COTTAGE IN THE WOOD P.17 HELP FROM MY FRIENDS P.15 LITTLE GREEN FROG P.18 HOG CALLING TIME P.15 LITTLE TOMMY TINKER P.18 HORSEY HORSEY P.15 LIVING IN TENTS AND CABINS P.18 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN P.15 THE LOG SONG P.18 3
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ONE BOTTLE OF POP P.22 LORD, LORD, LORD P.18 ONE MAN’S HANDS P.22 MCGILLY AND MCGULLY P.18 PEACE, I ASK OF THEE O RIVER P.22 MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT P.18 THE PEPPIEST GIRLS P.22 MOUNTAIN DEW P.18 PIECE OF TIN P.22 MR. MOON P.19 PINK PAJAMAS P.22 MRS. O’LEARY P.19 PIPPIN P.23 M.T.A. P.19 A PRAYER P.23 MUSIC MASTER P 19 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON P.23 NOAH’S ARK P.19 LITTLE RABBIT FRU-FRU P.23 MY NAME IS YAN YANSEN P.20 RED AND YELLOW AND PINK P.23 THE NONSENSE SONG P.20 RED MEN P.24 NOW IS THE HOUR P.20 REMEMBER P.24 OH I WAS BORN P.21 RIGADEE-JIG AND AWAY WE GO P.24 OLD MACDONALD HAD A FORD P.20 ROCK-A MY SOUL P.24 OLEANNA P.21 ROSE P24 ONE FINGER ONE THUMB P.21 SALVATION ARMY SONG P.24 ONE TIN SOLDIER P.21 SAMMY P.25 4
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TODAY IS MONDAY P.28 SARASPONDA P.25 UNCLE DAVE P.28 SISTERHOOD P.25 THE UNICORN P.29 SIX PENCE P.25 WASHINGTON WADDLE P.29 THE SKUNK SONG P.25 WATERMELLON SONG P.29 SNAP CRACKLE POP P.25 WEENIE MAN P.30 SUPER LIZZARD P.26 WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE P.29 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE P.26 WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE P.30 SUZANNE P.26 WISHY WASHY WASHER WOMAN P.30 SWIMMING P.26 WITCHCRAFT P.30 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT P.26 WHITE CORAL BELLS P.30 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN P.26 WHITE WINGS P.30 TELL ME WHY P.27 THE Y’S AN OPEN DOOR P.30 TENNESSEE WIGGLE WALK P.27 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE P.31 THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING P.27 GRACES P.31 & 32 THE TITANIC P.28
THREE SHORT NECKED BUZZARDS P.27
TODAY P.28
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Angels watching over me. A PLEA FOR ONE WORLD Chorus: A plea for one world All night All day, Is heard in many different lands Angels watching over me my lord. This is a plea of a world that is hungry for peace All night All day Let all men come together Angels watching over me. Let all men sing together Happily in any weather If I should die before I wake Giving their lives for peace. Angels watching over me my lord, Pray the lord my soul to take. ALL GIRL’S CAMP Angels watching over me. I go to an all girl’s camp so pity me, Chorus: There isn’t a decent guy in the vicinity. If I live another day, Every night and day they lock the gate Angels watching over me my lord, I don’t know why the heck I ever left my state. I pray the lord to guide my way. I am going to take the first bus homeward bound Angels watching over me. I am going to turn that whole town upside down, Chorus: upside down Neck and pet and what the heck, what the heck it’s all ALL THINGS SHALL PERISH (Round) girl’s camp. All things shall perish from under the sky
Music alone shall live THE ASH GROVE Music alone shall live Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander, Music alone shall live Where twilight is fading, I pensively roam. Never to die Or at the dark moontide in solitude wander,
Amid the dark shades of the lonely ash grove. ALIGATOR CHANT Tis there where the blackbird is cheerfully singing, Did you ever go a-fissin’ on a summer day Each warbler enchants with his notes from a tree. Leanin’ on a fence and the fence gave way. Ah, then little think I of sorrow or sadness, An alligator caught you by the seat of your pants, The ash grove enchanting spells beauty for me. And all the little fishies do the Hoochie Kootchie Dance
You never did, and you never will. ALL NIGHT ALL DAY
Now I lay me down to sleep, BARGES Angels watching over me my lord, Chorus: Pray the lord my soul to keep, Barges, I would like to go with you, 6
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I would like to sail the ocean blue. Ouchy ouchy ouchy ouch (pinch arm) Barges, are there treasures in your hold? Do you fight with pirates brave and bold? BEANS IN MY EARS Out of my window looking at the night My mommy said not to put beans in my ears I can see the barges flickering light. Beans in my ears, beans in my ears Silently from the river to the sea My mommy said not to put beans in my ears As the barges do go silently. Beans … in … my … ears Chorus Now why would I want to put beans in my ears? Out of my window looking at the night I can see the You can’t hear the teacher with beans in your ears. barges flickering light. Starboard shines green and port Hey, what’s that you say? Let’s put beans in our ears! is glowing red I can see the barges from my bed. You’ll have to speak up, I’ve got beans in my ears. Chorus Hey Mommy we’ve gone and put beans in our ears.
That’s nice kids just don’t put those beans in your ears. Out of my window looking at the night I think that all grownups have beans in their ears. I can see the barges flickering light.
Anchors start to pull and engines start to roar
As the barges pull away from shore.
Chorus BEAVER SONG Out of my window looking at the night I’m a beaver, you’re a beaver we are beavers all. And I can see the barges flickering light. when we get together we give the beaver call. Taking their cargo out into the sea Oh when we get together we give the beaver shout and Oh how I wish that someday they’d take me. all the little beavers will come and help us out. Oh Chorus (beaver teeth over bottom lip sound)
BEACH PARTY BIG BLUE FROG It’s a beach party from a sixties movie (dance 60s I’m in love with a big blue frog style) And a big blue frog loves me I said a beach party from a sixties movie It’s not as bad as it appears See the surfers, on their surf boards (pretend to surf) He’s got glasses and he’s six foot three Da-na-na-na-nanana Well, I’m not worried about our kids Da-na-na-na-nanana I know they'll turn out neat See the swimmers in the ocean They'll be good looking 'cause they'll have my face Swim-a swim-a swim-a swimmmm (do the crawl) And great swimmers 'cause they'll have his feet See the lifeguards, on their guard towers Boom, boom, boom Flexy flexy flexy flex (flex muscles) I know we can make things work See the tanners, on their beach towels 7
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'Cause he's got good family sense The bright sun comes up, The dew falls away, His mother was a frog from Philadelphia “Good morning, good morning!" the little birds say. And his daddy's an enchanted prince BLACK GIRL The neighbors are against it and it's clear to me Black girl, black girl, don’t you lie to me, tell me where And it's probably clear to you, too did you sleep last night?In the pines in the pines, where the sun never shines and I shivered the whole They think the value of their property will go right night through. down Tell me where did you get that pretty little dress? Tell If the family next door is blue me where’d you get those shoes so fine?The dress I Well, I'm in love with a big blue frog got from a railroad man and the shoes from a man in And a big blue frog loves me the mines. I've got a tattoo on my chest My daddy he was a railroad man and he died about a It spells P-H-R-O-G mile from town. His head was found by the driving wheel and his body has never been found. That's frog to me The longest train I ever did see was a hundred coaches P-H-R-O-G long and the only man I ever did love is on that train and gone. THE BILLBOARD SONG (Repeat first verse) As I was walking down the street one dark and dreary BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND day I came upon a billboard and much to my dismay How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man? Yes and The sign was torn and tattered from the storm the night before How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? Yes and The wind and rain had done its work and this is what I saw: How many times must the cannon balls fly before they are forever banned? Smoke Coca-Cola cigarettes, chew Wrigley's Spearmint beer, Kennel Ration dog food makes your complexion Chorus: clear, Simonize your baby with a Hershey’s candy bar The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind and Texaco’s the beauty cream that’s used by all the The answer is blowin in the wind. stars. How many years must a mountain exist before it is So take your next vacation in a brand new Fridgidaire. washed to the sea? Yes and Learn to play the piano in your winter underwear. Doctors say that babies should smoke until their three, How many years can some people exist before they’re and people over 65 should bathe in Lipton Tea. Hey! allowed to be free? Yes and How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn’t see? BIRDIE SONG Chorus Way up in the sky the momma birds fly, While down in their nest the baby birds rest. How many times must a man look up before he can see With a wing on the left and a wing on the right, the sky? Yes and The little birds sleep all through the night. How many ears must one man have before he can hear Shhhhhh! They’re sleeping! people cry? Yes and 8
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How many deaths does it take ‘til he knows that too Chorus: many people have died? Chorus CAMP ECHO SONG I wanna wake up in the morning at Dear Old Camp Echo. BOA CONSTRICTER Where the sun comes a peepin’ into where I’m sleepin’ Oh I’m being eaten by a Boa Constrictor, and the song birds say hello. HELLO! A Boa Constrictor, a Boa Constrictor. I wanna wander o’er the hillsides where the gentle Oh I’m being eaten by a Boa Constrictor and I don’t like breezes blow. I wanna be at CAMP ECHO! It’s the finest it at all. place I know without a doubt. Oh, no,(oh, no) he’s up to my toe. Oh, me (oh, me) he’s up to my knee CANADIAN WILDERNESS Oh fiddle (oh fiddle) he’s up to my middle. The life of a voyager that of a sojourner travels around and round but not from town to town. Oh heck (oh heck) he’s up to my neck. Travels the lakes and streams, follows his distant Oh dread (oh dread) he’s up to my (slurp). dreams. Peace on the waterway, blue sky or cloudy day. Chorus: BOOM, BOOM, AIN'T IT GREAT TO BE CRAZY My heart has but one home, from which I’ll never roam. Chorus: Land of true happiness, Canadian Wilderness. Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy? The cry of the lonely loon, coyotes howling at the Boom, boom, ain't it great to be nuts like we are? moon Wind rustling through the trees, that’s the Silly and foolish all day long, Canadian breeze. Smoke rising from the fire up to the trees stately spires. Reach to the sky in the evening Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy? glow, Sun goes down, no north winds blow. A horse and a flea and three blind mice Chorus: Sittin' on the curbstone shootin' dice. The horse he slipped and fell on the flea, CANNIBAL KING "Whoops" said the flea, "There's a horsie on me!" A Cannibal King with a big nose ring Chorus: Fell in love with a husky dame Way down south where bananas grow, And every night by the pale moonlight A monkey stepped on an elephant's toe. It sounded like this to me: The elephant cried, with tears in his eyes, A-rumph Mama a-rumph Papa a-rumph diddly a dee "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" aye Chorus: A-rumph Mama a-rumph Papa a-rumph diddly a dee Knee high Knee high knee high sox, aye A dollar a pair and a nickel a box, And the years went by like one, two three The longer you wear 'em the shorter they get And soon they had more family You put 'em in the washer and they don't get wet. And every night by the pale moonlight It sounded like this to me: 9
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A-rumph Grandma a-rumph Grandpa a-rumph diddly a Hip Hip Hooray for the Army. dee aye A-rumph Grandma a-rumph Grandpa a-rumph diddly a CHICKEN dee aye C – that's the way to begin
H – that’s the second letter in And the years went by like five six seven I – I am the third, oh And soon they all went up to heaven C – I am the fourth letter in that bird And every night by the pale moonlight K – I'm fillin' in It sounded like this to me: E – I’m near the N A-rumph whee a-rumph whee a-rumph diddly a dee aye Oh, C-H-I-C-K-E-N A-rumph whee a-rumph whee a-rumph diddly a dee That’s the way you spell chicken! aye Oh rufus raffus Johnson Brown CHEESE What you gonna do when the rent comes round? It’s cheese, it’s cheese, What you gonna say? What you gonna pay? It’s cheese that makes the mice go round What you gonna do on judgment day? It’s cheese, it’s cheese, Oh you know, I know rent means dough. It’s cheese that makes the mice go round Landlord will throw you out in the snow. It’s cheese, it’s cheese, Oh rufus raffus Johnson Brown It’s cheese that makes the mice go round What you gonna do when the rent comes round? It’s cheese that makes the mice go round. Oh, row me over the river, row me over the sea, CIRCLE GAME Row me over the river and the deep blue sea Yesterday a child came out to wander. Caught a dragon Oh, row me over the river, row me over the sea, fly inside a jar. Fearful when the sky was full of thunder and tearful at the falling of a star. Row me over the river and the deep blue sea Chorus: Mice that make the cats go round. And the seasons they go round and round and the Cats that make the dogs go round. painted ponies go up and down. We’re captives on the Dogs that make the boys go round. carousel of time. We can’t return we can only look Boys that make the girls go round. behind from where we cam and go round and round and round in the circle game. Girls that make the love go round.
Love that makes the world go round. Then the child moves ten times round the seasons. Skated over ten clear frozen streams. Words like when CHESTER you’re older must appease him and promises of Oh, Chester have you heard about Harry? someday make his dreams. Just got back from the army. Chorus I hear he knows how to wear his clothes. 10
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Shooting bulls-eyes with the arrows, Sixteen Springs and sixteen summers gone now. Nature walk to hear the sparrows Cartwheels lost to car wheels through the town. And you tell him take your time it won’t be long now ‘til you Caring, sharing, values learning drag your feet to slow those circles down. Closing night triangle burning Chorus C-A-M-P-E-C-H-O So the boy who dreamed tomorrow now is twenty C-A-M-P-E-C-H-O though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true. There’ll be new dreams maybe better dreams and DAISY DAISY plenty before the last revolving here is through. Daisy Daisy give me your answer do. I’m half crazy over Chorus the love of you. It won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t THE COMCAST (ECHO) SONG afford a carriage. But you’ll look sweet upon the seat Riding buses, cross the Skyway of a bicycle built for two. Many hours on the highway Michael, Michael, here is your answer true, I’m not crazy over my love for you. If you can’t afford a Meet your cabin, top bunk grabbin’ carriage, there won’t be any marriage. And I’ll be Walking, touring, reassuring switched if I’ll be hitched to a bicycle built for two. After sleeping, cabin sweeping Bells are ringing, campers singing DARLIN’ YOU CAN’T LOVE ONE Moose for kissing, home you’re missing Darlin’ you can’t love one one one one, Darlin’ you Frisbee flinging, best friend clinging can’t love one. You can’t love one and still have fun so I’m leavin’ on the midnight train. Latee dah, oh boy, C-A-M-P-E-C-H-O some fun, hey babe, whoo whoo. C-A-M-P-E-C-H-O Darlin’ you can’t love two two two two, Darlin you cant Subs on Sunday, mango Monday love two. You can’t love two and still be true so I’m Flag is raising, stars you’re gazing leavin’ on the midnight train. Latee dah, oh boy, some fun, hey babe, whoo whoo. Riding horses, high ropes courses Three and still love me Kybo showers, after hours Four and still love more Teens with backpacks going hiking Five and still be alive California coastal biking Six and still play tricks Georgian Bay for kayak tripping Seven and still go to heaven M&Ms in pancakes flipping Eight and still go straight C-A-M-P-E-C-H-O Nine and still be mine C-A-M-P-E-C-H-O Ten so kiss me again and to heck with the midnight Olympic rah rah, playing gaga train. Sailing races, steeplechases Burgers roasting, S’mores are toasting DAY IS DONE Tell me why your crying my son. Happy faces, singing graces I know you’re frightened like everyone 11
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Is it the thunder in the distance you fear? Big bold man was this desperado. From Cripple Creek Will it help if I stay very near? I am here. way out in Colorado and he walked around just like a Chorus: big tornado. And everywhere he went he gave his war And if you take my hand my son whoop. WHOOP All will be well when the day is done He went to Coney Island just to take in all the sights. And if you take my hand my son All will be well when the day is done. Day is done when He saw the hotchi kootchi and the girls all dressed in the day is done, day is done when the day is done, day tights. He got so darned excited that he shot out all is done when the day is done, day is done. the lights and everywhere he went he gave his war Do you ask why I’m sighing, my son? whoop WHOOP. You shall inherit what mankind has done. Chorus: In a world filled with sorrow and woe. There was a big policeman just a walkin’ down his beat. If you ask me why this is so He saw the desperado come a walkin’ down the street. I really don't know. He grabbed him by his whiskers and he grabbed him by Chorus his seat and threw him where he couldn’t give his war whoop WHOOP. Tell me why you're smiling, my son Is there a secret you can tell everyone? Chorus Do you know more than men who are wise? Can you see what we all must disguise DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW Through your loving eyes? Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Chorus Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a DEAD DOG ROVER Continental soldier? Do your ears hang low? I’m looking over my dead dog, Rover (faster and faster) Who’s lying on the kitchen floor. One leg is broken, the other is sprained. DOODLY-DO He got run over by a Cocoa-Puff Train. [Hand motions: There is no denying that Rover's dying, slap knees twice; clap hands twice; And he won't bark no more (Arf Arf!) horizontal hand wave with right hand on top twice; Oh I’m looking over my dead dog Rover horizontal hand wave with left hand on top twice; Whose lying on the kitchen, right hand to nose, then left shoulder; Lying on the kitchen, lying on the kitchen floor! left hand to nose, then right shoulder; tap shoulder on same side twice; hands up with fingers wiggling] DESPERADO Please play for me that sweet melody, There was a desperado from the wild and wooly west. Called doodly-do, doodly-do. He came into Chicago just to give the west a rest. He I like the rest, but the part I like best wore a big sombrero and a gun beneath his vest. And Goes doodly-do, doodly-do. everywhere he went he gave his war Whoop. WHOOP It's the simplest thing, there isn't much to it; Chorus: 12
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All you gotta do is doodly-do it. Oh we have the pep and fun we play til day is done. We I like it so, wherever I go, are the kids from Camp Echo. It's the doodly-doodly-do. Come on and (Repeat first verse) (sing in two part round (descant) Wottaly-otcha, wottaly-otcha, doodly-do, doodly-do, Wottaly-otcha, wottaly-otcha, doodly-do, doodly-do, FATHER ABRAHAM It's the simplest thing, there isn't much to it; Father Abraham had seven sons All you gotta do is doodly-do it. and seven sons sir had father Abraham I like it so, wherever I go, and he taught them all one by one It's the doodly-doodly-do. Woo-woo!! and he taught them just like this.. With a left (arm) DONNA With a right (arm) On a wagon bound for market Wilth a left (leg) There's a calf with a mournful eye With a right (leg) High above him there's a swallow With the hips Winging swiftly through the sky With the head How the winds are laughing! With the tongue They laugh with all their might Laugh and sing the whole day through FIVE HUNDRED MILES And half a summer's night If you miss the train I’m on, Donna, Donna, Donna; Donna Donna Donna Don; You know that I have gone, Laugh and play the whole day through You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. And half a summer's night A hundred miles, a hundred miles, Stop complaining said the farmer A hundred miles, a hundred miles, Who told you a calf to be? You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. Why don't you have wings to fly with Lord I’m one; Lord I’m two, Like the swallow so proud and free Lord I’m three; Lord I’m four; Calves are easily bound and slaughtered Lord I’m five hundred miles from my home. Never knowing the reason why Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name, But whoever treasures freedom Lord, I can’t go back home this a way Like the swallow must learn to fly This a way, this a way, this a way, this a way, Lord, I can’t go back home this a way. ECHO-E-TI-TI-EH Oh Echo-e-ti-ti-eh Oh Echo-e-ti-ti-eh Oh Echo-e-ti- FOUR STRONG WINDS ti-Echo-e-tiki-tiki Echo-e-tiki-tiki-eh. Four strong winds that blow lonely Oh we are from Camp Echo, Oh we are from Camp Echo. Seven seas that run high 13
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All these things that don't change come what may Temper them with prayer and song But our good times are all gone Mother Earth will keep you strong And I'm bound for movin' on if you give her love and care. I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way An old crow watches hungrily Think I'll go out to Alberta from his perch In yonder tree Weather's good there in the fall In my garden I’m as free Got some friends I can go to workin' for As that feathered thief up there. Still I wish you'd change your mind Chorus: If I asked you one more time But we've been through that a hundred times or more GIVE ME OIL IN MY LAMP If I get there before the snow flies Give me oil in my lamp keep it burning burning burning And if things are going good Give me oil in my lamp I pray. You could meet me if I send you down the fare Give me oil in my lamp keep it burning burning burning But by then it would be winter Keep it burning ‘til the light of day. Ain't too much for you to do Sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna, Sing Hosanna to the King And those winds sure can blow cold way out there of kings Sing Hosanna, Sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna to the King
THE GARDEN SONG Give me umption in my gumption Keep me function, function, function, Chorus: Inch by inch row by row Keep me function 'til the light of day. Gonna make this garden grow Give me gas for my Ford All it takes is a rake and a hoe Keep me truckin’ for the Lord and a piece of fertile ground. Keep me truckin til the light of day. Inch by inch row by row GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN Someone bless these seeds I sow Chorus: Someone warm them from below Go tell it on the mountain over the hills and Til the rain comes a tumbling down. everywhere. Go tell it on the mountain to let my people go. Pulling weeds and picking stone
Man is made of dreams and bone Who’s that yonder dressed in red? Let my people go. Feel the need to grow my own Must be the children that Moses led. Let my people go. Cause the time is close at hand Who’s that yonder dressed in red? Must be the Grain for grain sun and rain, children that Moses led. I’ll find my way in natures chain Chorus: Tune my body and my brain to the music of the land Who’s that yonder dressed in white? Must be the Chorus: children of the Isrealite. Plant your rows straight and long Chorus: 14
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Who’s that yonder dressed in black? Must be the Repeat first verse. hypocrites a turnin’ back. HAPPY WANDERER THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK I love to go a-wandering, The grand old duke of York Along the mountain track, He had ten thousand men. And as I go, I love to sing, He marched them up the hill, My knapsack on my back. And he marched them down again. Chorus: Now when you’re up, you’re up Val-deri,Val-dera, And when you’re down, you’re down. Val-deri, And when you’re only half way up ...... Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha You’re neither up nor down. Val-deri,Val-dera. My knapsack on my back. HANKY PANKY (round) Chorus: Down by the banks of the hanky panky where the bull I love to wander by the stream frogs jump from bank to banky with and eep, ipe, ohhp, That dances in the sun, opp eep-sop-a-dilly and an umph Ker-plop. So joyously it calls to me, "Come! Join my happy song!" HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT Chorus: If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands (clap clap) I wave my hat to all I meet, And they wave back to me, If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands (clap And blackbirds call so loud and sweet clap) From ev'ry green wood tree. If you’re happy and you know it then you surely want to show it. If your happy and you know it clap your Chorus hands. (clap clap) High overhead, the skylarks wing, If you’re happy and you know it stomp your feet They never rest at home (stomp stomp) But just like me, they love to sing, If you’re happy and you know it show your teeth (big As o'er the world we roam. smile) Chorus: If you’re happy and you know it do all three Oh, may I go a-wandering Until the day I die! HAPPY TIMES Oh, may I always laugh and sing, Happy times inside my mind, melody does fine to Beneath God's clear blue sky. rhyme tellin’ me you’re coming home to stay. Comin’ Chorus: home to stay. Comin’ home to stay.
Lord it’s just the same old story. Somethin’ bout a love for glory. Nickle and a dime they waste away. Comin’ HAVE FUN home to stay. Comin’ home to stay Have fun, our motto is. Have fun or you will miss a life Whistle the third verse. of happiness while you’re young. Remember have fun. 15
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Have friends, believe in them. Have friends receive When it's hog calling time in the Ozarks, from them good times until the end while your young. When it's hog calling time in the Ozarks, Remember have fun. When it's hog calling time in the Ozarks, Have love for all that’s good. Have love it’s understood. You’ll live the life you should while your young. Then it's hog calling time in the Ozarks. Remember have fun. Second verse: Humming and preaching Have faith in God above. Have faith in his great love, Third verse: Same as first verse you’ll find the peace of doves while your young, Remember have fun. HORSEY HORSEY HEIGH HO (Round) Horsey, horsey on your way, Heigh ho nobody home? No meat nor drink nor money We’ve been together for many a day have I none. But still I will be very merry. Heigh Ho So let your tail go swish and your wheels go round Giddyup! We’re homeward bound. HELP FROM MY FRIENDS I like to take my horse and buggy. I like to ride them into town What would you do if I sang out of tune would you I like to hear old Dobbin’s Clip Clop stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ear and I’ll I like to see those wheels go round sing you a song and I’ll try not to sing out of key.
Chorus: HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Oh I get by with a little help from my friends. Mm I get high with a little help from my friends. Mm I’m gonna There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising try with a little help from my friends. Sun. And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know I’m one. My mother was a tailor, she sewed my What do you do when your love is away, does it worry new blue jeans. My father was a gambling man way you to be alone. How do you feel at the end of the day? down in New Orleans. Now the only thing a gambler Are you sad because you’re on your own? No needs is a suitcase and a trunk, And the only time he’ll Chorus: be satisfied is when he’s all a drunk. Do you need anybody, I want somebody to love. Could So Mama tell your children not to do what I have done. it be anybody? I just want someone to love. Spend your lives in sin and misery In the house of the Would you believe in a love at first sight? Yes I’m rising sun. certain that it happens all the time. What do you see Well I got one foot on the platform and the other on when you turn out the lights? I can’t tell you but I the train. I’m going back to New Orleans to weare that know it’s mine. ball and chain. (repeat first verse). Chorus: I KNOW A PLACE HEY HO NOBODY HOME (sing in a round) I know a place where no one ever goes. There’s peace Hey Ho nobody home and quiet beauty and repose. It’s hidden in a valley beside a mountain stream and lying there beside the No eat nor drink nor money have I none stream I find that I can dream. But still I will be very merry. Only the place of beauty to the eye, snow capped HOG CALLING TIME mountains towing in the sky. Now I know that has 16
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made this world for me. I can't wait to get 'em back. One can imagine herself but in a dream. Climbing up a Yes, I take 'em to the cleaners mountain or down a long ravine. The magic of this I'd rather wash them in a stream peace and quiet evermore shall stay. To make this place a haven, each and every day. You know what I mean? Oh how I wish that I would never have to leave. All of Do you have some shoes that you really love, my life such beauty to receive. Now I know that God Ones that you feel so flashy in? has made this world for me. You don't even mind if they start to get holes in That only makes them nicer still. I LIVEY UPPY I love my shoes, I love my shoes, I livey uppy a very very uppy My shoes are so comfortably lovelly. st I livey uppy 31 floor I love my jeans, I love my jeans, I do washy very very washy My jeans are so comfortably lovely. Ruffles on her petty coat 10 cents more. I love my shirt, I love my shirt, I like a chow-chow better than a bow-wow. My shirt is so comfortably lovely. I like a little girl and she like a me. In fact ... I love my wardrobe ... Way back in Hong Kong a big a man come along He take my little girl away from me. IT'S NOT HARD I go to Hong Kong give the man a Bong Bong It's not hard, I tell you so. He give my little girl back to me. Just sing along and go like so. 1. slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap I LOVE MY SHIRT 2. slap, clap, slap, clap, slap, clap, slap Do you have a shirt that you really love, 3. slap, clap, snap, slap, clap, snap, slap One that you feel so groovy in? 4. slap, cross, slap, clap, snap, clap, slap You don't even mind if it starts to fade 5. slap, clap, across, across, out, out, slap That only makes it nicer still. 6. slap, shoulders, out, shoulders, up, shoulders, slap I love my shirt, I love my shirt, My shirt is so comfortably lovely. I WANNA LINGER HERE Do you have some jeans that you really love, Hmm, I wanna linger here, Hmm a little longer dear, Ones that you feel so groovy in? Hmm, a little longer here with you. You don't even care if they start to fray Hmm, it’s such a perfect night, Hmm, it doesn’t seem That only makes them nicer still. quite right, Hmm, that it should be my last with you. I love my jeans, I love my jeans, Hmm, and come September Dear, Hmm, we’ll all My jeans are so comfortably lovely. remember dear, Hmm, the perfect times we’ve had with you. I love my shirt, I love my shirt, Hmm, and as the years go by, Hmm, I’ll think of you My shirt is so comfortably lovely. and sigh, Hmm, it’s just good night and not good bye. When I take 'em to the cleaners, Hmm, I wanna linger here, hmmm a little longer dear, 17
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hmmm a little longer here with you. and you will know junior birdmen Hmm, it’s such a perfect night, hmm, it doesn’t seem They have already sent their box tops in quite right, hmm that it should be my last with you. Cause it take four box tops Three bottle bottoms Two candy wrappers IF I HAD A HAMMER And one ... thin ... dime! Hit it! If I had a hammer, I would hammer in the morning. B-I-R-D-M-E-N I’d hammer in the evening, all over this land. Birdmen! Birdmen! Birdmen! I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out warning, I’d (airplane noises) hammer out the love between my brothers and my KOOKABURRA (round) sisters, all over this land. If I had a bell, I would ring it in the morning. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bush is he. Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra, I’d ring it in the evening all over this land. I’d ring out gay your life must be. danger, I’d ring out warning, I’d ring out the love between my brothers and my sisters, all over this land. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree eating all the gumdrops he can see. Stop Kookaburra, Stop
kookaburra save some gumdrops for me. If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning, I’d sing it in the evening all over this land. I’d sing out danger, I’d Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree counting all the sign out warning. I’d sing out the love between my monkeys he can see. Stop Kookaburra Stop Kookaburra brothers and my sisters all over this land. that’s no monkey that’s me. Now I’ve got a hammer, and I’ve got a bell, and I’ve got KOOM-BA-YA a song to sing all over this land. It’s the hammer of Koom-ba-ya my lord, Koom-ba-ya justice, It’s the bell of freedom. It’s the song about love between my brothers and my sisters, all over this Koom-ba-ya, my lord, Koom-ba-ya land. Koom-ba-ya my lord, Koom-ba-ya Oh lord, Koom-ba-ya. JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMITT Someone’s Singing, my lord, Koom-ba-ya John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmitt that’s my name too Someone’s singing my lord, Koom-ba-ya Whenever I go out the people shout Someone’s singing my lord, Koom-ba-ya There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmitt Oh Lord, Koom-ba-ya LA LA LA LA LA LA Someone’s Laughing … Get quieter and quieter but shout the last two lines Someone’s Crying … Someone’s Praying… JUNIOR BIRDMEN Come by here my lord…. Up in the air, junior birdmen LEAVING ON A JET PLANE Up in the air, upside down All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go. I am standing Up in the air, junior birdmen here outside your door. I hate to wake you up to say Keep your noses off the ground goodbye. But the dawn is breaking it’s early morn. The Now you can tell Junior Birdmen by their silvery wings taxi’s waiting he’s blowing his horn. Already I’m so of tin. lonesome I could die. 18
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Chorus: LITTLE BAR OF SOAP So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you’ll wait for Oh I wish I was a little bar of soap, bar of soap me. Hold me like you’ll never let me go. ‘Cause I’m leav- Oh I wish I was a little bar of soap, bar of soap ing on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again. I would slippy and I’d slidey Oh Babe, I hate to go. over every body’s hiney. Oh I wish I was a little bar of soap, bar of soap. Oh I wish I was a little mo-squi-toe There’s so many times I’ve let you down so many times I would nippy and I’d bitey I’ve played around. I tell you now that they don’t mean Under every body’s nightie. a thing. Every place I go I’ll think of you. Every song I I wish I was a little safety pin sing I’ll sing for you. When I come back I’ll wear your I'd hold anything that busted wedding ring. And I'd hold it 'til I rusted. Chorus: Oh I wish I was a little slippery root Now the time has come to leave you. One more time, I’d stick up from the trail let me kiss you. Close your eyes and I’ll be on my way. And I’d flop you on your tail. Dream about the days to come when I won’t have to leave you alone. About the time when I won’t have to Oh I wish I was a little can of pop say.. I’d go down with a slurp And come up with a burp. Chorus Oh I wish I was a little English Sparrow I’d fly up to the steeple LIFE OF A VOYAGER And deposit on the people. Life of a voyager, that of a sojourner, Travels around Oh I wish I was a fishy in a pond and round but not from town to town. I’d swim around so cute Travels the lakes and streams Follows his distant And without my bathing suit. dreams. Peace on the waterways Blue skies, no rainy Oh I wish I was a little radio days. I’d go CLICK. Chorus: LITTLE COTTAGE IN THE WOODS My heart has but one home, from which I’ll never roam. Little cottage in the wood. Little man by the window Land of true happiness, Canadian Wilderness. stood. Saw a rabbit hopping by, knocking at his door. The call of the lonely loon, Coyotes howling at the Help me Help me Help me he cried. Or the hunter will moon. Wind rustling through the trees that’s a shoot me dead. Come little rabbit come inside and Canadian breeze, Smoke rising from the fire up through saFely we’ll abide. the trees in stately spire. As well as in the evening LITTLE GREEN FROG glow; Sun goes down and the north wind blows. Ack-goon went the little green frog one day, Ack-goon Chorus went the little green frog. The calm waters of the morn reflects one lonely soul Ack-goon when the little green frog one day and his paddling so silently that’s undesturbed by he. Waters eyes went a-a-goon. so pure and fresh, untouched by human flesh. His life is sad but good. This is his chosen home. Honk Honk went the big mack truck one day, Squish Squawsh went the little green frog. And his eyes don’t Chorus: go Ack-goon anymore, cause he got all eaten by a dog. 19
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Woof Woof. Chorus LITTLE TOMMY TINKER Lord, Lord Lord, you sure been good to me, Lord. Little Tommy Tinker sat on a clinker Lord, Lord, Lord, you sure been good to me, Lord. and he began to cry. Lord, Lord, Lord, you sure been good to me, Lord. “Oh, Ma! Oh, Ma!” Poor little innocent guy. You done what the world can not do, LIVING IN TENTS AND CABINS You kept my eyes from cryin’, you sure been good to me lord. Living in tents and cabins under watch of God. He You kept my nose from sneezin’ you sure been good to made the pathways that our feet must trod. me lord. Chorus: You kept my mouth from lyin’ I love to live and live to love for all these wonderful You kept my toes from freezin’ things oh boom dee ah da boom dee ah da boom dee You kept the world a turnin’ ah da boom. Boom dee ah da boom dee ah da boom dee ah da boom. You brought us all to Echo. I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills, I love the flowers, I love the daffodils. MCGILLY AND MCGULLY Chorus McGilly is dead and McGully don’t know it. We camp together, paddle to the stream. Watch for the McGully is dead and McGilly don’t know it. sunrise, share our fondest dreams. Both of them dead in the very same bed and neither one knows that the other is dead. Chorus
THE LOG SONG MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE What rolls down stairs? Michael row the boat the ashore, hallelujah Alone or in pairs? Michael row the boat the ashore, hallelujah Rolls over your neighbor’s dog? Sister helped to trim the sails, hallelujah What’s great for a snack? Sister helped to trim the sails, hallelujah And fits on your back? River Jordan is chilly and cold, hallelujah It’s LOG, LOG, LOG! Chills the body but not the soul, hallelujah It’s log, it’s a log, it’s big, River Jordan is deep and wide, hallelujah it’s heavy, it’s wood. Milk and honey on the other side, hallelujah It’s log, it’s log, it’s better than bad, it’s good! MOUNTAIN DEW Everyone wants a log! Chorus: You’re gonna love it log! Well they call it that good old Mountain Dew, Mountain Come on and get your log! Dew and them that refuse it are few, mighty few, Well Everyone needs a log! I’ll hush up my mug if you fill up my jug with that good old Mountain Dew. LORD LORD LORD 20
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Well my uncle Frank has a US army tank that isn’t M.T.A. exactly new. When it runs out of gas we just pour in a Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named glass of that good old Mountain Dew. Charlie on a tragic and fateful day. He put ten cents in Chorus his pocket, kissed his wife and family. Went to ride on the M.T.A. Well my Uncle Bill had a still on the hill. It put out a gallon or two. Well the birds in the sky got so high Chorus: they couldn’t fly just from sniffin’ that good old Well, did he ever return? No, he never returned. Mountain Dew. And his fate is still unlearned. (What a pity) Chorus He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston Well, My uncle Mort he was sawed off and short. He He's the man who never returned. measured about four foot two. But he felt like a giant when you gave him a pint of that good old Mountain Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Dew. Station And he changed for Jamaica Plain. Chorus When he got there the conductor told him "One more Well, my Auntie June had some sweet smellin’ perfume nickel." that let off an awful pfew. P.U. Much to her surprise when she got it analyzed it ws nothing but good old Charlie couldn't get off of that train. Mountain Dew. Chorus (Poor old Charlie) Chorus MR. MOON Now, all night long Charlie rides through the station, Crying, "What will become of me? Oh Mr. Moon Moon bright and shiny moon oh won’t you please shine down on me. How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea Oh Mr. Moon Moon bright and shiny moon, hiding Or my cousin in Rocksbury?" behind that tree. Chorus (Shame and scandal) Oh when your life’s in danger and your on the run and there’s a man behind you with a shopping bag. Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square Station Oh Mr. Moon Moon bright and shiny moon oh won’t Every day at quarter past two you please shine down on me. And through the open [sandwich] she hands Charlie a [window] MRS. O’LEARY (Sing in a round) As the train comes rumblin' through. Chorus (He may ride forever) Late last night when we were all in bed,
Old lady O’Leary left the lantern in the shed Now you citizens of Boston don't you think it's a and when the cow kicked it over scandal she turned around and said, How the people have to pay and pay? there’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight. Fight the fare increase vote for [CAMP ECHO]! FIRE, FIRE, FIRE. Get poor Charlie off the M.T.A. Chorus (Just like Paul Revere) 21
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was fine and dandy dandy. Children of the Lord. MUSIC MASTER FROM SWITZERLAND Chorus: I am the music master, I come from Switzerland. This is the end of the end of the story story. This is (repeat after song leader) the end of the end of the story story. Everything was hunky dory dory. Children of the Lord. I can play (repeat) Chorus: On my Tuba (repeat) Oompah oompah oompah pah, Oompah, oompah, MY NAME IS YAN YANSEN oompah pah. Oompah oompah oompah oompah pah. My name is Yan Yansen, I come from Wisconsin Piccolo (tweedle deedle deedle dee) I work in the lumberyard there Piano (Plink Plink Plink Plink Plink Plink Plink) As I walk down the street, all the people I meet Drum (Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom) They say, “Hey what’s your name?” And I say … Bagpipe (Knee ner Knee ner Knee ner Knee) Orchestra (all instruments play at the same time) THE NONSENSE SONG The horses run around NOAH’S ARC Their feet are off the ground The Lord said to Noah, there’s gonna be a floody floody, Lord said to Noah, there’s gonna be a floody Oh, who will wind the clock while I'm away, away? floody. Get those children out of the muddy muddy. Go get the axe, there's a hair on baby's chin. Children of the Lord. A boys best friend is his mother, his mother! Chorus: While looking out a window So rise and shine and give God your glory glory, A second story window Rise and shine and give God your glory glory. Rise and I slipped and sprained my eyebrow shine and give God your glory glory. Children of the Lord. on the pavement, the pavement. The Lord said to Noah you better build an arky arky. Go get the Listerine, sister's got a beau. Lord said to Noah you better build an arky arky. Build We hope that grandma's teeth will soon fit Jenny, fit it out of Hickory Barky barky. Children of the lord. Jenny! Chorus While looking through the knothole The animals they came aboard two by twoey, twoey, In father's wooden leg Elephants and Kangaroosy roosies. Children of the Why did they put the shore so near the ocean, the Lord. ocean? Chorus We feed the baby garlic, so we'll find him in the dark. It rained and rained for 40 nights and days and They're moving grandma's grave to build a sewer, a daysies. Nearly drove those animals crazy crazy. sewer! Children of the Lord. While walking in the moonlight Chorus The bright and silvery moonlight The Sun came out and dried up all the landy landy. Sun came out and dried up all the landy landy. Everything She kissed me on the nose with a tomato, tomato! 22
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A snake's belt slips. because he has no hips Oh six and six make nine And he wears his tie around his middle, his middle! My eyes are bound to shine. She hit him with a shingle It’s old black Joe, the eskimo, And made his fanny tingle In the good old summertime. Because he sold his little baby brother, his brother Oh loopdy loop through the noodle soup Walking down the lane, with his britches full of pain Just to give your sox a shine. A boy's best friend is his mother, his mother! I’m guilty, Judge, I stole the fudge Three cheers for Frankenstien NOW IS THE HOUR I cannot tell a lie, I stole the case of rye, Now is the hour when we must say good night. Embers It’s in the sea, beneath the tree, of the campfire fading with the light. Soon we’ll be under the clear blue sky. dreaming of another day, Lord keep us through the Oh Easter eggs may shave their legs night to thee we pray. But children will have ducks quack quack.
I’d rather buy a lemon pie for forty seven bucks OLD MACDONALD HAD A FORD (you’re nuts) Old MacDonald had a ford, cutest little ford that you ever did see. Way down in Barcelonia they spit into the phonia Engine in the ford made the wheels go around. But that is all bologna. A match in the gas tank BOOM BOOM. Pataruski blow your horn (toot toot) Wheels were on the ground, engine in the Ford made the wheels go around. OLEANNA Floor was on the wheels, wheels were on the ground… Chorus Ole-ole-anna, ole-ole-anna, Seat was on the ground Ole-ole-ole-ole-ole-ole-anna Girl was on the seat Climbing up the Matternhorn Hat was on the girl All alone as I could be, Feather was on the hat I reached the top, I paused to stop, Fly was on the feather And heard this mystic melody. Flea was on the fly Chorus Speck was on the flea On an island in the ocean, And on the speck there was a WATERSKIER Not a human soul around, As I searched for bread and water, Once again I heard this sound. OH I WAS BORN Chorus Oh I was born one night one morn My plane had all its motors gone, When the whistle went boom boom The wings would never keep me up, You and fry a cake or bake a snake I heard a voice that seemed to say, Now, let’s take it from the top. When the mudpies are in bloom 23
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Chorus And the valley folks below I was tramping through the Congo On the mountain was a treasure When the Mau Mau tribe appeared Buried deep beneath a stone And their native chant was haunting, Just the sound that I had feared. And the valley people swore they'd Have it for their very own. Chorus Chorus: While rocketing through space one day, I found myself upon the moon. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, An ectoplasm greeted me with, Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of Have you heard the latest tune? heaven,You can justify it in the end. There won’t be any trumpets blowing, Come the judgment day. On the Chorus bloody morning after,One tin soldier rides away My ship was sinking in the water, So the people of the valley So I sent an S.O.S. As I waited for an answer, Sent a message up the hill You don’t even have to guess. WAIT! Asking for the buried treasure Came a voice so calm and cheerful, Tons of gold for which they’d kill. Just as cheerful as can be, Said according to our survey, Came the answer from the kingdom Now the song is number three! With our brothers we will share Chorus All the secrets of our mountain, All the riches buried there. Chorus: ONE FINGER, ONE THUMB One finger, one thumb keep moving Now the valley cried with anger One finger, one thumb keep moving, Mount your horses, draw your swords! One finger, one thumb keep moving And they killed the mountain people And we will all be happy again. So they won their just reward. One finger, one thumb, one hand, two hands Now they stood beside the treasure, One foot On the mountain dark and red Two feet Turned the stone and looked beneath it: One leg Peace on earth was all it said. Two legs Chorus: One head ONE BOTTLE OF POP
One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop, three bottles of ONE TIN SOLDIER pop, four bottles of pop, five bottles of pop, six Listen children to a story bottles of pop, Seven, Seven bottles of pop. That was written long ago Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar. Fish and ‘bout a kingdom on a mountain chips and vinegar, pepper pepper pepper salt.
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Don’t chuck your muck in my dustpan, my dustpan, my Honk Honk
not (hot) ONE MAN’S HANDS But sometimes in the springtime, and sometimes in the One man’s hands can’t break a prison down. fall Two men’s hands can’t break a prison down. But if two I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on at and two and fifty makes a million. We’ll see that day all! come round. We’ll see that day come round. Glory, glory, what's it to ya'?
Glory, glory, what's it to ya'? One man’s eyes can’t see the road ahead Glory, glory, what's it to ya'? One man’s voice can’t shout to make them hear If I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on One man’s love can’t build a world of peace. at all! One man’s hands can’t break the color bar.
PEACE I ASK OF THEE O RIVER PIPPIN Peace I ask of thee oh river, Peace. Peace, Peace. Chorus: When I learn to live serenely, cares will cease. From the Rivers belong where they can ramble, Eagles belong hills I gather courage, visions of the day to be. where they can fly. I’ve got to be where my spirit can Strength to lead and faith to follow, all are given unto run free. Got to find my corner of the sky. me. Peace I ask of thee o river. Peace, Peace, Peace. Everything has its season, everything has its time. Show me a reason and I’ll soon show you a rhyme. Cats THE PEPPIEST GIRLS fit on the windowsill, Children fit in the snow. Why do I feel I don’t fit in any where I go? The peppiest girls I ever knew they never came a pokin’ if I were to tell you the pep they had you’d think I was Chorus a jokin. It’s not the pep in the pepper pot or the pop in Every man has his daydreams Every man has his goals. the popcorn popper. It’s not the pep in the mustard jar People like the way dreams have of sticking to the soul. or the pop in the vinegar stopper. It’s good old Rain comes after thunder, winter comes after fall. fashioned P-E-P the kind you and not doubt. Echo girls Sometimes I think that I am not after anything at all. Echo girls the peppiest girls around. Chorus
And maybe some misty day you’ll awaken to find me PIECE OF TIN gone. And far away you’ll hear me singing to the dawn. I’m a little piece of tin, And you’ll wonder if I’m happy there a little more than Nobody knows where I have been. I’ve been and the anser will come back to you like I’ve got four wheels and a running board laughter on the wind. Oh I’m a Ford, yes I’m a Ford Chorus: Honk Honk Rattle Rattle Rattle Crash Beep Beep
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As I kneel before my bed each night at the close of a Fru-Fru, I don’t want to see you scooping up the field weary day, mice and bopping them on the head. I’ll give you three I bury my head in trembling arms and tears fall as I chances and if you use them up, I will turn you into a pray. goon. Dear God, unworthy as I am, I only ask one thing of So the next day, Little Rabbit Fru Fru was hopping thee, through the forest scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head. And down came the good please bless the one I love tonight and help him to fairy and she said,” Little Rabbit Fru Fru, I don’t want remember me. to see you scooping up the field mice and bopping Please help him to keep me in his heart until we meet them on the head. again. I gave you three chances, now you have used up one of For even though we are miles apart, I love him dear them, two more and I will turn you into a goon, God, Amen So the next day… And down came the good Fairy and she said… PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON I gave you three chances and you have used up two of Chorus: Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea and them. One more and I will turn you into a goon. frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honnalee. So the next day…. Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff and brought And down came the good fairy and she said… him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. I gave you three chances and you used up all of them. Chorus: Now I am going to turn you into a goon. POOF! Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail. And the moral of this story is: Hare today, goon Jackie kept a look out perched on Puff’s gigantic tail. tomorrow. Noble kings and princes would bow when e’er they came Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name. RED AND YELLOW AND PINK AND GREEN Chorus: Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys. Painted and blue. I can sing a rainbow sing a rainbow, I can wigs and giant rings make way for other toys. One gray sing a rainbow too. night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more and Puff, Listen with your eyes, listen with your eyes and sing that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar. everything you see. I can sing a rainbow, sing a Chorus: rainbow, won’t you sing a- long with me. His head was bent in sorrow and green scales fell like RED MEN rain. Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane. We are the red men tall and quaint in our feathers and Without his life-long friend Puff could not be brave. So war paint. Pow wow, Pow wow we’re the men of the Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave. olden cow. We are the red men feathers in our head Chorus: men, down among the dead men Ugh pow wow. We will fight with sticks and stones, bows and arrows bricks and bones. Pow wow, Pow wow we’re the men of LITTLE RABBIT FRU-FRU the olden cow. We are the red men feathers in our Little rabbit fru-fru hopping through the forest. Picking headmen down among the dead men Ugh! Pow wow. up the field mice and bopping them on the head. And We have come from hunting afar, greeted by the long down came the good fairy and she said,” Little Rabbit 26
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nosed squaw. Pow Wow, Pow Wow we’re the men of We don't use tobacco because we do think the olden cow. We are the red men feathers in our That the people who use it are likely to drink! headmen, down among the dead men Ugh! Pow wow. Chorus: Away away with rum by gum
With rum by gum, with rum by gum REMEMBER Away away with rum by gum Remember the times you’ve had here. The song of the Salvation Army Remember when you’re away.
Remember the friends you’ve made here and don’t forget to come back someday. We never eat fruitcake because it has rum Remember the hills and woodlands, the sky so heavenly And one little bite turns a man to a bum blue. For you girl’s belong to Echo and Echo belongs to Oh, can you imagine a sorrier sight you. Than a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight? Chorus: RIGADEE-JIG AND AWAY WE GO We never eat cookies because they have yeast Oh we were starved as starved could be but now we’ve And one little bite turns a man to a beast had enough you see. Oh, can you imagine the utter disgrace High ho High ho High ho. A rigadee jig and away we go, away we go away we go. A rigadee jig and away we go. Of a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face? We’ll soon be back for more. Chorus: Oh we don't give backrubs we think they're a crime ROCK-A MY SOUL We always condemn them in song and in rhyme Rock-a my soul in the bosom of Abraham, Rock-a my An alcohol back rub is worse than straight gin soul in the bosom of Abraham. Rock-a my soul in the When you think of the liquor absorbed through your bosom of Abraham. Oh Rock-a my soul. skin! So high you can’t get over it, so low you can’t get Chorus: under it. So wide you cant get around it. Oh rock-a my soul. We never drink water, they put it in gin ROSE (sing in a round) One little sip and a man starts to grin Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose. Oh, can you imagine the horrible sight When will I see thee wed? Of a man drinking water and singing all night? I will marry at thy will, sire. Chorus: At thy will. We never eat peaches because they ferment And a peach will ferment at the least little dent Oh, can you imagine a sight more obscene Than a man getting tipsy on peaches and cream? SALVATION ARMY SONG Chorus: We're coming, we're coming, our brave little band Beware of plum pudding, the kind that they light On the right side of temp'rance we do take our stand They drench it in brandy so it will ignite 27
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The thought is revolting to temperate folk SISTERHOOD For people go blotto inhaling the smoke! There is a sisterhood of females, a benevolent sisterhood of females. A noble tie that binds all human hearts and minds into a sisterhood of females. We never touch coffee, it makes our eyes gleam Your lifelong membership is free. Keep giving your At least when they add Irish whisky and cream sisters all you can. Now aren’t you proud to be in the Oh, can you imagine a fate more unkind sorority. The benevolent sisterhood of females. Than slugging down coffee and going stone blind? Give me a FE…….FE Chorus: Give me a MALE….. you can have ‘em. We never eat cornflakes because they have malt SIXPENCE And we can't imagine a much greater fault I’ve got sixpence, jolly, jolly sixpence Oh, can you imagine a sight that's more droll I’ve got sixpence to last me all my life. Than a woman at breakfast slumped over her bowl? I’ve got two pence to spend and two pence to lend, Chorus: And two pence to send home to my wife, poor wife. SAMMY Chorus: No cares have I to grieve me, When Sammy put the paper on the wall No sassy little boys/girls to deceive me, He put the parlor paper in the hall I’m as happy as a lark, believe me, He papered up the stairs, he papered all the chairs As we go rolling, rolling home He even put the paper on Grandma's shawl Rolling home (rolling home) Rolling home (rolling home) When Sammy put the paper on the wall By the light of the silvery mo-oo-oo-on He spilled the paste and got it on us all Happy is the day when the campers/counselors go Now we're all stuck together like birds of a feather away When Sammy put the paper on the wall As we go rolling rolling home! I've got four pence. SARASPONDA I've got two pence. (group 1) I've got no pence (slow, then fast chorus) Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret-set-set Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret-set-set THE SKUNK SONG (group 2) Well I stuck my head in a little skunk’s hole and the little skunk said well bless my soul. Take it out, Take it Boomda, boomda, boomda ... out, Take it out, Remove it. (both groups together) Well I didn’t take it out and the little skunk said if you Ah doe ray o, ah doe ray boom day o, don’t take it out you will wish you were dead. Take it Ah doe ray boomda ret set set, ah-say-pah-say-o out, Take it out, Take it out. Remove it. (groups switch parts) SSSSSSssssss I removed it…………………. too late. 28
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beside her. And you know that she’s half crazy, but SNAP, CRACKLE, POP that’s why you want to be there. And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China. And just Snap, what a happy sound when you mean to tell her that you have no love to Snap is the happiest sound I've found give her. Then she gets you on her wave length and she You can rap, tap, slap, clap, but lets the river answer that you’ve always been her lover Snap
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Chorus: Swing low, sweet chariot coming for to carry me home. Swing low, sweet chariot coming for to carry TELL ME WHY me home. Tell me why the stars do shine, I looked over Jordan and what did I see, coming for to carry me home. But a band of angels coming after me. Tell me why the ivy twines Coming for to carry me home. Tell me why the sky’s so blue Chorus: And I will tell you just why I love you. If you get there before I do, coming fore to carry me Because God made the stars to shine. home. Tell all my friends I am coming too. Coming for Because God made the ivy twine, to carry me home. Because God made the sky so blue Chorus; Because God made you that’s why I love you. If I get there before you do, coming for to carry me home. I’ll cut a hole and pull you through. Coming for I really think that God above to carry me home. created you for me to love Chorus: He picked you out from all the rest because God made you, I love you the best. TAPS Day is done, gone the sun, from the lake from the hills TENNESSEE WIGGLE WALK from the sky. All is well, safely rest. God is nigh. I’m a bow-legged chicken, I’m a knock-kneed hen, Haven’t been so happy since I don’t know when. I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squak, TEACH YOUR CHILDREN Doing the Tennessee, Uh, Wiggle Walk. You who are on the road must have a code that you Put your heels together, knees apart, can live by and so become yourself because the past is Snap your fingers, ready to start, just a good bye. Flap your wings just once for luck, Chorus: Don’t you ever ask them why, if they told you And you wiggle and you waggle like a baby duck you would cry so just look at them and sigh and know
And you of tender years can’t know the fears that your elders grew by; And so please help them with your THERE’S A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA youth, they seek the truth before they can die There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea Chorus: There’s a hole, there’s a hole, Teach your parents well. Their children’s hell will slowly There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea. go by; and feed them on your dreams the ones they pick are the ones you’ll know by. Chorus There’s a log in the hole... There’s a bump on the log… 30
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There’s a frog on the bump… One short necked buzzard…. There’s a leg on the frog… Two short necked buzzards… There’s a wart on the leg… There’s a hair on the wart… Three short necked buzzards… THE TITANIC THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ Oh, they built the ship Titanic to sail the ocean blue Come gather ‘round people wherever you roam and admit that the waters around you have grown, and And they thought they had a ship accept it that soon you be drenched to the bone. If That the waves could not get through, your time to you is worth savin’ then you better start But the good Lord raised his hand swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone. ‘Cause the times they are a changin’. Said that ship would never land. It was sad when the great ship went down. Come writers and critics who prophesy with your pens and keep your eyes wide the chance won’t come again. Chorus And don’t speak too soon for the wheel’s still in spin. It was sad (so sad) It was sad (so sad) And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’. For the loser It was sad when the great ship went down now will be later to win for the times. They are a- changin. To the bottom of the ... sea ... Come Senators, Congressmen, please heed the call, Husbands and wives little children lost their lives, don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall. For It was sad when the great ship went down. he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled. There’s a Oh they sailed from Jolly England battle outside andit’s ragin’ It’ll soon shake your And were almost to the shore windows and rattle your halls for the times, they are a changin’. When the rich refused to associate with the poor. Come Mothers and Fathers throughout the land and So they sent them down below where they were the don’t criticize if you can’t understand. Your sons and first to go your daughters are beyond your command. Your old It was sad when the great ship went down. road is rapidly aging Please get out of the new one if Chorus you can’t lend a hand for the times they are a-changin’. Oh the boat was filled with water and the sides about The line it is drawn, the curse, it is cast the slow one to burst when the captain shouted, "Women and now will later be passed as the present now willlater children first!" be past. The order is rapidly fading. And the first one now will later be last for the times they are a-changin’. Oh the captain tried to wire but the lines were all on fire. It was sad when the great ship went down. Oh THREE SHORT NECKED BUZZARDS they set the lifeboats out on that deep and raging sea Three short necked buzzards, three short necked And the band struck up with “Nea'r My God to Thee” buzzards, three short necked buzzards sitting on a dead tree. Little children wept and cried as the waves swept o’re the side. Oh no, one has flown away what a shame. It was sad when the great ship went down. Two short necked buzzards… Chorus One short necked buzzard… Now the moral of the story is very plain to see: No short necked buzzards… Always wear a life preserver when you go out to sea! Oh look one has returned let us rejoice! 31
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The Titanic never made it and it never more shall be. He didn't like to comb his hair It was sad when the great ship went down. That don't mean that he don't care Chorus He said he wouldn't pick up litter That don't mean that he's a quitter TODAY He showed up late for soccer Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine, That don't mean he's off his rocker I'll taste your strawberries; I'll drink your sweet wine. Didn't wanna wear his shoes A million tomorrows shall all pass away, That don't mean he gets to choose E'er I forget all the joys that are mine today. He criticized Laurie's cookin' Oh, I'll be a dandy, and I'll be a rover, That don't mean he's not good lookin' You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing. He spent his Saska yellin' I'll feast at your table; I'll sleep in your clover, That don't mean that he's not jellin' Who cares what the morrow will bring. He drove his counselors crazy I can't be contented with yesterday's glories, That don't mean that he is lazy I can't live on promises, winter to spring. Said he didn't need any showers Today is my moment, and now is my story, That don't mean he smelled like flowers I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing. He showed up late to dinner That don't mean that he's a sinner TODAY IS MONDAY He ate all the food in the TP Today is Monday, today is Monday, Monday Washday. That don't mean that he got sleepy Is everybody happy? Well I should say. He stayed up late with a flashlight Tuesday- string beans That don't mean he stayed up all night Wednesday – Soup He said he didn't like this song Thursday – Roast Beef That don't mean he didn't sing along Friday – Fish THE UNICORN SONG Saturday – Pay day A long time ago when the earth was green, there were Sunday – Church more kinds of animals than you’d ever seen.
They’d rune around free when the earth was being UNCLE DAVE born and the loveliest of all was the unicorn. Uncle Dave, he misbehaved ... Chorus: There were green alligators and long necked He didn't hear the morning bell geese. Humpty back camels and some chimpanzees, Even though he didn't hear the morning bell some cats and rats and elephants as sure as you’re born. But the loveliest of all was the unicorn. That don't mean that he's not swell Now God seen some sinnin’ and it gave him a pain and He stayed in bed too long he said stand back, I’m gonna make it rain. He says hey That don't mean he can't get along brother Noah I’ll tell you what to do. You should build 32
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me a floating zoo. And take some… ragtime sea. Waddle, Waddle, Waddle, Waddle, come on and Waddle with me. BOOM!! Chorus: …but don’t you forget my unicorn. THE WATERMELON SONG Old Noah was there to answer the callin’. He finished Just plant a watermelon on the top of my grave making the ark just as the rain started to fallin’. He Let the juice (slurp, slurp) slip through marched in the animals two by two and he called out Just plant a watermelon on the top of my grave as they went through, HEY LORD, I got your…. That's all I ask of you Chorus: ..but Lord I am so forlorn. I just can’t find that I've tasted fried chicken and it tastes mighty fine unicorn. But there's nothing quite as tasty as a watermelon wine When Noah looked out through the pourin’ rain, them Just plant a watermelon on the top of my grave unicorns were hiding playing silly games. Kicking and Let the juice (slurp, slurp) slip through splashing while the rain was pour’n’ Oh them silly unicorns. WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE Well a man came to our house, our house, our house Chorus: A man came to our house to sell some brooms. Noah cried close the door cause the rain is pour’n’ and we just can’t wait for no unicorn. So we asked him to come in and we hit him with a hammer The ark started moving it drifted with the tide. Them unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried. And And we hid him in the closet in my father’s room. the water came down and sort of floated them away. Chorus And that’s why you don’t see no unicorns to this very But you’re always welcome at our house day. Oh you’ll see… Any time of the day Chorus:… but you’re never going to see no unicorn. Yes you’re always welcome at our house WASHINGTON WADDLE And we hope you will stay Boom Boom, Boom, Boom, let’s all go down to Then a lady came to our house, our house, our house Washington, D.C. A lady came to find out why I wasn’t in school. Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, that’s where they play the So we asked her to come in and we gave her poison sweetest ragtime melodies. lemonade, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Let’s all begin with lesson And we hid her in the freezer where it’s nice and cool. number one. And you waddle and you waddle til the Then a kid came into our yard, our yard, our yard day is done. It’s the Washington waddle get the tune in your Knoddle. Let your feet have fun. So waddle with A kid came into our yard to get his ball. me, my honey waddle with me. Its like a ragtime trip So we asked him to come in and we took him to the upon a ragtime sea. Waddle, Waddle Waddle, Waddle basement come on and Waddle with me. BOOM. And we sealed him up inside the basement well. Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, let’s all go on with lesson So when you come to our house, our house, our house #2 and you waddle and you waddle til your feet turn blue. When you come to our house we’ll have some fun. We’ll ask you to come in and we’ll take you to the It’s the Washington waddle get the tune in your kitchen knoddle, let your feet have fun. So waddle with me, my honey waddle with me. It’s like a ragtime ship upon a And we’ll put you in the oven until you’re done. 33
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Chorus, then … And we know you will stay … valley deck my garden walk. WEENIE MAN Oh don’t you wish that you could hear them ring? I know a weenie man. He owns a hot dog stand. He’ll That can happen only when the fairies sing. sell you anything from hot dogs on down. Boom Boom Boom. Someday I’ll know his life. I’ll be his weenie wife. Hot dog I love that weenie man. Weenie (8 times) hot WHITE WINGS dogs on down boom boom boom. Weenie (8 times) hot White wings they never grow weary dogs on down boom boom boom. Weenie (8 times) hot They carry me cheerily over the sea. dogs on down boom boom boom. Hot dog I love that weenie man. Night falls I long for my deary I spread out my white wings and sail home to thee. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? When all the little ships come sailing home Where have all the flowers gone? Long time past seen. Across the sea, Across the see. Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Their weary journey’s ended Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls picked Their way they’ve wended home them every one. When will they ever learn? When will Where they may be they ever learn? They glide across the bar Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young Where no storms are men every one All danger’s passed Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers everyone. And two by two together come sailing home at last. Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to grave yards every one WISHY WASHY WASHER WOMAN Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers Way down in the jungle where nobody goes there’s a every one. wishy washy washer woman washing her clothes she goes oooh aaah oooh aaah that’s how the washer woman washes her clothes. WITCHCRAFT Waddly ah dah goochie goochie goochie If there were witchcraft, I’d make two wishes Waddly ah dah goochie goochie goochie A winding road that beckons me to roam Waddly ah dah goochie goochie goochie And then I’d wish for a blazing Campfire to welcome me when I’m returning home. That’s how the washer woman washes her clothes. But in this real world, there is no witchcraft and golden (Repeat faster numerous times) wishes do not grow on trees, Our fondest daydreams must be the magic to welcome THE Y IS AN OPEN DOOR back these happy memories. Leader: The Y’s an open door! Memories that linger constant and true, memories we Group: You’re right! cherish; Camp Echo of you. Leader: Since 1884! WHITE CORAL BELLS Group: You’re right! White coral bells upon a slender stalk, Lillies of the Leader: The leaders of our youth! 34
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Group: You’re right! The lord is good to me Alleluja! Leader: In honesty and truth! Group: You’re right! THE DOXOLOGY Leader: Sound off! Praise God from whom all blessings flow Group: Y-M! Praise him all creatures here below, Leader: Do it again! Praise him above ye heavenly host Group: C-A! Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Leader: Bring it on down! Amen (16 times) Group: Y-M-C-A … (then everyone) Y-M. Y-M. Y-M-C-A. TALL GREEN TREES C-A. C-A. C-A-M-P. Neath these tall green trees we stand Y-M-C-A-C-A-M-P Asking blessings from thy hand Y-M-C-A-C-A-M-P Thanks we give to thee above Y Camp! Y Camp! Yea, Y Camp! For our health and strength and love Amen YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE When you walk through a storm hold your head up high Morning is here, come bow your head and don’t be afraid of the dark. Thanks be to God who gives us bread At the end of the storm there’s a golden sky, Praise God for Bread And the sweet, silver song of the lark. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain. Noon time is here, the board is spread Though your dreams be tossed and blown. Thanks be to God who gives us bread Walk on, Walk on. With hope in your heart Praise God for Bread And you’ll never walk alone, You’ll never walk alone. For food, for raiment, for life and opportunity GRACES: For friendship and fellowship we thank thee oh Lord. God has created a new day Silver and green and gold TUNE OF FRERE JACQUES Live that the sunset may find us Lord we thank thee, Lord we thank thee Worthy his gifts to hold. For this food, for this food And we ask thy blessing, and we ask thy blessing JOHNNY APPLESEED Amen, amen Oh the lord is good to me And so I thank the lord for giving me the things I need THE ADAMS FAMILY GRACE The Sun and the Rain and the apple seed, We thank you Lord for giving 35
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this food we have for living THANK YOU Please bless us while we eat it, because you really care. Thank you for the world so sweet. Amen (snap snap) Thank you for the food we eat. Amen (snap snap Thank you for the birds that sing. Amen, Amen, Amen (snap snap) Thank you Lord for everything.
TO THE TUNE OF YANKEE DOODLE Thank you for this food, thank you for This food. Thank you for this Food thank you for this food thank you for this food Thank you for This food thank you for this Food thank you for this food. Grace!
THE ALPHABET GRACE A-B-C-D-E-F-G thyank you lord for feeding me. Grace.
TO THE TUNE OF WINDY Praise be to God the father almighty Praise be to God who gave us the earth Praise be to God the spirit eternal Praise be to God forever.
For health and strength and daily bread we praise thy name oh Lord. For Health.
SUPERMAN GRACE Thank you Lord for giving us food Thank you Lord for giving us food. For the food we eat. For the friends we meet. Thank you Lord for giving us food.
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