Campfire Songs 1. Alice The Camel 38. My Boy Scout Hat 2. The Animal Fair 39. My Hat It Has Three Corners 3. The Ants Go Marching (one by one) 40. Old MacDonald Had A Farm 4. Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends 41. On Top of Spaghetti (all covered with cheese) 5. The Battle Of New Orleans 42. One Finger, One Thumb 6. The Bear Song 43. One Man Went To Mow 7. The Bear Song (Version 2) 44. Pop Goes The Weasel (Half a pound of tuppeny rice… /Every night when I come home..) 8. The Bear Went Over The Mountain 45. The Quartermaster’s Store 9. Bill (The Button Factory) 46. The Rooster Song (We once had a chicken) 10. BINGO 47. Row, Row, Row Your Boat 11. Clementine 48. She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain 12. The Damper Song 49. Sippin’ Cider 13. Do Your Ears Hang Low (High)? 50. Song Of The Week (Today’s Monday, …..) 14. Father Abraham 51. There’s A Hole In My Bucket 15. Found A Peanut 52. This Little Cub Scout Light 16. Frere Jacque 53. Three Blind Mice 17. Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts 54. Throw It Out The Window 18. Ging Gang Goolee 55. Waddeley-Achee 19. The Grand Old Duke Of York 56. We’re Here Because We’re Here 20. Ground Round 57. We All Live In A Yellow Submarine 21. The Happy Wanderer 58. Where Will We Be In A Hundred Years From Now? 22. Heads Shoulders, Knees and Toes 59. Worms 23. He Jumped From 40,000 Feet (without his parachute) 60. Zulu Warrior 24. How Ugly Are I? Closing Songs 25. I Don’t Care If I Go Crazy 61. Bless Our Cub Scouts 26. I Like Bananas, Coconuts and Grapes 62. Good Night Cub Scouts 27. I Love The Mountains 63. He’s Got The Whole World (in his hands) 28. If Your Happy (and you know it) 64. Michael Row The Boat Ashore (Allelujah) 29. I’ve Been Working On The Railroad 65. My Father's House (Oh, come and go with me…) 30. I've Got That Cub Scout Spirit 66. Scout Vesper (Softly falls the light of day…) 31. John Brown’s Body / John Brown’s Motor 32. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt 67. Taps (Day Is Done) 33. Johnny Appleseed Patriotic Songs 34. The Johnson Boys (they lived in a mill…) 68. America The Beautiful (O Beautiful For Spacious Skies.) 35. Knock! Knock! 69. God Bless America 36. Life Is Butter (Melancholy Flower) 70. My Country ‘Tis Of Thee 37. Malu Malu 71. The Star Spangled Banner Campfire Songs ALICE THE CAMEL THE ANTS GO MARCHING Tune: "Dry Bones" The Ants Go Marching, one by one. Hurrah, hurrah! Alice the Camel has __ humps, Alice the Camel has __ The Ants Go Marching, one by one. Hurrah, hurrah! humps. The Ants Go Marching, one by one. Hurrah, hurrah! Alice the Camel has __ humps, The little one stops to look for the sun, So go, Alice, Go! Boom, boom, boom. And they all go marching down – into the ground – to get out of the rain Motion Boom, boom, boom Form lines or circle. Link arms around waist of person on each side. When singing each verse, bend knees. The Ants Go Marching, two by two. Hurrah, hurrah! (x3) Swing hips to right, then left, then right on “Boom. The little one stops to tie his shoe, boom, boom" line. Start with.5 humps, then 4, then 3, And they all go marching down – into the ground – to get etc. out of the rain Last verse: Boom, boom, boom Alice the Camel has no humps (Repeat twice) 'Cause Alice is a horse. The Ants Go Marching, three by three. Hurrah, hurrah! (x3) The little one stops to climb a tree, And they all go marching down – into the ground – to get THE ANIMAL FAIR out of the rain Boom, boom, boom I went to the animal fair, The birds and the beasts were there. The little one …. The old baboon by the light of the moon, Four - stops to shut the door Was combing his auburn hair. Five – look at a hive The monkey fell out of his bunk, Six – pick up some sticks And slid down the elephant's trunk . Seven – look up to heaven The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees, Eight – close the gate And what became of the monkey? Nine – Stops and shouts “It’s fine!” Monkey, monkey, monkey, monk? When the song is sung through once, split into two groups. One group can sing the last line over and over as a chant while the rest sing the song a second time. BE KIND TO YOUR WEB-FOOTED FRIENDS Tune: Stars and Stripes Forever" Be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's mother. Be kind to your friends in the swamp, Where the weather's always damp. You may think that this is the end. Well-it is! Time for a Skit: PIZZA HUT Ready Man Please can you hold this box for me? Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut The Infantry is Coming Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut The Important Papers McDonald’s, McDonald’s. Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut McDonald’s, McDonald’s. Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut Actions: Pizza Hut – Make pointed roof KFC: Tuck elbows and flap like wings McD: Draw “M” arches in the air THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS THE BEAR SONG Tune: 'Sippin' Cider" 1) In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississippi'. The other day ( the other day) We took a little bacon and we took a little beans, I met a bear ( I met a bear) And we met the bloody British near the town of New Orleans . Out in the woods ( Out in the woods ) A way out there ( A way out there) Chorus We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'. The other day I met a bear There wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago. Out in the woods . a way out there We fired once more and they began to runnin', On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. He looked at me, I looked at him. He sized up me, I sized up him. 2) We looked down the river and we see'd the British comin’ He said to me, "Why don't you run? There must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' and a drummin’. I see you ain't got any gun." They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring: While we stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing. And so I ran away from there, And right behind me was the bear. Chorus And then I see, ahead of me, O glory be! A great big tree. 3) Old Hickory said we'd take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire a The lowest branch was 10 feet up. musket till we looked 'em in the eyes. I'd have to jump, and trust to luck. We held our fire till we see'd their faces well; Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em -- And so I jumped into the air. Well. I missed that branch A way up there. Chorus Now don't you fret, And don't you frown, I caught that branch 4) They ran through the briars and they ran through the On the way back down. brambles, And they ran through bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. That's all there is, there ain't no more, They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em, On down Unless I see that bear once more. the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Alternate Version Chorus The other day, (group repeats) 5) We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down. I met a bear (group repeats) So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round. In tennis shoes, (group repeats) We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind A dandy pair. (group repeats) And when we touched the powder off the 'gator lost his mind. The other day I met a bear , In tennis shoes a dandy pair . Chorus Continue in a similar manner with second verse as Repeat verse 4 to end song. above Last verse The moral of, this story is, Don't talk to bears, in tennis shoes. That's all there is, there ain't no more, So what the heck, are you singing for? Time for a Run On (aka Sparkler) It’s All Around Me Just having a Light Snack The Squirrels Are After Me! Pulling Rope Taking My Case To Court THE BEAR WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN BINGO The bear went over the mountain There was a farmer had a dog The bear went over the mountain And Bingo was his name O The bear went over the mountain B - I - N - G - 0 , To see what he could see B - I - N - G - 0 , B - I - N - G - 0 , And what do you think he saw? And Bingo was his name O . What do you think he saw? Sing song through six times. The other side of the mountain -The first time spelling out the name BINGO, The other side of the mountain - The second time, spelling out the .first four letters and The other side of the mountain clapping the "0”; Was all that he could see - The third time, spelling out the .first three letters and clapping the "G " and '.0"; and so on, until all five letters So what do you think he did? are clapped out.