Camp Songs -1-
Camp Songs:
Please be familiar with as many as you can… they are (mostly) listed alphabetically:
Alice the Camel
Alive, Awake, Alert
Dead, Asleep, Lethargic, and Unconscious
Alligator Song
Announcements! Announcements!
Annoying Song
Ants go Marching
Baby Bumble Bee
Banana Song
Banana's Split
Bazooka Bubble Gum
Bear Song
Boogie Woogie Washer Woman
Boy and a Girl in a little Canoe
Something in My Pocket
Bug Juice
Daisy on my Toe
Doughnut Shop
Flea
Hermie the Worm
Hippo Song
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Little Skunk Song
Me and My Dinosaur
Moose Song
Oh Chester
Oh I Wish
The Princess Pat
The Window
Way Up in the Sky
Yogi Bear
Alice the Camel
Alice the camel has ____ humps
Alice the camel has ____ humps
Alice the camel has ____ humps
So, go Alice go! Boom Boom
(Add any number in the blanks and count down to one) then . . .
Alice the camel has no humps
Alice the camel has no humps
Alice the camel has no humps
Because Alice is a horse
Alive, Awake, Alert
I’m alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic
I’m alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic
I’m alive, awake, alert
I’m alert, awake, alive
I’m alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic
Dead, Asleep, Lethargic, and Unconscious
(same tune as Alive Awake Alert)
I’m dead, asleep, lethargic and unconscious
I’m dead, asleep, lethargic and unconscious
I’m dead, asleep, lethargic
lethargic, dead, asleep
I’m dead, asleep, lethargic, and unconscious
Alligator Song
Chorus: Alligator. Alligator.
Can be your friend
Can be your friend
Can be your friend too.
V.1: The alligator is my friend.
He can be your friend too.
If only you would understand
That he has feelings too.
(Repeat Chorus)
V.2: The alligator laughs and sings.
He never cries the blues.
I'd rather have him on my shirt
Than have him for my shoes.
(Repeat Chorus)
V.3: The alligator ate my friend.
He can eat your friend too.
If only you would understand
That he is hungry too.
(Repeat Chorus)
V.4: The alligator is my friend.
He can be your friend too.
If only you would understand
That he needs friendship too.
(Repeat Chorus)
V.5: The alligator ate my book.
He can eat your book too.
If only you would understand
That he needs knowledge too.
(Repeat Chorus)
Actions:
Alligator! Alligator!: make gator jaws with arms and snap them shut
Can be your friend... too: wiggle back and forth as if doing the "boogie"
Announcements, announcements!
Announcements, announcements, announcements!
A horrible way to die
A horrible way to die
A horrible way to die
To be talked to death
A horrible way to die
(don’t use if parents don’t approve):
We lost our cow
We lost our cow
We have no need for your bull now
Have you ever seen a windbag, a windbag, a windbag?
Have you ever seen a windbag, well here's one right now
Blows this way and that way
And that way and this way
Have you ever seen a windbag, well here's one right now
Keep announcement short and sweet
Short and sweet, Short and sweet
Keep announcement short and sweet
They're so ...... BORING!!!!
(Name) has another one, another one, another one
(Name) has another one, (s)he has them all the time
I found my cow
I found my cow
I have some need for your bull now
What a horrible way to die
What a horrible way to die
What a horrible way to be bored to death
What a horrible way to die!
Annoying Song
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves
Everybody’s nerves, everybody’s nerves
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves
And this is how it goes . . .
(Repeat over and over)
Ants go Marching
The ants go marching one-by-one
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one-by-one
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one-by-one
The little one stopped to suck his thumb
Chorus:
And they all went marching
Down to the ground to get out of the rain
Boom boom boom
The ants go marching two-by-two
The little one stopped to tie his shoe
chorus
The ants go marching three-by-three
The little one stopped to climb a tree
chorus
The ants go marching four-by-four
The little one stopped to close the door
chorus
The ants go marching five-by-five
The little one stopped to do a jive
chorus
The ants go marching six-by-six
The little one stopped to pick up sticks
chorus
The ants go marching seven-by-seven
The little one stopped to go to Heaven
chorus
The ants go marching eight-by-eight
The little one stopped to close the gate
chorus
The ants go marching nine-by-nine
The little one stopped to check the time
chorus
The ants go marching ten-by-ten
The little one stopped to start again
chorus
Baby Bumble Bee
I'm bringing home my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me
I'm bringing home my baby bumble bee
Ouch it stung me!
I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me
I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee
Eewww what a mess!
I'm licking up my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me
I'm licking up my baby bumble bee
Ooh I feel sick!
I'm barfin' up my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me
I'm barfin' up my baby bumble bee
Eewww what a mess!
I'm sweeping up my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me
I'm sweeping up my baby bumble bee
All Clean
Banana Song
Chiquita Bananas Unite!
Peel banana, Peel Peel banana
Peel banana, Peel Peel banana
Bite banana, Bite Bite banana
Bite banana, Bite Bite banana
Chew banana, Chew Chew banana
Chew banana, Chew Chew banana
Swallow banana, Swallow Swallow banana
Swallow banana, Swallow Swallow banana
Barf banana, Barf Barf banana
Barf banana, Barf Barf banana
Flush the toilet, Flush Flush the toilet
Flush the toilet, Flush Flush the toilet
(cont.)
Plunge the toilet, Plunge Plunge the toilet
Plunge the toilet, Plunge Plunge the toilet
Call the plumber, Call Call the plumber
Call the plumber, Call Call the plumber
Go bananas, Go Go bananas
Go bananas, Go Go bananas
Banana's Split
Banana’s Unite
Banana’s Split
Go bananas, Go Go bananas
Go bananas, Go Go bananas
Peel it to the left,
Peel it to the right
And uhh, take a bite
Go bananas, Go Go bananas
Go bananas, Go Go bananas
Bazooka Bubble Gum
V.1: My mom gave me a penny
She said go buy a henny
But I didn’t buy no henny
Repeat after each verse:
Instead I bought bubble gum
Bazooka zooka bubble gum
Bazooka zooka bubble gum
V.2: My mom gave me a nickel
She said go buy a pickle
But I didn’t buy no pickle
V.3: My mom gave me a dime
She said go buy a lime
But I didn’t buy no lime
V.4: My mom gave me a quarter
She said go buy some water
But I didn’t buy no water
V.5: My mom gave me a buck
She said go buy a duck
But I didn’t buy no duck
(or substitute dollar for buck & collar for duck)
V.6: My mom gave me a five
She said go stay alive
But I didn’t stay alive
Bear Song
(leader sings a line, everyone repeats; at the end of each verse the whole group sings the verse again together)
V.1: The other day
I met a bear
A great big bear
Oh, way out there
V.2: He looked at me
I looked at him
He sized up me
I sized up him
V.3: He said to me
“Why don’t you run
I see you ain’t
got any gun
V.4: And so I ran
away from there
But right behind
me was that bear
V.5: Ahead of me
there was a tree
A great big tree
Oh lucky me
V.6: The nearest branch
was ten feet up
I’d have to jump
and trust my luck
V.7: And so I jumped
into the air(cont.)
But I missed that branch
Oh way up there
V.8: Now don’t you fret
and don’t you frown
Cuz I caught that branch
On my way back down
V.9: This the end
There ain’t no more
unless I meet
that bear once more
Boogie Woogie Washer Woman
Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There’s a boogie-woogie washer woman washin’ her clothes
With a scruba-dub here and a scruba-dub there
Diddlie op-ope-a-boogie-a-boogie
Diddlie op-ope-a-boogie-a-boogie
Diddlie op-ope-a-boogie-a-boogie
A boogie-woogie washer woman washin’ her clothes,
OH YEAH!
Boom Chicka Boom
(A repeat song)
I said a boom chicka boom
I said a boom chicka boom
I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom
Uh huh
Oh yeah
One more time
______style.
Styles:
1. Really LOUD!
2. Really soft
3. Really s-l-o-w (stretch out the words to say it as slow as possible)
4. Underwater Style: (rub your finger back and forth on your lips)
5. Operator Style: (pinch your nose)
6. Baby Style: (use a baby voice)
Styles Special Words:
1. Parent Style:
I said a boom GO TO YOUR ROOM
I said a boom GO TO YOUR ROOM
I said a boom GO TO YOUR ROOM and don't come out 'til next June
2. Janitor Style:
I said a broom sweep-a broom
I said a broom sweep-a broom
I said a broom sweep-a mop-a sweep-a mop-a sweep-a broom
3. Valley Girl Style:
I said like a boom chicka boom
I said a totally boom chicka boom
I said like a boom chicka rocka chicka OH NO! I broke a nail!
4. Alien Style:
Nananoo Nananoo
Nananoo Nananoo
Nananoo Nananoo Nananoonoonoo
Nanoo
Take me to your leader
5. Softball Style:
I said a boom chicka boom
I said a boom chicka boom
I said a boom chicka rocka hit that softball to the moon
6. Barn-yard Style:
I said a moo chicka moo
I said a moo chicka moo
I said a moo chicka bocka chicka bocka chicka moo...
7. Flower Style:
I said a bloom.
I said a bloom chicka bloom.
I said a bloom chicka blossom chicka blossom chicka bloom...
(cont.)
8. Race Car Style:
I said a vroom.
I said a vroom shifta vroom
I said a vroom shifta grind-a shifta grind-a shifta vroom...
9. Astronaut Style:
I said a moon.
I said a shoot-me-to-the-moon.
I said a shoot me blast me shoot me blast me shoot-me-to-the-moon.
Boy and a Girl in a little Canoe
Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe
With the moon shinin’ all around
He paddled his paddle so he didn’t even make a sound
Well they talked and they talked till the moon grew dim
And he said you better kiss me or get out and swim
So watcha gonna do in a little canoe
With the boy swimmin’ all a,
And the girl paddlin’ all a round
Not Much!
Get out and swim!
Something in My Pocket
Daisy:
I've something in my pocket
That's what the big girls say.
I'll have a pocket of my own,
When I wear brown someday.
My life is bright and easy,
I smile most of the day.
I'm having lots of fun now,
I sing and laugh and play!
Traditional Brownie version:
I've got something in my pocket,
That belongs across my face,
I keep it very close at hand
In a most convenient place.
I'm sure you couldn't guess it
If you guessed a long, long while
So I'll take it out and put it on--
It’s a great big Brownie smile!
Junior: I've something in my pocket ...
That's what I used to say.
I spent my time so aimlessly,
At home, at school, at play.
Now every day is special,
I'm searching, who am I?
Only I can find that out
Please let me have a try!
Cadette:
I've something in my pocket ...
That's what I used to say.
Playing childhood games with friends,
Seems just like yesterday.
I'm becoming a young woman,
Soon I'll be a child no more,
There's lots of opportunity,
And so much to explore.
Bug Juice
Tune: On top of Old Smokey
At camp with the Girl Scouts,
They gave us a drink.
We thought it was Kool-aid
Because it was pink.
But the drink that they gave us,
Would have grossed out a moose.
For that great tasting pink drink
Was really BUG JUICE!
It looks fresh and fruity
Like Tasty Kool-aid
But the bugs that are in it,
Were murdered with Raid.
We drank it by gallons,
We drank it by tons,
But by that Sunday
We all had no gums.
Next time you drink Bug Juice,
And a fly drives you mad,
He's just getting even,
'Cause you swallowed his dad!
Daisy on my Toe
(sung) There’s a daisy on my toe
it is not real, it does not grow
it’s just a tattoo of a flower
So I look cool, while taking a shower
it’s on the second toe of my left foot
A stem and flower, it has no root
(spoken) Why?
‘Cause that wouldn’t look good
(sung) There’s a daisy on my toe
My right foot loves my left foot so
Doughnut Shop
Well, I walked around the corner
and I walked around the block
and I walked right into a doughnut shop
and I pulled a doughnut right out of the grease
and I handed the lady a five cent piece.
Well, she looked at the nickel and she looked at me
and she said, “This nickel is no good, you see.
There’s a hole in the middle, I can see right through.”
And I said, “There’s a hole in your doughnut too.
Thanks for the doughnut, so long.”
Flea
Flea
Flea, fly
Flea, fly, mosquito
Calamine, calamine, calamine lotion
Oh, no, no, no, not the lotion
Itchy, itchy, Scratchy, Scratchy, ooh I got one on my backy
Ooohy, Ooohy, owie, owie, wish he’d go away!
Quick get the bug spray, I think he went thata way
Sshhhhhhhhhhhh
Flea
Fly
Flea, fly, flo
Vista
Coom a la com a la coom a la vista
Oh no no no not de vista
Eeny meeny mina meeny ooh a do wot a meeny
Eeny meeny mina meeny do a do wot
Beep Billy oat and dot and bo bo be dit a dotten
Sshhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Hermie the Worm
V.1: Sittin’ on the fence post
Chewin’ my bubble gum (chew-chew)
Playin’ with my Yo-Yo (whoo-whoo)
When along came hermie the worm
He was this big (small size)
I said “hermie, what happed?”
“I ate my breakfast”
V.2: Sittin’ on the fence post
Chewin’ my bubble gum (chew-chew)
Playin’ with my Yo-Yo (whoo-whoo)
When along came hermie the worm
He was this big (medium size)
I said “hermie, what happed?”
“I ate my lunch”
V.3: Sittin’ on the fence post
Chewin’ my bubble gum (chew-chew)
Playin’ with my Yo-Yo (whoo-whoo)
When along came hermie the worm
He was this big (large size)
I said “hermie, what happed?”
“I ate my dinner”
V.4: Sittin’ on the fence post
Chewin’ my bubble gum (chew-chew)
Playin’ with my Yo-Yo (whoo-whoo)
When along came hermie the worm
He was this big (huge size)
I said “hermie, what happed?”
“I ate my dessert”
V.5: Sittin’ on the fence post
Chewin’ my bubble gum (chew-chew)
Playin’ with my Yo-Yo (whoo-whoo)
When along came hermie the worm
He was this big (small size)
I said “hermie, what happed?”
“I burped”
Hippo Song
What can make a hippopotamus smile
What can make him walk for more than a mile
it’s not a tune on the ol’ violin
or listin’ to the whistilin’ wind
Chorus:
That’s not what hippos do
They ooze in the gooze
without any shoes
The wade in the water
‘till their lips turn blue
that’s what makes a hippopotamus smile
What can make a hippopotamus smile
What can make him walk for more than a mile
it’s not a party with paper hats
or cakes and candies that make him fat
(Repeat chorus)
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Chorus (repeat after each verse):
Little bunny Foo Foo, hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice, and bopping them on the head,
And down came the good fairy, and she said,
V1 "Little bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice, and bopping them on the head."
V2 "I'll give you three chances, And then I'll turn you into a goon." But the very next day...
V3 "I'll give you two more chances, And then I'll turn you into a goon." But the very next day...
V4 "I'll give you one more chance, And then I'll turn you into a goon." But the very next day...
(ending): "I gave you three chances, So now I'll turn you into… a goon." - Zap! The moral of the story is: "Hare today; goon tomorrow."
Little Skunk Song
Oh I stuck my head in a little skunk hole,
And the little skunk said, "Well bless my soul."
"Take it out, take it out, take it out, Remove it!"
Well, I didn't take it out, so the little skunk said,
"if you don't take it out, you'll wish you did!"
"Take it out, take it out, take it out!" PEE-U-O-O!! I REMOVED iT!
Me and My Dinosaur
Me and my dinosaur,
I've never had such a friend before
As big as a house 10 times and a half
He is way bigger than any giraffe
Legs long as a sequoia tree
Teeth big as piano keys
No two people are buddies
More than me and my dinosaur.