Full List of Songs

Song Directory

1. Fried ham, fried ham, cheese and baloney, and after the macaroni we’ll have HOT DOGS! Pickles, and onions, and then we’ll have some more. Fried ham, fried ham, fried ham. Second verse, same as first, __________ style, a little bit worse. (repeat in named style)

Styles:
baby, valley girl,

2. I said a boom-chicka-boom! (echo) I said a boom-chicka-boom! (echo) I said a boom-chicka-rocka-chicka-rocka-chicka-boom! (echo) Uh huh! (echo) Oh yeah! (echo) One more time! (echo) __________ style! (echo and repeat in named style)

Styles:
baby, valley girl, janitor (boom/broom, rocka/moppa), mummy (boom/boo), air force (boom/zoom)

3. I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it’s hot. I wear my flannel nightie in the winter when it’s not. And sometimes in the springtime, and sometimes in the fall, I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on at all. Glory, glory hallelujah! Glory, glory, what’s it to yah, balmy breezes blowing through ya with nothing on at all!

(tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)

4. A ship came from China with a cargo of tea, filled up with treasures for you and for me. They brought me a fan! Just imagine my bliss, as I fanned myself daily/gaily like this, like this, like this, like this.

Movement:
Starting at like this each verse, start fanning yourself, first with one hand, then other, then one foot, then other, then the head last. Keep adding on, fanning parts through next verses.

5. It’s not hard, I tell you so. Just sing along and go like so.

Movement:
1: pat hands on thighs with beat (8)
2: pat hands on thighs, then clap - first sentence ends with pat, but start next sentence with same.
3: pat, clap, snap - same situation as 2
4: pat, cross hands to opposite thighs, return, clap, snap, clap, pat

6. The cutest boy (echo) I ever saw (echo) was sippin’ ci- (echo) -der through a straw (echo) The cutest boy I ever saw was sippin’ ci-i-ider through a straw-aw-aw-aw-aw. I asked him if (echo) he’d show me how (echo) to sip that ci- (echo) -der through a straw (echo). I asked him if he’d show me how to sip that ci-i-ider through a straw-aw-aw-aw-aw. He said of course (echo) he’d show me how (echo) to sip that ci- (echo) -der through a straw (echo). He said of course he’d show me how to sip that ci-i-ider through a straw-aw-aw-aw-aw. First cheek to cheek (echo), then jaw to jaw (echo), we sipped that ci- (echo) -der through that straw (echo). First cheek to cheek, then jaw to jaw, we sipped that ci-i-ider through a straw-aw-aw-aw-aw. And now and then (echo) , that straw would slip (echo) , and we’d slip ci- (echo) -der lip to lip (echo). And now and then, that straw would slip, and we’d slip ci-i-ider lip to li-i-i-i-ip. Now 49 kids (echo) all call me/her mom (echo) from sippin’ ci- (echo) -der through a straw (echo). Now 49 kids all call me/her mom from sippin’ci-i-ider through a straw-aw-aw-aw-aw. The moral of (echo) this story is (echo), don’t you sip ci- (echo) -der through a straw (echo). The moral of this story is, don’t you sip ci-i-ider through a straw-aw-aw-aw-aw. Drink milk!

7. I livee innee tennemennee housee, I livee onnee thirty-firstee floor. I takee innee many, many washings, ruffles on the petticoats ten cents more. I like a chow-chow better than a bow-wow. I like a sexy guy, he like-a me. Way back in Hong Kong, bigga mama come along. Take away my sexy guy, poor Chinese. Go back to Hong Kong, hit big mama with a gong, take back my sexy guy, all for me.

Tune: Down by the Station

Movements: sign numbers, chow (eating), bow-wow (hands like shark), sexy guy (outline), me (point), back (thumb over shoulder), big mama (deep voice and shoulders), hit with a gong.

M. Belany wrote me to comment on this song: "The song is poking fun at the serious hardships Chinese women endured upon thier arrival in 1800s and 1900s United States. Many were tricked into coming or kidnapped into prostitution during their early years in the United States. Because of the Chinese Exculsion Act of 1882 and earlier acts prohibiting CHinese women from entering the United States, there was a 5:1 ration of Chinese men to women- which led to the prostitution of CHinese women."

So this could be construed as a racist song - do be careful with it.

8. Alice the Camel has five humps, Alice the Camel has five humps, Alice the Camel has five humps, so go Alica go, boom boom boom. (count down. After last verse “no humps”, sing) ‘Cause Alice is a horse, of course.

Movements:
everyone stands shoulder to shoulder
when number is mentioned, bend knees and dip down
on boom boom boom, move hips back and forth to hit others

9. One dark night, when we were all in bed, Old Lady Leary left a lantern in the shed, and when the cow kicked it over, she winked her eye and said, “It’ll be a hot time, in the old town, tonight” 1. Fire, fire, fire! 2. Water, water, water, water! 3. Save my child! Save my child! 4. Jump, lady, jump! 5. Oooooooooh, splat!

Sing five times, split into five groups - one for each number. First verse, group 1 yells part, then sing again. Second - 1, then 2. Third, 1, 2, then 3, and so on. Ends after Splat!

10. In Frisco Bay there was a whale! They fed her oysters by the pail. By the bathtub, by the teacup, by thimble and by schooner. Her name was Sara and when she smiled, she showed her teeth for miles and miles. And her tonsils, and her spareribs, and things to fierce to mention. Now, what would you do with a whale like that? Now, what would you do if she sat on your hat? Or your mother, or your toothbrush, or anything that’s helpless like that.
E. Finch and M. Henschel corrected my lyrics - all these years I'd been hearing "things to fierce dimension" - their way makes so much more sense!

This was the song we sang once the line finally got moving to get into the dining hall at Camp Kateri.

11. Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp. We stomped last night, we stomped the night before, we’re going to stomp tonight like we’ve never stomped before. When we stomp, we’re as happy as can be, ‘cause we are the members of the S-T-O-M-P! (repeat with eat, ate, E-A-T)

12. Oh Chester, have you heard about Harry, just got back from the army, I heard he knows how to wear a rose, hip hip hooray for the army!

Tune: Yankee Doodle
Movements: touch named body parts, fist on chest for rose, arm in air for hooray

13. Day is done, gone the sun, from the lakes, from the hills, from the sky. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Thanks and praise, for our days, ‘neath the sun, ‘neath the stars, ‘neath the sky. As we go, this we know, God is nigh.
Tune: Taps

14. An Austrian went yodeling on a mountaintop high, when along came a _______, interrupted his cry. Ohh deeear meee, Oh-lock-a-keya, Oh-lock-a-key *, Oh-lock-a-keya, Oh-lock-a-key *, Oh-lock-a-keya, Oh-lock-a-key *, Oh-lock-a-keya-oh!

Fill in for blank and star
Avalanche - swish (swish hands out and down from chest)
grizzly bear - grr (make claws)
St. Bernard - pant, pant (hang hands for paws)
Jersey cow - squish squish (pretend to milk)
pretty maid - kiss kiss (fold hands by cheek)
her father - bang bang (make guns)
(Girl Scout - cookie sir?) (hold hands out, tilt head)
Only one word is used in blank, but the sounds accumulate (on the third verse, it would be “swish, grr, pant, pant”). The song ends with either bang bang or cookie sir.

This was my signature song one of my years at camp. I'm not quite sure why, but we sang it all the time.

15. Way out in the jungle where nobody knows, there’s a boogie woogie washerwoman washing her clothes, with a scrub-a-dub here and a scrub-a-dub there, a boogie woogie washerwoman washing her hair. Me Tarzan. You Jane. Flying through the air like an aeroplane. When I fall, I feel pain, I feel pain! Ungh! I feel pain. A boogie woogie washerwoman washing her hair! Yeah.
Hand movements variable - scrubbing, hair, me/you, airplane, chest pain, yeah presentation

16. My bonnie lies over the ocean. My bonnie lies over the sea. My bonnie lies over the ocean. Oh bring back my bonnie to me. Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my bonnie to me, to me! Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my bonnie to me.

Movement: start sitting down. Every time you hear a B, stand if you’re sitting and sit if you’re standing.

17. Stay on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, stay on the sunny side of life. Yee-haa! There’s never a pain, it’ll drive you insane, if you stay on the sunny side of life. Knock knock. Who’s there? *. * who? _________! Yay! (repeat with second *)

*                           ----
eesta                    eesta bunny
anudda                 anudda eesta bunny
stilla                    stilla nudda eesta bunny
cargo                   cargo beep beep run over the eesta bunny
boo                      don’t cry, eesta bunny be back next year

18. Out of my window, looking in the night, I can see the barges’ flickering light.

1. Silently flows the river to the sea, and the barges too go silently.

2. Starboard shines green and port is glowing red, you can see them flickering far ahead.

Barges, I would like to go with you, I would like to sail the ocean blue. Barges, have you treasures in your hold? Do you fight with pirates brave and bold?

19. Out of my tent flap, looking in the night, I can see the leaders having a fight. Coldcream on their faces and curlers in their hair, I can see their bright red underwear. Leaders, I would like to fight with you, I would like to throw a pillow or two. Leaders, have you candy in your tent, is that where our cookie money went?
Tune: Barges

20. There’s a boy and a girl in a little canoe, with the moon shining all around. And the paddled and they paddled and they paddled some more till you could hardly hear a sound. And they talked and they talked till the moon grew dim, and the boy said “Kiss me, or get out and swim,” so whatcha gonna do in a little canoe, with the moon shining all-a, the boat floatin’ all-a, the boy swimmin’ all around, splish splash.

Hand movements:
“boy and a girl” put one hand out, palm up, then the other one
canoe/boat mentioned: cup hands together and rock them
moon: wave hand in circle - like the Karate Kid
Paddled: paddle
sound: cup ear
talked: talking movements with one hand, then the other
kiss: fingers to lips, then swept away, then thumb over shoulder for get out
whatcha gonna do: shrug like “boy and a girl”
swimmin’: swimming movements, coordinate with splish splash

21. I’ve got something in my pocket, it belongs across my face. I keep it very close at hand in a most convenient place. I’m sure you wouldn’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!

22. I’m going crazy, why don’t you come along. I’m going crazy, just singing this song.
1. Once I had a little cat, I fed it balls of yarn. And when the cat had kittens, they came with sweaters on!
2. Once I had a little dog, I fed it on tin cans. And when the dog had puppies, they came in Ford sedans!
3. When Mary had a little lamb, the doctors were surprised. But when Old Mcdonald had a farm, the doctors nearly died!

23. The grand old Duke of York, he had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of a hill, and marched them down again. And when you’re up, you’re up, and when you’re down, you’re down, and when you’re only halfway up, you’re neither up nor down.

Tune: The Farmer in the Dell
Movements: Hold hands in the air on “up”, down to toes on “down,” on knees on “halfway up”

24. She wears a G for Generosity. She wears an I for interest too. She wears an R for her real friendship, she wears an L for loyalty, for loyalty. She wears an S for her sincerity, she wears a C for courtesy, for courtesy she wears an OUT for outdoor life, for outdoor life, and that’s a real Girl Scou-ou-out! And that’s the kind of scout I wanna be-e-e!

25. He wears a B for baggy britches, he wears an O for ostrich legs, he wears a Y for yuckiness, for yuckiness. He wears an S for his great stupidness, he wears a C for clumsiness, for clumsiness, he wears an OUT for outdoor dog, an outdoor dog, and that’s a real Boy Scou-ou-out, that’s not the kins of scout I wanne be-e-e, the Boy Scout life is not for me-e-e!

26. Nandy was a Bahama Girl, Nandy was a Bahama girl,

* Nandy, O-oh Nandy, Nandy be mine.

Married her one summer’s night, happiest night of my life, *

Nandy had a little baby, had a baby just for me, *

Baby made my Nandy cry, cried so hard she soon did die, *

Buried her in the Bahama sand, with my wedding ring on her hand, *

27. Say when, will we ever meet again, say when, will we ever meet again, say when, will we ever meet again, say when my friend say when. Say where, and I’ll meet ya right there, say where, and I’ll meet ya right there, say where, and I’ll meet ya right there, say where my friend, say where. Say why, do we have to say goodbye, say why, do we have to say goodbye, say why, do we have to say goodbye, say why my friend say why. Say when, will we ever meet again, say where, and I’ll meet you right there, say why, do we have to say goodbye, say when, say where, say why.

28. Across the windswept desert, where nature knows no man, a buffalo spied his brother, a-lyin in the sand. Said the buffalo to his brother, what makes you lie that way, but the buffalo didn’t answer, ‘cause he’s been dead since way last May, since way last May.

29. Hello, hello, hello, hello, we are glad to meet you, we are glad to greet you, hello, hello, hello, hello.

30. Thun-der, thunderation, we’re the Girl Scouts, of the nation, when we sing with, determination, we create a, sensation,

Repeat many times first gradually louder, then soft all at once.

I heard this one called the "Cub Scout National Anthem"

31. I like bananas, coconuts and grapes, I like bananas, coconuts and grapes, I like bananas, coconuts and grapes, that’s why they call me Tarzan of the Apes!

Repeat gradually softer, but always yelling “Tarzan of the Apes”
Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic

32. 1. He jumped from forty thousand feet and didn’t pull his cord, he jumped from forty thousand feet and didn’t pull his cord, he jumped from forty thousand feet and didn’t pull his cord, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

* Gory, gory, what a heck of a mess he made, gory, gory, what a heck of a mess he made, gory, gory, what a heck of a mess he made, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

2. He landed on the pavement like a hunk of cherry jam, he landed on the pavement like a hunk of cherry jam, he landed on the pavement like a hunk of cherry jam, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

3. They scraped him off the pavement with a chunk of moldy bread, they scraped him off the pavement with a chunk of moldy bread, they scraped him off the pavement with a chunk of moldy bread, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

4. They took him home to mama, and they laid him on the bed, they took him home to mama, and they laid him on the bed, they took him home to mama, and they laid him on the bed, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

5. She put him on the mantlepiece for all the world to see, she put him on the mantlepiece for all the world to see, she put him on the mantlepiece for all the world to see, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

6. He fell off the mantlepiece and right into the fire, he fell off the mantlepiece and right into the fire, he fell off the mantlepiece and right into the fire, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

7. He went right up the chimney in a puff of dirty smoke, he went right up the chimney in a puff of dirty smoke, he went right up the chimney in a puff of dirty smoke, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

8. And now he’s back up yonder where my story first began, and now he’s back up yonder where my story first began, and now he’s back up yonder where my story first began, and he ain’t gonna jump no more!

Tune: Battle hymn of the Republic

33. 1. I’m a little coconut, lying on the cold cold ground. Everybody steps on me, that is why I’m cracked you see.
I’m a nut, (clap clap) I’m a nut (clap clap), and I’m cra-zy.
2. Called myself up on the phone, just to see if I was home. Asked myself out on a date, said to be ready at half-past-eight.
3. Took myself to the picture show, sat me down in the very first row. Put my hands around my waist, got so fresh I slapped my face.
4. I can sing and I can dance, I wear ruffles on my - Oops, guys, take another guess, I wear ruffles on my dress.
Michelle adds:
"I'm a little hunk of tin No one knows what shape I'm in. Got four wheels and a running board I'm a four-door, I'm a Ford! Honk, honk, rattle rattle rattle crash beep beep! Honk, honk, rattle rattle rattle crash beep beep!"

34. He’s got the whole world, in his hands, He’s got the whole world, in his hands, He’s got the whole world, in his hands, He’s got the whole world in his hands.

Replace “whole world” with
Darling Daisies
Half-Baked Brownies
Jazzy Juniors
Crazy Cadettes or Classy Cadettes
Sassy Seniors or Sexy Seniors
Lovely Leaders or Loudmouth Leaders

My first two years at Camp Kateri, everyone's favorite counselor was named Worm, short for bookworm. She led songs all the time, and sang wonderfully. Sometimes she'd come aorund the cabins and sing us to sleep. This was her signature song.

35. Listen, children, to a story, that was written long ago. ‘Bout a kingdom on a mountain and the people far below. On the mountain was a treasure, buried deep beneath the stone, and those greedy valley people swore they’d have it for their very own.
* Go ahead and hate your nei-ei-ghbor, go ahead and chea-eat a friend. Do it in the name of Hea-eaven, so you can justify it in the end, but there won’t be any trumpets blo-owing, come the ju-udgement day. On the bloody morning after-er-err, one tin soldier rides away.
So the people of the valley, sent a message up the hill, asking for that buried treasure, tons of gold for which they’d kill. Came the answer from the mountain: with our brothers we will share, all the secrets of the mountain and the treasures buried there. *
Then the valley rose with anger: mount your horses, draw your swords. And they slew those mountain people, so they got their just rewards. As they stood beside the treasure, on the mountain dark and red, turned the stone and looked beneath it: Peace on Earth was all it said. *

36. I: Oh, McKinney is dead and McCormick don’t know it, McCormick is dead and McKinney don’t know it, they’re both lying dead, dead in their beds. Neither one knows that the other one’s dead.

II: A-whang, A-whang, A-whang, A-whang, A-whang, A-whang, A-whang, A-whang.

I & II: A-whang, A-whang, A-whang, A-whang.

Then switch parts.
Tune: The Irish Washerwoman (almost)

37. Three short-necked buzzards, Three short-necked buzzards, Three short-necked buzzards, sittin’ in a dead tree. One flies away. What a shame.

Count down to no short-necked buzzards, then do:

No short-necked buzzards, No short-necked buzzards, No short-necked buzzards, sittin’ in a dead tree. One re-turns. Let’s re-joice.

Count back up to three.
P. McLaughlin commented that they sang "Three Chartreuse Buzzards," and I have to admit it sure sounded like that to me too, but didn't make much sense. Decide for yourself.

This is one of the first songs I remember learning in Brownies.

38. Oh Father Abraham, had many sons, and many sons had Father Abraham. And I am one of them, and so are you, so let’s just praise the Lord! _____________

Fill in cumulatively and continue into next verse:
Right arm - swing
left arm - swing both arms
right foot - bounce foot, swing arms
left foot - march, swing arms
nod your head - nod
turn around sit down - end the song

39. * On my honor I will try, there’s a duty to be done and I say I, there’s a reason to be here, for the reason up above. My honor is to try and my duty is to love.

People don’t need to know my name, if I’ve done something wrong then I’m to blame, if I’ve helped someone, then I’ve helped me, to open up my eyes to see. *

I’ve tucked away a song or two, if you’re feeling low there’s one for you. If you need a friend, then I will come, and there’s plenty more where I come from. *

Come with me where the fire burns bright, you can see even better be candlelight, you can find more meaning in a campfire’s glow, then you’ll ever find in a year or so. *

40. 1. Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why are you lying in the road? Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why are you lying in the road? You did not see the car ahead, so now you’re marked with tire tread. Oh, Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why are you lying in the road?

2. Oh Jake the snake, oh Jake the snake, how did you like my garden rake? Oh Jake the snake, oh Jake the snake, how did you like my garden rake? You used to be so long and thick, but now you’re short and kind of ick. Oh Jake the snake, oh Jake the snake, how did you like my garden rake?

3. Oh Sue the skunk, oh Sue the skunk, why did you make my tires go klunk?

4. Oh possum Pete, oh possum Pete, there’s nothing left but hair and feet. Oh possum Pete, oh possum Pete, there’s nothing left but hair and feet. You thought you could beat that bus acroos, but now you look like a ball of moss. Oh possum Pete, oh possum Pete, there’s nothing left but hair and feet.

Tune: O Tannenbaum

41. The Princess Pat (The Princess Pat) lived in a tree(lived in a tree). She sailed across (She sailed across) the seven seas (the seven seas). She sailed across (She sailed across) the channel too (the channel too). And she took with her (And she took with her) a rig-a-bamboo(a rig-a-bamboo).
* A rig-a-bamboo (a rig-a-bamboo). Now what is that?(Now what is that?) It’s something made (It’s something made) by the Princess Pat (by the Princess Pat). It’s red and gold (It’s red and gold) and purple too (and purple too). That’s why it’s called (That’s why it’s called) a rig-a-bamboo (a rig-a-bamboo).
Now Captain Jack (Now Captain Jack) had a mighty fine crew (had a mighty fine crew). He sailed across (He sailed across) the channel too (the channel too). But his ship sank (But his ship sank) and yours will too (and yours will too) if you don’t take (if you don’t take) a rig-a-bamboo (a rig-a-bamboo). *

Michelle sent: ". . .we said the Princess Pat "had infantry" rather than "lived in a tree" and had a "ricky-dan-doo"."

42. Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O, and on this farm he had a (1- tree, 2-home, 3-dog, 4-sweetheart, 5-skunk, 6-ending) (5) Well I stuck my hand in the old skunk hole and the old skunk said to me (4) Let me call you sweetheart, I’m in love with you. Let me whisper in your ear, (3) Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone, oh where, oh where could he be? He’s (2) Home, home on the range, where (1) they chopped down the old pine tree, timber, and they hauled it away to the mill, tra la la. (repeat from here) (6-last) E-I, E-I, O!

43. Swimming, swimming, in a swimming pool, when days are hot and nights are cold, in a swimming pool! Breaststroke, sidestroke, fancy diving too! Don’t ya wish ya never had nothing else to do, but (repeat, humming more of the song and singing less each time- like Bingo- but keep doing hand motions)

Movements:
swimming, breaststroke - imitate breaststroke
in a swimming pool - draw square with index fingers
days are hot - hand on forehead
nights are cold - cross wrists on chest
sidestroke - imitate
diving - imitate
don’t ya wish - wag finger

44. I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain, what a wonderful feeling, I’m happy again! (Thumbs up, elbows in, knees bent, bootie out, chest out, chin up, tongue out!) Cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha cha cha. (repeat with one more of sequence each time) (last one is "turn around, sit down" which ends the song)

45. Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.
A circle’s round, it has no end, that’s how long I want to be your friend.

I was a program aide with a Brownie troop and made the mistake of teaching them this song. All they wanted to do the rest of the year was play "Señorita".

46. One day I was a-walkin’, a-walkin’ to the fair, I saw a señorita with flowers in her hair. Shake it, señorita, shake it all you can, shake it like a milkshake and do the best you can. She wobbled to the bottom, she wobbled to the top, turn around, turn around, S-T-O-P- stop!

Action: Everyone gets in a circle with the “señorita” in the middle. She dances, dipping on to the bottom and comng back up for the top, then closes her eyes, points a finger, and spins around until stop! Whoever she is pointing at is the next señorita.

47. When-e’er you make a promise, consider well its importance. And when made, engrave it upon your heart.

48. White coral bells, upon a slender stalk. Lilies of the valley line my garden walk. Oh, don’t you wish that you could hear them ring? That will happen only whan the fairies sing.

49. White lace pants, upon an old clothesline. Polka dot pajamas, oh my gosh they’re mine! Oh don’t you wish that you could wear them too? That will happen only when the seat wears through.
Tune: White Coral Bells

50. The ants go marching # by #, hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching # by #, hurrah, hurrah! The ants go marching # by #, the little one stops to __________, and they all go marching down, to the ground, to get out of the rain boom boom boom. (repeat)

# ___
1 suck his thumb
2 tie his shoe
3 scratch his knee
4 shut the door
5 scratch a hive
6 pick up sticks
7 pray to heaven/ go to heaven
8 shut the gate
9
10 do it again

51. Down yonder, green valley where streamlets meander. When twilight is fading, I pensively roam. Or at the bright noontide in solitude wander amid the dark shades of the somber ash grove. ‘Tis there where the blackbird is cheerfully singing each warbler enchants with his notes from the tree. Ah, then little think I of sorrow or sadness, the ash grove entrancing spells beauty for me.

52. Did you ever see a lassie, a lassie, a lassie? Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that? Go this way and that way and this way and that way, did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?

Action: Lassie in center of circle dances and everyone imitates

This was the traveling song of the girls at the Wider Op I attended - we sang it in the bus all the time.

53. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall! Humpty Dumpty had a great fall! All the kings horses and all the king’s men - and UH! Ain’t that funky now!

* Hump de dump, hump hump de dumpty dumpty. Hump de dump, hump hump de dumpty dumpty.

Verses: chant first 12 iams of nursery rhymes, then grunt and sing hump de dump part. Use Jack and Jill, Mary, Mary quite contrary, Mary had a little lamb, twinkle twinkle little star, little miss muffet, fuzzy wuzzy

Yes, this one makes no sense either, but this was like the anthem of my Wider Op group - we went all over Wisconsin singing this.

54. Granny’s in the cellar, lordy can’t ya smell ‘er, bakin’ greasy biscuits on the stove. Her eyes are full of batter but it doesn’t really matter ‘cause the (sniff) keeps runnin’ down ‘er nose. Down ‘er nose! Down ‘er nose! ‘Cause the (sniff) keeps runnin’ down ‘er nose.

55. Gray squirrel, gray squirrel, swish your bushy tail. Gray squirrel, gray squirrel, swish your bushy tail. Wrinkly up your funny nose, put a nut between your toes. Gray Squirrel, gray squirrel, swish your bushy tail.

(people get chosen the be the squirrel and have to act the song out)

Another one I picked up on the Wider Op - it has an annoying habit of getting stuck in your head.

56. Sam, Sam, lavatory man, chief inspector of the outhouse clan. The issues, the tissues, the paper and the towels, and listen to the sound of the rumbling bowels. Down, down, down beneath the ground, where all the little poopies are swimming around. There sits Sam, lavatory man, scoopin’ up the poopies, scoopin’ up the poopies, scoopin’ up the poopies in a little tin can.

D. Pratt suggests "Issues all the tissues and the paper towels, and listens to the sound of the rumbling bowels." instead of how I heard it.

57. Well I walked around the corner and I walked around the block and I walked right in to the donut shop. And I picked up a donut fresh out of the grease. And I handed the lady a five-cent piece. Well, she looked at the nickel and she looked and me, and she said this nickel isn’t good for me. There’s a hole in the middle and it goes right through. And I said there’s a hole in the donut too. Thanks for the donut, so long!

Tune: Turkey in the straw

58. I met my love in a grocery store selling pickles and eggplant and bottles of pop. She asked me to try her asparagus tips, and I fall for the smile on her ruby red lips. Green stamps were all she gave. Green stamps were all I took. Green stamps I’ll always save, for I pasted them in my green stamp book. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Tune: Greensleeves

59. Girl Scouts together, that is our song.
Winding the old trails, rocky and long.
Learning our motto, living our creed.
Girl Scouts together in every good deed.

60. One day out there, (echo) I met a bear. (echo) A great big bear, (echo) away out there. (echo) (repeat phrase) He looked at me, (echo) I looked at him, (echo) he sized me up, (echo) I sized up him. (echo) (repeat phrase) He said to me, (echo) "why don't you run, (echo) 'cause I can see, (echo) you ain't got a gun" (echo and continue this pattern) (repeat phrase) And so I said, "That's a good idear. So come on feet, let's get out of here!" (repeat phrase) And so I ran away from there, but right behind me was that bear. (repeat phrase) Ahead of me I saw a tree. A great big tree, oh glory be! (repeat phrase) The lowest branch was ten feet up. I'd have to jump and trust my luck. (repeat phrase) And so I jumped into the air, but I missed that branch away up there. (repeat phrase) But don't you fret and don't you frown, 'cause I caught that branch on the way back down! (repeat phrase) That's all there is, there ain't no more, until I meet a dinosaur. OR That's all there is, there ain't no more, until I meet that bear once more. OR The moral of this story be, don't meet a bear without a tree. (repeat phrase)

Tune and pattern: The Cutest Boy

61. I know a weenie man, he runs a weenie stand, he sells most anything from hot dogs on down. Someday I'll join his life, I'll be his weenie wife, hot dog I love that weenie man. Hot Dog!

62. # little (person), all dressed in (color), trying to get to heaven (way), but the (object), it got broke, and down they all fell. Instead of going to heaven, they all went to . . .
# counts down from 3 to 1, and after 1 it restarts at 3 with another person
angels/white/on the end of a kite
robbers/black/in a pink Cadillac
devils/red/on the end of a thread
martians/green/on the end of a beam(?)
children/red/on the end of a bed – end with "instead of going to heaven, they all went to bed"

63. I like the mountains, I like the rolling hills. I like the flowers, I like the daffodils. I like the fireside when the lights are low. Boom-be-atta, boom-be-atta, boom-be-atta, boom-be-atta.

Sing as a round - I think you can get up to 4 parts

64. Little bunny Fufu, hopping through the forest. Picking up the fieldmice and bopping them on the head. Along came the wise old own, and she said: "Little bunny Fufu, I don't want to see you picking up the fieldmice and bopping them on the head. I'll give you three (two, one) more chances."

I don't remember the end.

This was one of my favorite traditions at Camp Kateri - it always happened at least once. You've never lived until you've seen an entire dining hall worth of people all hopping around at the same time.

65. part 1: Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man? Do you know the muffin man, who lives on cherry lane?

part 2: Yes I know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man. Yes I know the muffin man, who lives on cherry lane.

part 3: We both know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man. We both know the muffin man, who lives on cherry lane.

(at a meal, on person gets up and sings part 1 to a seated person 2 while clapping. Person 2 stands up and sings part 2, clapping her hands. The two then link arms and dance in circles, singing part 3. Each then goes out and sings part 1 to someone else.)

66. Announcements, announcements, announcements! A terrible death to die! A terrible death to die! A terrible death to be talked to death, a terrible death to die! Announcements, announcements, announcements!

Tune: The Farmer in the Dell
Sung when someone says "announcements"

If there aren't any after all:
The cheese stands alone, the cheese stands alone, hi-ho the dairy-o, the cheese stands alone.

67. I was walking down the road, one dark and dreary day. I came upon a billboard, and much to my dismay! The sign was torn and tattered from the rain the night before; the wind and rain had done their job and this is what I saw! Drink Coca-Cola cigarettes, drink Wrigley Spearmint beer, Carnation dog food makes, your wife's complexion clear! Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar, and Texaco's the beauty cream that's used by all the stars. So take your next vacation in a brand new Frigidaire. Learn to play the piano in your grandma's underwear. Doctors say that babies should smoke till they are 3, and people over 65 should bathe in Lipton Tea. With Flow-Thru tea bags!

Another signature song of mine, at one time.

68. 1. She sat by the seashore and plucked her guitar, plucked her guitar, plucked her guitar. She sat by the seashore and plucked her guitar, plucked her guitar-ar-ar-ar.
Refrain: Oom-plucka-plucka, oom-plucka-plucka, oom-pluck-pluck-pluck!
2. He sat down beside her and smoked his cigar. (same pattern as verse 1)
3. He told her he loved her but oh how he lied.
4. They were to be married but somehow she died.
5. He went to her funeral but just for the ride.
6. He sat on her tombstone and laughtd till he cried.
7. The tombstone fell over and splish-splash he died.
8. She went up to heaven and flittered and flied.
9. He went down there and sizzled and fried.
10. The moral of this is never tell lies, never tell lies, never tell lies. The moral of this is never tell lies, or you will sizzle and fry.

(act out each verse with hands)

69. Gonk gonk went the little green froggie.
Gonk gonk went the lady froggie too.
Gonk gonk as they went together ,
and their eyes went woo woo woo
as they kissed each other,
just like little froggies do.
And he said "good bye,"
and she said "Oh my! I'm coming too."

70. Mama mama can't you see
what Girl Scouts has done to me
took away my favorite jeans
now I'm wearing Girl Scout greens.

sound off: 1 2
sound off: 3 4
bring 'em on down: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 34

I don't know but I've been told
The Girl Scouts wear the green and gold
They are brave and they are bold
for they wear the Green and Gold

sound off . . .

I don't care what people say
Girl Scouts is the only way.

sound off . . .

71. We are the Girl Scouts, couldn't be prouder.
If ya can't hear us we'll say it a little louder. (repeat louder)

I really really want the tune to this.

72. They call it that good old Mountain Dew, and men who refuse it are few (mighty few), I'll hush up my mug if you fill up my jug, with that good old Mountain Dew.

1. Down around the bend, there's an old hollow log, where you lay down a nickel or 2 (maybe 3). Go 'round the bend, and you come back again, for that good ole Mountain Dew. (refrain)

2. My aunt Lucille, bought a brand new automobile. I cost her a thousand or 2 (maybe 3). It goes real fast, but it doesn't run on gas, it runs on that good ole Mountain Dew. (refrain)

3. My auntie June bought some store-bought perfume, it cost her a dollar or 2 (maybe 3). She was surprised, when she had it analyzed, that it was that good ole Mountain Dew. (refrain)

4. My Uncle Mort was sawed off and short, and stood about four foot 2 (maybe 3), but he was a giant, after he drank a pint, of that good ole Mountain Dew. (refrain)

5. My Uncle Bill had a still upon the hill, where he put out a gallon or 2 (maybe 3), well the buzzards in the sky, got so high they couldn't fly, from that good ole Mountain Dew. (refrain)
(I don't know the tune to this one, unfortunately)

73. Black socks, they never get dirty, the longer you wear them the blacker they get. Someday I think I will wash them but something keeps telling me don't do it yet. Not yet, not yet, not yet.
(same pattern as McKinney and McCormick – one half doing song while other half is doing "not yet")

74. Bananas have no thumbs. Bananas do not smile. Bananas stand up straight and tall. Lean to the left, lean to the right. Peel your banana and (unh) take a bite. Peel, bananas, peel, peel, banana.

75. Sittin' on my bedpost, chewin' my bubble gum (smack smack), playin' with my yo-yo (whoo whoo), and along came Herman the Worm. And he was this big. And I said, "Herman, what happened?" And he said, "I ate my (sister, brother, mother, father)" (repeat with next in list)

last time – And he said "I burped."

(on "this big," hold hands further apart each time, then small again at the end)

76. C That's the way it begins
H I'm the 2nd one in
I I am the third and
C I'm the 4th letter of that bird oh
K I'm movin in
E I'm near the
N Oh
C-H-I-C-K-E-N that's the way you spell chicken.
Oh roofess rumfess Johnson Brown
What ya gonna do when the rent comes round
What ya gonna say what ya gonna pay
What ya gonna do on the judgment day?
Oh you know I know rent means dough
Landlord throw you out in the snow
Oh roofess rumfess Johnson Brown
What ya gonna do when the rent comes round?

Thanks to J. Meyer and Mistie C. for fixing my song and adding the Rufus Rumfus part - I'd never quite caught the words.

77. Ogahleena-ogaleena-okapokawokataka Was Her Name. (Agh uh leena-Agh uh leena o ka poke a wak a tak a ) Oh! Ogahleena-ogaleena-okapokawokataka was her name.
She had two teeth in the middle of her mouth, One pointed east and the other pointed south. Ogahleena-ogaleena-okapokawokataka was her name.
She had seven hairs on the top of her head, 3 were alive and 4 were dead. Ogahleena-ogaleena-okapokawokataka was her name.
She had two eyes in the middle of her head, one was green and the other was red. Ogahleena-ogaleena-okapokawokataka was her name.
She had two feet like a bathroom mat, She never did tell me how they got like that. Ogahleena-ogaleena-okapokawokataka was her name.
Then one day poor Ogahleena got hit by a two ton truck, The owner had to buy a new machine! Oh, Ogahleena-ogaleena-okapokawokataka was her name.

Thanks to Robyn W. for this one - I learned it with the name sounding like "Haggelina Maggelina Ooka-walka-walka-talka ugga-mugga-mugga"

78. J. Boyd reminded me of this one, but I'm going to have to dedicate it to Jamie, who drove everyone nuts with this one. I can't believe I forgot it.

Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut just now. Just now I found a peanut, found a peanut just now.
Cracked it open, cracked it open, cracked it open just now. Just now I cracked it open, cracked it open just now.
It was rotten, ...
ate it anyway, ...
called the doctor, . . .
Operation . . .
Died anyway . . .
Went to heaven . . .
Wouldn't take me . . .
Went the other way . . .
Wouldn't take me . . .
Found a peanut . . .

This one goes on as long as you can evade the annoyed people chasing you to make you stop.

79. Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap
Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap
Oh I'd slippy and I'd slidey over everybody's hidy
Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap

Oh I wish I were a little mosquito
Oh I wish I were a little mosquito
Oh I'd bitty and I'd bitey under everybody's nighty
Oh I wish I were a little mosquito

Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow
Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow
Oh I'd sitty on the steeple and I'd spitty on the people
Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow

Oh I wish I were a little bitty orange
Oh I wish I were a little bitty orange
Oh I'd go squirty squirty squirty over everybody's shirtey
Oh I wish I were a little bitty orange

Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop
Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop
Oh I'd go down with a slurp and come up with a burp
Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop

Oh I wish I were a little hunk of mud
Oh I wish I were a little hunk of mud
Oh I'd ooey and I'd gooey under everybody's shoey
Oh I wish I were a little hunk of mud

Oh I wish I were a little striped skunk
Oh I wish I were a little striped skunk
Oh I'd sit beneath the trees and perfume all the breeze
Oh I wish I were a little striped skunk

Oh I wish I were fishy in the sea
Oh I wish I were fishy in the sea
Oh I'd swim nudey nudey nudey without my bathing suity
Oh I wish I were fishy in the sea

Oh I wish I were a little foreign car
Oh I wish I were a little foreign car
Oh I'd go beepy beepy beepy down everybody's streety
Oh I wish I were a little foreign car

Oh I wish I were little girly scout
Oh I wish I were little girly scout
I'd go tramp tramp tramp through the boy scout camp
Oh I wish I were little girly scout

Oh I wish I were a little slippery root
Oh I wish I were a little slippery root
I'd sit upon the trail and knot everyone on his tail
Oh I wish I were a little slippery root

Oh I wish I were a little radio
Oh I wish I were a little radio
I'd go CLICK!

This is as sent to me by C. Sirkel. I had some differences in the verses: The bar of soap goes slippy and a slidey over everybody's hiney. The steeple verse is a little bitty birdie, and it doesn't spit, it's a raspberry sound. The "bottle of pop" is a "can of coke." The foreign car goes speedy speedy speedy over everybody's feety. And I made up one verse for a Cub Scout event for my brother - I wish I were a little Cubby scout . . . I'd go camping and a-fishin', do what other boys are wishin'

80. Girl Scout Camp

*Chorus: I don't wanna go to Girl Scout camp
Gee Mom I wanna go
But they won't let me go
Gee mom I wanna go home
Girl Scout Camp
Girl Scout Camp

The buses that they give us
They say their mighty fine
But when they turn a corner
They leave their wheels behind (or leave a girl behind)
*
The councilors that they give us
They say their mighty fine
But without their make-up
They look like Frankinstein
*
The food that they give us
They say it's mighty fine
But a doughnut rolled of the table
And killed a friend of mine
*
The lifeguards that they give us
They say their mighty fine
But when your in the water
Your life is worth a dime
*
The water that they give
They say it’s mighty fine
But it looks like dirty water
And tastes like turpentine
*
The nurses that they give you
They say they’re mighty fine
But when you come in dying
They sit on their behind
*
The lats that they give you
They say they’re mighty fine
But when you sit upon them
The bugs are right behind
*
The toilets that they give you
They say they’re mighty fine
But when you sit upon them
They stick to your behind
*
The beds that they give you
They say are mighty fine
But when you lay upon them
You break your little spine
*
The spagetti that they give you,
They say it's mighty fine
But they rinse it in the toilet
And drain it on the line
*
The chicken that they give you
They say it's mighty fine
But once two drumsticks got up
And started beating time
*
The cocoa that they serve you
They say is mighty fine
But it's good for cuts and bruises
And it tastes like iodine
*
The tents that you sleep in
They say are mighty fine
But whoever said that
Has never slept in mine
*
The bug spray that they give you
They say it's might fine
But when you spray it on you
The bugs all wait in line
*
Thanks again C. Sirkel. I never knew this many verses, just the bus one, the toilets one she didn't have, and the counselors one. Thanks too to J. Dau for reminding me of the toilet verse.Interesting difference, my camp had flush toilets and every one I ever visited up north had latrines. Guess it has to do with the difference between freezing pipes and 90+ degree summers?