Camp Songs

Camp Songs From A-Z

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60’s Party

It's a sixties party from a sixties movie (index fingers up and down)
See the surfers on their surfboards (hand as though shielding eyes from sun, looking back and forth)
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na! (jump so left foot is pointed forward and left hand is pointing forward, as though on a surfboard)
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na! (jump to the right side)

It's a sixties party from a sixties movie
See the swimmers in the water
Swimmie Swimmie Swimmie Swim! (move arms as though swimming)
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na

It's a sixties party from a sixties movie
See the jellyfish on the beaches
Squishy Squishy Squishy Squish (stamp out imaginary jellyfish with foot)
Swimmie Swimmie Swimmie Swim!
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na

It's a sixties party from a sixties movie
See the tanners on their towels
Ouchie Ouchie Ouchie Ouch! (pat hands on arms as though burned)
Squishy Squishy Squishy Squish!
Swimmie Swimmie Swimmie Swim!
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na

It's a sixties party from a sixties movie
See the lifegaurds on their towers
Flexie Flexie Flexie Flex! (Flex arms)
Ouchie Ouchie Ouchie Ouch!
Squishy Squishy Squishy Squish!
Swimmie Swimmie Swimmie Swim!
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na
Da-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na

It's a sixties party from a sixties movie
Party's over!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

A List

(Repeat after me...if you can)
One hand.
Two ducks.
Three squawking geese.
Four Limerick oysters.
Five corpulent porpoises.
Six pairs of Don L. Vera tweezers.
Seven thousand Macedonians in full battle array.
Eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt.
Nine sympathetic, apathetic, telepathic old men on roller skates with a remarkable propensity toward sloth.
Ten lyrical, spherical, ethereal demons from the deep who neither quiver from the quay nor quay from the quiver, nor both at the same time. (or …from the deep with a bilbous bias toward Big Bill Bagoda’s Bayou Bistro.)
Eleven delegated, segregated, highly unappreciated, superficial, artificial, old irish golf officials living in an igloo in the frigid Northern Hemisphere.
And a dozen donuts.

 

Alligator Song (Another Version)

An Alligator is my friend
He can be your friend too
But what you have to understand
Is he has feelings too.

Alligator
Alligator
Can be your friend
Can be your friend
Can be your friend TOO

An alligator's always glad
He never sings the blues
I'd rather have him as my friend
Than wear him for my shoes

Alligator
Alligator
Can be your friend
Can be your friend
Can be your friend TOO

An alligator ate my friend
He can eat your friend too
But what you have to understand
Is he needs dinner too

Alligator
Alligator
Can be your friend
Can be your friend
Can be your friend TOO

 

 

B

Bazooka Bubblegum Song

 

My momma
She gave me a dollar
She told me to buy a collar
But I didn't buy no collar
Instead I bought some bubblegum
BAZOOKA, ZOOKA bubble gum (x2)

My momma
She gave me a quarter
She told me to tip the porter
But I didn't tip no porter
Instead I bought some bubblegum
BAZOOKA, ZOOKA bubble gum (x2)

My momma
She gave me a dime
She told me to buy a lime
But I didn't buy no lime
Instead I bought some bubblegum
BAZOOKA, ZOOKA bubble gum (x2)

My momma
She gave me a nickel
She tole me to buy a pickle
But I didn't buy no pickle
Instead i bought some bubblegum
BAZOOKA, ZOOKA bubble gum (x2)

My momma
She gave me a penny
She told me to buy some bubblegum
But I didn't buy no bubblegum
Because I'm sick of bubblegum
BAZOOKA, ZOOKA bubble gum (x2)

 

Bear Song

The other day (echo)
I met a bear (echo)
Out in the woods (echo)
A-way out there(echo)
Altogether:
The other day I met a bear
out in the woods a-way out there.
(Continue in a similar manner)
He said to me
“Why don’t you run?
I see you ain’t
Got any gun”
And so I ran
Away from there
But right behind
Me was that bear
Ahead of me
I saw a tree
A great big tree
Oh glory be
The nearest branch
Was 10 feet up
I’d have to jump
And trust my luck
And so I jumped
Into the air
But I missed that branch
Away up there
Now don’t you fret
Now don’t you frown
Cause I caught that branch
On the way back down
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
You singing for

 

Birdie Song

Way up in the sky
The little birds fly
Way down in the nest
The little birds rest
With a wing on the left and a wing on the right
The little bird sleeps all through the night
Shhh! They're sleep-ing
The bright sun comes up
THE DEW FALLS A-WAY
Good morning! Good Morning! The little birds say.
With a wing on the left and a wing on the right
The little bird sleeps all through the night

 

Birdie Song II

Early in the morning, (echo)
When I was fast asleep, (echo)
I heard a little birdie, (echo)
Going cheep cheep. (echo)
This little birdie (echo)
Had a funny name. (echo)
Its (echo)
name (echo)
was (echo)
IGA-FLIGA-FLEEGA-FLIGA-ISHKA-NISHKA-NIGA-NIGA-IGA-FLIGA-FEEGA-FLIGA-BIRDIIEEE! (echo)

 

Black Socks

Black socks they never get dirty
The longer you wear them the blacker the get
Some day I think I shall wash them
But something keeps telling me don’t do it yet
Not yet, not yet, not yet, not yet
(Can be sung in a round)

 

Boogaloo

Several people can line up with the leader for this song with their arms around each other’s shoulders campers should do the same facing the leaders.

Leader: Drop the beat!
All: chh chh chh…..(stomp feet to beat)
Leader: Let me see you boogaloo!
All: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
Leader: I said let me see you boogaloo!
All: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
Leader: I said let me see you boogaloo!!!
All: What’s that you say?
All: ooh, ahh ahh, ahh, ooh, ahh, ahh ahh, ooh (while dancing around)
Leader: BOOGALOO! (everyone back in line stomping and chanting chh chh…)

Leader: Let me see your jumping fishie.
All: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
Leader: I said let me see your jumping fishie!
All: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
Leader: I said let me see your jumping fishie!
All: What’s that you say?
All: mimic a fish jumping
Leader: FISH OUT OF WATER! (back in line)

Leader: Let me see you JC Penney.
All: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
Leader: I said let me see you JC Penney!
All: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
Leader: I said let me see you JC Penney!
All: What’s that you say?
All: act out shopping in a store… “is this my color?”, etc…
Leader: CHARGE IT! (back in line)

Continued with various verses….end verse is once again Boogaloo.

Other verses:
Truck Driver…..LONG HAUL!
Fry like Bacon….PORK PRODUCTS!
Richard Nixon…..WATERGATE!
ETC…

 

Boom Chicka Boom -

I said a boom chicka boom (echo)
I said a boom chicka boom (echo)
Isaid a boom chicka Rocka chicka Rocka chicka boom (echo)
Oh yeah (echo)
Uh huh (echo)
One more time (echo)
___________ style (echo)

Different styles: Loud, Whisper, Southern, Valley Girl, Opera, Attitude, British, Rocket, Harley, Janitorial, Teacher.

 

Boom, Boom - Ain't it great to be crazy!

A horse and a flea and three blind mice
Sat on a curbstone shooting dice
The horse he slipped and fell on the flea
"Whoops!" said the flea, "There's a horse on me!"
Chorus:
Boom, boom! Ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom! Ain't it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom! Ain't it great to be crazy?

Way down south where bananas grow
A flea stepped on an elephant's toe
The elephant cried, with tears in his eyes
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"
Repeat Chorus
Way up north where there's ice and snow
There lived a penguin and his name was Joe
He got so tired of black and white
He wore pink slacks to the dance last night!
Repeat Chorus

 

C

 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

They're made outta sugar, butter and flour
You can bake 'em in the oven 'bout a quarter of an hour
But the thing that gives them, their magical power,
Are the Chocolate Chips inside
Boom Boom Boom

CHORUS:
Chocolate Cookies
You gotta have more
You can bake 'em in the oven
Or buy them at the store
But whatever you do
Have them waiting at the door,
And I'll love ya till I die
Boom Boom Boom

You can't have one
You can't have two
Once ya start a munchin
There's a nothin you can do
So clean off your plate
And eat the crumbs too
And go out and buy some more
Boom Boom Boom

Repeat Chorus

And when I die
I don't want wings
A golden halo
Or a harp that sings
Give me a book, a fire,
And someone who will bring me
Chocolate chip cookies all day
Boom Boom Boom

Repeat Chorus

 

Coast to Coast

From coast to coast, (Repeat)
Camp ______is the most. (Repeat)
From Coast to coast (Repeat)
Camp ______is the most. (Repeat)
Na na na na na (Repeat)
Na na na na na na (Repeat)
Na na na na na na na (Repeat)
Na na na na na (Repeat)

From East to West, Camp ______ is the best
From State to state, Camp ______ is really great
From City to City, Camp ______ is really pretty
From Town to town, Camp ______ is getting down
ETC.

 

COURT OF KING HERODICUS

Oh, the court of King Herodicus
was just passing by (Repeat 3x)
Oh, the ladies of the court of King Herodicus
were just passing by (Repeat 3x)
Oh, the pages sewing stitches on the dresses of the ladies of the court of King Herodicus were just passing by (Repeat 3x)
Oh, the witches putting hexes on the pages sewing stitches on the dresses of the ladies of the court of King Herodicus were just passing by (Repeat 3x)
Oh, the ointment on the noses of the witches
putting hexes on the pages sewing stitches on the dresses of the ladies of the court of King Herodicus was just passing by (Repeat 3x)
Oh, if you want to see the flies laying eggs in the ointment on the noses of the witches putting hexes on the pages sewing stitches on the dresses of the ladies of the court of King Herodicus...
YOU'RE TOO LATE! THEY JUST PASSED BY

 

F

 

Flea Fly II

Flea!
(echo)
Flea, Fly!
(echo)
Flea, Fly, Flo!
(echo)
Feista!
(echo)

Cooma-lada, Cooma-lada, Cooma-lada Feista.
(echo)
Oh, no, no, no, not the Feista.
(echo)
Eenie Meanie, Decimeanie, Ooh Walla walla Meanie.
(echo)
Exameanie, Zalameanie, Ooh Walla walla!
(echo)
I said a-
Beet Billy Oaten Boaten, Bo-bo ba-deeten dotin, Hot Chihuahua, Mm-mm!
(attempted echo, since little kids only usually get the 'Mm-mm!'.)

 

Froggy

Say as I say! (echo)
Do as I do! (echo)
Dog! (echo)
Dog! Cat! (echo)
Dog! Cat! Mouse! (echo)
Froggy! (echo)
Itsy bitsy
Teeny Weeny
Little green froggy (echo)
Jump!
Jump!
Jump little froggy (echo)
Gobble up all those
Worms and spiders (echo)
Fleas and flies are
Scrump diddley-icious (echo)
Ribbit!
Ribbit!
Ribbit!
Ribbit!
Ribbit!
Ribbit!
CROAK! (echo)
Faster (echo)

 

G

 

Ghost Chickens in the Sky

(tune is Ghost Riders in the Sky)

A Chicken farmer went out one dark and dreary day.
He rested by the coop as he went along his way.
When all at once a rotten egg hit him in the eye.
It was the sight he dreaded: Ghost Chickens in the Sky!

Chorus:
Bok, Bok, Bok, Bok.
Bok, Bok, Bok, Bok.
Ghost Chickens in the Sky!

The Farmer had raised chickens since he was 24,
Workin’ for the Colonel for 30 years or more,
Killing all those chickens and sending them to fry.
Now they want revenge….Ghost Chickens in the sky.

Chorus

Their feet were black and shiny. Their eyes were burning red.
They had no meat or feathers. These chickens all were dead.
They picked the farmer up and he died by the claw.
They cooked him extra crispy, and ate him with cole slaw.

Chorus

 

 

 

 

Grey Squirrel

(Whisper) Grey Squirrel,
Grey Squirrel,
Shake your bushy tail!
Grey Squirrel,
Grey Squirrel,
Shake your bushy tail!
Take a peanut from your hand...
(Shout) AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR NOSE!!!
(Whisper) Grey Squirrel,
Grey Squirrel,
Shake your bushy tail!
When saying "grey squirrel" make bowing action with arms. When saying "shake your bushy tail" turn around and shake your bottom.
When saying "Take a peanut from your hand" pretend to take a peanut from your hand.
When saying "AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR NOSE!" pretend to shove the peanut up your nose.

 

H

 

Herman the Worm

Chorus: (say a line let them repeat the line)
As I was sittin’, on my fence post chewin’ my bubble gum(Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!)
Playin’ my yo-yo, (Do Whop! Do Whop!)
Along came Herman the worm
And he was this big
So I said: “Herman, what happened?!?”
And he said:
Duh, I atie a bug …(Chorus)
Duh, I ate a snake …(Chorus)
Duh, I ate a rabbit …(Chorus)
Duh, I ate a dog …(Chorus)
Duh, I ate a cow…(Chorus)
Duh, I burped

 

I

 

I met a Polar Bear

Sung to the tune of "Sipping Cider Through a Straw"
The other day, I saw a bear,
A big white bear, I had to stare.
He stared right back, and seem to grin,
His long white fangs, hung to his chin.
He move toward me, upon four paws,
And those four paws, held six-inch claws.
I couldn't move, my feet were froze,
As I saw steam, shoot from his nose.
But I was safe, because I knew,
This polar bear, was at the Zoo!

 

K

 

Koomalotta

Koomalotta Koomalotta Koomalotta Veestay,
Koomalotta Koomalotta Koomalotta Veestay,
Ahh no-no-no no not dahveestay,
Ahh no-no-no no not dahveestay,
Eeny meeny dessa meeny,
do whatcha wanta meeny,
Eeny meeny dessa meeny,
do whatcha wanta meeny,
Beet billy oaten doaten bobo se watten tatten. Yeah!

 

L

Little Cabin in the Woods

This is a repeat after me song...

In a cabin in the woods.
A little man by the window stood.
Saw a bunny hopping by.
Knocking at his door.
Help me! Help me sir, he said.
Or the hunter will shoot me dead!
Come little rabbit come with me.
Happy we will always be.
And that was alright.

And that was ok.

But now we’re gonna do it _______ way!

Sung as many times as you can in different ways.. for example: quiet, loud, normal... the creepier the better at least once.

 

Little Johnny England

In advance split into 6 groups and assign roles: butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, linen weavers, linen drapers, brokers—they will yell their assigned role
All: (Clapping) Little Johnny England he went a wanderin’
He went a wanderin’ all day long.
He went a wanderin’
With his little pelican.
He went a wanderin’ all day long. (clapping stops)
WE ARE THE BUTCHERS!
WE ARE THE BAKERS!
WE ARE THE CANDLESTICK (clap) MAKERS!
WE’RE THE LINEN WEAVERS!
WE’RE THE LINEN DRAPERS!
WE ARE THE BROKERS!
All: WE’RE ALL THE BROKERS FRIENDS!
(resume clapping faster and repeat)

 

Little Red Wagon

You can’t ride in my little red wagon
Front seats broken
And the axel’s dragging
You can’t ride on my little red wagon any more today!

SECOND VERSE, SAME AS THE FIRST
A WHOLE LOT LOUDER AND A WHOLE LOT WORSE!

Other side goes….

 

Louise the Elephant song

(campers repeat after leader following each line)
Waaaaaay down in the depths of Africa
Beneath the bamboo trees
There lived a lady elephant
Her name, her name was Louise!
Louise was mighty fond of
An elephant named Joe!
And every night in the pale moon light he'd serenade her so!
Louise, Louise!
Won't you come out from behind those trees
Baby don't you give me no bonky bonky
I just wanna hold your tronky tronky
Louise, Louise!
Won't you listen to my pleas
You got the skin I love to touch and I love you so much
My sweet, sweet Louise!

 

M

 

Milk Song

Give me a long M
M..................
Give me a short m
M
don't want no pop no pop
don't want no tea no tea
don't want no pop
don't want no tea
just give me milk
moo moo moo moo (one person sticks out thumbs and another pulls them as if milking a cow)
wisconsin milk
moo moo moo moo
(continue spelling milk…)

 

Moose Song

The Moose the moose
(echo)
Swimming in the water
(echo)
Eating his supper
(echo)
Where did he go?
(echo)
He went to sleep
(echo)
He went to sleep
(echo)
He went tooooooooooo sleep
(echo)

Dead moose Dead moose
(echo)
Floating in the water
(echo)
Not eating his supper
(echo)
Where did he go?
(echo)
He decomposed
(echo)
He decomposed
(echo)
Heeeeeeeee decomposed
(echo)

Dead moose dead moose
(echo)
Floating up to heaven
(echo)
Singing with the angels
(echo)
What did they sing?
(echo)
The cool moose song
(echo)
The cool moose song
(echo)
Theeeeeeeee cool moose song
(echo)

 

O

 

Oh Elena

(A very very loud song for all ages. Works best in a large group.)
This is a "repeat after me song"
(campers repeat)
Oh elena!
I had a chicka boomba!
I must I must I musta!
Oh elena galoway galoway!
This is not a song!
It's much too quiet!
It Must get LOUDER!!
It goes like so:
(repeat about three times, getting louder and louder. on last verse instead of "it goes like so" say "But it won't".
Do not be surprised if you lose your voice, that's the best part!

 

Old (blank) Had a Camp...

This song is just like Old MacDonald, but with a fun twist to it. One of my Webelos Scout dens came up with this idea, and everyone loved it, so I figured I would share. It is something that is best done at the end of the camp experience so you have the most accurate observations.
The best way to explain it is to show you what our final song was....
Old (Camp Director's name) had a camp, EIEIO (If you want more laughs, you can try to spell your camp's name there.)
and on that camp he had a (Waterfront Director's name), EIEIO.
With a "Buddy up" here
and a "Buddy up" there
Here a "Buddy"
There a "Buddy"
Everywhere a "Buddy up"
Old (Camp Director's name) had a camp, EIEIO.
Other verses:
(Camp Nurse's name) "Drink water" here, "Drink water" there. Here a "drink," there a "drink," everywhere a "Drink, drink."
Scout camp...(Program Director's name) "Signs Up" here
We even had a den leader who was so famous for giving high-fives that he got a cheer for "High-five" here, "High-five" there.
It usually works for kids 10 and older. Just have them write it. Don't try to do it yourself or the kids might not understand. If the kids do it, they'll have fun, the other kids will laugh, and the staff with have a hoot and will be honored that they are in a song.
It's a great challenge to give the kids (secretly, so the staff doesn't know) in the beginning of the week. That way, if they know it's okay to poke a bit of fun at them, the staff-camper relationship is more friendly, and they pay more attention to the staff, listening for common phrases that would fit in the song.

 

One Fat Hen, A couple of Ducks

This is a repeat song. There is one leader and it is done in front of an audience. It is helpful if there are people who know the entire sequence in the audience so they can everyone along. This is how it goes:
Leader: One fat hen
All: Repeats
Leader: One fat hen, a couple of ducks
All: Repeats
Leader: One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three baby brown bears
All: Repeats
Leader: One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three baby brown bears, four rabbit running hares
All: Repeats
Leader: One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three baby brown bears, four rabbit running hares, five, fat, fidgety, ferrets
All: Repeats
Leader: One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three baby brown bears, four rabbit running hares, five, fat, fidgety, ferrets, six simple simons selling salt in Siam
All: Repeats
Leader: One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three baby brown bears, four rabbit running hares, five, fat, fidgety, ferrets, six simple simons selling salt in Siam, seven salty sailors sniffing snoose
All: Repeats
Leader: One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three baby brown bears, four rabbit running hares, five, fat, fidgety, ferrets, six simple simons selling salt in Siam, seven salty sailors sniffing snoose, eight elongated elephants elevating on escalators
All: Repeats
One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three baby brown bears, four rabbit running hares, five, fat, fidgety, ferrets, six simple simons selling salt in Siam, seven salty sailors sniffing snoose, eight elongated elephants elevating on escalators, nine nasty nematoids nibbling on nine nasty nimatoads
All: Repeats
Leader: One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three baby brown bears, four rabbit running hares, five, fat, fidgety, ferrets, six simple simons selling salt in Siam, seven salty sailors sniffing snoose, eight elongated elephants elevating on escalators, nine nasty nematoids nibbling on nine nasty nimatoads, ten two-ton two-tone tan transcontinental trucks travelling from Tallahassee, Tennessee to Tyler, Texas on twenty-two terrible tires and two tanks of Texaco trutest on tusday the twenty second.
All: Repeats
By the end, most often people can't keep up so you only have the few people who already know it by heart reciting the entire thing while everyone looks uncertainly around while mumbling and pretending they know how it goes! It's a blast and a hoot rolled into one

 

 

 

Oo Ka Lay La

Oo ka lay la (echo)
A perry ticky tumba (echo)
A muzza muzza muzza (echo)
Oo walla way alla wall la way (echo)

 

Oreo Cookie

Oreo Oreo Oreo Cookie!
I aint got no oreo cookies
Yummy yummy gummy gummy Ewww i want some in my tummy!
Twist off the top and lick out the filling!!!

 

P

 

PARTUM QUARTUM

LEADER: I have four brothers over the sea
ALL: Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER: They each sent a present unto me
ALL: Partum Quartum Perry Deek Entum
Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER: The first sent a chicken without any bones
ALL: Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER: The second sent a cherry without any stones
ALL: Partum Quartum Perry Deek Entum
Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER: The third sent a blanket without any thread
ALL: Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER: The fourth sent a book which could not be read
ALL: Partum Quartum Perry Deek Entum
Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER:
How can there be a chicken without any bones?
How can there be a cherry without any stones?
How can there be a blanket without any thread?
How can there be a book which cannot be read?
LEADER: When the chicken's in the egg it hasn't any bones
ALL: Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER: When the cherry's in the blossom it hasn't any stones
ALL: Partum Quartum Perry Deek Entum
Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER: When the blanket's in the loom it hasn't any thread
ALL: Perry Merry Dictum Domini
LEADER: When the book's in the press it cannot be read
ALL: Partum Quartum Perry Deek Entum
Perry Merry Dictum Domini
Repeat (slowly): Perry Merry Dictum Domini

 

Princess Pat (A second arrangement)

The Princess Pat (Egyptian style)
Lived in a Tree (hands out in front of you; go up and down)
She Sailed across (ocean motion)
The seven seas (hold up 7 fingers; make a c with you hand)
She sailed across (ocean motion)
The channel two (draw a box with fingers and then hold up 2 fingers)
and she took with her (both hands over shoulder like holding a bag)
Arrigabamboo (shake hands/arms all the way down)

Arrigabamboo (shake hands/arms all the way down)
Now What is that? (shrug)
It's something made (bang hands together)
by the Princess Pat (Egyptian style)
It's red and gold (Twirl hand around like you're waving a string at your waist)
And puple too (bring your voice up. Hands folded up to cheek)
That's why it's called (Get loud; cup hands around mouth)
Arrigabamboo (shake hands/arms all the way down)

Now the Captin Jack (salute X 2)
Had a mighty fine crew (salute X 2)
He sailed across (ocean motion)
The channel two (draw a box with fingers and then hold up 2 fingers)
But his ship sank (Hold nose and sink down)
and yours will too (point finger and shake hand in scolding motion)
If you don't take (both hands over shoulder like holding a bag)
Arrigabamboo (shake hands/arms all the way down)

Arrigabamboo (shake hands/arms all the way down)
Now What is that? (shrug)
It's something made (bang hands together)
by the Princess Pat (Egyptian style)
It's red and gold (Twirl hand around like you're waving a string at your waist)
And puple too (bring your voice up. Hands folded up to cheek)
That's why it's called (Get loud; cup hands around mouth)
Arrigabamboo (shake hands/arms all the way down)

 

R

 

Repeat After Me

Song Note: Allow the audience to repeat each line and action after you sing it!
Whats that I hear (cup hands around ears)
Up in the attic (point up)
It's a big, big elephant (put hands in a circle)
Twirling round and round (twirl around)
A big, big elephant (put hands in a circle again)
So chic and elegant (bow)
With one tail here (put one hand at your nose like a trunk of a elephant)
And the next tail there ( put one hand at butt and stay)

 

S

 

Singing in the Rain (Revised/Updated)

Singing in the Rain (to the tune)

Leader:(shouted, and doing motion command) Thumbs up!
Campers(repeating): Thumbs up!
Leader: Elbows in!
Campers: Elbows in!
Chorus: (Sing while holding position)
Sing(and sway): I'm singin' in the rain, just singin in the rain, what a wonderful feelin' I'm...
Chant (back and forth on tee ta tas): Tee ta-ta, ta Tee ta-ta, ta Tee ta-ta-ta, Whoo! Tee ta-ta, ta Tee ta-ta, ta Tee ta-ta-ta, Whoo!
next time:
Leader: Thumbs up!
Campers:" "
Leader: Elbows in!
Campers:" "
Leader: Knees together!
Campers:" "
Leader: Toes together!
Campers:" "
*Sing while holding position*
Leader: Thumbs up!
Campers:" "
Leader: Elbows in!
Campers:" "
Leader: Knees together!
Campers:" "
Leader: Toes together!
Campers:" "
Leader:Booty out!
Campers:" "
Leader: Shoulders back!
Campers:" "
*sing while holding position*
Leader: Thumbs up!
Campers:" "
Leader: Elbows in!
Campers:" "
Leader: Knees together!
Campers:" "
Leader: Toes together!
Campers:" "
Leader: Booty out!
Campers:" "
Leader: Shoulders back!
Campers:" "
Leader: Head up!
Campers:" "
Leader: Tongue out!
*sing while holding position and swaying*

 

Six Pence

I've got six pence
Jolly, jolly six pence
Oh I've got six pence to last me all my life.

I've got two pence to spend,
and two pence to lend,
and two pence to give them to my wife, poor wife.

No fears have I to gre-et me
No NASTY LITTLE BOYS (or SASSY LITTLE GIRLS, for boys to sing) to dec-ei-ve me
I'm as happy as a lark bel-ie-ve me as we go rolling, rolling home.
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)

By the light of the silvery moo-ooo-oon!!! ("Moon" is really loud and really high-pitched)
Happy is the day when the TEACHERS GO AWAY (or CHILDREN GO AWAY for the adults/teachers/counselors/chaperones)
And we go rolling, rolling home!!

I've got four pence
Jolly, jolly four pence
Oh I've got four pence to last me all my life.

I've got two pence to spend,
and two pence to lend,
and no pence to give them to my wife, poor wife.

No fears have I to gre-et me
No NASTY LITTLE BOYS to dec-ei-ve me
I'm as happy as a lark bel-ie-ve me as we go rolling, rolling home.
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)

By the light of the silvery moo-ooo-oon!!!
Happy is the day when the TEACHERS GO AWAY
And we go rolling, rolling home!!

I've got two pence
Jolly, jolly two pence
Oh I've got two pence to last me all my life.

I've got two pence to spend,
and no pence to lend,
and no pence to give them to my wife, poor wife.

No fears have I to gre-et me
No NASTY LITTLE BOYS to dec-ei-ve me
I'm as happy as a lark bel-ie-ve me as we go rolling, rolling home.
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)

By the light of the silvery moo-ooo-oon!!!
Happy is the day when the TEACHERS GO AWAY
And we go rolling, rolling home!!

I've got no pence
Jolly, jolly no pence
Oh I've got no pence to last me all my life.

I've got no pence to spend,
and no pence to lend,
and no pence to give them to my wife, poor wife.

No fears have I to gre-et me
No NASTY LITTLE BOYS to dec-ei-ve me
I'm as happy as a lark bel-ie-ve me as we go rolling, rolling home.
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)

By the light of the silvery moo-ooo-oon!!!
Happy is the day when the TEACHERS GO AWAY
And we go rolling, rolling home!!

 

Stay on the Sunny Side

A spontaneous participation song that features knock-knock jokes yelled from the audience and a silly chorus.
Chorus:
Stay on the sunny side,
Always on the sunny side,
Stay on the sunny side of life TWO THREE FOUR (yelled)
You'll feel no pain as we drive you insane,
If you stay on the sunny side of life.
Verse:
Knock-Knock (joke teller yells this)
Who's there? (everyone else yells back)
Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe who?
I cantaloupe--I'm already married!
HA HA HA HAA (everyone pretends to laugh)
Chorus:
Verse: someone else does a knock-knock joke

 

T

 

TARZAN

Tarzan
Swinging on a rubber band
Tarzan
Smacked into a frying pan
Oooo that’s hurts
Now Tarzan has a tan
And I hope he doesn’t peel
Like a banana

Jane
Cruisin’ in her airplane
Jane
Crashed into a freeway lane
Ooo, that hurts
Now Jane has a pain
And Janie has a painie
And she has to use a cane-y
And Tarzan has a tan
And I hope he doesn’t peel
Like a banana

Cheetah
Dancing on a pizza
Cheetah
Swallowed an amoeba
Now Cheetah is velveeta
And Jane has a pain
And Janie has a painie
And she has to use a cane-y
And Tarzan has a tan
And I hope he doesn’t peel
Like a banana
Like a banana

 

 

The Keeper

Verse 1
(Slowly)
LEADER: To Ma Hey down down!
GROUP: To Ma Ho down down!
LEADER: Hey down!
GROUP: Ho down!
ALL: Derry Derry Down Among the leaves so green-o!
Verse 2
LEADER:
The keeper did a'hunting go
And under his coat he carried a bow
All for to shoot a merry little doe
Among the leaves so green-o
Jackie Boy?
GROUP: Master?
LEADER: Sing ye well?
GROUP: Very well?
LEADER: Hey down!
GROUP: Ho down!
ALL: Derry Derry Down Among the leaves so green-o!
Verse 3
LEADER:
The first doe she did cross the plain
The keeper fetched her back again
Where she is now she may remain
Amont the leaves so green-o
Jackie Boy?
GROUP: Master?
LEADER: Sing ye well?
GROUP: Very well!
LEADER: Hey Down!
GROUP: Ho Down!
ALL: Derry Derry Down, Among the leaves so green-o!
LEADER:
The last doe she did cross the brook
The keeper fetched her with a hook
Where she is now you may go and look
Among the leaves so green-o!
Jackie Boy?
GROUP: Master!
LEADER; Sing ye well?
GROUP: Very well!
LEADER: Hey down!
GROUP: Ho down!
ALL: Derry, derry down, among the leaves so green-o!
(slowly) Among the leaves so green-o!

 

The Little Blue Man

One morning while I was out walking, tho you'll find it hard to believe,
A little blue man came out of the crowd, and timidly tugged at my sleeve.

Chorus:
"I wuv you, I wuv you," said the little blue man, and scared me right out of my wits.
"I wuv you", he loved me said the little blue man, and scared me right out of my wits.

I hurried back to my apartment, I rushed in and I closed the door,
But there on the desk stood the little blue man, who started to tell me once more..
(Chorus)

For weeks after that I was haunted, tho no one could see him but me,
Right by my side stood the little blue man, where ever I happened to be.
(Chorus)

One evening in wild desperation, I rushed to a rooftop in town,
And over the side I pushed the little blue man, who sang to me on the way down
(Chorus)

I whispered "Thank goodness that’s over", I smiled as I hurried outside,
But there on the street stood the little blue man, (sing this part very slowly and sadly) "I don't wuv you any more!"

(Last verse)
So remember if somebody loves you, treat them honestly, faithful and true
Or the next thing you know it will happen to you, and you will be heartbroken, too!

 

The penguin song!

Have you ever seen
A penguin come to tea?
When you look at me
A penguin you will see!
PENGUINS ATTENTION! BENGUINS BEGIN!
Right arm
~Continue the song until you are dancing like a penguin~
At the end it's PENGUINS ATTENTION! PENGUINS DECIST!

 

There Was a Great Big Moose (Revised/Updated)

(It's a repeat-after-me song. It repeats after every line)

There was a great big moose!
He liked to drink a lot of juice.
There was a great big moose!
He liked to drink a lot of juice.
Singin' oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh
Way oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh

The moose's name was Fred.
He liked to drink his juice in bed.
The moose's name was Fred.
He liked to drink his juice in bed.
Singin' oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh
Way oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh

He drank his juice with care,
but he spilled some in his hair.
He drank his juice with care,
but he spilled some in his hair.
Singin' oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh
Way oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh

Now he's a sticky moose
Because he's all covered in juice!
Singin' oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh
Way oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh

 

Three Bears

Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme
There were the three bears
t-cha, t-cha, t-cha
They all went a-walkin' in the woods and a-talkin'
And along came a little girl with long, flowin' curly hair
Her name was Goldie Locks and up upon the door she knocked
She didn't care that no one was there
SHE WALKED RIGHT IN
Home came those three bears
"Someone's been eatin' my porridge!"
Said the Mama Bear, said the Mama Bear
"Someone's been eatin' my porridge!"
Said the Papa Bear, said the Papa Bear
"Hey pop-a-re-bear," said the lil' wee bear,
"SOMEONE HAS BROKEN MY CHAIR-HUH!"
Goldie Locks she woke up, she broke up the party
She beat it out of there
She beat it out of there
"Bye-bye, bye, bye, bye!"
Said the Mama Bear, said the Mama Bear
"Bye-bye, bye, bye, bye!"
Said the Papa Bear, said the Papa Bear
"Hey pop-a-re-bear," said the lil' wee bear,
"BYE-BYE, BYE, BYE, BYE, BYE-BYE! HUH!"

 

Three Fishies Song

Down in a meadow in an itty-bitty pool
Swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too
"Swim," said the mama fishie. "Swim if you can."
And they swam and they swam
Right over the dam
Boom-boom fishie-fishie
Why don't you?
Boom-boom fishie-fishie
Why don't you?
Boom-boom fishie-fishie
Why don't you?
And they swam and they swam
Right over the dam
"Look," said the mama fishie. "Look at that whale!"
Quick as they could they turned on their tails
Back to the meadow in the itty-bitty pool
And they swam and they swam
Right over the dam
Boom-boom fishie-fishie
Why don't you?
Boom-boom fishie-fishie
Why don't you?
Boom-boom fishie-fishie
Why don't you?
And they swam and they swam
Right over the dam

 

W

 

Wha-Daten-Chu

Wha-Daten-Chu
(repeat)
Bo-Doe-Ska-Deeten-Daten - Wha-Daten-Chu
(repeat)
It-skiddly-Oaten-Doten - Bo-Doe-Ska-Deeten-Daten - Wha-Daten-Chu
(repeat)
Oaten-Doten-Little-Boaten - It-skiddly-Oaten-Doten - Bo-Doe-Ska-Deeten-Daten - Wha-Daten-Chu
(repeat)
Itten-Mitten-Little-Kitten - Oaten-Doten-Little-Boaten - It-skiddly-Oaten-Doten - Bo-Doe-Ska-Deeten-Daten - Wha-Daten-Chu
(repeat)
Y-M-C-A What-daten-Chu HUH!
(repeat)

 

Wiggalow

Leader: "Are you ready?"
Campers: "We're ready!"
Leader: "To Wiggalow?"
Campers: "To Wiggalow!"
Everyone together: " We've got our hands up high (raise hands above head), our feet down low (move hands towards the ground), and that's they way we Wiggalow! Wigglaow, Wigg-wiggalow! (while saying the last line of the song, you make a movement from left to right with your arms at abouthip to chest height)

 

Y-Chant

ARE YOU READY? (Leader)
ARE WE EVER!
Y-M, Y-M, Y-M-C-A
C-A, C-A, C-A-M-P
Y-M-C-A-C-A-M-P, Y-M-C-A-C-A-M-P
Y Camp, Y Camp, YEAH Y-Camp

 

Y-CHEER

Heidy heidy heidy ho
Willy willy willy whoa
I don’t know but I’ve been told
Y-Camp is as good as gold
Am I right or wrong
You’re right!
Am I right or wrong
You’re right!
Sound off Y – M
Once Again C – A
Y – M – C – A – Y – M – C – A
The Y’s an open door
You’re right!
Since 1844
You’re right!
With guidance over youth
You’re right!
For character and truth
You’re right!
Sound off Y – M
Once again C – A
Y – M – C – A – Y – M – C – A
Here we go
Y – M Y – M Y – M – C – A
C – A C – A C – A – M – P
Y – M – C – A C – A – M – P
Y – M – C – A C – A – M – P
Y – Camp Y – Camp Go Y – Camp
Hip Hip Hooray
Hip Hip Hooray
Hooray Hip Hip
Far Out
Right On
Tally Ho
Potato Chips
Chocolate Chips
Buffalo Wings
Hawaiian Punch
Ba-na-na-na-na Ba-na-na-na
Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
HEY!
Campers in the front, let me hear you grunt
Huh!
Campers in the back, show me where it’s at
Right here!
Campers in the middle, let me hear you giggle
He he he
Campers in your seats (on your feet)
Let me hear that Y – Beat
[clap] 1-2 1-2-3 1-2 1-2-3
1-2-3 1-2-3
Wacka-wacka
BOOM!
(song is taught backwards)