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BOY SCOUT SONG BOOK, PART 3 of 5


Contents:

Battle Hymn
Battle of New Orleans
Camp Granada
Consider Yourself
Cookie, Cookie
Country Roads
Dead Skunk
Down by the Station
Fish Heads
Food Song
The Fox
Gonna Build a Mountain
Grandma's Feather Bed
Green Green
Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit
I'ts a Small World
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Johnnie Verbeck
Lord of the Dance
The Men from Nirobi
The Men from the Congo
The M.T.A.
Oh! Susanna
On Top of Old Smokey
Pico Staffman Song
Rabbits have no Tails at All
Roll Me Over the Ocean
Scouting is the Thing
Six Pence
Shenandoah
Smoky the Bear
Stir the Wallaby Stew
The Thing
Titanic
Tongue Twister Song
Trail the Eable
Vive L'Amour
Witch Doctor


Battle Hymn
1.  Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage
where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He has loosed the fateful lightning
of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
CH:  Glory, glory, halleluhat!
Glory, glory, halleluhat!
Glory, glory, halleluhat!
His truth is marching on
2.  In the beauty of a stable
Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His presence
that transfigures you and me,
And he died to make men holy,
Let us live to make men free;
While God is marching on.


Battle of New Orleans
1.  In eighteen fourteen we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans,
And we net the bloody British near the town of New Orleans.
CH:  We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'.
There waz-n't nigh as many as they wuz a while ago,
We fired once more and they began to runnin'.
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
2.  We looked down the river and we see'd the British come,
There must have been a hundred of 'em beating on the drums.
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring,
While we stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
3.  Ol' Hickory said we could takem them by suprise,
If we didn't say a word 'til we looked 'em in the eye.
So we held our fire 'til we saw their faces well,
Then we opened up our squirrel gund and really gave them ... well ...
4.  We fired our cannons 'til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator and we fired another round,
We filled his belly with cannon balls and powdered his behind,
And when we lit the powder of the 'gator lost his mind.
5.  They ran through the briar and they ran through the bramble and
They ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them,
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.


Camp Granada

Hello Mudda, hello Fadda,
Here I am at Camp Granada.
Camp is very entertaining,
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

I went hiking with Joe Spivy;
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Lenard Skinner;
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.

All the counselors hate the waiters,
And the lake has alligators,
And the head coach wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses.

Now I don't want that this should scare you,
But my bunkmate has malaria.
You remember Jeffery Hardy,
They're about to organize a searching party.

Take me home, oh Mudda, Fadda,
Take me home, I hate Granada!
Don't leave me out in the forest,
Where I might get eaten by a bear.

Take me home, I promise I will not make noise,
Or mess the house with other boys,
O please don't make me stay,
I've been here one whole day.

Dearest Father, Darling Mother,
How's my precious little brudda?
Let me come home if you miss me,
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.

Wait a minute, it stopped hailing,
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing.
Playing baseball, gee that's betta,
Mudda, Fadda kindly disregard this letta!


Consider Yourself

Consider yourself at home,
Consider yourself one of the family,
We've taken to you so strong,
It's clear we're going to get along.

Consider yourself well in,
Consider yourself part of the furniture,
There isn't a lot to spare,
Who cares? Whatever we've got we share.

If there's a chance that we should neet some har-a-days,
Empty lotte-days, why grouse?
If there's a chance to meet somebody to foot the bill,
Then the drinks are on the house.

Consider yourself our mate,
We don't want to have no fuss,
For after some consideration, we can state:
"Consider yourself one of us."

Consider yourself at home,
Consider yourself one of the family,
We'be taken to you so strong,
It's clear we're going to get along.

Consider yourself will in,
Consider yourself part of the furniture,
Thereisn't a lot to spare,
Who cares? Whatever we've got we share.

If there's a chance to be la-te-da or up-ity,
There's a cup of tea, for all,
It's nice to be handy with a rolling pin,
When the landlord comes to call!

Consider yourself our mate,
We don't want to have no fuss,
For after some consideration, we can state:
"Consider yourself one of us."


Cookie, Cookie

Cookie, Cookie,
Listen while we sing to you.
Cookie, Cookie,
You're a part of camp life too.
Anyone can make a bed and anyone can sweep,
But i takes our cookie to make the food we eat.
So Cookie, Cookie,
Listen while we sing to you.


Country Roads
1.  Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees, Younger than the mountains, blowin' like a breese
CH:  Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, Country Roads.
2.  All my mem'ries, gather round her, miner's lady, Stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, tear drop in my eye.
3.  I hear her voice in the mornin' hours she calls me. The radio reminds me of my home far away.
And drivin' down the road I get a feelin' that I should have been home yesterday, Yestersay.


Dead Skunk
1.  Crossing the highwy late last night
He should have looked left
and he should have looked right
He didn't see the station wagon car
The skunk got squished and there you are
CH:  You got your dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
and it's stinking to high heaven
2.  They called and told me that ain't no rose
Roll up your window and hold your nose
You don't have to look, and you don't have to see
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory
3.  Yeh, you got your dead cat and your two dead dogs
and on a moonlit night, you got your dead toad frogs
You got your dead rabbit and your dead racoon
The blood and guts there gonna make you swoon


Down by the Station

Down by the station, early in the morning,
See the little pufferbellies all in a row.
See the station master, pull the little handle:
Puff Puff, Toot Toot, Off we go.


Fish Heads
CH:  Fish heads, fish heads, rolly-polly fish heads,
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up - yum!
1.  In the morning, laooing happy fish heads,
In the evening, floating in the soup.
2.  Ask a fish head anything you want to,
They won't answer - they can't talk.
3.  I took a fish head, out to see a movie,
Didn't have to pay to get it in.
4.  They can't play baseball, they don't wear sweaters,
They're not good dancers, they don't play drums.
5.  Rolly-polly fish heads are never seen drinking cappachinno,
In Italian restaurants with Oriental women - yea!


Food Song

Soup, soup, we all want soup, Tip your bowl and drain it,
Let your whiskers strain it,
Hark, hark, that funny noise, listening to the gurgling, boys.

Meat, meat, we must have meat, fresh and juicy cow meat,
Ham and pickled pigs feet,
Veal, lamd and pork chops too, any kind of meat will do

Fish, fish, we all want fish, fish that isn't bony,
Nor a little phony,
Fresh, fish, we won't eat stale, any kind of fish but whale.

Pie, pie, we all want pie, apple, peach and cherry,
Cheese and huckleberry,
Mince, pie, is very fine, That's the wat that Boy Scouts dine!


The Fox

The fox went out on a chase one night;
Prayed to the moon for to gibe him light,
For he'd many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o;
Many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o.

He ran till he came to a great, big pen,
Where the ducks and the geese were kept therein;
He said, A couple o' you are gonna grease my chin
Before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o;
A coply o' you are gonna grease my chin
Before I leave this town-o

He grabbed the grey goose by the neck,
And throwed a duch across his back;
He didn't mind the quack, quack, quack!
Or the legs all dangling down-o, down-o, down-o;
He didn't mind the quack, quack, quack!
Or the legs al hdangling down-o.

Old Mother Flipperflopper fell out of bed;
Out of the window she cocked her head.
Cryin', John, John, the grey goose is gone,
And the fox is on the town-o, town-o, town-o;
John, John, the grey goose is gone,
And the fox is on the tonw-o.

He ran till he came to his own den;
There were the little ones, eight, nine, ten;
They said, daddy, you'd better go back again
'Cause it must be a mighty fine town-o, town-o, town-o;
Daddy, you'd better go back again
'Cause it must be a might fine town-o.

Well, the fox and his wige without and strife
Cut up the goose with a fork and a knife;
They never had such a supper in their life,
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o, bones-o, bones-o;
They never had such a supper in their life,
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o.


Gonna Build a Mountain

Gonna build a mountain, from a little hill.
Gonna build a mountain, least I hope I will.
Gonna build a mountain, gonna build it high,
I don't know how I'm gonna do it,
only I know I'm gonna try.

Gonna build a dream, from a little hope.
Gonna push that day dream up the mountain slope.
Gonna build a day dream, gonna see it through,
Gonna build a mountain and a day dream,
gonna make 'em both come true.

Gonna build a heaven from a little hell.
Gonna build a heaven, and I know darn well
If I build a mountain with a lot of care,
And take my day dream up the mountain,
heaven will be waiting there.

When I've build that heaven, as I will some day,
And the Lord sends Gabriel to take me away,
Wanna fine young son who will take my place,
I'll leave a son in my heaven on Earth,
with the Lord's grace.

Gonna build a heaven, from a little hell,
Gonna build a heaven, and I know darn well,
With a fine young son who will take my place,
There'll be a son in my heaven on earth
with the Lord's grace.

Gonna build a mountain, from a little hill.
Gonna build a mountain, least I hope I will.
Gonna build a mountain, gonna build it high,
I don't know how I'm gonna do it,
only I know I'm gonna try.


Grandma's Feather Bed
1.  When I was a little bitty boy just up off a floor,
We used to go down to Grandma's house every monthend or so.
We'd chicken pie and country ham 'n homemade butter on the bread,
But the best darn thing about Grandma's house
Was her great big feather bed!
CH:  It was nine feet tall and six geet wide and soft as a downy chich.
It was made from the feathers of forty-'leven geese,
It took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick.
It'd hold eight kids 'n four hound dogs and a piggy we'd stolen from the shed.
We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun, On Grandma's Feather Bed!
2.  After supper we'd sit around the fire, The old folk's spit and chew,
Paw would talk about the farm and the war, and Granny'd sing a ballad or two.
I'd sit and listen and watch the fire 'til the cobwebs filled my head.
Next thing I'd know I'd wake up in the morning.
In the middle of the old feather bed.
3.  Well I love my Ma, I love my Pa, Love Granny and Grandpa too,
Been fishing with my uncle, and rassled with my cousin, I even kissed Aunt Loo (ooouu!)
But if I ever had to make a choice, I guess it ought to be said
That i'd trad them all plus the gal down the road,
For Grandma's feather bed!


Green Green
1.  Well I told my mama on the day I was born,
"Don't you cry when you see I've gone,
There ain't no woman gonna settle me down,
I just got to be traveling on."
CH:  Green, green, it's green they say,
On the far side of the hill.
Green, geen, I'm goin' away
To where the grass is greener still.
2.  Now, there ain't nobody in the whole wide world
Gonna tell me how to spend my time.
I'm just a good lovin/ ramblin' man, saying,
"Buddy, can you spare me a dime?"
3.  Yeah, I don't care when the sun goes down
Where I lay my weary head.
Green, green valley or rocky road,
It's there I'm gonna make my bed.


Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit

Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit, Best in the land;
Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit, Loyan we stand.
Onward and upward we're treading,
Always alert to make Scouting ready,
We are prepared
Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit.
Hail! Hail! Hail!


I'ts a Small World
1.  It's a world of laughter, a world of tears;
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears.
There's so much that we share,
that it's time we're aware,
It's a small world after all.
CH:  It's a small world after all.
It's a small world after all.
It's a small world after all.
It's a small, small world.
2.  There is just one moon and one golden sun;
And a simle means friendship to everyone.
Through the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide.
It's a small, small world.


I've Been Working on the Railroad

I've been working on the railroad, all the live long day.
I've been working on the railroad, just to pass the time away;
Can't you head the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn;
Can't you hear the captain shouting:
Dinah blow your horn

Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow,
Dinah won't you blow your horn! (your horn!)
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow,
Dinah won't you blow your horn!

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
Someone's in the kitchen I know; (I know oh)
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
Strummin' on the old banjo.

And singing: Fee, Fi Fiddely-I-Oh!
Fee, Fi Fiddely-I-O-o-o-oh!
Fee, Fi Fiddely-I-Oh!
Strummin' on the old banjo.


Johnnie Verbeck
1.  There was a little Dutchman, his name was Johnnie Verbeck.
He was a dealer in sausages, and sauerkraut, and spec.
He amde the finest sausages that ever you did see.
But one day he invented, a wonderful sausage machine.
CH:  Oh, Johnnie Verbeck, Oh, Johnnie Verbeck, how could you be so mean?
I told you you'd be sorry for inventing that machine.
All the neighbors cats and dogs will never more be seen;
For they'll all be ground to sausages in Johnnie Verbeck's machine.
2.  One day a little fat boy, came walking in the store.
He bought a pound of sausages and piled them on the floor.
The boy began to whistle, he whistled up a tune.
And all the little sausages went dancing 'round the room
3.  One day the machine got busted, and the darn thing wouldn't go.
So Hohnnie Verbeck, he climbed inside, to see what made it so.
His wife, she had a nightmare, and wlaking in her sleep,
She gave the crand an awful yank and Johnnie Verbeck was meat.


Lord of the Dance
CH:  Dance, then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I'll lead you all whereever you may be,
And I'll lead you all in a life that's free.
1.  I danced in the morning when the earth was begun;
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun;
I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth;
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
2.  I danced for the scribes and the Pharisees,
But they would not dance and they wouldn't follow me.
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
They came with me and the Dance went on.
3.  I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame.
The Holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high;
They left me there on a cross to die.
4.  I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black;
Its hard to dance with the world on your back.
They buried my body and they thought I'd gone.
But I am the dance and I still gon on.
5.  They cut me down, and I leaped up high,
For I am the lfe that will never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me,
For I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.


The Men from Nirobi
1.  We're the men from Nirobi, and our team's a good one,
We play the Watusi, they're seven feet tall.
The cannibals may eat us, but they'll never beat us,
'Cause we're the Nirobi, the beat of them all.
CH:  Singing...
Ungawa, Ungawa, Ungawa, Ungawa, 
Ungawa, Ungawa, Ungawa, Wa!
2.  They sent fifteen men down from Killemenjaro,
But they didn't have what it takes! What it TAkes!
We took all our players out into the jungle,
And left them tied up for the snakes! Poor Snakes!
3.  The men from Dark Canyon know our team's a good one,
We played them round this time last year, Last Year!
Their number one player was disqualified,
When he fell on a Nirobi spear.
What a Shaft! Get the Point! That's Sharp!!


The Men from the Congo

Oh, we're from the Congo. Our team is a good one.
We play the Swahili. We're three feet tall.
The cannibals won't eat us, 'cause they'll never see us,
'Cause we're from the Congo, and we're on the ball.


The M.T.A.
1.  Let me tell you all a story aout a man named Charlie
On a tragic and fateful day,
He put ten cents in hes pocket,
Kissed his wife and family,
Went to ride on the M.T.A.
CH:  Well, did he ever return? No! he never returned,
And his fate is still unlearned (what a pity),
He may ride forever /neath the strets of Boston,
He's the man who never returned.
2.  Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Street Station
In exchange for Jamaica Plain,
When he got there the conductor told him,
"One more nickel,"
Charlie couldn't get off of that train.
3.  All night long Charlie rides through the station
Crying "what will become of me?"
How can I afford to see
My sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?"
4.  Charlie's wife goes down to the Scully Square Station
Every day at a quarter part two.
And through the open window
She hands Charlie a sandwich
As the train goes rumblin' through.
5.  Oh, ye citizens of Boston, don't you think it a scandal
How the people have to pay and pay?
Fight the fare increase,
Vote for George o'Brien!
And cet Charlie off the M.T.A.


Oh! Susanna
1.  I've come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee,
I'm going to Louisanna, My true love for to see,
It rained all night, the day I left,
The weather it was dry.
The sun so hot, I froze to death,
Susanna don't you cry.
CH:  Oh, Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me.
I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee.
2.  I had a dream, the other night, when everything was still;
I thought I saw Susanns, a-coming down the hill.
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
The tears were in her eyes;
Said I, "I'm coming from the South,
Susanna don't you cry."
3.  I soon will be in New Orleans, and then I'll look around;
And when I find Susanna, I'll fall upon the ground,
But if I do not find her,
Oh then I'll surely die;
And when I'm dead and burried,
Susanna don't you cry.


On Top of Old Smokey
1.  On top of Old Smoky
All covered with snow,
I lost my true lover
From courting too slow.
2.  Now, courting is a pleasure
And parting is grief,
And a flase-hearted lover
Is worse than a thief.
3.  Say, a thief will just rob you
And take what you have,
But a flase-hearted lover
Will lead you to the grave.
4.  And the grave will decay you
And turn you to dust;
Not one boy in a hundred
A poor girl can trust.
5.  They'll hug you and kiss you
And tell you more lies
Than the crossties on the railroad
Or stars in the sky.
6.  So, caome all you young maidens
And listen to me,
Never place your affection
On a green willow tree.
7.  For the leaves they will wither,
And the roots they will die,
ou'll all be forsaken
And never know why.
8.  On top of Old Smoky
All covered with snow,
I lost my true lover
From courting too slow.


Pico Staffman Song

Note, as each next person in line sings about what he would be, when he finishes his two lines, he repeats them while the person who preceeded him says his two lines, then those two persons repeat while the person who preceded them . . .and so forth back to the person who started.
CH:  I am a Pico Staffman, and a staffman I'll always be.
But, if I weren't a staffman, a ________ I would be.
Fireman:  Jump lady, jump lady, Oooooh, SPLAT!
Jump lady, jump lady, Oooooh, SPLAT!
Ambulance  Scrape 'm off the pavement, put 'em in a bag.
Driver:  Scrape 'm off the pavement, put 'em in a bag.
Doctor:  Throw 'em on the table, cut 'em in the gut
Throw 'em on the table, cut 'em in the gut
Grave  Six foot down, plant 'em in the ground.
Digger:  Six foot down, plant 'em in the ground.
Grave  Six feet up, chuck 'em in the truck
Robber:  Six feet up, chuck 'em in the truck
Police  BANG, BANG, BANG, stop or I'll shoot.
Officer:  BANG, BANG, BANG, stop or I'll shoot.
Police  Here's my coffee, here's my donut, here's your ticket, ha ha ha
Officer:  Here's my coffee, here's my donut, here's your ticket, ha ha ha
Chef  Flip, flop, here's your slop.
(Aunt Jemima):  Flip, flop, here's your slop.
Plumber  Plunge it, flush it, look out below!
(Maintenance Worker):  Plunge it, flush it, look out below!
Ballerina:  Tippy toe, tippy toe, dip and swing
Tippy toe, tippy toe, dip and swing
Stewardess:  Here's your coffee, here's your tea,Here's your paper bag - BLAAAH!
Here's your coffee, here's your tea,Here's your paper bag - BLAAAH!
Baby Doll:  Betsy, wetsy, I love you (kiss)
Betsy, wetsy, I love you (kiss)
Electrician:  AC, DC, ZAP, AAAAH!
AC, DC, ZAP, AAAAH!
Naturalist  Hark, a lark, flying through the park - SPLAT!
(Bird Watcher):  Hark, a lark, flying through the park - SPLAT!
Ice Cream Maker:  Ooshy gooshy, ooshy gooshy, (WIPE NOSE) good ice cream.
Ooshy gooshy, ooshy gooshy, (WIPE NOSE) good ice cream.
Cowboy:  Giddy up, giddy up, quick draw - BANG!
Giddy up, giddy up, quick draw - BANG!
Camp Director:  Do this! Do that! Oh I gotta kick back.
Do this! Do that! Oh I gotta kick back.


Rabbits have no Tails at All

Rabbits have no tails at all,
Tails at all, tails at all,
Rabbits have no tails at all,
Just a powder puff!


Roll Me Over the Ocean
- Dan Lynch
CH:  Roll ne over the Ocean,
Roll ne over the Sea,
Roll me over the ocean and the deep blue sea. Hey!
Roll ne over the Ocean,
Roll ne over the Sea,
Roll me over the ocean and the deep blue sea. Hey!
1.  It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice go round.
It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice go round.
It's cheese, it's cheese, it's cheese that makes the mice go round.
It's cheese that makes the mice go round.
2.  It's mice, it's mice, it's mice that makes the cats go round.
3.  It's cats, it's cats, it's cats that makes the dogs go round.
4.  It's dogs, it's dogs, it's dogs that makes the boys go round.
5.  It's boys, it's boys, it's boys that makes the girls go round.
6.  It's girls, it's girls, it's girls that make the love go round.
7.  It's love, it's love, it's love that makes the world go round.


Scouting is the Thing
CH:  Scouting is the thing,
Scouting is the thing,
He turned to me and said:
"Scouting is the thing;"
Scouting is the thing,
Scouting is the thing,
He turned to me and said:
"Scouting is the thing;"
1.  Well it hapened last year, and as I recall,
I went to camp, and I had a ball.
When I went to my tent I threw my gear on the bed
And when I turned around the Camp Director said:
2.  Well next I went to the rifle range,
I looked at the dude and he looked kinda strange,
He handed ma a gun with a bullet in,
And when he spoke I just had to grin:
3.  Well I stayed for a while and I shot a few rounds,
I put down the gun and I got up off the ground.
I ran to the beach 'cause I saw I was late,
And the life guard yelled as I passed through the gate:
4.  Well I next went off to where they teach First Aid,
And I saw what was left of a Scoutcraft raid.
A Scout was down with a bandage on his head,
But when I came closer he jumped up and said:
5.  And then I went up to the Nature place,
Where a big ol' cat was staring me in the face.
I looked for the guys who were in charge,
And wouldn't you know, they're yelling LARS!
6.  Next I passed by Handicraft,
And when I got there I had to laugh.
This guy was there with a hexagon on his head,
And when I asked who he was, this is all he said:
7.  Well this went on all through the week,
It drove me crazy, it made me freak,
At the final assemblyu where all the troops stood,
As a final gift the staff carved it in wood:
8.  As last I went home after being gone,
Said Hi to my mother, father and brother Tom.
And late that night when they were in bed,
I kicked in the door and guess what I said:


Six Pence
1.  I've got six pence, jolly, jolly, six pence,
I've got six pence, to last me all my life.
I've got tuppence to spend, and tuppence to lend,
And tuppence to send home to my wife (poor wive).
CH:  No cares have I to grieve me,
No pretty little girls to deceive me. (what i need is a shower to relieve me)
I'm happy as a lark believe me, (I'm happy as a lark, blowing bubbles in the park)
As we go rolling, roling home.
Rolling home, rolling home,
By the light of the silvery moon.
Happy is the day when the staffman gets his pay, (Hey!) (...when the staff can hit the hay)
As we go rolling, rolling home.
2.  I've got four pence, jolly, jolly four pence.
I've got four pence, to last me all my life.
I've got tuppence to spend, and tuppence to lend,
And no pence to send home to my wife (poor wife).
3.  I've got tuppence, jolly, jolly tuppence.
I've got tuppence, to last me all my life.
I've got tuppence to spend, and no pence to lend,
And no pence to send home to my wife (poor wife).
4.  I've got no sense, absolutly no sense.
I've got no sense, to last me all my life.
I've got no sense to spend, and no sense to lend,
And no sense to send home to my wife (poor wife).


Shenandoah

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you.
Way, Hey, you rolling river!
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you.
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.

Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter,
Way, Hey, you rolling river!
Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter.
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.

Oh, Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you.
Way, Hey, you rolling river!
Oh, Shenandoah, I'll not deceive you.
Away, we're bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.


Smoky the Bear
1.  With a ranger's had and shovel and a pair of dungarees,
You will find him in the forest always sniffin' at the breeze.
People stop and pay attention when he tells 'em to beware,
'Cause ev'rybody knows he's the Fire Preventin' Bear.
CH:  Smokey the bear, Smokey the Bear,
Prowlin' and growlin' and sniffin' the air
He can find a fire before it starts to flame,
That's why they call him Smokey, that's how he got his name.
2.  You can take a tip from Fmokey that there's nothin' like a tree,
Cause they're good for kids to climb in and they're beautiful to see.
You just have to look around you and you'll find it's not a joke,
To see what you'd be missin' if they all went up in smoke.
3.  You can camp upon his doorstep and he'll make you feel at home,
You can run and hunt and ramble anywhere you care to roam.
He will let you take his honey and pretend he's not so smart,
But don't you harm his trees for he's a ranger in his heart.
4.  If you've ever seen the forest when a fire is running wild,
And you love the things within it like a mother loves her child,
Then you know why Smokey tells you when he sees yo passing through,
"Rember ... pleast be careful ... it's the least that you can do."


Stir the Wallaby Stew
CH:  So stir the Wallaby Stew,
Make soup of the Kangaroo's tail,
I tell ya things is pretty crooked
Since dad's been thrown in Ja - a - il. (ja - a - il).
1.  Poor daddy got five years or so,
as everybody knows
He's out there working on the road,
with arrows on his clothes.
He branded old Brown clean skins,
And never left a tab,
So, I'll relate the family's fate since
dad's been thrown in jail.
2.  Our sheeep they died, a month ago,
all down with bloom and fluke.
The car was lost last Christman,
by my brother Luke.
I sold the buggy in the town,
the farm is up for sale.
There'll be a hell of a lot more gone when
data gets out of jail.
3.  Our best got shook upon a bloke,
whose gone; we don't know where.
He used to work around the shed,
but never acted square.
Now mother's got some cattle poke,
forever at her tail.
We all will sure have grown a bit when
dad gets out of jail.
4.  They let dad out, before his time,
to give us a surprise.
He quickly looked at all of us,
and gently blessed our eyes.
He shook hands with the cattle poke,
said things are looking stale.
Then left him there with all of us, 'said
"I'm going back to jail."


The Thing

While I was walking down the beach one bright and sunny day,
I saw a great big wooden box a floating in the bat.
I pulled it in and opened it up and much to my surprise:
oooh, I discovered a (stomp - stomp - stomp) right before my eyes.
oooh, I discovered a (stomp - stomp - stomp) right before my eyes.

I picked it up and ran to town as happy as a king.
I took it to a guy I knew who'd buy most anything.
But this is what he hollered at me as I walked in his shop:
oooh, get out of here with that (stomp - stomp - stomp) before I call a cop.
oooh, get out of here with that (stomp - stomp - stomp) before I call a cop.

I turned around and got right out a running for my life.
And then I took it home to give it to my wife.
But this is what she hollered at me as I wallied in the door:
oooh,get out of here with that (stomp - stomp - stomp) and don't come back no more.
oooh,get out of here with that (stomp - stomp - stomp) and don't come back no more.

I wandered all around the town until I chanced to meet,
A hobo who was looking for a handout on the street,
He said he'd take most anything - he was a desperate man: oooh, when I showed him the (stomp - stomp - stomp) he turned around and ran.
oooh, when I showed him the (stomp - stomp - stomp) he turned around and ran.

I wandered on for many years a victim of my fate.
Until, one day, I came upon St. Peter at the gate.
And when I tried to take it inside, he told me where to go:
oooh, get out of here with that (stomp - stomp - stomp) and take it down below.
oooh, get out of here with that (stomp - stomp - stomp) and take it down below.

The moral of this story is if you're out on the beach,
And you should see a great big box, and it's within' my reach,
Dont ever stop and open it up, that's my advice to you
'Cause you'll never get rid of that (stomp - stomp - stomp) no matter what you do.
'Cause you'll never get rid of that (stomp - stomp - stomp) no matter what you do.


Titanic
CH:  Oh, it was sad (so sad), It was sad,
It was sad when ther great ship went down (to the bottom).
All the husbands and wives,
And little children lost their lives,
It was sad when the great ship went down.
1.  Oh, they build the ship Titanic,
To sail the ocean blue,
They said it was a ship the water would never leak through.
But the Lord's almighty hand,
Said the ship would never stand,
It was sad when the great ship went down.
2.  Oh, they sailed from England's shore,
About a thousand miles or more,
When the rich refused to associate with the poor,
So they put them down below,
Whee they'd be first to go,
It was sad when the great ship went down.
3.  Oh, the sides were filled with water,
And they all began to burst,
The Captain shouted bravely "Women and children first!"
They passed arough the belts,
And all prepared to drown,
It was sad when that great ship went down.
4.  The people were afraid,
They all began to flee,
The band began to play, "Nearer by God to Thee".
The Captain tried to wire,
But the lines were all on fire,
It was sad when that great ship went down.


Tongue Twister Song
1.  One flea fly flew up the flue, the other flea fly flew down,
One flea fly flew up the flue, the other flea fly flew down,
One flea fly flew up the flue, the other flea fly flew down.
Oh glory, glory how peculiar.
CH:  Glory, glory how peculiar
Glory, glory how peculiar
Glory, glory how peculiar
While one flea fly flew up the flue, the other flea fly flew down.
2.  One sly snake slid up the slide, the other sly snake slid down.
3.  One big bug blead black blood, the other big bug blead blue
4.  One red rooster ran up the road, the other red rooster ran down.
5.  One pink porpoise popped up the pole, the pther pink porpoise popped down.
6.  When one trim train trundled up the track, the other trim train trundled down.


Trail the Eagle

Trail the Eagle, trail the Eagle, Climbing all the time.
First the Star and then the Life will on your bosom shine, keep climbing.
Blaze a trail and we will follow, Hard the Eable's call,
On, brothers, on until we're Eagles all.


Vive L'Amour
1.  Let every good fellow now join in this song,
Vive la compagnie!
Success to each other and pass it along,
Vive la compagnie!
CH:  Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour
Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour
Vive l'amour, vive l'amour,
Vive la compagnie!
2.  A friend on your left and a friend on your right,
Vive la compagnie!
In love and good fellowship let us unite,
Vive la compagnie!
3.  Now wider and wider our circle expands,
Vive la compagnie!
We sing to our comrades in far away lands,
Vive la compagnie!


Witch Doctor
1.  I told the witch doctor, I was in love with you.
I told the witch doctor, I was in love with you.
And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do.
He said that:
CH:  oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang;
oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang.
oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang;
oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang.
2.  I told the witch doctor you didn't love me true.
I told the witch doctor you didn't love me nice.
An then the witch doctor, he gave me this advice.
He said that:
3.  You've been keeping love from me just like you were a miser,
And I'll admit I wasn't very smart.
So I went out and found myself a gril that's so much nicer,
And he taught me the way to win your heart:
4.  My friend, the witch doctor, he taught me what to say.
My friend, the witch doctor, he taught me what to do.
I know that you'll be mine when I say this to you (Oh, Baby).

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