http://www.girlscoutguide.com Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.girlscoutguide.com http://www.girlscoutguide.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/GsG-girl.png http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/banjo/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/banjo/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:00:45 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=616 This song is sung with a southern twang, and during the banjo parts, play a banjo sound. It’s a fun song for kids. I like to play my old banjo And place it on my knee But now the strings are all broken, and It’s no good to me. I took it to the music shop To see what they [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/banjo/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/song-that-never-ends/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/song-that-never-ends/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:00:19 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=605 Of course, this can be a horrifically annoying song for any adult, to realize the consequences before you teach a child this! This is the song that never ends It just goes on and on, my friend Some people started singing it Forever just because…(Repeat) ]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/song-that-never-ends/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/tomba-tomba/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/tomba-tomba/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:00:37 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=607 This is a fun song, though you have to listen to the song to get the rhythm going. Tomba Tomba (repeat) A riki tiki tomba (repeat) A moosa moosa moosa (repeat) Wayla wayla wayla wayla (repeat) Repeat the first three lines louder and louder each time, but do the “Wayla” do it very softly On the final time, sing the first [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/tomba-tomba/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/moonshadow/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/moonshadow/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:00:55 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=609 This song was made famous by Cat Stevens, though I learned this song at camp long before I knew anything about Cat Stevens.  We sang it frequently by the fire as some of the last songs of the evening to wind down before bed. (Chorus) I’m being followed by a moon shadow Moon shadow, moon shadow Leaping and [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/moonshadow/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/on-my-honor/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/on-my-honor/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:00:26 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=576 Another great slow song, this is popular to sing both in troop meetings, ceremonies, and at camp.  We didn’t sing it so much at camp since, although it was Girl Scout camp, not every girl that attended was actually a Girl Scout.  Many included their registration fees in their fees to attend camp, but never [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/on-my-honor/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/barges/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/barges/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=573 There are several versions of this song, but at camp we always sang the original version.  It was a popular song to round out the evening before bed… slow and quiet and wouldn’t get the girls all riled up. Out of my window looking in the night, I can see the barges’ flickering light. Silently flows the river [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/barges/feed/ 2 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/rise-up-o-flame/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/rise-up-o-flame/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:00:21 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=571 This is a great song to sing at any camp out as the fire is being lit.  It’s a great song to be sung in the round, and we usually just cut it off once the fire was nice and roaring.  There was a superstition I was told about as a young scout that if [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/rise-up-o-flame/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/make-new-friends/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/make-new-friends/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:00:04 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=569 Interestingly, in doing my research I found another verse to this song that I’d never been taught!  We always just sang the first verse in our meetings, and even in going away to Girl Scout camp, I never learned another version.  I wonder if this is a regional thing?  If you know, please share! Make new [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/06/make-new-friends/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/05/ants-go-marching/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/05/ants-go-marching/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 18:00:28 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=567 This is a fun countdown song, starting at ants marching one by one and going all the way up to ten by ten.  It’s a great song for younger girls who are learning to count as it gives them a chance to get some practice in!  Not that in the seventh verse, the action is [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/05/ants-go-marching/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/05/neath-these-tall-green-trees/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/05/neath-these-tall-green-trees/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 18:00:42 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=530 I will preface this by saying that I have NO idea if Girl Scouts still sing grace before meals at camp.  I’m guessing it depends on the area and the audience, so to speak.  Growing up and going to Girl Scout camp in California, we were always told that we could substitute “Earth” for “God” [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/05/neath-these-tall-green-trees/feed/ 0