http://www.girlscoutguide.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:23:52 +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/2010/08/wheneer-you-make-a-promise/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/wheneer-you-make-a-promise/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:00:48 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=628 This might have very well been one of the first songs I learned as a Brownie.  It’s a classic Girl Scout song that we sang all the way through Senior scouts.  It’s a very short song, but lovely. Whene’er you make a promise, Consider well it’s importance And when made, Engrave it upon your heart. Buy Whene’er You Make a [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/wheneer-you-make-a-promise/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/camptown-races/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/camptown-races/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:00:35 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=626 This song is also referred to as Camptown Ladies.  The doo-da is the most fun part of the song, at least for a young girl it was! The Campptown ladies sing this song, Doo-da, Doo-da The Camptown racetrack’s five miles long Oh, de doo-da day Goin’ to run all night Goin’ to run all day I bet my money on a bob-tailed [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/camptown-races/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/bingo/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/bingo/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:00:37 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=623 Everyone knows this song.  It’s an old favorite.  I assume I was originally taught this in kindergarten, but we utilized it at camp and in meetings as well .  Repeat and each time you sing the next verse substitute a letter with a clap. There was a farmer who had a dog And Bingo was his name-o. B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-O And [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/bingo/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/shell-be-coming-round-the-mountain/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/shell-be-coming-round-the-mountain/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:00:18 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=621 I loved this song, including the little words in between.  All the words in parenthesis are shouted, not really sung.  We also made up little actions to them, like the motions of a truck horn during the “toot toot”.  Little pantomimes make the song extra fun. She’ll be coming round the mountain When she comes (Toot, toot!) She’ll be [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/08/shell-be-coming-round-the-mountain/feed/ 0 http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/little-bunny-foo-foo/ http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/little-bunny-foo-foo/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Trish http://www.girlscoutguide.com/?p=618 This is a really fun song, as kids love the motions of the bopping field mice on the head.  A lot of schools teach this, at least that’s where I first learned it. (Chorus) Little bunny Foo Foo Hopping through the forest Scooping up the field mice And bopping ‘em on the head Down came the good fairy and she [...]]]> http://www.girlscoutguide.com/2010/07/little-bunny-foo-foo/feed/ 1 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/ 1 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