Posts Tagged "Camp Songs"

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

This is a classic song, and to be honest I don’t remember if I learned it at camp, in Girl Scout meetings, or in school.  I definitely remember singing it at camp though in later years as a Counselor-in-Training there.  At camp this was an excellent song to sing in the morning between the flag ceremony and breakfast to help wake the girls up.  It can also be a great activity to get the girls energized for a meeting. Remember, you sit down or get up (whichever comes next) every time you sing a word that starts with “B”!

My Bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
So bring back my Bonnie to me
 
Bring back, Bring back
Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, Bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me

 

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The Great Big Book Of Children’s Songs
Composed by Various. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook. Piece for the NFMC Vocal event with the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Festivals Bulletin 2008-2009-2010. Children’s. Songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 224 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.310002).
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A Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe

A Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe

This is great little song to sing by the water front, or even while in a canoe!  I learned this song while at camp, but you could always sing this on a troop outing to a lake while boating.

Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe
With the moon shining all around
As he glides his paddle
You couldn’t even hear a sound
So they talked, and they talked
Till the moon grew dim
Then the little boy said
Let’s go for a swim
So what you gonna do in a little canoe
With the moon shinin’ all a
Boats floatin’ all a
Girls swimmin’ all around!

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Old Lady Leary

Old Lady Leary

Before singing this song, divide the group into 4 and have a different counselor or person lead each section, cuing them for their part.  Sing the first part together, then break it up in order.  Groups 1 & 2 can sing in normal voices, but it’s fun for group 3 to sing their lines in a high pitch and for group 4 to sing their lines in a deep gruff firefighter voice.

Late last night, while 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”
 
Group 1: Fire! Fire! Fire!
Group 2: Water! Water! Water!
Group 3: Save My Child! Save My Child!
Group 4: Jump, Lady, Jump!

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John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt

John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt

This is a fun song.  As you sing it, you repeat the words getting quieter and quieter each round until it’s too quiet. You also sing it faster and faster as you repeat it. You could probably mix it up and repeat the words louder and louder too. It’s your choice!

John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt,
His name is my name, too!
Whenever we go out, the people always shout,
“There goes John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt!”
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!

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If You’re Happy & You Know It

If You’re Happy & You Know It

Everyone knows this song, but some people as they get older tend to forget the lyrics exactly.  So here they are as a reference point.

If you’re happy and you know it
Clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it Clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it
Clap your hands

 
Continue in a similar manner
If you’re happy and you know it
Stomp your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it
Shout “Hooray!”
If you’re happy and you know it
Do all three

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