Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia (Group 1) Praise ye the Lord (Group 2) Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia (Group 1) Praise ye the Lord (Group 2) Praise ye the Lord (Group 2) Alleluia (Group 1) Praise ye the Lord (Group 2) Alleluia (Group 1) Praise ye the Lord (slow and all together)
Read MoreSongs in a Round
These camp songs are sung by splitting the group into 2 or 3 sections, with each starting the camp songs at a different time. Once each section has begun singing, the lyrics go "round and round" between the groups until each group finishes the song.
Awake, Awake
(This is a welcome song) Awake, awake The day doth break Good campers, welcome to you all! Come greet the light, Shake off the night. Our camp is open to all!
Read MoreBlack 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)
Read MoreBottle O’Pop
1 Bottle o’pop 2 Bottle o’pop 3 Bottle o’pop 4 Bottle o’pop 5 Bottle o’pop 6 Bottle o’pop 7 Bottle o’pop Don’t put your trash in my back yard, my backyard, my backyard. Don’t put your trash in my backyard My backyard’s full. Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar Fish and chips and vinegar Pepper, pepper, pepper, salt. Mayonnaise …
Read MoreC-H-I-C-K-E-N
C that’s the first letter in H that’s the second letter in I I am the third and C that’s the fourth letter in that word K I’m fillin in E I’m near the end Oh, C-H-I-C-K-E-N that’s the way to spell chicken. Oh Ruftus, Raftus, Johnston Brown What cha gonna do when the rent comes round What cha gonna …
Read MoreCall John the Boatman
Call John the Boatman Call him again For loud roars the river And fast falls the rain John is asleep He sleeps very sound His oars are at rest And his boat lies aground Fast flows the river So rapid and deep That the louder that you call John The sounder he will sleep
Read MoreEnergy in Me
start soft, get louder, get softer build excitement then calm down I have too much energy in me, I must release it somehow How am I gonna do that? 2, 3, 4, & clap, clap-clap, clap (snap fingers to keep time)
Read MoreFish & Chips
Group #1 Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar Fish and chips and vinegar, pepper, pepper, pepper, POP! Group #2 1 bottle of pop, 2 bottle of pop, 3 bottle of pop, 4 bottle of pop, 5 bottle of pop, 6 bottle of pop, 7 7 bottle of pop. Group #3 Don’t dust your dust in my dust pan, my …
Read MoreFolk Round
This train is bound for glory this train This train is bound for glory this train This train is bound for glory This train is bound for glory This train is bound for glory this train Oh when the Saints Come marching in Oh when the Saints come marching in Oh lord I want to be, in that number When …
Read MoreFor Health and Strength
Dinner (a round)For health and strength and daily bread,We praise thy name, oh Lord.
Read MoreGood Morning Chant
none Get people going! Chant: G-o-o-d m-o-r-n-i-n-g Good morning! Hey, hey, Good Morning!
Read MoreMingled Melodies
Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Three blind mice, three blind mice Brother John, Brother John See how they run, see how they run Morning bells are ringing They all ran after the farmer’s wife. Morning bells are ringing Cut off their tails with a carving knife. Ding, ding, dong! Ding, ding, dong! Never saw such a sight in your …
Read MoreReese Peanut Butter Cup
ENTHUSIASM!!!!!! Having spirited leaders is key!!! Get everyone fired up!! Reese Peanut Butter Cup We sing this song to pump us up! Wham Bam Choo choo Train C’mon Cabin…. do your thang! Cabin…: “We can’t!” Leader: “Why not?” Cabin…: “We just can’t!” Leader: “Why not?” Cabin…: “Our backs’ too sore, the sun’s too bright, our booties shake from the left …
Read MoreRose, Ah Poor Bird, Hey Ho
Good listening skills Hold onto a tune! Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose Will I ever see thee wed? I will marry at they will, sire, At thy will. (This can be sung along with three other rounds): Ah, Poor bird Take thy flight High above the sorrows of this sad, sad, night. and Oh, sweet love Loves thou me Then quickly …
Read MoreSay When
Say when will we ever meet again Say when will we ever meet again Say when will we ever meet again Say when my friend say when Say where and I’ll meet you write there Say where and I’ll meet you right there Say where and I’ll meet you right there Say where my friend say where Say why do …
Read MoreSecond Story Window
The window, the window The second-story window If you don’t know a nursery rhyme We’ll throw you out the window! Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow (The second group starts singing the verse starting with “the window, the window) And every where that Mary went – She threw it out the window! The window, the …
Read MoreSuper Lizard
Super lizard Super lizard See him swim See him swim In and out of the water In and out of the water With his fins With his fins
Read MoreYou Are My Sunshine (funky version)
This is the ‘Funky’ version of you are my Sunshine. You teach the funky version and then split the group in half. One group sings the normal version first, then the funky, then the normal again while the other group sings funky, normal, funky. (Normal version) You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are …
Read MoreZulu Warrior
Group 1: I come a zumba zumba zy Group 2: I come a zumba zumba zee Group 3: I come a zumba zumba zy Group 4: I come a zumba zumba zee All together: See him there The Zulu warrior See him there The Zulu Chief! Chief! Chief! (Group 2 starts singing) See him there The Zulu Warrior See him …
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