This land is your land, this land
is my land,
From California to the New York
Island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters,
This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway,
I saw below me that golden valley,
This land was made for you and me.
I roamed and rambled, and I
followed my footsteps,
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,
And all around me, a voice was sounding.
This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, then I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving, and
the dust clouds rolling,
A voice was chanting as the fog
was lifting,
This land was made for you and me.
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Lived a miner, Fourty-niner,
And his daughter, Clementine.
Chorus:
Oh my darling, Oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine,
You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine;
Herring boxes, without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.
Chorus
Drove she ducklings to the water,
Ev'ry morning just at nine;
Hit her foot against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.
Chorus
Saw her lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, mighty fine;
But alas! I am no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
Chorus
In a corner of the churchyard,
Where the myrtle boughs entwine,
Grow the roses and the posies,
Fertilized by Clementine.
Chorus
When the miner fourty-niner,
Soon began to peak and pine,
Thought he oughter "jine" his daughter,
Now he's with his Clementine.
Chorus
In my dreams she still doth haunt
me
Robed in garments soaked in brine,
Though in life I used to hug her,
Now she's dead I draw the line.
Chorus
Now you Boy Scouts, learn a lesson,
From this tragic tale of mine:
Artificial respiration would have
saved My Clementine.
Notes: Sing as a group song using a new Mother Goose rhyme each time you sing the chorus, substituting "She threw it out the window"
for the last line of each rhyme and making throwing motions with
arms.
Old Mother Hubbard went to the
cupboard
To get her poor dog a bone.
When she got there the cupboard was
bare,
So she threw it out the window!
The window, the second story window!
With a heave and a ho and a mighty
throw,
She through it out the window!
Mary had a little lamb,
It's fleece was white as snow.
And every where that
Mary went,
She threw it out the window!
The window, the second story window!
With a heave and a ho and a mighty
throw,
She through it out the window!
Variation: Divide the group into two or more
teams. One team starts by singing a rhyme. As soon as one team finishes, another starts.
A team is eliminated if it fails to start singing as soon as it's turn comes.
Once there was a Dutchman,
His name was Johnnie Verbeck.
He ran a kosher deli,
Selling sausages and spec.
He made the finest sausages
That ever you did see.
But one day he invented,
A sausage making machine.
Chorus:
Oh, Johnnie Verbeck, Oh, Johnnie Verbeck,
How could you be so mean?
I told you you'd be sorry for
inventing that machine.
Now all the neighbors' cats and dogs
Will never more be seen,
They'll all be ground to sausages
In Johnnie Verbeck's machine.
One day a little fat boy
Came walking in the store,
He bought a pound of sausages
And put them on the floor.
The boy began to whistle,
He whistled up a tune,
And all the little sausages
Went dancing 'round the room.
Chorus
One day the machine got busted,
The darned thing wouldn't go.
So Johnnie Verbeck, he crawled
inside to see what made it so.
Mrs. Verbeck had a nightmare,
And walking in her sleep,
She gave the crank a deuce of a yank
And Johnnie Verbeck was meat.
Chorus
Action version: Stand up
on the first word that starts with a "b". Then sit down on the next "b" word and so on. The whole group should end the song sitting down.
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea.
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me.
Variations: instead of doing the action version, sing these additional verses.
Last night as I lay on my pillow,
Last night as I lay on my bed,
I stuck my feet out of the window,
Next morning my neighbors were dead.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my neighbors to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my neighbors to me.
My Bonnie leaned over the gas tank,
The height of its contents to see.
I lighted a match to assist her,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
Bring
back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
Bring
back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
My breakfast lies over the ocean,
My luncheon lies over the rail.
My supper lies in a commotion.
Won't somebody bring me a pail?
Please bring, please bring,
Oh please bring a pail to me, to me.
Please
bring, please bring,
Oh please bring a pail to me.
Who knows what I had for breakfast?
Who knows what I had for tea?
Who knows what I had for supper?
Just look out the window and see.
Clams, clams, clams,
clams,
Clams and ice cream don't agree with me.
Clams, clams, clams, clams,
Clams and ice cream don't agree with me.
Sing each stanza making appropriate motions and sounds. Then at the end of each stanza, repeat all previous sounds and
motions.
She'll be commin' 'round the mountain when she comes,
"Whoo, Whoo!"
She'll be commin' 'round
the mountain when she comes,
"Whoo, whoo!"
She'll be commin' 'round the mountain
She'll be commin' 'round the mountain
She'll be commin' 'round the mountain when she comes,
"Whoo, whoo!"
She'll be drivin' six white horses when she comes,
"Whoa back!"
She'll be drivin' six white horses when she comes,
"Whoa back!"
She'll be drivin' six white horses
She'll be drivin' six white horses
She'll be drivin' six white horses when she comes,
"Whoa back!, Whoo, Whoo!"
We will all go out to meet her when she comes,
Hi, Babe!"
We will all go out to meet her when she comes,
"Hi, Babe!"
We will all go out to meet her we will all go out to meet her
We will all go out to meet her when she comes,
"Hi, Babe!, Whoa back!, Whoo, whoo!"
We will kill the old red rooster when she comes,
Hack, Hack!"
We will kill the old red rooster when she comes,
"Hack, Hack!"
We will kill the old red rooster
We will kill the old red rooster
We will kill the old red rooster when she comes,
"Hack, Hack!, Hi Babe!, Whoa back!, Whoo,
whoo!"
We will all have chicken an' dumplings when she comes,
"Yum, Yum!"
We will all have chicken an' dumplings when she comes,
"Yum, Yum!"
We will all have chicken an' dumplings
we will all have chicken an' dumplings
we will all have chicken an' dumplings
When she comes,
"Yum, Yum!, Hack Hack!, Hi Babe!, Whoa back!, Whoo, whoo!"
Tune: Alouette
All:
Ravioli, I like ravioli.
Ravioli, it's the best for me.
Leader:
Have I got it on my chin?
All:
Yes, You've got it on your chin.
Leader:
On my chin?
Chorus:
All:
On your chin. Oh-h-h-h-h
Ravioli, I like ravioli.
Ravioli, it's the best for me.
(Continue with tie, shirt, pants, shoes, floor, walls. Point to the items as each new word is added by
the song leader. each time the chorus is sung, the previous verses are sung in reverse order.)
ROBERT BADEN POWELL
Note: when you get to the end of each verse, the appropriate body part starts moving and continues to move until the end of the song.
Robert Baden Powell had many scouts
Many scouts had Robert Baden Powell.
I am one of them, and so are you.
Let me tell you what to do...
Right arm.
Robert Baden Powell had many scouts
Many scouts had Robert Baden Powell
I am one of them, and so are you.
Let me tell you what to do...
Right arm, left arm.
Robert Baden Powell had many scouts
Many scouts had Robert Baden Powell
I am one of them, and so are you.
Let me tell you what to do...
Right arm, left arm, right leg.
Robert Baden Powell had many scouts
Many scouts had Robert Baden Powell
I am one of them, and so are you.
Let me tell you what to do...
Right arm, left arm, right leg,
left leg.
Robert Baden Powell had many scouts
Many scouts had Robert Baden Powell
I am one of them, and so are you.
Let me tell you what to do...
Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, Stand up, sit down,
The end.
All:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
hopping through the forest,
scoopin' up the
field mice
and boppin' them on the head.
Down came the good Fairy, and she said:
"Little Bunny
Foo-Foo, I don't want to see you, scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head."
Leader:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, she said, I'm going to give you three chances, and if you continue to scoop up the field mice and bop them on the
head, I'm going to turn you into a goon! Next day...
All:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
hopping
through the forest,
scoopin' up the field mice
and boppin' them on the head.
Down came the good Fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, I don't want to see you,
scoopin' up the field
mice
and boppin' them on the head.
Leader:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, she said, I gave you three chances, and now you only have two left. If you continue to scoop up the field mice and bop them on the head, I'm going to turn you into a goon! Next day...
All:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
hopping through the forest,
scoopin' up the field mice
and boppin' them on the head.
Down came the good Fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, I don't want to see you,
scoopin' up the field mice
and boppin' them on the head.
Leader:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, she said, I gave you three chances, and now
you only have two left. If you continue to scoop up the field mice and bop them on the head, I'm going to turn you into a goon! Next day...
All:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo,
hopping through the forest,
scoopin' up the
field mice
and boppin' them on the head.
Down came the good Fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, I don't want to see you,
Scoopin' up the field mice
and boppin' them on the head.
Leader:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo, she said, I gave you three chances, and now you only have one left. If you continue to scoop up the field mice and bop
them on the head, I'm going to turn you into a goon! Next day...
All:
Little Bunny
Foo-Foo,
hopping through the forest,
scoopin' up the
field mice
and
boppin' them on the head.
Down came the good Fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny
Foo-Foo, I don't want to see you,
Scoopin' up the field mice
and
boppin' them on the head.
Leader:
Little Bunny
Foo-Foo, she said, I gave you three chances, and now you only have one left. If you continue to scoop up the field mice and bop them on the head, I'm going to turn you into a goon!
POOF, GOON!
The moral: Hare today, Goon tomorrow!
Tune: "A Hunting We Will Go"
Note: First time through, Just sing the song, to be sure all know it,
then when the word up is sung, everyone stands up, and when the
word down is sung, everyone sits down. Go through the song several
times, getting faster each time.
The Grand Old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up the hill, and
he marched them down again.
And when they're up they're up.
And when they're down they're down,
But when they're only halfway up,
They're neither up nor down.
Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic
I wear my pink pajamas in the
summer when it's hot.
I wear my flannel nighties in the
winter when it's not.
And sometimes in the springtime,
and sometimes in the fall,
I jump between the sheets with
nothing on at all.
CHORUS:
Glory, glory, Hallelujah;
Glory, glory, what's it to ya.
Balmy breezes blowing through
ya,
With nothing on at all.
Tune: "Joy in my Heart"
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
Up in my head, Up in my head,
Up in my head,
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
Up in my head,
Up in my head, to stay.
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
Deep in my heart,
Deep in my heart,
Deep in my heart,
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
Deep in my heart,
Deep in my heart, to stay.
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
Down in my feet, Down in my feet,
Down in my feet,
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
Down in my feet ,
Down in my feet , to stay.
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
All over me, all over me,
All over me,
I've got that Scouting
Spirit,
All over me,
All over me, to stay.
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
Up in my head, Deep in my heart,
Down in my feet,
I've got that Scouting Spirit,
All over me,
All over me, to stay.
Tune: "Caisson Song"
Over hill, over dale,
We will hit the green-wood trail,
As the Boy scouts go hiking along.
In and out, all around, You will
never see us frown, As the Boy
Scouts go hiking along.
And it's hi! hi! hee! The B.S.A.'s for me,
Shout out our name and shout it strong.
Where ever we go, you will always
know,
That the Boy Scouts go hiking along.
I have a sad story to tell you,
It may hurt your feelings a bit.
Last night when I walked into my bathroom,
I stepped in a big pile of ...
Shhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean,
shave every day and you'll always look keen.
A baby fell out of the window,
You'd think that her head would be split,
But good luck was with her that
morning, she fell in a barrel of...
Shhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean
shave every day and you'll always look keen.
An old lady died in the bath tub.
She died from a terrible fit.
In order to fulfill her wishes,
She was buried in six feet of...
Shhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave every day and you'll always look keen.
I went for a hike with Troop 80,
At lunch time I looked in my kit,
I thought I would find me a sandwich,
But the darned thing was loaded with...
Shhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave every day and you'll always look keen.
While watching a swell game of
baseball,
One player got him a nice hit.
While on his way down to first base,
He stepped in a big pile of...
Shhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave every day and you'll always look keen.
Our baby got into some peaches,
We thought he had swallowed a pit.
Next morning we looked in his diaper,
But the darned thing was loaded
with...
Shhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave every day and you'll always look keen.
And now folks my story is ended,
I think it is time I should quit,
If any of you feel offended,
Stick your head in a bucket of...
Shhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave every day and you'll always look keen.
Note: This song needs to be personalized each time it is used. Name staffers or things particular to your specific camp experience.
The important thing is to keep the rhythm for each stanza and have fun with it.
* can be "Boy Scout Life" or "Many
Point" or whatever.
The biscuits that they have here
They say are mighty fine,
But one rolled off the table
And killed a friend of mine.
Chorus:
Oh, I don't want no more of Cooper* life,
Gee, Ma I wanna go home.
The staffers that they have here
The say are mighty fine,
The one that teaches swimming
He looks like Frankenstein.
The chicken at Camp Cooper*,
They say is mighty fine,
But once two drumsticks got up,
And started beating time.
*Insert camp name. These should be
enough examples to get you going.
Old King Cole, was a merry old soul
and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl,
and he called for his Tenderfoots three.
Rooty-Tooty-Tooty-Tooty-Toot!
Said the Tenderfoots,
Merry men are we!
And there's none so fair
as can compare
with the boys from
C.P.C
Old King Cole, was a merry old soul
and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl,
and he called for his Second Class three.
Ring-A-Ding Ring-A-Ding Ding, said the Second Class,
Rooty-Tooty-Tooty-Tooty-Toot! said the Tenderfoots,
Merry men are we!
And there's none so fair
as can compare
with the boys from
C.P.C
Old King Cole, was a merry old soul
and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl,
and he called for his First Class three.
HIIIIGH-YYYUP!! Said the First
Class
Ring-A-Ding Ring-A-Ding Ding! Said the Second Class,
Rooty-Tooty-Tooty-Tooty-Toot! Said the Tenderfoots,
Merry men are we!
And there's none so fair
as can compare
with the boys from
C.P.C
Old King Cole, was a merry old soul
and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl,
and he called for his Life Scouts three.
Here We Go Again! Said the Life Scouts,
HIIIIGH YYYUPP!! Said the First Class,
Ring-A-Ding Ring-A-Ding Ding! Said the Second Class,
Rooty-Tooty-Tooty-Tooty-Toot! Said the Tenderfoots,
Merry men are we!
And there's none so fair
as can compare
with the boys from
C.P.C
Old King Cole, was a merry old soul
and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl,
and he called for his Eagle Scouts three.
Where's my Big White Horse!! Said the Eagle Scouts,
Here We go again! Said the Life Scouts,
HIIIIGH YYYUPP!! Said the First Class,
Ring-A-Ding Ring-A-Ding Ding! Said the Second Class,
Rooty-Tooty-Tooty-Tooty-Toot! Said the Tenderfoots,
Merry men are we!
And there's none so fair
as can compare
with the boys from
C.P.C
Roll out the barrel,
We'll have a barrel of fun.
Roll out the barrel,
We've got the blues on the run.
Sing boom-ta-ra-ra
Sing out a song of good cheer,
Now's the time to roll the barrel
For the gang's all here.
California Here I Come
California here I come,
Right back where I started from.
Where towers of flowers bloom in the sun,
Each morning at dawning Birdies sing and everything,
A sunkist miss said,
"Don't be late,"
That's why I can hardly wait,
Open up that golden
gate,
California, here I come.
The stars at night are big and
bright,
Deep in the heart of Texas;
The prairie sky is wide and high,
Deep in the heart of Texas.
The sage in bloom is like perfume,
Deep in the heart of Texas;
Reminds me of the one I love,
Deep in the heart of Texas.
The coyotes wail along the trail,
Deep in the heart of Texas;
The rabbits rush around the brush,
Deep in the heart of Texas.
The cowboys cry, "Ki-Yip-Pee-Yi",
Deep in the heart of Texas;
The doggies bawl, and bawl and bawl,
Deep in the heart of Texas.
TUNE:
Dance of the Hours
Hello Muddah, hello Faddah,
Here I am at camp Grenada.
Camp is very entertaining,
And they say we'll have some fun if
it stops raining.
I went hiking with Joe Spivey,
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Leonard 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 this should scare ya',
But my bunkmate has Malaria.
You remember Jeffery Hardy,
They're about to organize a searching party.
Take me home, oh Muddah, Faddah,
Take me home, I hate Grenada.
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,
Oh please don't make me stay,
I've been here one whole day...
Dearest Muddah, Darling Faddah,
How's my precious little bruddah?
Let me come home if you miss me,
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me !
Wait a minute, it's stopped hailing,
Guys are swimming, Guys are sailing!
Playing baseball, gee that's bettah,
Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this
letter!!!
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey,
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey,
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
If the words sound queer and funny
to your ear,
A little bit jumbled and jivey,
Sing, "Mares eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy."
Oh! Mairzy doats and dozey doats and
liddle lamzy divey,
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Some people say a man is made out of mud,
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood,
Muscle and blood and skin and bones,
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
CHORUS:
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go,
I owe my soul to the company store.
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine,
I picked up my shovel and walked to the mine,
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal,
And the strong boss said, "Well, bless my soul."
CHORUS
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain,
Fighting and trouble are my middle name,
I was raised in a cave, by an old mama lion,
C'aint no high tone woman make me walk the line.
CHORUS
If you see me coming, better step aside,
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died.
One fist of iron, the other of steel,
If the right one don't get you, then the left on will.
CHORUS
When John Henry was just a little
baby boy,
No bigger than the palm of your hand,
His mammy looked down at John Henry and said:
My Johnny' be a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord,
My Johnny' be a steel drivin' man.
John Henry said to the captain,
"Captain, why don't you learn to
swing.
I'm drivin' forty nine pounds from my hip bottom down,
Love to hear that cold steel ring,
Lord, Lord,
Love to hear that cold steel ring."
John Henry had a pretty little woman,
and her name was Polly Ann.
John Henry took sick and had to go to bed,
Polly drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord,
Polly drove steel like a man.
John Henry went up on a mountain,
that steam hammer by his side,
But he'd beat that drill through to the end of the line,
When he laid down his hammer and he cried, Lord, Lord,
He laid down his hammer and he cried.
John Henry drove steel round that
mountain,
till the hammer put out fire.
For that very last word I hear John Henry say,
A cool glass of water I'm gonna die, Lord, Lord,
A cool glass of water I'm gonna die.
Well they buried John Henry in the graveyard,
They lay him six feet under the sand,
Every time a freight train go rollin' on by,
They say yonder lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord,
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man.
He was headed into Boston in a big old diesel truck
It was his first shift and he was havin' lots of luck.
He went the wrong direction down a one way street in town.
And this is what he said when the
police chased him down.
CHORUS:
Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around.
It's the easiest way that I've found.
Some guys can turn it on a dime or turn it right downtown,
But I need 40 acres to turn this
rig around.
When he finally found where to unload,
he had a dreadful shock.
His trailer pointed to the road,
And his cab right to the dock.
And as he looked around him,
through his tears he made this sound:
Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around.
CHORUS
When he finally got unloaded,
he was asked to leave the town.
He was very, very happy,
going back to
Alabam.
When up ahead he saw a sign said,
you are northward bound.
Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around.
CHORUS
He was drivin' down the right lane
when ahead he saw a sign,
He had to make a left turn,
but he could not get in line.
The tears were streamin' down his cheeks
and they all heard him yell:
Give me 40 sticks of dynamite 'n I'll
blow this rig to...
Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this
rig around.
It's the easiest way that I've
found.
Some guys can turn it on a dime or
turn it right downtown;
But I need 40 acres to turn this
rig around.
Spoken:
Let me tell you a story about a boll weevel Now some of you may not know, but a boll weevel is an insect And he's found mostly where cotton grows Now where they come from, nobody really knows But this is the way the story goes.
The farmer said to the boll weevel,
I see you're on my square.
The boll weevel said to the farmer,
Yep, my whole darn family's here.
We gotta have a home,
we gotta have a home.
The farmer said to the boll weevel;
Say, why'd you pick my farm?
The weevel just laughed at the farmer and said;
We ain't gonna do much harm.
We're lookin for a ho o o o o ome.
And the boll weevel spied him a lightnin' bug.
He said; yea, I'd like to make a trade with you,
Cuz' you see, if I was a lightnin' bug,
I'd search the whole night through.
A searchin' for a home I'd have me
plenty of homes.
And the boll weevel called the
farmer and said;
You better sell your old machines
'Cause when I'm through with your cotton,
heh,
You can't even buy gasoline.
I wanna take me a home, gotta have a home.
And the boll weevel said to the
farmer;
Say farmer, I'd like to wish you well.
Farmer said to the boll weevel;
Yea, 'n I wish that you went to...
Lookin' for a home, lookin' for a home.
Ah, you'd have a home all right,
you'd have a real hot home.
How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she can sleep in the sand?
How many times must a cannon ball fly.
Before they're forever banned?
CHORUS:
The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind,
The answer is blowing in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
CHORUS
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears can one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till
He learns that too many people have died?
CHORUS
CHORUS:
Day-O, Day-O,
Daylight come and me wan' go home,
Day-O, Day-O,
Daylight come and me wan' go home.
Work all night on a drink of rum
Daylight come and me wan' go home.
Stock bananas till the morning come,
Daylight come and me wan' go home.
Come Mr. Tally man, Tally me bananas,
Daylight come and me wan' go home.
(repeat)
CHORUS
Pick six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch,
Daylight come and me wan' go home.
(repeat)
CHORUS
A beautiful bunch of ripe banana,
Daylight come and me wan' go home.
Hide the deadly black tarantula.
Daylight come and me wan' go home.
CHORUS
The ants go marching one by one
hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching one by one
hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stopped to suck his
thumb,
And they all go marching
Down to the ground, to the earth.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Two by two - to tie his shoe
Three by three - to scratch his knee
Four by four - to shut the door
Five by five - to dance and jive
Six by six - to pick up sticks
Seven by seven - to look to heaven
Eight by eight - to shut the gate
Nine by nine - to have a shoe shine
Ten by ten - he want's to start again!!!
I'm being swallowed by a
boa constrictor,
I'm being swallowed by a
boa constrictor,
And I don't like it one little bit.
Oh, no, he's got my toe,
O gee, he's up to my knee,
Oh, my, he's reached my thigh,
O fiddle, he's at my middle,
Oh heck, he's up to my neck,
O dread, He's got my GULP!!!
(repeat each line after leader)
There was a hole The prettiest little hole that you ever did see,
CHORUS: (ALL) And the green grass grew all around, all around, And the green grass grew all around.
And in that hole There was a tree,
the prettiest little tree that you
ever did see,
(ALL) And the tree was in the hole, And the hole was in the ground,
CHORUS (ALL)
CONTINUE ADDING ONE LINE AT A TIME
Now on that tree there was a branch...
the prettiest little etc...
...limb on the tree
...nest on the limb
...egg in the nest
...bird in the egg
...wing on the bird
...feather on the wing
...bacteria on the feather
LAST VERSE
And the bacteria was on the feather, And the feather was on the wing,
And the wing was on the bird, And the bird was in the egg, And the egg was in the nest, And the nest was on the limb, And the limb was on the tree, And the tree was in the hole, And the hole was in the ground,
CHORUS
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of
the sea.
There's a log in the hole in the
bottom of the sea,
There's a log in the hole in the
bottom of the sea,
There's a hole, there's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a bump on the log in the hole ... etc.
There's a frog on the bump on the log ... etc.
There's a fly on the frog on the bump ... etc.
There's a wing on the fly on the frog ... etc.
There's a flea on the wing on the fly on the frog
On the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole, There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
My body has calomine lotion,
My body's as sore as can be,
The flowers I gathered for Granny,
Turned out to be poison I-Vee.
Don't touch, don't touch,
You'll get a rash from
I-Veee, I-Vee
It will, itch bad,
And it looks worse than ac-nee.
On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball,
When somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
And then my poor meatball,
Rolled out of the door.
It rolled in the garden, and under
a bush,
And then my poor meatball,
Was nothing but mush.
The mush was as tasty as tasty could be,
And early next summer,
It grew into a tree.
The tree was all covered with beautiful moss,
It grew lovely meatballs,
And tomato sauce.
So if you eat spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatballs,
And don't ever sneeze.
My uncle Bill has a still on the hill,
Where he runs off a gallon or two,
The birds in the sky get so drunk
they can't fly,
In that good old mountain dew.
CHORUS:
They call it that good old mountain dew,
And them that refuse it are few,
I'll hoist up my mug if you fill up my jug,
With that good old mountain dew.
My cousin Mort, he's sawed off and short,
He measures
just four foot two,
But he thinks he's a
giant when you give him a pint
of that good old mountain dew.
CHORUS
Down the raod here from me there's
a big hollow tree,
Where you lay down a dollar or two,
You go 'round the bend, and come back again,
There's a jug of that good old mountain dew.
CHORUS
My brother Don has a still in the john,
where he'll run off a gallon or
two.
When the Revenuers come rushin'
He'd just give it a flush'n'
There'd go that good old mountain dew.
Chorus
Make up your own verses for other names!
Liza:
Henry! Fetch me some water!
Henry: There's a hole in the bucket dear Liza, dear Liza
There's a hole in the
bucket dear Liza, a hole.
Liza: Well, fix it dear Henry, dear
Henry, dear Henry,
well, fix it dear Henry, dear
Henry, fix it.
Henry: With what shall I fix it ...
Liza: With a straw dear Henry ...
Henry: The straw is too long ...
Liza: Well, cut it dear Henry ...
Henry: With what shall I cut it ...
Liza: With an axe dear Henry ...
Henry: The axe is too dull dear Liza .
Liza: Well, sharpen it dear Henry ...
Henry: With what shall I sharpen it ...
Liza: With a stone dear Henry ...
Henry: The stone is too dry dear Liza
...
Liza: Well, wet it dear Henry ...
Henry: With what shall I wet it ...
Liza: With water dear Henry ...
Henry: In what shall I fetch it ...
Liza: In a bucket dear Henry ...
Henry: There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza ...
ALICE THE CAMEL
Alice the camel has ten humps,
Alice the camel has ten humps,
Alice the camel has ten humps,
Go Alice go. (hit hips)
Repeat verses down to no humps
Alice the camel has no humps,
Alice the camel has no humps,
Alice the camel has no humps,
Alice is a HORSE.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and
toes, knees and toes.
Note: Touch each part of the body as you sing it. Second time leave
out word "head", just touch it, and
so on. Last verse will be all actions, no
words.
I plopped down in my easy chair
And I turned on channel two.
A bad gunslinger named Salty Sam
Was chasin' poor Sweet Sue.
He trapped her in the old sawmill
And said with an evil laugh,
"If you don't give me the deed to
your ranch I'll saw y'all in half.
And then he grabbed her...
(help he grabbed me!)
He tied her up...
(Help he's tyin' me up!)
He turned on the BUZZ-SAW...
(He's turnin' on the buzz saw)
And then...and then...
And then along came Jones.
Tall thin Jones.
Slow walkin' Jones, Low
talkin' Jones.
Along came long lean lanky Jones.
Commercial came on,
so I got up to fix myself a snack.
You should have seen what was going
on by the time that I got back.
Down in the old abandoned mine,
Sweet Sue was havin' fits,
That villain said "Give me the deed to your ranch,
or I'll blow y'all to bits".
And then he grabbed her...
(Help he grabbed Me)
He tied her up...
(Help, he's tying me up)
He lit the fuse to the dynamite...
(He's lightin' the fuse to the dynamite)
And then...and then...
And then along came Jones,
Tall thin Jones.
Slow walkin' Jones, Low talkin' Jones.
Along came long lean lanky Jones.
I got so bugged I turned it off and
turned on another show.
But there was the same old shoot-
em-up, and the same old rodeo.
Salty Sam was tryin' to stuff Sweet
Sue in a burlap sack.
"If you don't give me the deed to your ranch
I'll throw you on the railroad track!"
And then he grabbed her...
(Help he grabbed me, help)
He tied her up...
(Here we go again, tyin' me up)
He threw her on the railraod track,
The train started commin'
(Ohhh! Here comes the train)
And then...and then...
And then along came Jones,
Tall thin Jones.
Slow walkin' Jones, Low talkin' Jones.
Along came long lean lanky Jones.
by HARRY CHAPIN
It was just after dark as the truck started down
The hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania.
Carryin' thirty thousand pounds of
bananas.
Yes carryin' thirty thousand pounds
of bananas.
He was a young driver, just out on his second job.
Carryin' the next days pasty fruit,
To everyone in that coal scarred city
Where children play without despair
In backyard slag piles.
And folks manage to eat each day
Just about thirty thousand pounds of bananas,
Yes there were thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
He passed a sign that he should have seen
Saying "shift to low gear or fifty- dollar fine, my friend"
He was thinking perhaps about the warm breathed woman
who was waitin' at the journey's end.
He started down the two-mile drop--
the winding road that ran from the top of the hill.
He was pushing on through the shortening miles
That ran down to the depot.
Just a few more miles to go,
And he'd go home and have her ease
his long cramped day away.
And the smell of thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes the smell of thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
He was pickin' up speed
As the city spread it's twinklin'
lights below him.
But he paid no heed as the
shiverrin' thought of the nights
delights went through him.
His foot nursed the brakes to slow him down,
But the peddle floored easy without a sound.
He said, "CHRIST."
It was funny how he'd named the
only one who could save him now.
He was trapped inside a dead-end hell-slide,
Riding on his fear-hunched back was
every one of those yellow-green.
I'm telling you thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes there were thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
He barely made the sweeping curve
that led into the steepest grade.
And he missed a thankful passing
bus at ninety miles an hour.
And he said, "God make it a dream"
As he rode his last ride down.
And he said, "God make it a dream"
as he rode his last ride down.
And he sideswiped nineteen neat-parked cars.
Clipped off thirteen telephone poles.
Hit two houses,
bruised eight
trees,
and blue-crossed seven people.
It was then he lost his head, not
to mention an arm or two before
he stopped.
And he smeared for four-hundred
yards along the hill that leads
into Scranton, Pennsylvania,
All those thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
You Know the man who told me about
it on the bus, as it went up the
hill out of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
He shrugged his shoulders, he shook
his head, and He said,
"Boy it sure must have been something.
Just imagine, thirty thousand
pounds of bananas.
Yes there were thirty thousand
pounds of mashed bananas.
Remember when you ran away,
And I got on my knees and
begged you not to go because I'd go BERSERK!!
Well you left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse,
And now you see I've gone completely out of my mind!
And...
They're coming to take me away, Ha Ha!
They're coming to take me away,
Ho Ho, He He, Ha Ha!
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time,
And I'll be happy to see those nice
young men
in their clean white coats.
And they're coming to take me away, Ha Ha!!!
I cooked your food, I cleaned your
bed,
And this is how you pay me back for
all my kind unselfish loving
deeds?
HUH!!
Well, you just wait, they'll find you
yet,
And when they do they'll put you in
the A.S.P.C.A., you MANGEY
MUTT!!!
And, They're coming to take me away Ha Ha!
They're coming to take me away,
Ho Ho, He He, Ha Ha!
To the happy home, with trees and flowers and chirping birds,
and basket weavers who sit and twiddle their thumbs and toes,
And they're coming to take me away, Ha Ha!
To the funny farm,
And I'll be happy to see those nice
young men in their clean white coats.
And they're coming to take me away, Ha Ha!!
(Tune: "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight")
Divide the Audience into four parts, and assign each part as follows, "FIRE", "WATER" "JUMP" OR "SPLAT". after singing it through, do it faster, and/or "backwards" as shown below.
One dark night when 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:
"There'll be a hot time in the old
town tonight.
" FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
WATER! WATER! WATER!
JUMP! LADY, JUMP!
AHHHHHH, SPLAT!
One night dark, when bed we all were in,
Old Leary lady left the shed a
lantern in.
And when the kick, cowed it over,
She eyed her wink and said:
"There'll be a time hot in the town
old tonight.
"
IFER! IFER! IFER!
RETAW! RETAW! RETAW!
LADY! JUMP, LADY!
SPLAT, AHHHHHHH!
Note: Start out the song very slowly, then increase the speed as you go along, until you are virtually going as fast as you can by the end of the song.
While riding in my Cadillac,
Much to my surprise.
A little Nash-Rambler right behind.
'Bout one half my size.
CHORUS:
The guy must have wanted to pass me up
As he kept on blowing his horn.
I'll show him that a Cadillac is
not a car to scorn.
Beep Beep! Beep Beep!
His horn went Beep Beep Beep!
I put my foot down to the floor,
To give the guy the shake.
But the little Nash-Rambler stayed right behind,
He still had on his brake.
CHORUS
I shifted into passing gear,
And it became a race.
For a Rambler to beat a Caddy,
Would be a big disgrace.
CHORUS
Now we're going a hundred and twenty,
As fast as I can go.
The little Nash Rambler pulled up beside just like we're going slow.
The fellow rolls down his window,
And yells for me to hear,
Hey buddy how can I get this car
Out of second gear!
Softly falls the light of day,
As our campfire fades away.
Silently each Scout should ask,
"Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Have I done and have I dared,
Everything to be Prepared?"
Listen Lord, oh listen Lord,
As I whisper soft and low.
Bless my mom and Bless my dad,
These are things that they should know.
I will keep my honor Bright,
The oath and law will be my guide.
And mom and dad this you should know,
Deep in my heart I love you so.
On my honor,
I'll do my best,
To do my duty to God.
On my honor,
I'll do my best,
To serve my country as I may.
On my honor,
I'll do my best,
To do a good turn each day.
To keep my body strengthened.
To keep my mind awakened,
To follow paths of righteousness,
On my honor,
I'll do my best.
Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.
Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.
Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.
Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba
yah!
Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba
yah!
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.
Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.
A Scout is trustworthy, Lord, Kum ba yah!
A Scout is loyal, Lord, Kum ba yah!
A Scout is helpful, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah.
A Scout is friendly, Lord, Kum ba yah!
A Scout is courteous, Lord, Kum ba yah!
A Scout is kind, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah.
A Scout is obedient, Lord, Kum ba yah!
A Scout is cheerful, Lord, Kum ba yah!
A Scout is thrifty, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah.
A Scout is brave, Lord, Kum ba yah!
A Scout is clean, Lord, Kum ba yah!
A Scout is reverent, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah.
This song depicts French-Canadian Fur trappers going out to check on their traps by canoe. A suggestion for singing this song would be to sing it through several times, starting softly, getting louder as the "canoe" approaches, and then getting softer again as the canoe grows more distant.
(ROUND)
Our paddles Keen and bright,
Flashing like silver,
Swift as the wild goose flight,
Dip, dip, and swing.
Dip, dip, and swing them back,
Flashing like silver,
Swift as the wild goose flight.
Dip, dip, and swing.
(Three part round)
Hi, ho! Nobody home,
Meat nor drink nor money have I none.
Yet will I be merry.
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping?
Brother John, Brother John.
Morning bells are ringing;
Morning bells are ringing.
Ding ding dong,
ding ding dong!
(Round)
Down by the station, early in the
morning,
See the little puffer bellies all
in a row.
See the station master turn the
little handle.
Chug, chug, toot, toot, off we go!
This three part round is to be reminiscent of the days when the early morning silence would be broken by the sound of push cart wheels and the occasional "clip-clop" of the horse drawn wagons. Sing through three times, first softly, then louder and finishing softly
again.
Chairs to mend, old chairs to mend!
Mackerel, fresh Mackerel!
Any old rags, any old rags!
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white,
Clean and bright,
You look happy to meet me.
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever,
Edelweiss, Edelweiss,
Bless my homeland forever.
Divide the group into three parts, and have them start one verse
after the other.
One bottle of pop,
Two bottles of pop,
Three bottles of pop,
Four bottles of pop,
Five bottles of pop,
Six bottles of pop,
Seven, Seven bottles of pop.
Fish and chips and vinegar,
Vinegar, vinegar.
Fish and chips and vinegar,
And pepper, pepper, pepper, salt.
Don't chuck your muck in my dustbin,
My dustbin, my dustbin, my dustbin.
Don't chuck your muck in my dustbin,
My dustbin's full.
Tune: Flintstones Theme Song
God is--great--and God is--good
And let us thank Him for our food.
God is--great--and God is--good
And let us thank Him for our food.
Amen. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-men.
Amen. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-men.
God is--great--and God is--good
And let us thank Him for our...
We'll thank Him for our...
We'll thank Him for our food!
TUNE: The Old Addams Family Theme
Be present at our table LORD,
Be here and every where adored.
These mercies bless and grant that we,
May love serve and obey Thee.
Ah-ah-amen
[1](snap-snap)*
Ah-ah-amen
[1](snap-snap)*
Ah-ah-amen, Ah-ah-amen,
Ah-ah-amen
[1](snap-snap)*
*Note: Cross arms when snapping fingers
TUNE: We Will Rock You
Heavenly Father, LORD and King,
You provide us with everything.
We've got Food on our plate,
Tastin' great.
Thank you for the food we already
ate.
Singing thank you Father, thank
you!
Thank you Father, thank you!
TUNE: Edelweiss
Bless our friends, bless our food,
Come, oh, Lord and be with us.
May our words glow with peace,
May your love surround us.
Friendship and love, may it bloom
and grow,
Bloom and grow, forever.
Bless our friends, bless our food,
Come, oh, Lord and be with us.
Oh, the Lord's been good to me.
So now I thank the lord
For giving me the things I need
The sun, the rain and the appleseed;
Oh, the Lord's been good to me.
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here
below;
Praise Him above ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Amen
Day is done,
Gone the sun,
From the lake,
From the hills,
From the sky,
All is well,
Safely rest,
God is nigh.
Fading light
Dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright,
From afar,
Drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
Thanks and praise,
For our days,
Neath the sun,
Neath the stars,
Neath the sky,
As we go,
This we know,
God is nigh.
My country, 'Tis of Thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of Thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride:
From every mountainside,
Let freedom ring.
Our fathers' God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on Thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America!
America!
God shed His grace on Thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
AMERICA, AMERICA
ROUND: divide the group into fourths, if possible.
America, America,
How can I tell you how I Feel?
You have given me many treasures,
I love you so.
Oh! say can you see,
By the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there.
Oh! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
and the
home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen
Thro' the mist of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host
In dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze,
O'er the tower steep,
As it fitfully blows,
Half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner.
Oh! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
And where is that band
Who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the
battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their
foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
Oh! thus be it ever,
When freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation,
Blest with vict'ry and peace,
May the Heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and
preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must,
For our cause it is just,
And this be our motto--
"In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free,
and the home of the brave.
For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
Chorus:
Do Lord, o, do lord, O do remember me.
Do Lord, o, do lord, O do remember me.
Do Lord, o, do lord, O do remember me.
Way beyond the blue.
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun,
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun,
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun,
Way beyond the blue.
Chorus
I took Jesus as my
savior
You take Him too.
I took Jesus as my
savior
You take Him too.
I took Jesus as my
savior
You take Him too.
Way beyond the blue.
Chorus
Note: Divide group into two groups, the first stands and sings
the Halleujah's and sits back down while the second stands to sing "Praise ye the Lord".
Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu,
hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord!
Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu,
hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord!
Praise ye the Lord! Hallelujah!
Praise ye the Lord! Hallelujah!
Praise ye the Lord! Hallelujah!
Praise ye the Lord!
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole wide world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His
hands.
He's got the wind and the rain in his hands,
He's got the sun and the moon in his hands,
He's got the wind and the rain in his hands,
He's got the sun and the moon in his hands,
He's got the whole world in His
hands.
He's got the little bitty baby in His hands,
He's got the little bitty baby in
His hands,
He's got the little bitty baby in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His
hands.
He's got the you and me, brother in His hands,
He's got the you and me, brother in
His hands,
He's got the you and me, brother in
His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got the you and me, sister in
His hands,
He's got the you and me, sister in
His hands,
He's got the you and me, sister in
His hands,
He's got the whole world in His
hands.
He's got the everybody in His hands,
He's got the everybody in His hands,
He's got the everybody in His
hands,
He's got the whole world in His
hands.
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole wide world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His
hands,
He's got the whole world in His
hands.
Beautiful Savior,
King of creation,
Son of God and son of Man!
Truly I'd love thee,
Truly I'd serve thee,
Light of my soul, my joy, my crown.
Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flow'rs of blooming spring
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer,
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.
Fair is the sunshine,
Fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels in the sky.
Beautiful Savior,
Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and Honor,
Praise, adoration,
Now and forevermore be thine!
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and
snares
I have already come;
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
It made my wounded spirit whole,
And calmed my troubled mind,
It's living food for many a soul,
That weary men may find.
The Lord has promised good to me;
His Word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
When we've been gone ten thousand
years,
Bright shining as the sun;
We've no less days, to sing God's
praise
Than when we'd first begun.
O Lord my God!
When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling
thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Chorus:
Then sings my soul, my savior God
to Thee,
How great thou art!
How great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my savior God
to Thee,
How great thou art!
How great thou art!
When through the woods and forest glades I wander,
I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain
grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze;
Chorus
But when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take
it in,
That on the cross my burden gladly bearing He
bled and died to take away my sin;
Chorus
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall
fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, "My God, how great thou art!"
Chorus
Children of the heav'nly Father
Safely in his bosom gather,
Nestling bird or star in heaven
Such a refuge ne'er was given.
God his own doth tend and nourish,
In his holy courts they flourish.
From all evil things he spares
them,
In his mighty arms he bears them.
Neither life nor death shall ever
From the Lord his children sever;
Unto them his grace he showeth
And their sorrows all he knoweth.
Though he giveth or he taketh,
God his children ne'er forsaketh;
His the loving purpose solely
To preserve them pure and holy.
Faith of our fathers, living still
In spite of dungeon, fire and sword
Oh, how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene'er we hear that glorious word
Chorus:
Faith of our father, holy faith,
We will be true to thee till death.
The martyrs, chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free;
And blest would be their children's fate
If they like them should die for
thee.
Chorus
Faith of our fathers! We will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife;
Proclaim thee, too, as love knows how,
By saving Word and Faithful life.
Chorus
Joyful, Joyful we adore thee,
God of glory, Lord of love!
Hearts unfold like flow'rs before thee,
Praising thee, their sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness,
Drive the gloom of doubt away.
Giver of immortal gladness,
Fill us with the light of day.
All thy works with joy surround thee,
Earth and heav'n reflect thy rays,
Stars and angles sing around thee,
Center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain
Flow'ry meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird, and flowing fountain
Call us to rejoice in thee.
This is my Father's world,
And to my list'ning ears
All nature sings and round me rings
the music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world;
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;
His hand the wonders wrought.
This is my Father's world;
The birds their carols raise;
The morning light, the lilly white,
Declare their maker's praise.
This is my Father's world;
He shines in all that's fair.
In the rustling grass I hear him pass;
He speaks to me every where.
This is my Father's world;
Oh, let me not forget
That though the wrong seems oft so
strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is my Father's world;
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King, let the heavens
ring;
God reigns, let the earth be glad!
Let all things now living
A song of thanksgiving
To God the creator triumphantly raise;
Who fashioned and made us,
protected and stayed us,
Who still guides us on to the end of our days.
God's banners are o'er us, his
light goes before us,
A pillar of fire shining forth in the night,
Till shadows have vanished and
darkness is banished,
As forward we travel from light into light.
His law he enforces, the stars in their courses
And sun in its orbit obediently shine;
The hills and the mountains, the
rivers and fountains,
The deeps of the ocean proclaim him
devine.
We too should be voicing our love and rejoicing;
With glad adoration a song let us raise
Till all things now living unite in thanksgiving:
"To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!"
Oh when the saints go marching in,
Oh when the saints go marching in,
Oh Lord I want to be in that number,
Oh when the saints go marching in.
Oh when the sun refuses to shine,
Oh when the sun refuses to shine,
Oh Lord I want to be in that number,
When the sun refuses to shine.
Oh when the dead, in Christ shall rise,
Oh when the dead, in Christ shall rise,
Oh Lord I want to be in that number
When the dead, in Christ shall rise
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
To study war no more.
CHORUS:
I ain't gonna study war no more, more.
Study war no more, more.
Study war no more.
S'more verses ...
Gonna put on my long white robe.
Gonna put on my starry crown.
Gonna put on my golden shoes.
Gonna ride on my milk white
horse.
Gonna talk with the prince of peace.
Gonna walk with the prince of peace.
Gonna shake hands around the world.
Gonna stick my sword in the golden
sand.
Kum by ya, my Lord, kum by ya,
Kum by ya, my Lord, kum by ya,
Kum by ya, my Lord, kum by ya,
Oh Lord!
Kum by ya.
Someone's crying Lord, kum by ya,
(x3) Oh Lord! Kum by ya.
Also:
Praying
Singing
Laughing
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
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.
CHORUS:
Glory, Glory Hallelujah,
Glory, Glory Hallelujah,
Glory, Glory Hallelujah,
His truth is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet
that shall never call retreat,
He is sifting out the hearts of men
before His judgement seat. Be
swift my soul to answer him, be jubilant my feet,
Our God is marching on.
CHORUS
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom, That transfigures you and me,
As He died to make men Holy, let us
die to make men free,
His truth is marching on.
CHORUS
(Tune: Edelweiss)
Thank you Lord,
On this day, for our many good blessings,
Thank you Lord,
On this day for our many close
friendships.
Glory to God may you hear our prayers,
guide us on forever,
Thank you Lord, on this day for our blessings.
Lord we ask
As we go into all of life's
pathways,
That each day
We may know you are calling us
onward,
Glory to God may you hear our
prayers, lead us on forever,
So each day we may know
you are
leading us onward.
Grant us Lord,
On this day deeper insights and challenge,
That each day
We grow in faith, and knowledge and wisdom,
Glory to God may you hear our
prayer, guide us on forever,
Grant us Lord on this day deeper
insights and challenge.
CHORUS:
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
I looked over Jordan, and what did
I see,
Coming for to carry me home,
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home.
CHORUS
If you get there before I do,
Coming for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends that I'm coming
too,
Coming for to carry me home.
CHORUS
I'm sometimes up, and sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home,
But still my soul feels heaven bound,
Coming for to carry me home.
CHORUS
God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her,
And guide her,
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains,
To the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam.
God bless America,
My home, sweet, home,
God bless america,
My home, sweet, home.
If tomorrow all the things were
gone,
I'd worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
With just my children and my wife.
I'd thank my lucky stars,
To be living here today.
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
And they can't take that away.
And I'm Proud to be an American,
Where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend her still today.
'Cause there ain't no doubt, I love
this land.
God bless the U.S.A.
From the lakes of Minnesota,
To the hills of Tennessee,
Across the plains of Texas,
From sea to shining sea.
From Detroit down to Houston.
And New York to L.A.
Well, there's pride in every
American heart,
And it's time we stand and say...
That I'm proud to be an American,
Where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
Who gave that right to me.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend her still today.
'Cause there ain't no doubt, I love
this land.
God Bless the U.S.A.
And I'm proud to be an American,
Where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
Who gave that right to me.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend her still today.
'Cause there ain't no doubt, I love
this land.
God Bless the U.S.A.
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white,
Just a jack-knife has old Macheath, dear,
And he keeps it out of sight.
When the shark bites with his
teeth, dear,
Scarlet billows start to spread.
Fancy gloves, though, wears Macheath, dear,
So there's never a trace of red.
From a tug boat by the river,
A cement bag's dropping down;
The cement's just for the weight, dear,
Five'll Get you ten old Mackie's back in town.
On the sidewalk Sunday morning,
Lies a body oozing life,
Someone's sneaking round the
corner.
Is that someone Mack the Knife?
Louie Miller disappeared, dear,
After drawing out his cash;
And Macheath spends like a sailor.
Did our boy do something rash?
Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver,
Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown,
Oh, the line forms on the right, dear,
Now that Mackie's back in town.
Old Man River
Old man river, that old man river,
He must know something, but don't say nothing,
He just keeps on rolling, he keeps rolling along.
He don't plant 'taters, he don't plant cotton,
And them that plants 'em are soon forgotten,
But old man river, he just keeps rolling along.
You and me, we sweat and strain,
Body all achin' and racked with pain.
Tote that barge, lift that bale,
Get a little drunk and you land
in jail.
I get weary and sick of trying,
I'm tired of living but I'm scared of dying,
But old man river, he just keeps
rolling along.
A long time ago when the earth was green,
There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen.
They'd run around free while the world was being born,
But the loveliest of all was the unicorn.
There were green alligators and
long-necked geese,
Some humpyback camels and some
chimpanzees,
Some cats and rats and elephants but sure as you're born,
The loveliest of all was the
unicorn.
Now God seen some sinnin' and it gave him pain
And He says, "Stand back, I'm going
to make it rain."
He says, "Hey brother Noah, I'll
tell you what to do,
Build me a floating zoo."
"Take some of them green alligators
and long-necked geese,
Some humpyback camels and some chimpanzees,
Some cats and rats and elephants,
but sure as you're born,
Don't you forget my unicorn."
Old Noah was there to answer the call,
He finished up making the ark just as the rain started to
fallin'.
He marched in the animals two by
two,
And he called out as they went
through,
"Hey Lord, I got You green
alligators and long-necked geese,
Some humpyback camels and some
chimpanzees,
Some cats and rats and elephants, but I'm so forlorn,
I just can't see no unicorn."
Then Noah looked out through the
driving rain,
Them unicorns were hiding,
playing silly games,
Kicking and splashin' while the
rain was pourin'
Oh, them silly unicorns.
There were green alligators and
long-necked geese,
some humpyback
camels and some chimpanzees,
Noah cried, "Close the door
'cause the rain is pourin'
And we just can't wait for
no unicorn."
The ark started movin' and it drifted with the tide,
Them unicorns looked up from the
rocks and they cried.
And the waters came down and sort of floated them away,
That's why you never seen a
unicorn to this very day.
You'll see some green alligators
and long-necked geese,
Some humpyback camels and some chimpanzees,
Some cats and rats and elephants
but as sure as you're born,
You're never gonna see no unicorn.
On the banks of the river stood Running Bear, young indian brave
On the other side of the river
stood his lovely indian maid
Little White Dove was her name, such a lovely sight to
see.
But the tribes fought with each other,
So their love could never be.
CHORUS:
Running Bear loved Little White Dove with a love big as the sky.
Running Bear loved Little White Dove with a love that wouldn't
die.
He couldn't swim the raging river 'cause the river was too wide.
He couldn't reach Little White Dove
waitin' on the other side.
In the moonlight he could see her
blowing kisses 'cross the way.
Her little heart was beating faster waiting for her indian brave.
CHORUS
Running Bear dove in the water,
Little White Dove did the same.
As they swam out to each other
through the swirling stream they
came.
As their hands touched and their
lips met, the raging river pulled
them down
Now they'll always be together
in their happy hunting ground.
CHORUS
Busted flat in Baton Rouge,
Headin' for the trains,
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans,
Bobby thumbed a diesel down,
Just before it rained,
Took us all the way to New Orleans.
I pulled harpoon out of my dirty red bandana,
And was blowin' sad while Bobby
sang the blues,
With windshield wipers slappin'
time
I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine,
We sang ev'ry song that driver knew.
CHORUS:
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
Nothin' ain't nothin' but it's free,
Feelin' good was easy Lord
when Bobby sang the blues,
And feelin' good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee.
From the coal mines of Kentucky, to the California sun,
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
Standin' right beside me Lord,
Through everything I done,
And every night she kept me from
the cold,
Then somewhere near Salina, Lord,
I let her slip away,
She's Looking for the home I hope she'll find.
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
Holdin' Bobby's body next to mine.
CHORUS
Listen children to a story that
was written long ago,
Of a kingdom on a mountain and
the valley far below,
On the mountain was a treasure
buried deep beneath a stone,
And the valley people swore they'd
have it for their very own.
CHORUS:
Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
go ahead and cheat a friend,
Do it in the name of heaven,
You can justify it in the end,
There won't be any trumpets blowing
come the
judgment day,
On the bloody morning after,
One tin soldier rides away.
Said the people of the mountain,
with our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
all the secrets buried there.
Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses draw your swords",
And they killed the mountain people,
so they won their just reward,
Now they stood beside their treasure,
on the mountain dark with dread,
Turned the stone and looked beneath it.
PEACE ON EARTH was all it said.
CHORUS
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing;
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Picked by young girls everyone;
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn.
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing;
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone to young men everyone;
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn.
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing;
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone to soldiers everyone;
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn.
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing;
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards everyone;
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn.
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing;
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers everyone;
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn.
Once a time upon there lived in a farawoods way the threars bee. There was a bapa pear, the bama mear and the little bearby babe. Now this gramily of fizzilies hived lapily for a tong, tong lime. Weep in the doods in a hittle louse made out of hogs.
Things were fine until one morning when they sat down to pour their eatage. The bather fear said "My porridge is hoo tot!" The bother mear pasted her torridge and said "This is har foo tot!" And the bittle laby bear said "My
porridge is hed rot fike a lurnace!" So the bee threars decided to go for a long woods in the walk to let their corridge pool.
Well, no gooner had they sone when there came a dock, dock, dock at
the noor. And, of course, you know who that was... Loldigocks, and
she was looking for a plesting race.
So she went into the hear's bome. But all she found were the three
pours of bowledge, so she tasted them. The first was hoo tot and the second was hiping pot but the
third right was just a bowl! Well, then Loldigocks was
starting to deel fozy so she walked into the rare's bedroom where she
saw bee little threads. Now, the birst fed
was hoo tard, and the becond was soo toft, but the right little thed was just bird!
So she lay down and fell sast afleep - in fact she snarted to store!
Just then the bee threars came home to pour their checkage and the bapa pear said "Someone's been oating my
eatmeal!" And the bama mear said "Someone's been pouring my earage!"
And the bearby babe said "Hey, someone's been grampling my
sanola!"
Well, then the threar
bees marched into their redroom and bister mear said "Someone's been beeping in my sled!" And the bother mear said "Someone's been beeping in my sled!" And the little bearby babe said "Someone's been croozing in my snib! ... and there she is!"
Well, when Loldigocks saw those bee threars she loud outscreamed and
wan all the hay rome.
And so goys and birls, the storel of the morey is: It's not polite to
eat and run ... unless you're about to be an appetizer for a bungry hunch of gerocious frizzlies!
J. FOGERTY
I see a bad moon a-rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightning
I see bad times today.
CHORUS:
Don't go out tonight
Well it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise.
I hear hurricanes
a-blowin'
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers overflowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin.
CHORUS
Hope you have got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye.
CHORUS
J.C. FOGERTY
Someone told me long ago
There's a calm before the storm
I know... It's been comin' for some time
When it's over, so they say
It'll rain a sunny day
I know... Shining down like water.
CHORUS:
I wanna
know..
Have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know...
Have you ever seen the rain?
Comin' down on a sunny day.
Yesterday and days before
Sun is cold and rain is hard
I know... been that way for all my
time
'Till forever, on it goes
Thru the circle fast and slow
I know... and it can't stop, I wonder.
CHORUS
J.C. FOGERTY
Just got home from Illinois
Locked the front door, oh boy!
Got to set down, take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in, pretty soon
I'm singing Doo, doo, doo -
lookin' out my back door.
There's a giant doing cartwheels
A statue wearing high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures
dancing on the lawn
A dinosaur victrola, listening
to Buck Owens
Doo,
doo, doo - lookin' out my back door.
Tambourines and elephants are
playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flying spoon?
Wondrous apparitions, provided by a
magician
Doo,
doo, doo - lookin' out my back door
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band
Won't you take a ride on the flying
spoon?
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow
Doo,
doo, doo - lookin' out my back door.
Forward troubles, Illinois
Lock the front door, oh boy
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow
Doo,
doo, doo - lookin' out my back door.
J.C. FOGERTY
Left a good job in the city
Workin' for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things
might have been.
CHORUS:
Big wheels keep on turnin'
Proud mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the
river.
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of pain down in
New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city '
Till I hitched a ride on the river boat Queen.
CHORUS
If you come down to the river
Bet you gonna find some people who
live
You don't have to worry if you have no
money
People on the river are happy to
give.
CHORUS
J.C. FOGERTY
Long as I remember
The rain been coming down
Clouds of mystery formin'
Confusion on the ground
Good men thru the ages
Trying to find the sun
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain?
I went down to Virginia
Seeking shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five-year plans and new deals
Wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain?
Heard the singers playing
How we cheered for more
The crowd, it rushed together
Trying to keep warm
Still the rain kept falling
Falling on my ears
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain?
LENNON/McCARTNEY
He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for
nobody
Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere man, please listen
You don't know what your missing
Nowhere man, the world is at your
command.
He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere man, can you see me at all?
Nowhere man, don't worry
Take your time, don't hurry
Leave it all, till somebody else
lends you a hand.
REPEAT VERSES 2, 3 THEN 1
DAN FOGELBERG
An only child, alone and wild
A cabinet maker's son
His hands were meant for different
work
And his heart was known to none
He left his home and went his
lone and solitary way
And he gave to me a gift
I know I never can repay.
A quiet man of music
Denied a simpler fate
He tried to be a soldier once
But his music wouldn't wait
He earned his love through discipline
A thundering, velvet hand
His gentle means of sculpting souls
Took me years to understand.
CHORUS:
The leader of the band is tired
And his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through my
instrument.
And his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt
To imitate the man
I am a living legacy
To the leader of the band.
My brothers lives were different
For they heard another call
One went to Chicago
And the other to St. Paul
And I'm in Colorado
When I'm not in some hotel
Living out this life I've chose
And come to know so well.
I thank you for the music
And your stories of the road
I thank you for the freedom
When it came my time to go
I thank you for the kindness
And the times when you got tough
And Papa, I don't think I said
"I love you", near enough.
CHORUS
I knew a man, Bojangles, and he
danced for you in worn out shoes
Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
The old soft shoe
He jumped so high, jumped so high
And then he'd lightly touch down.
I met him in a cell in New Orleans
I was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of
age
As the smoke ran out
He talked of life, talked of life
Laughed and clicked his heels and
stamped.
He said his name, Bojangles, and he danced a lick
Across the cell
He grabbed his pants and feathered
stance,
Oh he jumped so high
And then he clicked his heels
He let go a laugh, let go a laugh
Shook back his clothes all around.
CHORUS:
Mr. Bojangles,
Mr. Bojangles,
Dance
He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
Throughout the south
Spoke through tears of fifteen
years how his dog and him
Travelled about.
The dog up and died, up and died
After twenty years he still grieves.
He said I dance now at every chance
in honky-tonks
For drinks and tips
Most the time I spend behind these county bars
'Cause I drinks a bit
He shook his head, and as he shook his head
I heard someone ask him please, please:
CHORUS
There's a lady who's sure all that
glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to
heaven.
When she gets there she knows if
the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh - and she's buying a stairway to heaven.
There's a sign on the wall but she
wants to be sure
Cause you know sometimes words have
two meanings.
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh -and it makes me wonder.
There's a feeling I get when I
look to the west
And my spirit is crying
for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen
rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking.
Ooh - and it makes me wonder.
And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to
reason.
And a new day will dawn,
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with
laughter.
Ooh - and it makes me wonder.
If there's a bustle in your hedge
row,
Don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the
May Queen.
Yes there are two paths you can go
by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
Ooh - and it makes me wonder.
Your head is humming and it won't
go,
in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on
the whispering wind.
And as we wind down the road
Our shadow's taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to
show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock, and not to roll...
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
You, who are on the road
Must have a code, that you can live
by,
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye.
Teach your children well
Their fathers health will slowly go
by.
CHORUS:
Don't you ever ask them why
'Cause if they told you, you would die
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.
And you, of tender years
Can't know the fear
that your elders grew by
And so, please help
Them with their youth
They seek the truth,
Before they can die.
Teach your parents well
Their children's health will slowly go by.
CHORUS
And teach them of your dreams
The one they pick ...
The one you go by.
CHORUS
When you're weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes,
I will dry them all; I'm on your
side, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
When you're down and out,
When you're on the street,
When evening falls so hard I will
comfort you.
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Sail on Silvergirl, sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind. Like a
bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water I
will lay me down.
CAT
STEVENS
CHORUS:
I'm being followed by a moonshadow,
Moonshadow, moonshadow.
Leapin' and hoppin' on a moonshadow,
Moonshadow,
moonshadow.
And if I ever lose my hands
Lose my plough, lose my land
And if I ever lose my hands
Oh...
I won't have to work no more.
And if I ever lose my eyes
If all my colors all run dry
Oh if I ever lose my eyes
Oh...
I won't have to cry no more.
CHORUS
And if I ever lose my legs
I won't moan, and I won't beg
And if I ever lose my legs
Oh...
I won't have to walk no more.
If I ever lose my mouth,
All my teeth, north and south.
If I ever lose my mouth,
Oh...
I won't have to talk...
Did it take long to find me?
I ask the faithful light
Did it take long to find me?
And are you going to stay the night?
CHORUS
as told by Archie Campbell
Once upon a time there was pee little thrigs. Well actually there
were more than that. There was a
pappa mig, and a pamma mig. Pappa
mig that don't work, does it. And anyhow, So all together that was pive little figs.
One day the first of these pee little thrigs, He was
walkin' down the road, an' he saw a man widin' a ragon. And he said, hey mister, would you sell me that stroad of law? I want to huild me a bouse.
Am gonna build me a haw
strouse. So he stot the graw and he build him a haw strouse.
And along came the big wad bolf. And he said, pittle lig, pittle
lig, let me come in. Pittle lig said, Not by the chair on my hinny hin hin. He said, I'll huff an' I'll puff an' I'll how yer blouse down. So he huffed and he puffed an' he howed his blouse down. And
he ate up the pittle lig.
Then the second of the pee little
thrigs. He went down the road and saw another man widin' a
ragon.
And he said, hey mister, can you sell me that stoad of licks? I wanna huild me a bouse. I'm gonna build me a hick stouse. So he
built him a stouse of hicks.
And along came the big wad bolf.
And he said, pittle lig, pittle lig, let me come in. Pittle lig said, not by the chair of my hinny
hin hin. He said, I'll huff and I'll puff an' I'll how your blouse
down. So he huffed and he puffed and he howed the blouse down. And he ate up the pittle
lig.
Then the third of the pee little
thrigs. He went off down the road, and he saw another man widin' a
ragon. And he said, mister, would you sell me that broad a licks? I wanna huild me a bouse.I'm gonna build me a hick brouses. So he
built him a brouse out of hicks.
Along came the big wad bolf, He said, pittle lig, pittle lig, let
me in. He said, not by the chair on my hinny hin hin. He said, I'll huff an' I'll puff an' I'll how your blouse down. So he huffed and he puffed and he
puffed and he huffed. But he couldn't how his blouse down.
And he stuck his nose up to the window, An' he said, alright pig. Your absolightly rute. He said, I can't how your blouse down, But, he said I'll fix ye. He said I'll rimb up on the cloof and I'll chide down the slimney. So he rimbed up on the cloof and he... chid down the slimney.
But the third of these pee little thrigs, he was smart. He knew what was goin' on. So he ran in the kitchen an' he got him A great big pot o' boilin' wat hotter. And he (laugh) put this (laugh) pot o' boilin' wat hotter ... Over the pireflace. And the big wad bolf hit it.
And soon as he hit it, he said OUCH. So the third o' the little ligs, he ran into the kitchen And got him a real harp shife and he cut that big wad bolf open, And he got his two little brothers out. And they had wolf stew for supper. And they danced and they sang, And the pee little thrigs lived heavily efter
hafferward.
Deck the hall with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Don we now our gay apparel,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Troll the ancient Yule tide
carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
See the blazing Yule before us,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Strike the harp and join the chorus
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Follow me in merry measure,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
While I tell of Yule tide treasure,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Fast away the old year passes,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Sing we joyous all
to-gether,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Heedless of the wind and weather,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Come they told me, Pa rum pum pum pum,
A new born king to see, Pa rum pum pum pum,
Our finest gifts we bring, Pa rum pum pum pum,
To lay before the King, Pa rum pum pum pum,
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
So to honor Him, Pa rum pum pum pum,
When we come.
Baby
Jesus, pa rum pum pum pum,
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum,
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum
pum,
That's fit to give our King, pa rum pum pum
pum,
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
Shall I play for you? pa rum pum pum
pum,
On my drum.
Mary nodded, pa rum pum pum pum,
The Ox and Lamb kept time, pa rum pum pum
pum,
I played my drum for Him, pa rum pum pum
pum,
I played my best for Him, pa rum pum pum pum,
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum
pum,
Then He smiled at me, pa rum pum pum
pum,
Me and my drum.
O holy night!
The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error
pining
Till He
appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!
CHORUS: Fall on your knees!
O hear the angel voices!
O night divine!
O night when Christ was born!
O night divine!
O night, O night divine!
Led by the light
Of Faith serenely beaming.
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand,
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming.
Here came the wise men from Orient
land.
The King of Kings lay thus in lowly
manger,
In all our trials born to be our friend!
CHORUS
Truly He taught us
To love one another,
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break for the slave
is our brother,
And in His name all oppression
shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful
praise we raise,
Let all within us praise His holy name!
CHORUS
Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright,
Round yon virgin, Mother and Child,
Holy Infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight;
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah,
Christ, the
Savior, is born,
Christ, the
Savior, is born.
Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God love's pure light;
Radiant beams from Thy Holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head.
The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the
Baby awakes,
But
litte ord Jesus no crying He makes.
I love Thee, Lord Jesus; look down from the sky,
And stay by my cradle, 'til morning is nigh.
Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
Close by me for ever. And love me, I pray.
Bless all the dear children In Thy tender care,
And fit us for heaven to live with Thee there.
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of all the
years
Are met in thee tonight.
For Christ is born of Mary;
And, gathered all above,
While mortals, sleep, the angels
keep
Their watch of wandering love.
O morning stars, together
proclaim the holy birth,
And Praises sing to God the King,
And Peace to men on earth.
O Holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in;
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The Great glad tidings tell,
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel.
What Child is this,
Who laid to rest on Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
CHORUS: This, this is Christ the
King;
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, Haste to bring Him laud,
The Babe, the son of Mary!
Why lies He in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear; for
sinners here
The
silent Word is pleading.
CHORUS
So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh,
Come, peasant, King to own Him;
The King of Kings salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone Him:
CHORUS
Raise, raise, the song on high,
The Virgin sings her lullaby:
Joy, joy, for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!
We three Kings of Orient are,
Bearing gifts we traverse afar.
Field and fountain,
Moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
CHORUS: O star of wonder,
Star of might,
Star with royal beauty bright;
Westward leading,
Still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
Born a King on Bethlehem's plain,
Gold I bring to crown Him again.
King for ever,
Ceasing never,
Over us all to reign.
CHORUS
Frankincense to offer have I.
Incense owns a Diety nigh.
Prayer and praising,
All men raising,
Worship Him,
God most high.
CHORUS
Myrrh is mine, it's bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom:
Sorrowing, sighing,
Bleeding, dying.
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
CHORUS
Glorious now behold Him arise;
King, and God, and sacrifice!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Heaven to Earth replies.
CHORUS
CHORUS:
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King,
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations, rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
CHORUS
Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord.
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin's womb.
CHORUS
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail, the incarnate Diety;
Pleased as Man with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
CHORUS
Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace.
Hail, the son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings.
CHORUS
Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
CHORUS
The first Noel the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in
fields as they lay
In fields where they lay keeping
their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was
so deep.
CHORUS: Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the east, beyond them
far.
And to the earth it gave great
light,
And so it continued both day and night.
CHORUS
And by the light of that same star
Three wise men came from country far;
To seek for a King was their
intent,
And to follow the star where'ere
it went.
CHORUS
Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord,
That hath made heaven and earth nought,
And with His Blood mankind hath bought.
CHORUS
O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of angels.
CHORUS: O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven
above;
Glory to God in the highest.
CHORUS
Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
Born this happy morning,
Jesus, to Thee be glory given!
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing.
CHORUS
You know Dasher, and Dancer, and
Prancer and Vixen. Comet, and Cupid,
and Donner and Blitzen. But do you
recall the most famous reindeer of
all ...
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You would even say it glows!
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names;
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas eve,
Santa came to say:
Rudolph, with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then how the reindeer loved him,
As they shouted out with glee.
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way;
Bells on Bob-tail ring,
Making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and
sing
A sleighing song tonight!
CHORUS: Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Jingle all the way!
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh!
Oh! Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Jingle all the way!
Oh! What fun it is to ride In a
one-horse open sleigh!
A day or two ago,
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank;
Misfortune seemed his lot;
He got into a drifted bank,
And we, we got upsot.
CHORUS
A day or two ago,
This story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh,
He laughed as there I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away.
CHORUS
Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take ae girl tonight
And sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bobtailed bay
Two-forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack!
You'll take the lead.
CHORUS
CHORUS:
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year!
Good tidings to you
Wherever you are;
Good tidings for Christmas
And a Happy New Year!
CHORUS
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a Happy New Year!
CHORUS
Please bring us some figgy pudding,
Please bring us some figgy pudding,
Please bring us some figgy pudding,
Please bring it right here!
CHORUS
We won't go until we get some,
We won't go until we get some,
We won't go until we get some,
So bring it right here!
CHORUS
Joy to the world!
The Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n and heav'n and nature
sing.
Joy to the earth!
The Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods,
Rocks hills and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy;
Repeat the sounding joy;
Repeat, repeat the sounding
joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good-will to men
From heaven's all-gracious King!"
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
But with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel strain have
rolled Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love song which they bring;
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing.
And ye, beneath life's crushing
load
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way,
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! For glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing.
God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
Remember, Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day;
To save us all from Satan's pow'r,
When we were gone astray.
CHORUS:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
From God our heavenly Father,
A blessed angel came,
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same;
How that in Bethlehem was born,
The son of God by name.
CHORUS
Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plains.
And the mountains in reply,
Echoing their joyous strains.
CHORUS:
Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oria
in excelsis Deo,
Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oria
in excelsis Deo.
Come to Bethlehem, and see,
Him whose birth the angels sing,
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the new-born King.
CHORUS
Sleigh bells ring, are you list'nin'?
In the lane, snow is glist'nin',
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight,
Walkin' in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson
Brown,
He'll say, "Are you married?"
We'll say, "No man!
But you can do the job when you're in town!"
Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire,
To face unafraid, the plans that we made
Walkin' in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus
clown,
We'll have lots of fun with Mister Snowman,
Until the other kiddies knock 'im down!
When it snows, ain't it thrillin'?
Tho' your nose gets a chillin'.
We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way,
Walkin' in a winter wonderland.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the one I used to know,
Where the tree-tops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow;
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
With every Christmas card I write.
May your days be merry and bright,
And may all your Christmases be white.
I saw three ships come sailing in,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day.
I saw three ships come sailing in,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
And what was in those ships all three?
On Christmas Day ... etc.
Pray, whither sailed those ships all three?
On Christmas Day ... etc.
O they sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas Day ... etc.
And all the bells on earth shall ring.
On Christmas Day ... etc.
And all the angels in Heav'n shall sing.
On Christmas Day ... etc.
Tune: Are You Sleeping?
Santa's coming, Santa's coming.
Hear the bells, hear the bells.
You had better be good,
you had better be good,
Little boy, little boy.
Jolly old Saint Nicholas,
Lean your ear this way!
Don't you tell a single soul,
What I'm going to say;
Christmas Eve is coming soon,
Now, you dear old man,
Whisper what you'll bring to me,
Tell me if you can.
Johnny wants a pair of skates,
Susy wants a dolly,
Nellie wants a storybook,
She thinks dolls are folly;
As for me, my little brain,
Isn't very bright,
Choose for me,
Old Santa Claus,
What you think is right.
Up on the house top reindeer pause,
Out jumps good old Santa Claus;
Down thru the chimney with lots of toys,
All for the little ones, Christmas
joys.
Ho, Ho, Ho, who wouldn't go!
Ho, Ho, Ho, who wouldn't go!
Up on the house top, click, click, click,
Down thru the chimney with good Saint Nick.
