My granddaughter was telling us that the songs they sang at her old camp (she refused to go this year) were “stupid”.
This really bothers me. I don’t recall liking camp, but truth be told and it’s a mystery why, the smell of balsam brings back happy memories, and very often, I find myself humming or whistling some of the tunes we learned around the campfire.
So, here’s a partial list for Emme. Some in the second group I learned when I was a Counselor In Training (CIT), so while the lyrics are innocent, they still aren’t especially age-appropriate right now, but will be in a couple of years:
White Wings (a great song, the white wings are the sails of a ship)
Lord, Blow the Moon Out, Please
Two Wings
The Ash Grove
Tell Me Why
Rise and Shine
Dona Nobis Pacem
I’m Happy When I’m Hiking
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
The Quartermaster’s Song
We’re here because we’re here
Boom Boom Ain’t it Great to Be Crazy?
When Sammy Put the Paper on the Wall
Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts
Do your ears hang low?
The Cannibal King (certain folk with a PC poker up their arses forbade this song at Girl Scout day camp but we sang it anyway)
On Top of Spaghetti
Here’s a terrific collection of lyrics but, unfortunately, no music to go with them: http://www.mikeleal.com/campsongs/index.html