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CAMPSONG KIAWITA

KIAWITA OH HOW WE LOVE YOU AND ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE STOOD FOR.
KIAWITA WE WON'T FORGET YOU BUT AWAY WE'RE BOUND AWAY,
KIAWITA WE LONG TO STAY.
KIAWITA WE LOVE YOUR LAUGHTER AND HEARD IT RINGING TRUE,
OUR COUNSELORS COULD NE'ER BE BETTER
FOR WE LOVE THEM AS DEAR AS YOU,
GREAT COUNSELORS LIKE THEM ARE FEW.
KIAWITA WE LONG TO TELL YOU OF ALL THE FUN WE'VE HAD HERE, OF ALL THE
FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE MET HERE, BUT AWAY WE'RE BOUND AWAY,
KIAWITA WE LONG TO STAY.

Submitter comment: SING TO THE TUNE OF SHENANDOAH

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG I LOVE MY SHIRT

I LOVE MY SHIRT, I LOVE MY SHIRT, MY SHIRT IS SO COMFORTABLY, LOVELY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT STARTS TO WEAR,
THAT ONLY MAKES IT BETTER STILL.

Submitter comment: REPEAT WITH DIFFERENT CLOTHES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG HEAD, SHOULDERS

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.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG GRASSHOPPERS THREE

GRASSHOPPERS THREE A-FIDDLING WENT, HEY, HO, NEVER BE STILL,
THEY PAID NO MONEY FOR THEIR RENT, BUT ALL DAY LONG WITH THEIR
ELBOWS BENT, THEY FIDDLED A TUNE CALLED RIL-LA-BY, RIL-LA-BY,
FIDDLED A TUNE CALLED RIL-LA-BY-RILL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG DIKKI BIRD

HIGH IN A TREE A DIKKI BIRD
BIM SALA BIM BAM BA SALA DU SALA BIM.
HIGH IN A TREE A DIKKI BIRD SAT.
BENEATH HIM SAT A FURRY BLACK
BIM SALA BIM BAM BA SALA DU SALA BIM.
BENEATH HIM SAT A FURRY BLACK CAT.
HE SAID FOR DINNER I SHALL HAVE
BIM SALA BIM BAM BA SALA DU SALA BIM.
HE SAID FOR DINNER I SHALL HAVE YOU.
THEN ALL AT ONCE THE DIKKI BIRD
BIM SALA BIM BAM BA SALA DU SALA BIM.
THEN ALL AT ONCE THE DIKKI BIRD FLEW.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

James Callow Keyword(s): DELAYED COMPLETION ; NONSENSE REFRAIN

Subject headings: Favorites
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG DIP, DIP AND SWING

MY PADDLE'S KEEN AND BRIGHT, FLASHING LIKE SILVER,
FOLLOW THE WILD GOOSE FLIGHT,
DIP, DIP AND SWING.
DIP, DIP AND SWING HER BACK, FLASHING LIKE SILVER,
FOLLOW THE WILD GOOSE TRACK, DIP, DIP AND SWING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG DONKEY RIDING

WERE YOU EVER IN QUEBEC, STOWING TIMBER ON THE DECK,
WHERE THERE'S A KING WITH A GOLDEN CROWN, RIDING ON A DONKEY.
CHORUS: HAY HO AND AWAY WE GO, DONKEY RIDING, DONKEY RIDING,
HAY HO AND AWAY WE GO, RIDING ON A DONKEY.
WERE YOU EVER OFF THE HORN, WHERE IT'S ALWAYS NICE AND WARM,
CHORUS.
WERE YOU EVER IN CARTER'S BAY, WHERE THE FOLKS ALL SHOUT HOORAY,
HERE COMES JOHNNY WITH THREE MONTHS PAY, RIDING ON A DONKEY,
CHORUS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Nostalgia

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG AUSTRIAN

OH AN AUSTRIAN WENT YODELING ON A MOUNTAIN TOP HIGH
AND ALONG CAME A CUCKOO INTERRUPTING HIS CRY.
CHORUS: OLE A RAH KEE KEE.
AN AVALANCHE (SWISH)
GRIZZLY BEAR (GROWL)
SAINT BERNARD (PANT PANT)
JERSEY COW (SQUIRT SQUIRT)
PRETTY MAID (OH MY)
BETTER MAN (POW POW)
AMBULANCE (SIREN)
ROADRUNNER (BEEP BEEP)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG BOTTLE POP

ONE BOTTLE POP, TWO BOTTLE POP, THREE BOTTLE POP, FOUR BOTTLE POP,
FIVE BOTTLE POP, SIX BOTTLE POP, SEVEN BOTTLE POP POP.
FISH AND CHIPS AND VINEGAR, VINEGAR, VINEGAR,
FISH AND CHIPS AND VINEGAR, PEPPER PEPPER PEPPER POP.
DON'T PUT YOUR DUST IN MY DUST PAN, MY DUST PAN, MY DUST PAN,
DON'T PUT YOUR DUST IN MY DUST PAN, MY DUST PAN'S FULL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN ; FOOD AND DRINK

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMPSONG ACROSS THE STILLNESS

ACROSS THE STILLNESS OF THE LAKE, WE SEND OUR CALL OF WO-HE-LO,
THEN ALL THE SILVERY ECHOES WAKE TO ANSWER BACK WO-HE-LO.
ACROSS THE SILENCE OF THE YEARS, OUR THOUGHTS OF JOY AND OF SORROW,
GOOD DEEDS OR EVIL, HOPES OR FEARS, STILL ECHO BACK TOMORROW.
OH YE WHO BEAR THE LOFTY TORCH, THINK THOUGHTS OF EVIL NEVER,
BE MINDFUL THAT EACH SONG YE SING, GOES ON AND ON FOREVER.
WHEN WE HAVE PASSED OUR TORCH SOMEDAY AND OTHERS SING WO-HE-LO,
GRANT US DEAR GOD SUCH LIVES AS MAY STILL ANSWER BACK WO-HE-LO.
WO-HE-LO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
TAKE ME OUT TO THE FAIR
BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS
I DON'T CARE IF WE NEVER GET BACK
WE'LL JUST ROOT, ROOT, ROOT
FOR THE WHOLE TEAM
IF THEY DON'T WIN IT'S A SHAME
FOR IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE, STRIKES YOU'RE OUT
AT THE OLD BALL GAME, GAME, GAME, GAME.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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DRINKING SONG

POLISH MEN WOULD SING "STOLAT, STOLAT", AS A WISH OF LONG LIFE TO
EACH OTHER.

Submitter comment: STOLAT MEANS ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN ENGLISH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
BELIEF -- Prayer
SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980

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FRATERNITY SONG "DEAR OLD FRATERNITY"

DEAR OLD FRATERNITY,
ALL MY LIFE THROUGH,
I'LL LOVE AND CHERISH,
THE MEM'RY OF YOU.
SHOULD HARM BETIDE ME,
THOU E'ER WILL GUIDE ME,
SIGMA, DEAR SIGMA,
PHI EPSILON TRUE.

Submitter comment: THIS SONG IS SUNG AT PARTIES TO SHOW THE LOVE A PERSON HAS
FOR HIS FRATERNITY. IS IS SUNG VERY SLOWLY, AND IT HAS A
SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO ALL OF THE BROTHERS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Joy Happiness
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Nostalgia

Date learned: 10-00-1977

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FRATERNITY SONG "RUM, RUM"

RUM, RUM, THE FOOTSTEPS COMING,
BEAT LIKE THE SOUNDS OF DRUMMING,
BEAT FOR OUR VOICES HUMMING,
SIG EPS ARE WE.
WE MARCH THE ROAD TOGETHER,
AND WE WILL SING FOREVER,
THIS BOND WILL NEVER SEVER,
SIG EPS ARE WE.
MIGHTY WE'LL ALWAYS BE,
A BROTHERHOOD OF UNITY,
GLORY TO THE GOLDEN HEART OF OUR FRATERNITY.
TO SIGMA, OUR HEARTS ARE CLINGING,
PHI, THROUGH THE AIR GOES RINGING,
EPSILON, WE'LL KEEP ON SINGING,
SIG EPS ARE WE.

Submitter comment: AGAIN, THIS SONG IS SUNG AT PARTIES. THIS SONG SIGNIFIES THE
LOVE A PERSON HAS FOR HIS FRATERNITY. HIS PRIDE AND JOY
FOR THE FRATERNITY IS EXEMPLIFIED BY THIS SONG.
IT IS SUNG WITH A FAST BEAT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Joy Happiness
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Nostalgia

Date learned: 10-00-1977

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FRATERNITY SONG "DRINK BEER"

DRINK BEER, DRINK BEER, OH COME DRINK BEER WITH ME.
FOR I DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR ANY OLD MAN
WHO WON'T DRINK BEER WITH ME.
TAKE DOWN THAT OLD SILVER GOBLET,
WITH THAT SIG EP HEART UPON IT,
AND WE'LL ALL HAVE ANOTHER KEG 'O BEER! (KEG 'O BEER!)
FOR IT AIN'T FOR KNOWLEDGE THAT WE CAME TO COLLEGE,
BUT TO RAISE HELL WHILE WE'RE, RAISE HELL WHILE WE'RE,
RAISE HELL WHILE WE'RE HERE.
AND WE WILL DRINK TO DEAR OLD DELTA,
AND WE WILL RAISE OUR GLASSES HIGH,
AND WE WILL DRINK TO OUR FRATERNITY,
AND WE WILL BE LOYAL 'TIL WE DIE! ('TILL WE DIE!)
AND WE'LL LOVE OUR SACRED BROTHERHOOD,
AND WE'LL LAUD IT TO THE SKY!
AND WHEN THE DAY IS DONE,
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE, FOR SIGMA PHI EPSI,
SIGMA PHI EPSI, SIGMA PHI EPSILON!
DRINK BEER, DRINK BEER, DRINK BEER, DRINK BEER, DRINK BEER!

Submitter comment: A BEER DRINKING SONG, THIS IS SUNG WITH A FAST MELODY.
THIS SONG ENTICES PEOPLE TO DRINK BEER WITH THE BROTHERS.
THE SONG IS DEDICATED TO THE FRATERNITY, AND IT TOASTS THE
BROTHERS IN THE FRATERNITY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Joy Happiness
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 10-00-1977

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FRATERNITY SONG "BROTHERS OF THE GOLDEN HEART"

BROTHERS OF THE GOLDEN HEART,
MAY WE NEVER, NEVER PART.
LET US DRINK AND LET US BOAST,
TO OUR FRIENDSHIP RAISE A TOAST.
RAISE OUR GLASSES TO THE SKY,
WE'LL BE SIG EPS 'TIL WE DIE,
BROTHERS OF THE GOLDEN HEART,
BROTHERS OF THE GOLDEN HEART.

Submitter comment: THIS SONG SHOWS THE LOYALTY AND LOVE THE BROTHERS HAVE FOR THE
FRATERNITY. IT RAISES A TOAST TO THE BROTHERHOOD. ALSO
EXPRESSED IN THE SONG IS THE FACT THAT THE BROTHERS WILL
"NEVER, NEVER, PART." THIS IMPLIES THAT THE BROTHERS WILL
KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Joy Happiness
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Nostalgia

Date learned: 10-00-1977

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DRINKING SONG

WHENEVER ANY ONE IS MADE TO DRINK A SHOT OR CHUG A BEER, HE
RECEIVES IT ALONG WITH THIS SONG:
HERE'S TO (NAME), HE'S TRUE BLUE,
HE'S A DRUNKARD THROUGH AND THROUGH,
HE'S A DRUNKARD SO THEY SAY,
THOUGHT HE WENT TO HEAVEN BUT HE WENT THE OTHER WAY.
SO DRINK CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG,
SO DRINK CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG...

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR HELL

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 00-00-1979

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YIPPI YAPPAS

I'M ONE OF THE YIPPI YAPPAS AND I'M MIGHTY PROUD OF THAT,
A MERRY COLLEGE FELLOW AND A BROTHER IN PHI KAP,
I'M LOYAL TO MY FRATERNITY AND LIKE THE KNIGHTS OF OLD,
I'LL ALWAYS BE A FAITHFUL SON TO CARDINAL, WHITE, AND GOLD.
PHI KAPPA THETA, HERE'S TO YOUR RENOWN,
PHI KAPPA THETA, HERE'S TO DRINK 'ER DOWN.
AND AS WE GATHER ROUND THE FESTIVE BOARD AS IN THE DAYS OF OLD,
WE'LL TURN OUR GLASSES BOTTOMS UP TO CARDINAL, WHITE, AND GOLD.
AS WE GO MARCHING, AND THE BAND BEGINS TO P-L-A-Y,
YOU CAN HEAR THE PEOPLE SHOUTING, "PHI KAPPA THETA ON PARADE."

Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF THE FRATERNITY SONGS FOR PHI KAPPA THETA
FRATERNITY.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion

Date learned: 00-00-1979

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TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN WISH

FOR VARIOUS HAPPY OCCASIONS UKRAINIANS SING A TRADITIONAL
GREETING CALLED "MNOHAYA LEETA" OR "GOD GRANT YOU MANY
YEARS." IN THE GREETING, WISHES ARE EXTENDED FOR MANY
HAPPY YEARS, FREE OF ALL ILLS AND FOR ETERNAL SALVATION.
THEY BEG GOD TO GRANT THESE PETITIONS TO THE HONORED
INDIVIDUAL. THIS GREETING IS SUNG FOR BIRTHDAYS, FEAST
DAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, MARRIAGES, VOYAGES, PROMOTIONS,
AND ANY OTHER JOYOUS OCCASION.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern
BELIEF -- Prayer
SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 00001950S

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SWEETHEART SONG

OF ALL THE GIRLS OF COLLEGE YEARS
THERE IS ONE THAT I'VE LOVED LONG.
FOR ME SHE WEARS THE GOLDEN HEART.
FOR HER I SING THIS SONG.
SIGMA PHI EPSILON SWEETHEART
WONDERFUL SIG EP GIRL
TRUE IS THE HEART THAT YOU'RE WEARING,
YOU SET MY HEART IN A WHIRL.
VIOLETS AND ROSES,
MY HEART DISCLOSES,
SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME TRUE.
MY SIGMA PHI EPSILON SWEETHEART
WONDERFUL SIG EP GIRL

Submitter comment: AS THE MEMBERS STANDING IN A CIRCLE SING THIS SONG, THE SWEETHEART
FOR THAT YEAR IS ESCORTED AROUND AND KISSES EACH OF THE GUYS.
THIS IS NOT SUNG TO A FAMILIAR TUNE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School

Date learned: 00-00-1980

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