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Camp Songs, Girl Scouts
This song was taught to me
by a Girl Guide Troop from England
It is sung to the tune of O'Christmas Tree
or O'Tannenbaum
O'Tom the toad, O'Tom the toad
Why are you lying in the road?
O'Tom the toad O'Tom the Toad
Why are you lying in the road?
You did not see the truck ahead.
And now you're marked with tire tread.
O'Tom the Toad O'Tom the Toad
That's why you're lying in the road.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Camp Innisfree ; Howell
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-00-1989
Whenever we went camping, we had a certain
song we would sing around the campfire.
The ants go marching up and down, Hurrah, Hurrah!
The ants go marching up and down, Hurrah, Hurrah!
The ants go marching up and down,
And one of them stops to ...
this line is made up by someone and it must
rhyme with down.
And the ants go marching up and down and all around
and under the ground.
this keeps up till everyone has had a turn filling in
the line and then it starts over.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPROVISATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001970S
THE FOLLOWING IS IN THE INFORMANT'S OWN WORDS.
"SOMEWHERE IN THE FORMATION OF MY DAD'S FAMILY TRADITIONS,
THE FIRST SUNDAY IN AUGUST BECAME FAMILY REUNION DAY. ALL THE
KINFOLK WOULD GATHER AT THE ANCESTRAL FARM ON STATION CAMP CREEK
SOUTH OF IRVINE, KENTUCKY FROM ALL POINTS OF THE COUNTRY.
EVERYONE WOULD ARRIVE LADEN WITH BASKETS OF FRIED CHICKEN, POTATO
SALAD, GREEN BEANS, CORN BREAD, APPLE, BLUEBERRY, BLACKBERRY,
POTATO, AND CHERRY PIES, JUGS OF ICED TEA, AND COOLERS OF POP.
BUT BEFORE ANY OF THIS BANQUET WAS SET OUT, WE HAD TO HAVE
SERVICE. THE OLD TOBACCO DRYING BARN BECAME OUR TABERNACLE. ANY
OF THE MINISTERS AMONG US, AND THERE WERE USUALLY THREE OR FOUR,
WERE CALLED UPON TO HANDLE PRAYIN' AND PREACHIN'; AND EACH FAMILY
WAS EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE WITH A "SPECIAL NUMBER." BY MY TIME,
THESE "SPECIAL NUMBERS" HAD BECOME STANDARD HYMNS HEARD ANYWHERE
IN THE COUNTRY. BUT MY UNCLE TAUGHT ME ONE WHICH HAD BEEN A
FAVORITE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG-UN:
"IN A LONELY CHURCHYARD MANY MILES AWAY
LIES A DEAR OLD MOTHER NEATH THE COLD, COLD CLAY.
MEM'RIES OFT RETURNING OF HER TEARS AND SIGHS
IF YOU LOVE YOUR MOTHER, MEET HER IN THE SKIES.
LISTEN TO HER PLEADING, "WANDERIN' ONE COME HOME,"
EARNESTLY ENTREATING, "DO NO LONGER ROAM."
LET YOUR CONSCIENCE WAKEN, HEAVENWARD LIFT YOUR EYES.
IF YOU LOVE YOUR MOTHER, MEET HER IN THE SKIES."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; IRVINE
Date learned: 00001940S
When I was on a cruise in the Bahamas I learned of a
tradition that takes place aboard the ships of the Carnival
Cruise Line. Every evening just before the passengers are
finished eating in the main dining room all of the waiters
process out from the kitchen and perform a song and dance
routine. It is their way of entertaining the passengers while
they are dining. This custom began when the very first ship of
the Carnival Cruise Line set sail.
Where learned: FREEPORT ; Grand Bahamas
Date learned: 00-00-1992
I'm a Kappa Beta Gamma
I'm a Kappa Beta Gamma
Kappa Beta til I die
And if I couldn't be a Kappa Beta Gamma
I'd wanna sit down and cry.
I came all the way to college
Just to have a social world
Kappa Beta came to college just to have a party,
I am a Kappa Beta Gamma Girl! Whoo!
Submitter comment:
This is sung to "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Pledges to the KBG
sorority learn this song, among others, to join a sorority.
Pledges must say the full name of sorority, with a "maybe"
following the name, while those who are already sisters are able to
just say "KBG."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
Kappa Beta Gamma Sorority National Song
Kappa Beta Gamma Delta,
True to you we will e're be.
Blue and Gold,
Mem'ries untold,
Fill our hearts with such pleasure.
Friendship and Love may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever.
Kappa Beta Gamma Delta,
True to you we will e're be.
Submitter comment:
This is sung to "Adelweiss." Pledges to KBG sorority learn this
song, among others, to join the sorority.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
O'Leary's Bar
Twas a cold winter's evening, the guests were all leaving,
O'Leary was closing the bar
When he turned and he said to the lady in red:
"Get out, you can't stay here no more!"
Well, she wept a sad tear in her bucket of beer
As she thought of the cold night ahead
When a gentleman, dapper, stepped out of the phone booth
And these are the words that he said:
"Your mother never told you the things a young girl should know
About the ways of college men and how they come and go
(MOSTLY GO!)
Now age has taken her beauty, and sin has left a sad scar
So, remember your mothers and sisters, boys,
And let her sleep under the bar
Next to the gin...(with who?)
With Hiram Walker (in what?)
In Southern Comfort!
And there was Granny, swingin' on the outhouse door
Without a nightie,
And Grandpa yellin', "More, more, more"
She wore pajamas!!!
Submitter comment:
This is another sorority/ fraternity song; this one is just
for fun. The song is sung, but I cannot liken the tune to anything
popular. "Mostly Go" is shouted; "with who" and "in what" are said
as questions; and the last part "And there was Granny..." is a type
of can-can style when everyone begins kicking.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
BIRTHDAY SONG
STO LAT (100 YEARS):
ONE HUNDRED YEARS, ONE HUNDRED YEARS
LIVE FOR US A HUNDRED YEARS;
ONE MORE TIME, ONE MORE TIME,
LIVE FOR US A HUNDRED YEARS.
THIS IS A POLISH SONG WHICH IS SUNG TO THE CELEBRANT ON
EVERY BIRTHDAY HE HAS AT THE DINNER TABLE; IT IS A
SORT OF POLISH COUNTERPART TO OUR OWN "HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU." THIS CUSTOM HAS BEEN IN MY INFORMANT'S
LIFE FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER.
Where learned: PHONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
100 Bottles of Beer
n bottles of beer in the wall,
n bottles of beer,
If one of those bottles should happen to fall,
n-1 bottles of beer in the wall.
(Repeat for n = n-1. Branch on zero and stop.)
Submitter comment:
Sung on way to Boy Scout Camp.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
I'm a Sigma
(to the tune of "Are You Sleeping")
I'm a Sigma. I'm a Sigma.
Who are you? Who are you?
Can't you tell by looking?
Can't you tell by looking?
I'm one too. I'm one too.
(Round)
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Tri Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
With a Little Bit
The Lord above made Tri Sigs to be loyal
To be honest, generous, and true.
The Lord above made Tri Sigs to be loyal
And with a little bit of luck,
He will help us to be loyal too!
With a little bit, with a little bit,
With a little bit of luck,
He'll help us too.
Tri Sigma is based on loving sisterhood,
United in all the things they do.
Trri Sigma is based on loving sisterhood.
And with a little bit of luck,
With a little bit of luck,
We may be sisters some day soon
With a little bit, with a little bit,
With a little bit of luck,
We may be sisters too.
With a little bit, with a little bit,
With a little bit of luck,
We may be sisters too.
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Sigma Sigma Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Take a Little Bit of Ginger
Take a little bit of ginger,
Take a little bit of grit,
Take a little bit of spirit,
Take a little bit of wit,
Take a little bit of sunshine,
Take a little bit of pep
Put them all together
That's a Sigma rep.
m-m-m-m ginger,
m-m-m-m grit,
m-m-m-m spirit,
m-m-m-m wit,
m-m-m-m sunshine,
m-m-m-m pep
Put them all together,
That's a Sigma rep--
U-ta-tion, yeaaaah!
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Tri Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Tri Sig Girl
A Tri Sig girl is hard to beat
She's got that Sigma look
From head to feet.
She's got that smile, that style
That winning way.
And when you look at her you'll
Recognize her and you'll say:
"Now there's a girl I'd like to know.
She's got that Sigma look from
Head to toe.
And when you look at her,
It's quite a treat, it's hard to beat
A Tri Sigma girl!"
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Tri Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Sisterhood
Hear our song Tri Sigma sisters
Love for you we shar.
Sisterhood so true and loyal
Far beyond compare.
Though we know not of the future
Parting we can bear.
For we know our Sigma sisters
Always will be there.
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Tri Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Do Re Mi
T - Tri Sigmas really great,
R - n't Sigmas so much fun.
I - am glad that I'm a part,
S - not just a single one.
I - we're indestructible.
G - with gladness we're so full.
M - the most in every way,
A - and Tri Sigmas are OK!
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Tri Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Days of Tri Sigma
(to the tune of "Where Are You Going My Little One")
Days of Tri Sigma will fly away, die away
Days of true friendships will be memories
We have loved, we have learned
Let us now teach in turn
For the flame we have kindled
Forever must burn.
All of our footsteps will fade away, fade away
Others will follow the paths we have trod
With our songs filled with joy
With our hearts filled with love
We must keep the flame burning
For those yet to come.
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Tri Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Shoo-Ba
Tri Sigmas got the shoo ba she do be do be do
(repeat first line 3 more times)
Oh, oh, oh, Sigma, Sigma Tri's got the
shoo baache de be do be do.
Submitter comment:
Song of Tri Sigma Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Austrian Yoddler
An Austrian yoddler
On a mountain top high.
When along came a ____A____
Interrupting his cry.
Oh; lay-dee
Oh de lay ke-ke, oh de lay ____B____ (repeat twice more)
Oh de lay ke-ke, ah oh.
A B
1. a cuckoo --- cuckoo
2. two cuckoos --- cuckoo-cuckoo
3. a skier --- swish
4. an avalanche --- rumble-rumble
5. a St. Bernard --- ark ark
6. an ambulance --- whirrrrr
7. a road-runner --- bee-beep zoommm
Submitter comment:
A song of Sigma Tri Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
500 Miles
There's a gleam in my eye
And you know the reason why.
I have pledged my loyalty to Sigma Tri.
Sigma Tri, Sigma Tri, Sigma Tri, Sigma Tri.
I have pledged my loyalty to Sigma Tri.
Once you meet a Sigma Tri
You will love her till you die
A friend to you she'll always be,
eternally.
Sigma means the world to me
Friendship, love, fidelity
Join the sisters here with me and
You'll agree,
You'll agree, you'll agree
Join the sisters here with me
Be a sister here with me in Sigma Three.
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Sigma Sigma Beta Tau chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Cruel War
The cruel war is raging
The pledges have to fight
To wear down members
From morning till night.
We must wear our pledge pins
It grieves my heart so
Can't we please just forget it
No, pledges, no.
It's not just on Monday
But every other day
That members will call us
And we must obey
I'll carry their lunches
My pledge pin I'll put on
And then have them ol' coke dates
From dusk until dawn.
The many things we do
The many things we said.
If I'm not soon active
I'll surely be dead.
Soon comes my pledge test
I'll do my very best
May I come with you members
Yes, my pledge, yes.
Submitter comment:
Song of Sigma Tri Beta Tou chapter
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18687 Gainsborough Rd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |