Showing posts with label new songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new songs. Show all posts

3.20.2008

New Songs (+a couple forbidden ones)

Some friends on the net have been commenting and sending songs... as I said in previous posts, I will definitely get on taping these as soon as possible.

I have some really great news to that affect: BRYAN is moving back from Colorado... which is wonderful. We have some wonderful stuff planned for the future, so keep your eyes open :-)

"Mother Gilligan" (to "Father Abraham") [Thanks Rebecca!]

Mother Gilligan
Had some chicks
Some chicks had Mother Gilligan
And they didn't dance
And they didn't sing
All they did was go like this:
Right wing

...Right wing, left wing
...Right wing, left wing, right foot
...Right wing, left wing, right foot, left foot
...Right wing, left wing, right foot, left foot, bounce head
...Right wing, left wing, right food, left foot, bounce head, big tongue!

"Waddaleeatcha" [Thanks Rebecca!]
Waddaleeatcha
Waddaleeatcha
Doodleydoo
Doodleydoo
Waddaleeatcha
Waddaleeatcha
Doodleydoo
Doodleydoo

Simplest song there isn't much to it
All ya gotta do is doodleydoo it
I like the rest but the part I like the best goes
Doodley doodley doodley doodley doodley doodley doo
HONK HONK!

"A Ram Sam Sam" [Thanks Rebecca!]
A Ram Sam Sam
A Ram Sam Sam
Gullie gullie gullie gullie gullie
Ram Sam Sam
A Ram Sam Sam
A Ram Sam Sam
Gullie gullie gullie gullie gullie
Ram Sam Sam
Oh Waffy
Oh Waffy
Gullie gullie gullie gullie gullie
Ram Sam Sam

"Purple Soup" [Thanks Rebecca!]
We're makin' a purple soup
(Whoop whoop, whoop whoop)
We're makin' a purple soup
(Shoobiedoobiedoo)
Purple potatoes and purple tomatoes and we
want
you!

**and a couple of forbidden songs...
[NOTE: technically these aren't forbidden, but they can be slightly annoying if repeated too often, leading them to be banned in certain environments]

"God Bless my Underwear" (to "God Bless America") [Thanks Kim!]
God bless my underwear
My only pair
Stand beside it
And guide it
Through the rips and the holes and the tears
From the washer
To the dryer
To the clothesline
Full of air
God bless my underwear
My only pair
God bless my underwear
My only pair!

"The Song that Never Ends"
This is the song that never ends
It just goes on and on my friends
Somebody started singing it not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it forever just because... (repeat!)

"The Song that Gets on Everybody's Nerves" [Thanks Rebecca!]
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves
Everybody's nerves
Everybody's nerves
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves
And this is how it goes!

3.11.2008

NEW SONGS [experimental, mind you]

...as always, videos as soon as I feel pretty enough for the camera!

"The King on the Phone" (to the "Wishy Washy Washer Woman")

Wayyy-
Over in the castle
There's a king on his throne
And all day long
He just talks on the phone
He goes: (murmur, murmur)
(murmur, murmur)
(murmur, murmur)
(murmur, murmur)
That's what he does while he sits on his throne!

Wayyy-
Over in the castle
A king eats his scone
And all day long
He just talks on the phone
He goes: [**mouth full](murmur, murmur)
(murmur, murmur)
(murmur, murmur)
(murmur, murmur)
That's what he does while he eats his scone!

Wayyy-
Over in the castle
A king starts to moan
And all day long
He just talks on the phone
He goes: (moannnnnn)
(moannnnnn)
(moannnnnn)
(moannnnnn)
That's what he does when he starts to moan!

Wayyy-
Over in the castle
A king sings a tone
And all day long
He just talks on the phone
He goes: (**dial tone)
(**dial tone)
("Please hang up and try your call again... this is a recording")
(murmur, murmur)
That's what he does when he sings a tone!



The Broccoli Haters Song
[this is a repeat after me song!]

Birds! Uh uh uh!
**repeat... and etc after each line
Birds fly up!

Rocks! Uh uh uh!
Rocks fall down!

Cars! Uh uh uh!
Car go fast!

Cows! Uh uh uh!
Cows go moo!

Stars! Uh uh uh!
Stars are far!

You! Uh uh uh!
You are near!

Kids! Uh uh uh!
Kids are fun!

Broccoli! Uh uh uh!
Broccoli is NOT! UH!

3.10.2008

"Been a long time since I..." [NEW SONG]

Hey - Here's a NEW SONG... plus more to come (if I ever find that notebook!)

My Marshmallow
Ohhhhhh - I married a marshmallow in May
I married a marshmallow in May
Yo ho what a wonderful day
I married a marshmallow in May

Ohhhhhh - I ate a great s'more in September
I ate a great s'more in September
Oh no, where's my mate? Can't remember!
I ate a great s'more in September

11.12.2007

Another FORBIDDEN Song!

Yeah, yeah... I've been busy - but so have you! :-)

This was sent to me by
Lisa (who also referred this excellent blog).

"Waded in the Water"

She waded in the water and she got her feet wet,

she waded in the water and she got her feet wet,
she waded in the water and she got her feet wet,
but she didn't get her *clap, clap* wet.

<continue up the body>

[Last verse]

She waded in the water and she got finally got it wet,
She waded in the water and she got finally got it wet,
She waded in the water and she got finally got it wet,
She finally got her *bathing suit* wet!

10.17.2007

Some Sailors Went... (new song?)

My roommate, who generally opposes things associated with children, sings this song every now and then from his childhood:

Some sailors went to sea sea sea
To see what they could see see see
But all that they could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea!

Now, I've poked around the *internets* (ha) to find this and several variations popped up. Rather than borrowing those versions, though, I'm going to make up my own way of singing this... which is that the word "see / sea" is to be replaced by a nonsense word selected by an audience member - at first cycling through a couple choice staff and then chancing it on a brave child.

Yay!

10.04.2007

Forbidden Songs!

Every camp has something that is forbidden.

My old camp had a ghost story about an ax-wielding psychotic named Stumpy. Back in the "old days," this was common fare for camp fires of any shape or size. When I took the reigns, though, it became forbidden - for several reasons. The story was incredibly inappropriate - especially for younger campers. I didn't want kids refusing to come back to camp because of fear... The main reason, though, was to keep Stumpy alive.

Wow. Crazy, huh? By forbidding something - EVEN with staff - it is immortalized. There never was as huge a collective curiosity in Stumpy than when everyone knew he was not allowed. Add in the fact that no one really knows the story (like I do) and you have a very powerful tool at your disposal...

I digress.

There are some forbidden songs... At many camps, "Titanic" is not allowed. I receive many a comment about "The Princess Pat" and it's basis (backtrack on the blog and you'll get a history lesson) and of course there are the gross objectors > namely "Great Green Gobs," "Baby Bumblebee" and classically the "Pick your nose" verse of "Wishy Washy Washer Woman."

These are simply objections, though (oh yeah... "Baby Shark"... that always raises some controversy). Unbelievably, we (as in camp-song aficionados) know of many more songs that have been simply forbidden!

Here's one:

"The Prettiest Girl" [same as "Littlest Worm" with line repeats]

The prettiest girl
I ever saw
Was sippin' ciii-
Der through a straw

The prettiest girl I ever saw
Was sippin' cider through a straw

I told that gal
I didn't see how
She sipped that ciii-
Der through a straw

I told that gal I didn't see how
She sipped that cider through a straw

Then cheek to cheek
And jaw to jaw
We sipped that ciii-
Der through a straw

Then cheek to cheek and jaw to jaw
We sipped that cider through a straw

And now and then
That straw would slip
And I'd sip some ciii-
Der from her lip

And now and then that straw would slip
And I'd sip some cider from her lip

And now I've got
A mother-in-law
From sippin' ciii-
Der through a straw

And now I've got a mother-in-law
From sippin' cider through a straw

The moral of
This little tale
Is to sip your ciii-
Der through a pail

The moral of this little tale
Is to sip your cider through a pail!


^^^ Someone at work sang that for me today!

...and I have a faint recollection of this next song which was just requested via email... Needless to say, both of these songs would have some parents yelling ;-)

The Boy and his Canoe

Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe
With the moon shining all around
As he glides his paddle
You couldn't even hear a sound

And they talked and they talked
Till the moon grew dim
He said you better kiss me
Or get out and swim

So what you gonna do in a little canoe
With the moon shinin' all a-
Boats floatin all a-
Girls swimmin' all a rou-oun-ound!

7.23.2007

New Song!!!?!?! "Crazy Moose"

I was just sent this CRAZY / AWESOME song from a camp in... um... well, I have no information on the camp, beside that the caretaker is crazy... crazy-awesome... like the song!

CRAZY MOOSE


This is a repeat after me song (This is a repeat after me song)

WITH ACTIONS (WITH ACTIONS)

There was a crazy moose (audience repeats each line after you sing)
Who liked to drink a lot of juice
There was a crazy moose
Who liked to drink a lot of juice

[CHORUS:]
Singing way-way-oh
A-way-a way-a-way-a-oh
Way-oh-way-oh
A-way-a way-a-way-a-oh

This moose’s name was Fred
He liked to drink his juice in bed
This moose’s name was Fred
He liked to drink his juice in bed

[CHORUS]

He drank his juice with care
But once he got some in his hair
He drank his juice with care
But once he got some in his hair

[CHORUS]

Now he’s a sticky moose
Full of juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuice...
On the looooooooooooooooooose!

[CHORUS]

[*update*]
Here's a link to the video from my new friends out in Washington!

7.16.2007

NEW SONG! "The Lion Song"

I was inspired by a very positive comment... So I wrote a song!

"The Lion Song" (the words in the brackets are for the song leader to shout... they do not interrupt the beat!)

[Lion!]
Roar!
Uh uh uh
Roar!
Uh uh uh
Roar!
Uh uh uh
...

[Baby Lion!]
Meow!
Uh uh uh
Meow!
Uh uh uh
Meow!
Uh uh uh
...


[Sea Lion!]
Glub!
Uh uh uh
Glub!
Uh uh uh
Glub!
Uh uh uh
...

[Dandelion!]
Sun!
Uh uh uh
Sun!
Uh uh uh
Sun!
Uh uh uh
...


[Detroit Lion!]
Block!
Uh uh uh
Pass!
Uh uh uh
Score!
Uh uh uh
...


[Autonomic Ganglion!]
Sway!
Uh uh uh
Sway!
Uh uh uh
Sway!
Uh uh uh
...

[Coach Lion!]
Freeze!
Uh uh uh
Listen Up!
Uh uh uh
You're It!
Uh uh uh
...

7.09.2007

My Bonny Variation (Thanks Jess!)

A fan the site sent me a variation of one of my *personal* favorites / specialties, "My Bonny."

She says that this is the "Alaskan modification," although I would think they have polar bears, not black bears... but what do I know? [I did make some slight modifications to her version, only for *appropriateness*]

My Bottom (variation of "My Bonny" from Alaska)
[stand or sit on every "B" word]

My bottom was bit by a black bear

My bottom was bit by a bear
My bottom was bit by a black bear
Won’t you bandaged my boo boo for me
Bandage, Bandage
Won't you bandage my boo boo for me for me
Bandage, Bandage
Won't you bandage my boo boo for me


[video coming soon]

6.22.2007

Lyrics - I'm a Nut!

"I'm a Nut"

[the motions are basically described in the song... watch the vid ;-)]

I'm a little acorn round
Lying on the dusty ground
everybody steps on me
That is why I'm cracked you see

I'm a nut (click) (click) [gently hit head on clicks]
I'm a nut (click) (click)
I'm a nut (click)
Nut (click)
Nut

Take myself to the movie grand
Just to hold my little hand
Wrap my arm around my waste
And when I squeeze I slap my own face!

I'm a nut (click) (click)
I'm a nut (click) (click)
I'm a nut (click)
Nut (click)
Nut

Lyrics - The Bear Song!

"The Bear Song"

The other day
[repeat]
I met a bear
[repeat]
Out in the woods
[repeat]
A-way up there
[repeat]
The other day I met a bear
Out in the woods a-way up there

(continue the same format for the following verses)

He said to me
Why don't you run
'Cause I see you ain't
Got any gun

And so I ran
Away from there
But right behind
Me was that bear

Ahead of me
There was a tree
A great big tree
Oh golly be

The nearest branch
Was 10 feet up
I had to jump
And press my luck

And so I jumped
Into the air
But I missed that branch
A-way up there

But don't you fret
And don't you frown
'Cause I caught that branch
On the way back down

The moral of
This story be
If you meet a bear
You need a tree!

Lyrics - Black Socks!

"Black Socks" [can be sung as a round]

Black socks
They never get dirty
The longer you wear them
The stronger they get
Sometimes
I think I should wash them
But something inside me
Keeps saying not yet!

6.19.2007

New Song - "I'm a Nut!"

This is awesome. Thanks Margot!




New Song - "The Bear Song"

Another great addition, performed by my wonderful sister... :-)




New Song - "Black Socks"

I'll post the lyrics later... enjoy this song performed by my older sister, Margot :-)



6.12.2007

"A Ding Dong" Lyrics

Here's how to properly construct this song:
[BASE VERSE] + [TRICKY VERSE] + [CHORUS]

"A Ding Dong"

[BASE VERSE]
Your mother doesn't wear no socks
(a ding dong)
I was there when she took them off
(a ding dong)

[TRICKY VERSE = a rhyme about mom and socks...]
So then we went to the store
(a ding dong)
And she found them on the floor

[CHORUS]
A ding doooooong dong
Dong dong
A ding doooooong dong
Dong dong
A ding dong

[REPEAT with new TRICKY VERSE]

So, Ben had some "off the top of his head" tricky verses, but we can do better than that!

Any suggestions? ;-)

6.10.2007

"Flip Flop Went the Little Green Frog"

Howdy! This was sent by a loyal camp singer (in fact, she claims to be the CAMP SONG QUEEN)... Video coming soon ;-)

"Flip Flop Went the Little Green Frog"
(to "Old Gray Mare")
Flip flop went the little green frooooog one day
Flip flop went the little green frooooog
Flip flop went the little green frooooog one day and they all went flip flop flip
But, we all know frog go ladedadeda (clap)
Ladedadeda (clap)
Ladedadeda
We all know frogs go (clap) ladedadeda
They don't go flip flop flip

6.09.2007

"It's Not Hard..."

"It's Not Hard..."
It's not hard I tell you so
Just sing along and go like so

See the Video for the ACTIONS!

New Song! A Ding Dong!

"A Ding Dong"
...
performed by Ben, my little brother.
(lyrics to come later!)

6.08.2007

User Contributions

Every now and again I get an email from someone who enjoys the site. Sometimes they include a song I may have missed... eventually, I will get to all of these *new* songs... Until then, though (while I'm learning them well enough to perform on camera), I'll post them all here (as well as some I know I need to add anyway)...

Songs to POST (in other words, coming soon!):
The Littlest Worm
The Acorn
Black Socks
It's Not Hard...
A Bear Went Over the Mountain
Tootie Ta
Decomposed Moose (?)
The Prune Song

Do you know any that I'm missing? Of course you do! I know even more than I've listed here! Let me know what you're looking for and I'll do my best!

:-)