Thanks to Darrin for sending me these!

Eventually I want to make sound clips of each of these for you all to hear them...Liz (MN '04) will be assisting me with the recordings!

Oh, I feel so good and

Oh, I knew I would and

Oh, I feel so good.

Take it down now….

(Repeat and get quieter each time and crouch down to the ground as you get quieter. After you are as quiet as you can get scream "A LITTLE BIT LOUDER NOW!" and jump up, go crazy and scream the cheer.)

Hugh O’Brian, Hugh-Hugh O’Brian,

Don’t mess with the best cuz the best don’t mess,

Don’t fool with the cool cuz the cool don’t fool!

Hugh O’Brian, Hugh-Hugh O’Brian!

Repeat after me cheer with various alternate verses.

From east to west,

HOBY leaders are the best.

I said from east to west,

HOBY leaders are the best.

Na nana na na,

Na nanananana

Nanananananana

Na nanananana.

(Follow same form for other verses…)

From city to city, HOBY girls are really pretty.

From soaps to suds, HOBY guys are really studs.

From landing to landing, HOBY leaders are OUTSTANDING!

From coast to coast, HOBY leaders are the most!

From spot to spot, HOBY girls are really hot!

From line to line, HOBY guys are really fine!

From slobber to drool, Hugh O’Brien’s really cool!

From left to right, _______ outta sight!

From tower to tower, HOBY leaders have the power!

From chips to dip, HOBY leaders are so hip!

Coming straight from your mom, HOBY leaders are the bomb!

Coming straight from you dad, HOBY leaders are so bad!

From rover to rover, this song is really over!

From Tower to Tower, Hoby Kids Have the Power

From Tater to Spud (or soaps to suds), Hoby Boys are really Studs

Comin’ Straight From Your Moms, HOBY Kids Are the Bombs

From Kitchen to Kitchen, HOBY kids are really kickin’

From East to West, Hugh O’Brian is the Best

From State to State, _____ is really great

From Clock to Clock, _________ really rock

From Line to Line, _________ are oh so fine

From Ocean to Ocean, _________ stay in motion

From Chips to Dip, _________ are really hip

From School to School, _________ are really cool

From Landing to Landing, _________ are OUTSTANDING

From Rover to Rover, This song is really over

From silver to gold, this cheer is really getting old.

Hey Ambassadors! Hey What?!

Show Us How You Shake Your Thang! This Is How We Shake Our Thang!

BOOM! Shawadda-Wadda

BANG! Sha-Bang Bang

BOOM! Shawadda-Wadda

This is how we shake our thangs!

Bang Bang Choo-Choo Train
Bang, bang, choo-choo train!
Come on, HOBY, do your thang!
Get it, get it, get it, get it!
Got it, got it, got it, got it!
UH!  HOBY’s on a roll!
(Clap) (Clap) (Clap 1, 2, 3)

*For more enthusiasm, start cheering faster

Alice the Camel
Alice the Camel has 5 humps
Alice the Camel has 5 humps
Alice the Camel has 5 humps
So go alice go!!
BOMP BOMP BOMP
(Countdown to zero)

Alice the Camel has
NO HUMPS
So Alice is a horse.

Hey Ambassadors! Hey What?!

Show Us How to Get Down! No Way!

Show Us How to Get Down! OK!

D-O-W-N And that’s the way we GET DOWN *CLAP CLAP*

D-O-W-N And that’s the way we GET DOWN *CLAP CLAP*

Each line is repeated by everyone. First two lines sung like The Hallelujah Chorus.

Alligator (Very quietly, and hands are alligator jaws)

Alligator (Sung up the third, a little louder, elbows down as jaws)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaalligator!!!

(Back down the third, screamed, whole arm is jaw)

He can be your friend, he can be your friend, he can be your friend too!

(Drums with both hands for each word to the left, then center, then right, then just two fingers up on right hand, like a peace sign)

The alligator is my friend

He likes to (kiss) kiss and flirt,

But I'd rather have him as my friend

Than wear him on my shirt.

The alligator is my friend.

He can be your friend too.

But I'd rather have him as my friend

Than eat him in my stew.

(After each verse, the first two "Alligators" are softer each time, but the last is still screamed and sometimes way out of tune.)

Dog
Dog, Cat
Dog, Cat, Mousie
Froggy
Itsy, bitsy, teeny weeny little bitty froggy
Jump. Jump. Jump little froggy
Eat up all the little worms and spiders
Fleas and flies are Scrumpdelicious
Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, CROAK!

Sauce
Sauce, Cheese
Anchovies
Pizza!
Eat a lotta eat a lotta eat a lotta pizza
Oh no, don't drop the pizza
Cheese and sauce are scrumpdiddlicious
Nibble nibble nibble nibble nibble nibble CHOMP!

Sung to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it"

(Sung thrice with different actions each time on normal four-beat pattern, thirty-two beats total)

(Actions first time through: hold fists out with index finger pointing up, then back to fist, then pointing straight out in front of you, then back to fist.)

(Actions second time through: whole hand motions)

(Actions third time through: arms straight up, then back down, then out in front of you, then back in)

(Actions fourth time through: arms straight up, touch your knees, touch your toes, touch your knees (must be done rather quickly))

I'm alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic.

I'm alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic.

I'm alive, awake, alert; I'm alert, awake, alive.

I'm alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic.

Modified version of the normal song.

I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain.

What a glorious feeling, I'm

ch ch-ch ch, ch-ch ch, ch-ch ch, (throw arms up) whoo!

ch ch-ch ch, ch-ch ch, ch-ch ch, (throw arms up) whoo!

(Repeat Leader's instructions after given. They are given one at a time, until at the end, all instructions are given.)

Thumbs out - Elbows back - Knees together - Butt out - Head back - Tongue out

Baby Shark (fingers)

Mama Shark (hand)

Daddy Shark (elbows down)

Grandma Shark (fist)

Grandpa Shark (whole arms)

Saw a shark (shark fin)

Saw Real Fast (swim real fast motions)

Shark Attack (wave arms in the air)

Lost An Arm (minus one arm)

Lost A Leg (minus the arm and the leg)

CPR (make as if you’re pumping your chest)

It’s Too Late (point at wrist with the time)

Went to heaven (form a halo over your head)

Came back as a baby shark (fingers)

HOBYs in the back, show me where it's at!

(People in the back throw their arms back and scream "UH")

HOBYs in the middle, give me just a little!

(People in the middle throw their arms back and scream "UH")

HOBYs in the front, show us how to grunt!

(People in the front throw their arms back and scream "UH")

HOBYs! (Everyone throws arms back and scream "UH" once)

HOBYs! (Everyone throws arms back and scream "UH" twice)

HOBYs! (Everyone throws arms back and scream "UH" three times)

Actions differ, usually claps. Udder action for the MOOs.

Leader: Give me a big M!

Everyone: EMMMMM!

Leader: Give me a little M!

Everyone: m. (high-pitched)

Don't give me no pop, no pop.

Don't give me no tea, no tea.

Just give me that milk, moo-moo-moo-moo;

That HOBY milk, moo-moo-moo-moo.

(repeat for each letter in the word MILK. Then finish with…)

Leader: Give me a big milk!

Everyone: CHOCOLATE!

Leader: Give me a little milk!

Everyone: skim! (one more chorus)

A repeat song. Leader sings a line, line repeated by others.

I said a boom, chick-a-boom.

I said a boom, chick-a-boom.

I said a boom, chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-boom.

Uh, huh

Oh, yeah

One more time...

"Whatever" style

Janitor Style: (push "broom/mop")

I said a broom, sweep-a-broom

I said a broom, sweep-a-mop-a-sweep-a-mop-a-sweep-a-broom

Valley Girl Style: (flip wrist, hair, et al)

I said, like, a boom, chick-a-boom

I said, like, a boom, --chick-a-rock-a--chick-a-gag me with a spoon!

I said a boom, throw me a freakin’ bone here, boom

Preacher Style: (shaking finger pointing)

Do regular verse, but with lots of feeling and a passionate preaching voice.

Loud Style: (hand megaphone)

Scream it!

Slow Style: (slow-motion walking/running)

Do a regular verse s l o w l y!

I said a cheese, chunk-a-cheese

I said a cheese, chunk-a-cheddar-chunk-a-cheddar-chunk-a cheese!

WWF Style: (imitate wrestling, stomping)

I said a slam, chick-a-slam

I said a slam, chick-a-slam-slam-slam--body slam!

(moderately self-explanatory)

Harley Style: (ride and rev the "chopper")

I said a vroom, chick-a-vroom!

I said a vroom, chick-a-ride-a-chick-a-drive-a-chick-a-vroom!

Flower Style: (blooming, ballerina-esque arms)

I said a bloom-chick-a-bloom

(wiggle fingers over your lips)

Opera Style: (big, expressive motions)

(sing it loud, sing it proud; big vibrato, crescendos)

(steering and shifting)

I said a vroom-chick-a-vroom!

I said a vroom-chick-a-stop-a-there’s-a-cop-a-chick-a-vroom!

Cheerleader Style: (random cheer motions)

I said a boom, go-fight boom!

I said a boom, go-fight-win, go-fight-win, go-fight-boom!

Do you best Ladies’ Man impression.

Scrunch face, stick out tongue for "Mmm" and "Aah," respectively.

"Mmm-aah," went the little green frog one day;

"Mmm-aah," went the little green frog!

"Mmm-aah," went the little green frog one day,

So we all go, "Mmm-mmm-aah."

(before each "Sha-la-la-la-la," hit hands on lap and wiggle arms in the air, alternating to the left and right)

All the frogs go… "Sha-la-la-la-la"

"Sha-la-la-la-la, Sha-la-la-la-la"

All the frogs go… "Sha-la-la-la-la"

So we all go, "Mmm-mmm-aah."

"Honk honk," went the big bad truck one day; (honk truck)

"Splish, Splat," went the little green frog! (horizontal double-claps)

(Make slurping "dog lick" noises) Went the big white dog one day

So we all go, "Mmm-mmm-aah."

PMA: Hey HOBY!

Crowd: Hey what?

PMA: Hey HOBY!

Crowd: Hey what?

PMA: Show us how to get down!

Crowd: No way!

PMA: Show us how to get down!

Crowd: OK!

Leader: Hey HOBY!

Response: Hey what?

Leader: Hey HOBY!

Response: Hey what?

Leader: Show us how you shake your thang!

This is how we shake our thang!

BOOM! Sha-wadda-wadda

BOOM! She-bang-bang

BOOM! Sha-wadda-wadda

This is how we shake our thang!

Head, head, shoulders

Knees, knees, toes

Eyes and ears, mouth and nose

Hips and thighs, BODY!

(same as Verse 2, but up on the descant)

Tune: Frère Jacques. Touch each body part as sung.

(Love = heart; You = point out to "you")

Toe Knee Chest Nut

Toe Knee Chest Nut

Toe Knee Nose

Toe Knee Nose

Toe Knee Nose Eye Love You

Toe Knee Nose Eye Love You

Toe Knee Nose

Toe Knee Nose

Let me see your (Frankenstein)! What’s that you say?

I said, let me see your (Frankenstein)! What’s that you say?

I said, let me see your (Frankenstein)! What’s that you say?

(do the impersonations here)

Jerry Maguire do the "show me the money"

John Travolta dance to Disco moves

Arnold Swarzenneger show off muscles in various positions

HOBY Spirit self-explanatory

Funky Chicken self-explanatory

Surfer Dude self-explanatory

Lawnmower self-explanatory

Windshield wiper self-explanatory

(a repeater: leader, ambassadors, everyone)

The littlest worm (The littlest worm)

I ever saw (I ever saw)

Got stuck inside (Got stuck inside)

My soda straw (My soda straw)

(Follow the same form for each subsequent verse)

He said to me

Don’t take a sip

For if you do

You’ll surely flip

I took a sip

That worm went down

Right through my pipes

He must have drowned

Now don’t you fret

Now don’t you fear

That little worm

Had scuba gear

He was my pal

He was my friend

There is no more

This is the end

(A "Get up and dance" cheer. Additional verses exist…)

Basic Form: (replace boldface with options below)

Hip, Hop, HOBY Rocks

Let me see that right foot drop!

(Drop/Stomp right foot) BOOM! Shake-it-out-shake-it-out!

(Drop/Stomp right foot) BOOM! Shake-it-out-shake-it-out!

Right Foot - Left Foot - Booty

There are…

(count rapidly to eighteen, then pause for all to catch up)

wheels on the big rig,

(do classic dance arm roll, alternating left and right at each line)

and they’re rollin’, rollin’, rollin’,

rollin’, rollin’, rollin’,

rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ down the road!

(For alternate forms, replace normal counting with evens, odds, primes, Spanish, French, roman numerals…)

Ay… Bo-diddily-bop!

I gotsta get back to my block!

With a ________^x in my hand!

I can be a ________^y…

A ________^y-1 (Repeat until you return to "A minivan…")

steering wheel minivan pretend to steer

basketball Jord-ian pretend to dribble

spaceship mart-ian be "spacy"

pizza pizza man carry pizza in one hand

spirit stick HOBY-an act spirited

P is for Party,

A is for All Night Long,

R is for Right Now,

T is for Take it Slow,

Y is for Why Not?

Party! Don’t let your momma know…

Party! Or she won’t let you go…

(There’s a dance to this one…)

Little Bunny Foo-foo

Hoppin’ through the forest

Scoopin’ up the field mice

And bop ‘em on the head

And down came the good fairy…

And she said…

Little Bunny Foo-foo

I don’t wanna see you

Scoopin’ up the field mice

And boppin’em on the head

(for all but last time…)

I’ll give you (three) more chance(s)…

And if you don’t behave…

I’ll turn you into a goon…

The next day… (return to beginning, subtract one day)

(for last time…)

I gave you three chances…

And you didn’t behave…

POOF! You’re a goon!

(Optional ending for the leader or whoever else feels like delivering a good pun to end…)

The moral of the story: Hare today, Goon tomorrow!

My mom gave me a (penny)

To (see Jack Benny)

I did not (see Jack Benny)

I BOUGHT SOME BUBBLEGUM!

A-chew-a-chew-a-chew-a…

A-chew-a-chew-a-chew-a…

A-chew-a-chew-a-chew-a…

I BOUGHT SOME BUBBLEGUM!

(replace parenthetical items with items in lists below)

Nickel buy a pickle

Dime buy a lime

Quarter buy some water

Dollar buy a collar

Pound buy a hound

Peso buy some queso

Euro buy a burro/bourough

Yen buy a hen

Ruble buy a poodle

Frank buy a tank

Hey HOBY! Hey what?

Hey HOBY! Hey what?

Are you ready? to what?

To Jig? Jigga-what?

Jiggalo! Oooooh!

Well our hands up high,

Our feet are low and this is how we jiggalo!

Jig-a-lo, jig-jig-a-lo! (Repeat)

Here we go, ride that pony!

Ride around that big, fat pony!

Here we go, ride that pony!

This is how we do…

Front to front to front, my baby!

Back to back to back, my baby!

Side to side to side, my baby!

This is how we do!

Leader: HOBY Ambassadors, how's your PMA?

We feel good, oh we feel so good (UH)

Leader: Double uh (UH twice)

Leader: Triple uh (UH thrice)

Leader: HOBY Ambassadors, Dexterity Check!

(Clap x5, clap x5, clap x3, clap x3, cross arms in front of you as you say "HO-", uncross arms as you say "-BY", then UH. Sometimes this is then called in reverse order.)

Leader: HOBY Ambassadors, what do you think of (insert noun here)?

Reply: Outstanding! (Shouted, arms above head, palm of one hand rests on the other hand, forming an O)

(sung in common time, clap on the even beats)

O-U-T

S-T-A-N-D

I-N-G

OUT-OUT-OUTSTANDING

(Repeat once more.)

1. Rub Hands Together

2. Snap Fingers

3. Pat Your Lap

4. Stomp Your Feet

(Continue in reverse order. Rain will come within 24 hours. Must have at least 100 persons present.)

Bananas, unite! (join hands above head)

Bananas split!

Peel bananas, peel peel bananas

Peel bananas, peel peel bananas

Eat bananas, eat eat bananas

Eat bananas, eat eat bananas

Go bananas, go go bananas

Go bananas, go go bananas

You peel down the left, you peel down the right,

You peel down the middle and "UH" take a bite

To be enthusiastic you must act enthusiastic!

To be enthusiastic you must act enthusiastic!

To be enthusiastic you must act enthusiastic!

(hands form "O" over head)

Oh boy, are we enthusiastic!

(end with generic enthusiastic arm action)

(just do the actions as you say them)

Brown squirrel, brown squirrel

Shake your bushy tail!

Brown squirrel, brown squirrel

Shake your bushy tail!

Crinkle up your little nose

Stick it down between your toes

Brown squirrel, brown squirrel

Shake your bushy tail!

We’ve got spirit, yes we do… We’ve got spirit, how ‘bout you?

Pop pop, fizz fizz, you don’t know what spirit is!

Fee Fi Fo Fum! We got spirit, you got none!

We got spirit, yea yea, we got spirit!

Yea, yea, we got what, what, what, what,

What, what, what, what, what, what, what

We got spirit!

(Used as a punishment for people/groups who lose personal items and wish to get them back. Four-beat pattern, claps on even-numbered beats. "I’m a Little Teapot" may also be used.)

Squiggle it! Just a little bit!

(Outdoor adventure. Groups sit in lines all facing the same direction as a leader takes everyone on the "ride.")

How do you feel?

We feel good! Oh, we feel so good! *UGH*

We feel fine, all of the time!

Ooga! Ooga! Ooga! Ooga! Ooga!

I’m singin’ in the rain

Just singin’ in the rain

What a glorious feeling!

I’m . . . *funky chhh-chhh-chhh thing*

Arms out!

Thumbs up!

Elbows back!

Knees bent!

Butt out!

Head back!

Eyes crossed!

Head back!

Tongue out!

H I can’t hear ya,

O a little louder

B that’s better

Y cuz ya gotta!

H O B Y H-O-B-Y H-O-B-Y!

(Repeat as needed while getting louder)

Peanut Peanut Butter. . . and Jelly

Peanut Peanut Butter. . . and Jelly

First you take the butter and you spread it, you spread it

Then you take the jelly and you spread it. you spread it

Next you take the pieces and you MUSH it, you MUSH it!

And you take the sandwich and you MUNCH it, you MUNCH it!

Peanut Peanut Butter. . . and Jelly

Peanut Peanut Butter. . . and Jelly

Little Sally Walker

Walkin’ down the street

She didn’t know what to do

So she stopped in front of me

Singin’ Hey girl do your thing, do your thing (what’s up?!) SWITCH

Hey girl do your thing do your thing (what’s up?!)

One and one, we’re having some fun, here at HOBY, all day and all of the night! Go HOBY!

Two and two, we love what we do . . .

Three and three, I lost my key . . .

Four and four, my roommate snores . . .

Five and five, I’m still alive . . .

Six and six, we get all our kicks . . .

Seven and seven, in bed by eleven . . .

Eight and eight, we love what we ate . . .

Nine and nine, I’m doing fine . . .

Ten and ten, we’d do it again . . .

Everybody do the HOBY Rumble!

Everybody do the HOBY Rumble!

HOBY RUMBLE!

Everybody do the HOBY Rumble!

Everybody do the HOBY Rumble!

HOBY RUMBLE!

How Funky Is Your Chicken? Our Chicken’s Really Funky!

How Loose Is Your Goose? Our Goose Is Really Loose!

So come on everbody!

And shake your caboose!

A Pizza Hut

A Pizza Hut

Kentucky Fried Chicken

And a Pizza Hut

McDonald’s! McDonald’s!

KFC

And a Pizza Hut

A Jabba the Hutt

A Jabba the Hutt

Luke Skywalker

And a Jabba the Hutt

Darth Vader! Darth Vader!

Luke Skywalker

And Jabba the Hutt

A Pizza Hut,

A Pizza Hut

A Luke Skychicken

And a Pizza Hut

McVader’s! McVader’s!

A Luke Skychicken

And a Pizza Hut

(Diet Verse)
A Lean Cuisine, a Lean Cuisine, a Slim Fast Shake, and a Lean Cuisine.
A Lean Cuisine, a Lean Cuisine, a Slim Fast Shake, and a Lean Cuisine.
No Twinkies! No Twinkies! A Slim Fast Shake, and a Lean Cuisine.
No Twinkies! No Twinkies! A Slim Fast Shake, and a Lean Cuisine.

You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips

And there’s no tenderness like before in your fingertips

You’re trying hard not to show it, baby

But baby, baby I know it…

You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’

Whoa, that lovin’ feelin’

You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’

Now it’s gone, gone, gone…

(last time: And I can’t go on…)

Whoa-whoa-whoa.

Baby, baby, I get down on my knees for you

If you would only love me like you used to do

We had a love, a love, a love you don’t find everyday

So don’t (don’t) don’t (don’t) don’t (don’t) let it slip away-ay-ay

Baby! (Baby!) Baby! (Baby!)

I’m beggin’ you please! (I’m beggin’ you please!)

I’m beggin’ you please! (I’m beggin’ you please!)

I need your love! (I need your love!)

I need your love! (I need your love!)

So bring it on back! (Bring it on back!)

So bring it on back! (Bring it on back!)

You’ve got to… (to Refrain)

I went down to the river!

And I took a little walk

And I met up with some turkeys

And we had a little talk

I said, "wash them turkeys!"

And I hung ‘em on a line

‘Said you can be the turkey

Just any ‘ole time.

Can you iggle?

Can you wiggle?

Can you step back and giggle?

Can you hut?

Can you strut?

Can you do the butt?

Can you smile?

Can you frown?

Can you Bobby Brown?

Can you surf?

Can you nerf?

Can you sing like a smurf?

KICK IT! Lalalalalala

Can you rake?

Can you brake?

Can you do the snake?

Can you grab it?

Can you stab it?