Mira Pines United Church Camp - Around the Campfire

Around the Campfire

And Other Music From Camp

(Lyrics by Donna MacPherson)

Click on Song Title for the Lyrics or Reasonable Facsimile

1. My Momma don’t wear no socks
My Momma don’t wear no socks (a ding dong)
I was there when she took ‘em off (a ding- dong)
She threw them in a __________ (a ding dong)
Something that rhymes with previous______

2. Yogi Bear (actions)
I know someone you don’t know Yogi Yogi
I know someone you don’t know Yogi Yogi Bear
Yogi Yogi Bear, Yogi Yogi Bear I know someone you don’t know Yogi Yogi Bear
Yogi has a girlfriend too Cindy Cindy (hair flip thing)
Yogi has a girlfriend too Cindy Cindy Bear (hair flip thing)
Cindy Cindy Bear, Cindy Cindy Bear I know someone you don’t know Cindy Cindy Bear
Yogi has a little friend Boo Boo (Action ground thing can’t explain)
Yogi has a little friend Boo Boo Bear
Boo Boo Bear Boo Boo Bear I know someone you don’t know Boo Boo Boo Bear
They all have an enemy Ranger, Ranger (hand gun thing)
They all have an enemy Ranger Ranger Smith(?) or Jones
Ranger Ranger Smith! /Jones Ranger Ranger Smith/Jones
They all have an enemy Ranger Ranger Smith/Jones
They all live in Jellystone , Jellystone
They all live in Jellystone, Jelly Jelly stone
Jelly Jelly Stone Jelly Jelly stone
They all live in Jelly stone Jelly Jelly stone

3. 40 Years on an Ice Burg (actions)
40 years on an ice burg over the ocean wide (hand thing)
nothing to wear but pajamas nothing to do but slide [or Jill’s version nothing to do but hide]
The wind was cold and icy the frost began to bite (pinch neighbor)
I had to hug my polar bear to keep me warm at night (hug neighbor)
Each time hum one verse

4. Little Green Frog
Mmm went the little green frog one day
Mmm went the little green eek
mmm went the little green frog one day and they all went mm-ah
but we all know frogs go la-de-da-de-da
la-de-da-de-da, la-de-da-de-da
They don’t go mmm-ah
(Keep going getting faster each time)

5. Green Grass (repeating song)
Sorry Sandy I know the words but I really don’t want to write em all out it could be a long process

6. Ain’t no flies on Us
1st team there ain’t no flies on us_______________ (creative insult)
There might be flies on some of you guys but there ain’t no flies on us (same creative insult)
2nd team (louder) There ain’t no flies on us ____________(creative insult)
There might be flies on some of you guys but there ain’t no flies on us (same creative insult)
(So on so forth the song usually goes on for a very long time.)

7. Humpty Dumpty
Hump de dump Hump hump de Dumpty Dumpty hump de dump hump hump de Dumpty Dumpty
(insert nursery rhyme or heritage moment)
ain’t that funky now
(repeat again for a long time)

8. Fire’s Burning
Fire’s burning Fire’s burning
draw nearer draw nearer
in the glowing in the glowing
come sing and be merry.

9. Day is Done
Day is done gone the sun
From the seas from the hills from the sky
All is well safely rest God is nigh

10. Land of the Silver Birch
Land of the silver birch home of the beaver
where still the mighty moose wanders at will
Blue Lake and Rocky shores I will return once more
Boom-de-de-atah Boom
My paddle keen and bright flashing like silver
follow the wild goose flight dip dip and swing
Dip, dip and swing it back flashing like silver

11. Rufus Rustis Johnson Brown
Rufus Rustis Johnson Brown
Whatca gonna do when the rain comes down?
Whatca gonna do and Whatcha gonna say if ya can’t pay the rent ‘til the rain goes away?
O you know and I know and everybody knows that you can’t pay the rent
if you ain’t got the dough o Rufus Rustis Johnson brown whatcha gonna do when the rain comes down?
C-that's the way it begins
H-that's the next letter in
I- you’re in the middle of the word
C- you’ve already heard
K-now you’re nearing the end
E-now you’re rounding the bend
C-H-I-C-K-E-N o that's the way you spell Chicken

12. An Old Austrian
An old Austrian went yodeling on a mountain top high
along came a avalanche interrupting his cry
Chorus: yodeleyhehe yodeleheeh swish, swish
Repeat each time change avalanche to:
grizzly bear
jersey cow
Saint Bernard
pretty girl
father

13. Dum-Dum-Dada
hrm...rather hard to explain this one......

14. Little Bunny Fufu
Little bunny Fufu hoping through the forest scooping up the field mice
and bobbing them on the head. Down came the Good Fairy and she said...Little bunny Fufu I don’t wanna see you scooping up the field mice and bobbing them on the head. I’ll give 3 chances and then I’ll turn you into a goon. The Next day...Little bunny Fufu hopping through the forest scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head. Down came the goooooood fairy and she said...Little Bunny Fufu I don’t wanna see you Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head! I’ll give you 2 more chances and then I’ll turn you into a goon. The next day. Little Bunny Fufu hopping through the forest scooping up the field mine and bopping them on the head. Down came the good fairy and she said little bunny Fufu hopping through the forest scooping up the field mice and bopping them not on the head. Down came the good fairy and she said Little Bunny Fufu I don’t wanna see you! scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head. I’ll give one more chance and then I’ll turn you into a goon. The next day....Little Bunny Fufu hoping through the forest scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head. Down came the good fairy....and she said little bunny Fufu I don't want to see you scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head I’ll give no more chances I'm turning you into a goon! Poof!

15. Cabin in the Woods
In a cabin in the woods a little boy/man by the window stood saw a rabbit hoping by ..yeah I don’t remember

16. Mosquitoes and the bedbugs
I woke up Sunday morning and looked upon the wall the mosquitoes and the bedbugs were having a game of ball. The score was 2 to 7 the mosquitoes were again the bedbugs hit a homerun and knocked me out of bed. Singing Iny-Miny miny miny moe catch a tigger tigger by the toe and if he hollers hollers let him go singing iny-miny miney moe

17. There was a Crocodile
There was a crocodile (chop hand thing)
And orangutan (monkey action)
An Eagle flying (fly)
And a Northern Pike (fishy thing)
A Bunny (bunny ears)
A Beaver (beaver teeth)
A crazy elephant (elephant trunk)
Na na na nan na na na
continue singing humming one action each time

18. The Beaver Song
Beaver 1 Beaver all Let’s all do the Beaver Call
Beaver 2 Beaver 3 lets all climb the beaver tree
Beaver four Beaver five let’s all do the beaver jive
Beaver six Beaver 7 lets all go to Beaver Heaven
Beaver 8 Beaver 9 STOP!! It’s Beaver time

19. Brown Squirrel
Brown squirrel, Brown Squirrel Shake your bushy tail
Brown squirrel, Brown Squirrel shake your bushy tail
Shove a peanut in your paw and shove up your nose
Brown squirrel Brown squirrel shake your bushy tail

20. One Bottle of Pop
One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop,
Three bottles of pop, four bottles of pop,
Five bottles of pop, six bottles of pop,
Seven bottles of pop, POP!

Fish and chips and vinegar,
Vinegar, vinegar,
Fish and chips and vinegar,
Pepper, pepper, pepper salt!

Don't throw your junk in my backyard,
My backyard, my backyard,
Don't throw your junk in my backyard,
My backyard's full!

21. Boom-a-Chicka
I said boom!
I said boom chicka-boom!
I said booma-chicka-rocka-chicka-rocka-chicka-boom!
Uh huh!
Oh yeah!
One more time..
Keep singing same verse only each time say it in a different way (e.g.. underwater, cheerleader..)

22. The Littlest Worm
The littlest worm
You ever saw
Was stuck inside
My soda straw! (repeat all together)
He said to me
Don't take a sip
For if you do
I'll surely flip! (repeat)
I took a sip
And he went down
All through my pipes
He surely drowned! (repeat)
He was my friend
He was my pal
That’s the end
Of a very good friend (repeat)
I coughed him up,
But he was dead,
So I buried him,
In (counselor's name) bed (repeat)

23. Fred the Moose
There was a great big moose
He liked to drink a lot of juice
There was a great big moose
He liked to drink a lot of juice

Chorus: Singing Way-oh, way-oh
Way-oh way-oh way-oh way-oh
Way-oh, way-oh!
Way-oh way-oh way-oh way-oh

The moose's name was Fred
He liked to drink his juice in bed
The moose's name was Fred
He liked to drink his juice in bed
(Chorus)

He drank his juice with care
But he spilt it everywhere
He drank his juice with care
But he spilt it everywhere
(Chorus)

There was a great big moose,
On the loose,
Full of Juice

24. Tarzan
Tarzan
Was Swingin'' on a rubber band
Fell into a frying pan
Now Tarzan has a tan
Jane
Flying in her aeroplane
Crashed into a freeway lane
Now Jane has a pain
Now Tarzan has a tan
Cheetah
Walking down the street-a
Listen’ to the beat-a
Now Cheetah is the leadta'
Now Jane has a pain
Now Tarzan has a tan
Shamu
Swimming in the ocean blue
Smashed into a red canoe
Now Shamu's going to sue
Now Cheetah is the leadta'
And Jane has a pain
And Tarzan has a tan

25. Boy and a Girl in a little Canoe
There was a boy and a girl in a little canoe
And the moon was shining all around
They talked and they talked till the moon went in
And he said you better kiss me or get out and swim
So you know what to do in a little canoe
When the moon is shining all a,
The moon is shining all a,
The moon is shining all around
Get out and swim!
What the heck stay and neck for an hour or two
When the moon is shining all a,
The moon is shining all a,
The moon is shining all around

26. Late Last Night
Late last night when we were all in bed,
Old Lady Leary left a lantern in the shed.
Well, the cow kicked it over, winked his eye and said:
"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!"
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
*keep repeating getting quieter each time

27. Barn Yard Orchestra
Separate into 4 groups and assign each one an animal
(sheep, cow, pig(?))Decide what song to make. When leader points to your
group make the note of the song using your animals song.

28. Yellow Bird
A Yellow Bird (repeat)
With a Yellow Bill
Was Sitting On
My Window Sill
I coaxed him in
With Crumbs of bread
And then I squashed his, Little Head

29. The Worm Song
eveybody likes me everybody loves me
I think I'll eat some worms
Big fat juicy ones itsy bitsy tiny one
itsy bity fuzzy wuzzy worms yum yum
First you bite the heads off then you suck the guts out
Then you throw the rest away
Itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms yum-yum

30. Fire's Burning
Fire's burning, Fire's Burning
Draw nearer Draw nearer
In the glowing in the glowing
Come sing and me merry

31. Pee Wee Herman
Hey Hey Pee Wee Herman
Hey Hey Peewee Herman
Q'est que tu dit.
Je dit.
*gibberish*
Encore!

32. Corner Masters Store
There are/is/was ___, ___, *insert verb* ______ (that rhymes with previous blank)
At the store, at the store.
There are/is/was ______, ____, *insert verb*______(that rhymes with previous blank)
At the Corner Master's store.

Chorus: My eyes are dim, I can not see.
I have not brought my specks with me.
I have not brought my spectacles with me.

33. Black Socks
Black socks, they never get dirty.
The longer you wear them, the blacker they get.
Sometimes I think of the laundry;
But something keeps telling me don't wash them yet not yet, not yet, not yet...

34. Down by the Bay
Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow
Back to my home, I dare not go
For if I do, my mother will say
Did! you ever see a _____, with a ______(rhyming something)
Down by the bay?

35. Wataly Achee
Wataly Achee, Wataly Achee
Dootaly Do, Dootaly do
Wataly Achee, Wataly Achee
Dootaly Doo, Dootally Doo
It's the simplest song there ain't much to it,
All you've got to do is Dootally do it.
I like the rest but the part I like best goes
dotally dotally dotally dotally dotally dotally do, yeah!
(repeat each time getting faster)

36. Titanic
Oh, they built the ship Titanic, to sail the ocean blue
And they thought they had a ship that the water wouldn't go through
But the good Lord raised His hand, said the ship would never land
It was sad when the great ship went down.

Chorus: Oh, it was sad, so sad
It was sad when the great ship went down
To the bottom of the sea
(Uncle's, Aunts little children lost their pants)
It was sad when the great ship went down.

O they were not far from shore when they heard that mighty roar
And the rich refused to associate with the poor.
So they put them down below where they'd be the first to go
It was sad when the great ship went down...

Chorus

The California not a dozen miles away
never heard the SOS 'cus the crew had hit the hay
Captian and crew never knew that ship was through
It was sad when the great ship went down...

Chorus

The moral of this story is very play to see
Always wear a life preserver whenever you're at sea
Uncles and Aunts, little Chilren Lost there pants
It was sad when the great ship when down...

Chorus

Ker plunk it sunk! what a rotten piece of junk!
Double Bubble, You're in trouble
The end. Amen!

37. Mira Pines is Flying High
Adi-adi adi-oh with a wig-wig wig and a wagidee whoa
Clap your hands up in the sky 'cus Mira Pines is flying high
*repeat getting louder or quieter*

38. Rain Song
*One person starts off with first action next person starts and so on and so forth.
Once first action gets back to original person then they start the next action.
Actions: rub hands together, snap fingers, slap knees, stomp feet*

39. Speckled Frogs
Five little speckled frogs, sitting on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs. (yum, yum)
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there were four little speckled frogs

*continue until there are not more frogs*

40. Banana Song
Bananas unite
Peel Bananas, peel peel bananas
Slice Bananas, slice slice bananas
Mush Bananas, mush mush bananas
Eat Bananas, eat eat bananas
Go bananas, Go go bananas

Graces

Addams Family
Na na na nah (snap fingers twice)
Na na na nah (snap fingers twice)
Na na na nah (sing three times then snap fingers twice)

We thank you God for giving
The food we need for living
For food and fun and friendship
We thank you God
Amen

Johnny Apple Seed
Oh the Lord is good to me
And so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need
The sun and the rain and the apple seed
Oh the Lord is good to me

For every seed I sow
An apple tree will grow
And soon there’ll be apples there
For everyone in the world to share
The Lord is good to me
Johnny Apple Seed
Amen

Superman
Thank you God, for giving us food!
Thank you God, for giving us food!
For the food that we eat!
For the friends that we meet!
Thank you God, for giving us food!

Flintstones
God is -- good -- and God is -- great
And we thank Him for our food.
God is -- good -- and God is -- great
And we thank Him for our food.
Amen. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-men.
Amen. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-men.
God is -- good -- and God is -- great
And we thank Him for our...
We thank Him for our...
We thank Him for our food!

Rub-a-dub-dub
Rub a dub dub
Thanks for the Grub
Yay God!

Music Rotation Songs

8 MIRA PINES COUNSELORS
Chorus: O dear what can the matter be
8 Mira Pines counselors got locked in the main building
They were there from Sunday 'til Friday at 2
and nobody knew they were there

The first counselor was Murdock MacLean
He went in to entertain
tried to do a ninja kick and now he's in pain
And nobody really cares except for Donna

Chorus

The next counselor was counselor Tiffany
She went in to get a cup of tea
Murdock attacked her and gave her a wedgie
and nobody knew they were there

Chorus

The next counselor was counselor Sandy
he went in to get some candy
Saw Mur and Tiff and said Ooo ain't that dandy
and nobody knew they were there

Chorus

The next counselor was Counselor Lynne
she went in on a personal whim
Everybody do a Lynne Face
and nobody knew they were there

Chorus

The next counselor was Counselor Anna
she went in and slipped on a banana
went 6 feet in the air and fell o her fanna
and nobody knew she was there

Chorus

The next counselor was Kathleen Penney
she went in to hi to Lenny
Looked on the floor and said, Hey aren't you Jenny?
And nobody knew they were there

Chorus

The next counselor came to us from Donkin
Pulled in the driveway his horn was a-honking
They took one look at him and said:
Donkin, Donkin, Donkin, let's all go to Donkin, NO! It sucks lets not go at all!!!!

Chorus

The next counselor was really a director
He came in to give them a lecture
What a nice fella...I think his name is Hector
And nobody knew they were there.

MIRA PINES ANTHM (a.k.a. the Bug Spray Song)
Hey make up some words today,
They can be about anything even birds or worms
Just sing right now Sing anything you can
Sing hum or clap along. C'mon man.

Chorus: It just takes some spray little bit of bug spray
and a long sleeved shirt, so the killer bugs won't hurt,
so the killer bugs won't hurt, won't hurt.

Hey Birch won cabin of the day
Only took them half the week but don't get down
Sing right now, Sing anything you please
Just keep it nice and clean
So Mike won't yell

Chorus

Now lets talk about the staff
It's a sure way to make campers Laugh
Well Aron snores, snores like a bore
Wanna hear some more here it goes

Chorus

Mike can't sing, Anna can't run.
Kathleen has chicken legs, Lynne's a pin...head
Sandy does sports, Tiff's all over C & E
Last and least is Big Mur, he's a geek!

Chorus

Christian Education Songs

SIYAHAMBA
Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos',
Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos',
Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos',
Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwen-,
Khanyen' kwenkhos',
Siyahamba, hamba,
Siyahamba, hamba,
Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwen-,
Khanyen' kwenkhos'.
Siyahamba, hamba,
Siyahamba, hamba,
Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos'.

We are marching in the light of God,
We are marching in the light of God,
We are marching in the light of God,
We are marching in the light of,
The light of God,
We are marching, marching,
We are marching, marching,
We are marching in the light of,
The light of God,
We are marching, marching,
We are marching, marching,
We are marching in the light of God

Kumbyah
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord kumbaya
(Whatever the other Things are.)

In the Bulb There is a Flower
In the bulb there is a flower, in the seed, an apple tree;
In cocoons, a hidden promise, butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter there's a spring that waits to be,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

There's a song in every silence, seeking word and melody;
There's a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future, what it holds, a mystery,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

In our end is our beginning, in our time, infinity;
In our doubt there is believing, in our life, eternity,
In our death, a resurrection at the last, a victory,
Unrevealed until its season something God alone can see

Pass it On (single verse)
It only takes a spark,
To get a fire going
And soon all those around,
Can warm up o it's glowing,
That's how it is with God's love,
Once you've expiernced it
You spread his love to everyone
You want to pass it on.

Peace Like a River
I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river
I've got peace like a river, in my soul, of my shoe
I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river
I've got peace like a river, in my soul of my shoe

I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain
I've got joy like a fountain, in my soul of my shoe
I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain
I've got joy like a fountain, in my soul of my shoe

I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean
I've got love like an ocean, in my soul of my my shoe
I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean
I've got love like an ocean, in my soul of my shoe

So, I've got peace like a river, I've got joy like a fountain
I've got love like an ocean in my soul in my shoe
So, I've got peace like a river, I've got joy like a fountain
I've got love like an ocean in my soul of my shoe

There were Sharks
Farrow Farrow
Banana Song
Speckled Frogs