1  SCOUT VESPERS
                                    
Softly falls the light of day,          
As our campfire fades away.             
Silently each Scout should ask,         
"Have I done my daily task?             
Have I kept my honor bright?            
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?          
Have I done and have I dared,           
Everything to be Prepared?"             
                                        
Listen Lord, oh listen Lord,            
As I whisper soft and low.              
Bless my mom and Bless my dad,          
These are things that they should       
  know.                                 
I will keep my honor Bright,            
The oath and law will be my guide.      
And mom and dad this you should         
  know,                                 
Deep in my heart I love you so.         
                                        
                                        
2           ON MY HONOR                 
                                        
            On my honor,                
          I'll do my best,              
       To do my duty to God.            
            On my honor,                
          I'll do my best,              
   To serve my country as I may.        
            On my honor,                
          I'll do my best,              
    To do a good turn each day.         
   To keep my body strengthened.        
     To keep my mind awakened,          
 To follow paths of righteousness,      
            On my honor,                
          I'll do my best.              
                                        
                                        
3        KUM BA YAH                     
                                        
Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!         
Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!         
Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!         
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.                    
                                        
Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!     
Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!     
Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!     
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.                    
                                        
Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba         
  yah!                                  
Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba         
  yah!                                  
Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba         
  yah!                                  
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.                    

Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba        
  yah!                                  
Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba        
  yah!                                  
Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba        
  yah!                                  
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.                    
                                        
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba         
  yah!                                  
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba         
  yah!                                  
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba         
  yah!                                  
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.                    
                                        
Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!         
Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!         
Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!         
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.                    
                                        
                                        
4      KUM BA YAH                       
   Scout Law Version                   
                                        
A Scout is trustworthy, Lord, Kum       
  ba yah!                               
A Scout is loyal, Lord, Kum ba yah!     
A Scout is helpful, Lord, Kum ba        
  yah!                                  
Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah.                   
                                        
A Scout is friendly, Lord, Kum ba       
  yah!                                  
A Scout is courteous, Lord, Kum ba      
  yah!                                  
A Scout is kind, Lord, Kum ba yah!      
Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah.                   
                                        
A Scout is obedient, Lord, Kum ba       
  yah!                                  
A Scout is cheerful, Lord, Kum ba       
 yah!                                   
A Scout is thrifty, Lord, Kum ba        
  yah!                                  
Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah.                   
                                        
A Scout is brave, Lord, Kum ba yah!     
A Scout is clean, Lord, Kum ba yah!     
A Scout is reverent, Lord, Kum ba       
  yah!                                  
Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah.                   
 
5      THE PADDLE SONG                  
                                        
This song depicts French-Canadian       
Fur trappers going out to check on      
their traps by canoe. A suggestion      
for singing this song would be to       
sing it through several times,          
starting    softly, getting louder      
as the "canoe" approaches, and then     
getting softer again as the canoe       
grows more distant.                     
                                        
(ROUND)                                 
                                        
Our paddles Keen and bright,            
Flashing like silver,                   
Swift as the wild goose flight,         
Dip, dip, and swing.                    
                                        
Dip, dip, and swing them back,          
Flashing like silver,                   
Swift as the wild goose flight.         
Dip, dip, and swing.                    
                                        
6     HI HO! NOBODY HOME                
      (Three part round)                
                                        
Hi, ho! Nobody home,                    
Meat nor drink nor money have I         
  none.                                 
Yet will I be merry.                    
                                        
                                        
7    ARE YOU SLEEPING                   
                                        
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping?     
Brother John, Brother John.             
Morning bells are ringing;              
Morning bells are ringing.              
Ding ding dong,                         
ding ding dong!                         
                                        
                                        
8       DOWN BY THE STATION             
              (Round)                   
                                        
Down by the station, early in the       
  morning,                              
See the little puffer bellies all       
  in a row.                             
See the station master turn the         
  little handle.                        
Chug, chug, toot, toot, off we go!      
                                        
                                        
9           STREET PEDDLERS             
                                        
This three part round is to be          
reminiscent of the days when the        
early morning silence would be          
broken by the sound of push cart        
wheels and the occasional "clip-        
clop" of the horse drawn wagons.        
Sing through three times, first         
softly, then louder and finishing       
softly again.                           
                                        
Chairs to mend, old chairs to mend!     
Mackerel, fresh Mackerel!               
Any old rags, any old rags!             
                                        
                                        
10    EDELWEISS                         
                                        
Edelweiss, Edelweiss                    
Every morning you greet me              
Small and white,                        
Clean and bright,                       
You look happy to meet me.              
                                        
Blossom of snow                         
May you bloom and grow,                 
Bloom and grow forever,                 
Edelweiss, Edelweiss,                   
Bless my homeland forever.              
                                        
                                        
11     ONE BOTTLE OF POP                
                                        
Divide the group into three parts,      
and have them start one verse after     
the other.                              
                                        
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, Seven bottles of pop.            
                                        
Fish and chips and vinegar,             
Vinegar, vinegar.                       
Fish and chips and vinegar,             
And pepper, pepper, pepper, salt.       
                                        
Don't chuck your muck in my             
  dustbin,                              
My dustbin, my dustbin, my dustbin.     
Don't chuck your muck in my             
  dustbin,                              
My dustbin's full.                      
                                        
