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| Title |
Book |
page |
Source (if known) |
First line |
Type |
Notes |
| Rainbow Guides Song |
Songs for All Sorts |
2 |
M. P. Prior |
We're rainbows, we're
rainbows, in tabards of rainbow hue |
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| Rainbow Guides Closing
Song |
Songs for All Sorts |
3 |
M. P. Prior |
Thank you god for a lovely
meeting |
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| Bless this house, bless
this food |
Songs for All Sorts |
3 |
J. Richards |
Bless this house, bless this
food |
Grace |
written at Sangam, for Sangam |
| Scandinavian Prayer |
Songs for All Sorts |
4 |
Iceland, trans J. Froom |
God gave me ears that will
always hear thee |
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| That's the Brownie Way |
Songs for All Sorts |
5 |
Isabel Brown |
It's fun to be a Brownie, we
like to work and play |
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| Trulle and Trisse |
Songs for All Sorts |
6 |
Sweden |
Duke he had a little dog,
Trulle was his name oh! |
2 parts |
Sweden |
| Bim Bam Biri |
Songs for All Sorts |
6 |
Yiddish |
Bim bam biri biri bam |
actions |
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| Music makers |
Songs for All Sorts |
7 |
Buchanan & Prior |
Music makers, music makers,
come and sing |
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| You Know we're all
feeling happy |
Songs for All Sorts |
7 |
Pat Durnall |
You know we're all feeling
happy when we sing |
actions |
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| Windmills |
Songs for All Sorts |
8 |
Alan Bell |
In days gone by when the
world was much younger |
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| Sing a silly song |
Songs for All Sorts |
9 |
Mary Gentry |
Sing a silly song, sing it
right or sing it wrong |
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| Flicker |
Songs for All Sorts |
10 |
USA |
The flicker of a campfire,
the wind in the pines |
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USA |
| Hey la-li-lo |
Songs for All Sorts |
11 |
unknown |
We've got a song and here's
our chorus, hey la-li la-li-lo |
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peace theme |
| Have fun |
Songs for All Sorts |
12 |
USA |
Have fun, our motto is, have
fun or you will miss |
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| Oh be joyful |
Songs for All Sorts |
13 |
USA |
Oh be joyful, oh be jubilant |
round (3) |
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| Bellringer |
Songs for All Sorts |
14 |
Trad. |
Bellringer, pray give us
some peace, will your performance never cease |
round (3) |
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| My candle burns |
Songs for All Sorts |
14 |
unknown |
My candle burns at both
ends, it will not last the night |
round (4) |
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| In Athens |
Songs for All Sorts |
14 |
Pat Shaw |
In Athens you may spend your
holiday |
round (4) |
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| Da-di-dah! |
Songs for All Sorts |
15 |
Sue Stevens |
Da, da-di da-di-da |
round (4) |
can be sung with The Zoo |
| The Zoo |
Songs for All Sorts |
16 |
Sue Stevens |
We're all going to the zoo |
round (4) |
can be sung with Da-di-dah! |
| Saamen Trekken |
Songs for All Sorts |
18 |
Afrikaans |
Saamen trekken vyn adahay |
round (3) |
South Africa |
| Birthday Round |
Songs for All Sorts |
18 |
M Hauptmann |
Here in a song our warmest
wishes we do send |
round (4) |
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| Come and camp |
Songs for All Sorts |
18 |
Pat Shaw / Prior and Gentry |
Come and camp at Hautbois
do, Lime Pits one or Lime Pits two |
round (4) |
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| Feeling free |
Songs for All Sorts |
19 |
Lloyd Poole |
Way in the sky, I'd like to
fly, gliding in the setting sun |
round (2) |
Australian |
| Round without words |
Songs for All Sorts |
19 |
Anon |
Lah |
round (4) |
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| O Hark to the Lark |
Songs for All Sorts |
19 |
unknown |
O hark to the lark as he
soareth and singeth |
round (4) |
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| Pilgrimage |
Songs for All Sorts |
20 |
M. P. Prior |
Seeking, searching, which is
the road to take |
parts (2) |
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| Wind |
Songs for All Sorts |
21 |
Marie Gaudette / Christine
Trevor/ John Galsworthy |
Wind, wind, heather gypsy,
whistling in my tree |
parts (3) |
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| Sing round the campfire |
Songs for All Sorts |
22 |
Daphne Bird |
Sing round the campfire, now
day is done |
parts (3) |
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| As we trek along |
Songs for All Sorts |
23 |
Christine Trevor |
As we trek along together,
as we trek along |
parts (2/3) |
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| St Patrick's Breastplate |
Songs for All Sorts |
24 |
Mary Chater |
I bind unto myself the name,
the strong name of the trinity |
parts (3) |
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| Walking Song |
Songs for All Sorts |
26 |
W H Neidlinger |
Along the road that leads
the way, we travel as it will |
parts (2/3) |
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| The River Runs High |
Songs for All Sorts |
28 |
Boardman and Landis |
The river runs high and the
channel lies deep |
parts (2) |
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| Yulishka |
Songs for All Sorts |
29 |
Czech, arr. R Sabor |
Yulishka under the lilac
tree, oh faria, faria |
parts (3) |
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| Look for the beauty |
Songs for All Sorts |
30 |
Anne Mcgregor, arr. Heather J
Reed |
Look for the beauty in each
little thing, dew drops on grass blades, a bird on the wing |
parts (3) |
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| Lotus flower (Buddhist
Prayer Wheel Song) |
Songs for All Sorts |
31 |
Trad. |
O mani padu am |
actions |
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| Oh Eppo i Tai Tai Ayah |
Songs for All Sorts |
31 |
Maori (New Zealand) |
Oh eppo i tai tai ayah |
parts (2) |
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| Fiesta Song |
Songs for All Sorts |
32 |
Mexican |
With hearts that are light
and gay, we dance on Fiesta day |
parts (2) |
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| Japanese Drum Song |
Songs for All Sorts |
33 |
Trad. Japanese |
O Ki Na Taiko Don Don |
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| Sangam Festival Song |
Songs for All Sorts |
34 |
Sue Wingfield |
We come together to share in
the music and the song |
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| Think On |
Songs for All Sorts |
35 |
Rita & Sally Sandifer |
Guides and scouts around the
world we think of you |
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| Pebbles |
Songs for All Sorts |
36 |
USA |
One little pebble and the
circles begin, a circle in a circle they go on without end |
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| Thinking Day '87 |
Songs for All Sorts |
37 |
Maureen E Channon |
Let's join together in this
simple song, it's tra la la la la helps Thinking Day along |
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| Song for Breaking the
World Flag |
Songs for All Sorts |
38 |
Jane Robinson |
Golden trefoil in a deep
blue sky, reminds us of our promise true |
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| The banks of the hanky
panky |
Songs for All Sorts |
38 |
USA |
Down on the banks of the
Hanky Panky where the bull frogs jump from bank to banky |
Singing game |
USA |
| Hoida (Finish
Washerwomen's Dance) |
Songs for All Sorts |
39 |
Finland |
Hoida hoida da hoida hoida |
Singing game |
Finland |
| Lapada |
Songs for All Sorts |
39 |
Denmark |
We dance the lapada, lapada,
lapada |
Singing game |
Denmark |
| Estonian Arm Swinging |
Songs for All Sorts |
40 |
Trad. |
Lah |
Singing game |
| Ak Shav (Welcome to
Israel) |
Songs for All Sorts |
40 |
Trad. |
Ak shav, ak shav, b'em ek
yis roi al |
Singing game |
| Swedish Rhapsody |
Songs for All Sorts |
41 |
unknown |
Lah |
Singing game |
| Birthday Song |
Songs for All Sorts |
41 |
Afrikaans |
January February March… |
Singing game |
South Africa |
| Masilowe |
Songs for All Sorts |
42 |
Lesotho |
Masilowe he la ma silo he la |
Singing game |
Africa |
| Marmee |
Songs for All Sorts |
42 |
African |
Marmee come let us come in, |
clapping game |
Africa |
| For the Beauty of the
Earth (descant part) |
Songs for All Sorts |
43 |
M. P. Prior |
(England's Lane) |
descant part |
| Thank you (descant part) |
Songs for All Sorts |
43 |
M. P. Prior |
Ah |
descant part |
| Prince of the Peasants |
Songs for All Sorts |
44 |
Sian Howell-Pryce |
Jesus Christ in a manger was
laid, hallelujah |
Christmas |
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| Carillon |
Songs for All Sorts |
44 |
M Chater |
Nowell, Nowell, good news I
tell |
Christmas |
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| Mary's Lullaby |
Songs for All Sorts |
45 |
Polish, arr. J A Ireland |
Mary sang softly that night
by the manger, sleep my babe I will guard thee from danger |
Christmas |
Poland |
| Away in a manger |
Songs for All Sorts |
46 |
W J Kirkpatrick, arr. M P Prior |
Away in a manger, no crib
for a bed |
Christmas |
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| It's Christmas |
Songs for All Sorts |
48 |
Maureen Channon |
It's Christmas, it's
Christmas we're happy and gay |
Christmas |
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| Carol of the Field Mice |
Songs for All Sorts |
49 |
Linda Hewitt / Kenneth Grahame |
Villagers all this frosty
tide |
Christmas |
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| Ting-a-ling-a-ling |
Songs for All Sorts |
50 |
Maureen Channon |
Ting-a-ling-a-ling say the
Christmas bells |
Christmas |
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| Joseph and his wife Mary |
Songs for All Sorts |
50 |
Maureen Channon |
One two three four, who's
that knocking at the door |
Christmas |
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| An Old Sussex Grace |
Songs for All Sorts |
51 |
Sue Stevens |
Bees of Paradise do the work
of Jesus Christ |
Grace |
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| Cricket's Grace |
Songs for All Sorts |
51 |
Lura Collier |
Our Father for the trees,
the sun, the rain the skies |
Grace |
also suitable for colours |
| God on High |
Songs for All Sorts |
52 |
R Sandifer |
God on high be near I pray,
ev'ry night and ev'ry day |
Grace |
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| The Friend's Grace |
Songs for All Sorts |
52 |
M. P. Prior |
We share this food, we sing
your praise |
Grace |
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| An Irish Blessing |
Songs for All Sorts |
53 |
USA / Gaelic words / arr.
Foxlease Singing Circle |
May the road rise up to meet
you |
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| Praise God for Sleep |
Songs for All Sorts |
53 |
unknown |
Praise God for sleep in the
cool quiet night |
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| Hautbois Vesper |
Songs for All Sorts |
54 |
M. P. Prior |
The river flows gently, the
trees are still |
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written for the opening of
Hautbois House |
| Lord of the Night |
Songs for All Sorts |
54 |
Di Stagg |
Peace, Comfort, Quietness,
Lord of the night protect us now |
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| Baby Duck |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
2 |
Unknown |
Oh wasn't it a bit of luck
that I was born a baby duck |
2 part round, actions |
| Six little ducks |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
3 |
Public domain |
Six little ducks that I once
knew, fat ones, skinny ones |
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| If you should meet an
elephant |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
4 |
Public domain |
If you should meet an
elephant on a summers day |
actions |
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| One elephant |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
5 |
Public domain |
One elephant went out to
play on a spiders web one day |
Singing game |
| Lots of worms |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
6 |
Patty Zeitlin |
Well there are lots of worms
way under the ground |
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| Big buffalo |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
7 |
unknown |
Big buffalo come from de
mountain long long ago |
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| Chicks grow into Chickens |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
7 |
David Moses |
Chicks grow into chickens,
calves grow into cows |
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| Old Mr Noah |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
8 |
Mary Gentry |
Now old Mister Noah is a
very clever man |
Singing game |
| I had a cat |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
9 |
Public domain |
I had a cat and my cat
pleased me |
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| Farmyard Choir |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
10 |
Mary Gentry |
In the farmyard listen to
the animals |
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| The Washing Machine |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
11 |
Sue Andrews |
Washing the clothes in the
washing machine |
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| Oranges and Lemons |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
12 |
Trad. |
Oranges and Lemons say the
bells of St Clements |
Singing game |
| In and out the dusky
bluebells |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
13 |
Trad. |
In andout the dusky
bluebells |
Singing game |
| The Frog Song |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
14 |
Public domain |
Mm mm went the little green
frog one day |
Actions |
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| Jolting up and down |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
15 |
Trad. |
Jolting up and down in the
little red wagon |
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| Do your ears hang low |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
16 |
Public domain |
Do your ears hang low? Do
they wobble to and fro? |
Actions |
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| Do as I'm doing |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
17 |
Public domain |
Do as I'm doing, follow,
follow me |
Actions |
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| Join in the game |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
18 |
Public domain |
Let ev'ry one clap hands
with me |
Actions |
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| Somebody's playing in our
band |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
19 |
1st Langlebury Rainbows |
Somebody's playing on their
drum |
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| I jump out of bed |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
20 |
Public domain |
I jump out of bed in the
morning |
Actions |
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| One can run very swiftly |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
21 |
Public domain |
One can run very swiftly,
two can jump very high |
Actions |
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| Ringers |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
22 |
Public domain |
We are ringers in the
belfry, setting all the bells a-swing |
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| Tidy up song |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
22 |
Sue Rowe |
Tidy up, tidy up, now it's
time to tidy up |
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| Thank you for my friends |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
23 |
David Evans |
When we're playing in the
park, thank you for my friends |
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| I've got a body |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
24 |
Harriet Powell |
I've got a body, a very busy
body |
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| Can you tell me? |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
25 |
Public domain |
Can you tell me, can you
tell me, what they typists are doing |
Actions |
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| Can you guess |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
25 |
Mary Gentry |
Can you guess what I am, I
am, I am |
Actions |
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| Clap your hands |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
26 |
Julia Yeardye / Frances Tuffney |
Clap your hands, one, tow,
three, going down on one knee |
Actions |
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| Activity song |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
27 |
Julia Keane |
Hands on your head, in the
air |
actions |
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| A very long time ago |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
28 |
Isabel Brown |
A very long time ago, and a
very long way away |
Christmas |
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| Baby, baby |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
29 |
Isabel Brown |
Baby, baby, lying in a
manger |
Christmas |
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| Rainbow band |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
30 |
Mary Gentry |
Here comes the Rainbow band,
marching all the day |
actions |
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| We are rainbows, happy and
bright |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
31 |
Shirley Staniforth / M. P.
Prior |
We are rainbows happy and
bright, playing an learning to do things right |
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| Rainbow thankyou |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
32 |
Sue Rowe |
Thank you God for Rainbow
friends |
prayer |
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| Rainbow closing song |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
32 |
M. P. Prior |
Thank you God for a lovely
meeting |
prayer |
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| A Promise Song |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
33 |
Linda Seaton |
We will try to do our best,
because we are rainbows |
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| Rainbow Welcome |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
34 |
Sue Andrews |
(Name) we welcome you, we
welcome you to rainbows |
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| Welcome to Rainbows |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
34 |
Mary Gentry |
Hello, hello, and how are
you |
Actions |
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| Bonfire night |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
35 |
M. P. Prior |
Bonfire night, what a lot of
fun |
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| When you are seven |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
35 |
M. P. Prior |
When you are seven, you can
move to brownies |
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| Rainbow guides song |
Anglia Rainbow Collection |
36 |
M. P. Prior |
We're rainbows, we're
rainbows, in tabards of rainbow hue |
actions |
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| Get Together and Sing |
Get Together and Sing |
4 |
Millie Taylor / Kate Stickings |
Get together and sing a song
of peace and love, of right not wrong |
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| Let there always be a song |
Get Together and Sing |
5 |
Mark Baldwin |
Let there always be a song,
a song down in your heart |
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| Walk a New Road |
Get Together and Sing |
6 |
Brandis Purcell |
Walk a new road, sing a new
song, dream a new dream as we go along |
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Canada |
| The Joy of Singing
Together |
Get Together and Sing |
7 |
Hilary A. Stokes |
Think of all the things we
could otherwise be doing |
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| Asikatali |
Get Together and Sing |
8 |
Trad., arr. Patrick Allen |
Asika tali no mas'ya bawzwa |
3 parts |
South Africa |
| This is Our Song |
Get Together and Sing |
9 |
Finland |
Once again we're here,
friends from ev'rywhere |
2 parts |
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| We're on our way |
Get Together and Sing |
10 |
Kate Stickings |
We're on our way, the future
is ours, we're on our way, we're reaching for the stars |
2 parts |
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| Walking Disaster |
Get Together and Sing |
11 |
Kate Stickings |
I went on an outing, just
the other day |
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| Song of Hope |
Get Together and Sing |
12 |
Brandis Purcell |
It's a song that ev'ry heart
can sing, it's a voice we all can hear |
3 languages |
Canada |
| I'm gonna sing |
Get Together and Sing |
14 |
Kate Stickings |
I'm gonna sing, sing to the
Lord, I'm gonna sing |
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| What about me? |
Get Together and Sing |
15 |
Mary Batten |
Think about, care about all
of the children |
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New Zealand, written for the
International Year of the Child |
| Far as East is from the
West |
Get Together and Sing |
16 |
Richard Cobby |
Far as East is from the
West, from break of dawn till each sunset |
Psalm 113 |
Keep lifting our praises unto
Him |
| Patterns of friendship |
Get Together and Sing |
18 |
Pam Shaw |
Clouds are drifting on a
gentle breeze making feathered patterns in the sky of blue |
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| Singing a song with a
friend |
Get Together and Sing |
19 |
Jan Holdstock |
Singing a song, singing a
song, singing a song with a friend |
3 parts |
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| Come and Go |
Get Together and Sing |
19 |
USA |
Come and go with me today,
we will sail across the bay |
round (2) |
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| Animal Beat |
Get Together and Sing |
20 |
Catherine Dodd and Jan Evans |
Come and sing to the animal
beat, swing with me |
3 parts |
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| Rushing a-round |
Get Together and Sing |
21 |
Sue Andrews |
Do you ever feel like you're
always in a hurry |
round (4), actions |
| The Christmas Children |
Get Together and Sing |
22 |
Douglas Coombes / John Emlyn
Edwards |
To the merry Christmas
Children, is born a children's King |
2 parts |
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| Gloria |
Get Together and Sing |
23 |
Mary Gentry |
Tell the story loud and
clear, gloria in excelsis |
Christmas |
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| Babe in a manger |
Get Together and Sing |
24 |
Sue Jackson |
You were a babe in a manger
long ago |
Christmas |
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| Travellers |
Get Together and Sing |
25 |
Kate Stickings |
Mary rode a donkey into
Bethlehem |
Christmas |
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| I See the Hurts |
Get Together and Sing |
26 |
J. P. Jevons |
I see the hurts that scar
your life, your sorrows and your fears |
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| It's Been a Long Day |
Get Together and Sing |
27 |
Kate Stickings |
It's been a long day, it's
time to go to bed |
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| Vesper |
Get Together and Sing |
28 |
Janet Lane |
Take us good Lord, into they
keeping, guard us this night while we are sleeping |
Vesper, 2 parts |
| Traveller's Grace |
Get Together and Sing |
29 |
unknown |
We thank thee for all our
daily bread |
Grace, round (2) |
| Joy is like the Rain |
Get Together and Sing |
30 |
Sister Miriam Therese Winter |
I saw the raindrops on my
window, joy is like the rain |
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USA |
| The Greatest Moment |
Get Together and Sing |
31 |
Unknown, arr. Kate Stickings |
And then they led him to the
place, the soldiers laughing in his face |
2 parts |
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| Kyrie (Lord have mercy) |
Get Together and Sing |
32 |
Maggie Ansell |
Kyrie eleison |
2 parts, prayer |
| Create Peace |
Get Together and Sing |
32 |
Catherine Dodd and Jan Evans |
Peace begins with you and
me, Love your friends and family |
round (4), prayer |
| Together in Song |
Together in Song |
4 |
Kate Stickings / Millie Taylor |
Don't think about tomorrow,
take each day as it comes |
2 parts |
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| Thank you my friend |
Together in Song |
5 |
Unknown |
Thank you my friend for
sharing with me, your love and your warmth, I'm grateful you see |
2 parts |
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| Waltzing with Bears |
Together in Song |
6 |
Dale Marxen |
He goes wa- wa- wa-wa-wa-
waltzing with bears, raggy bears, baggy bears, shaggy bears too |
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USA |
| Travelling On |
Together in Song |
7 |
Pam Shaw |
Singing a song when we're
all together, sharing with friens pleasures old and new |
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| Better World |
Together in Song |
8 |
Peter Kneale |
As I wandered through the
city on a soft September day |
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| Who switches the moon on? |
Together in Song |
10 |
Kate Stickings |
Who switches the moon on?
Who lights up the sun? |
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| Israeli Allelu |
Together in Song |
10 |
Unknown |
Allelu allelu |
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Israel |
| Wish upon a rising star |
Together in Song |
11 |
Steve Schuch & Kathy Lowe,
arr. Night Heron Music |
When you wish upon a rising
star, even though it's from afar |
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USA |
| Spirit of Peace |
Together in Song |
12 |
Geoffrey Gardner / Douglas
Coombes |
Spirit of peace, come to our
waiting world |
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| The Great British Summer |
Together in Song |
13 |
Mary Gentry |
Here comes the rain again,
we're getting wet again, I don't know where it comes from |
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| A Place in the Choir |
Together in Song |
14 |
Trad. |
All God's creatures got a
place in the choir |
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USA |
| Open your eyes |
Together in Song |
16 |
Peter Kneale |
Open your eyes, look all
around |
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| I wonder why |
Together in Song |
18 |
Unknown |
I wonder wonder why, the
stars are in the sky |
Singing game |
| Walk Beside Me |
Together in Song |
19 |
Steve Schuch / Night Heron
Music |
Walk beside me as my friend,
let old hurts now start to mend |
Singing game |
| Flying |
Together in Song |
20 |
Alan Simmons |
Look at the birds see how
they fly |
3 parts |
|
| Singing a song with a
friend |
Together in Song |
20 |
Mary Gentry |
Sing, sing, sing, let's make
music all together |
round (2) |
|
| Breakfast calypso |
Together in Song |
21 |
Jan Holdstock |
When it's time for breakfast
I like toast and marmalade |
3 parts |
|
| Nino Querido |
Together in Song |
22 |
Unknown |
Nino querido, duerme te ya
(Baby beloved, sleeping there) |
|
Spain |
| Magnificat (for Werner) |
Together in Song |
22 |
Christopher Walker |
Magnificat |
Round (6) |
|
| Christmas Lullaby |
Together in Song |
23 |
Unknown |
Everywhere's still, quiet
and still |
Christmas |
|
| Te Harinui (Great Joy) |
Together in Song |
24 |
Willow Macky |
Not on a snowy night, by
star or candle light |
2 parts, Christmas |
| High on a Hill |
Together in Song |
25 |
Kate Stickings |
High on a hill watching and
watching, alone but with hope in his heart stood a young shepherd boy |
Christmas |
|
| Christmas Morn |
Together in Song |
26 |
Joanna Dean and Laura Fearey |
Christmas time, the birthday
of the lord |
Christmas |
|
| As you go |
Together in Song |
27 |
Elinor Cross |
As you go may God go with
you |
Vesper |
|
| Campfire Magic |
Together in Song |
28 |
Mary Gentry |
Flames flickering, embers
aglow, burn into the memory |
|
|
| May each word |
Together in Song |
28 |
David Archer, arr. Pam Shaw |
May each word be a prayer,
may each act be a gift |
|
|
| Loving Father |
Together in Song |
29 |
Mary Gentry |
Loving Father, Guide us when we're waking |
|
|
| Go Peacefully |
Together in Song |
30 |
Unknown, arr. Christine Trevor |
Go peacefully along your way |
|
with descant for flute /
recorder |
| A better world |
When We're Together |
5 |
Chris and John Hoggarth |
Wake up each day, sun
shining through |
|
|
| Caravan song |
When We're Together |
6 |
Marie Gaudette |
Let us go walking together |
2 parts |
|
| When we're together |
When We're Together |
7 |
Millie Taylor / Kate Fearey |
There is music and laughter
in the air |
|
|
| Sisters in guiding |
When We're Together |
8 |
Jane Darby |
I
haven't jmet you personally but one glance confirms a friend I see |
|
|
| Wind |
When We're Together |
9 |
John Galsworth / Marie Gaudette |
Wind, wind, heather gipsy,
whistling in my tree |
|
|
| Children of the forest |
When We're Together |
10 |
Sue Stevens |
Born in the spring when
blubells stood in scented drifts of blue |
|
|
| The cuckoo |
When We're Together |
11 |
Trad. 18th century |
The cuckoo is a pretty bird,
she sings as she flies |
|
|
| Weave |
When We're Together |
12 |
Rosemary Crow |
Weave, weave, weave us
together, weave us together in unity and love |
|
|
| Magic Penny |
When We're Together |
13 |
Malvina Reynolds |
Love is something if you
give it away |
|
|
| Gifts of Nature |
When We're Together |
14 |
Kate Fearey |
Take a swallow, watch it
soar up to the sky |
|
|
| As we trek along |
When We're Together |
15 |
GGA |
As we trek along together,
as we trek along |
|
|
| Summer song |
When We're Together |
16 |
Kate Fearey |
You can sing a song of the
morning, dew drops shining on the grass |
|
|
| Elephant |
When We're Together |
17 |
Jan Holdstock |
We couldn't stop the
elephant escaping from the shed even when we locked the door |
Round (4) |
|
| Fleecy clouds |
When We're Together |
17 |
Australian campfire song book |
Fleecy clouds and sunset
glow o'er the hills are blending |
Round (4) |
|
| Feet |
When We're Together |
18 |
Millie Taylor / Kate Fearey |
An elephant has great big
feet |
Round (2) |
|
| One for sorrow |
When We're Together |
18 |
Eileen R. Tomlin (words
traditional) |
One for sorrow, two for joy |
|
|
| Child of mine |
When We're Together |
19 |
Kate Fearey |
Watch from the safety of my
arms enfolding you |
Christmas |
|
| Have you heard |
When We're Together |
20 |
Hilary A. Stokes |
Have you heard about the
stable at the inn? |
Christmas |
|
| Song of the Crib |
When We're Together |
21 |
15th century Germany |
Joseph dearest, Joseph mine |
Christmas |
|
| Come to the stable |
When We're Together |
22 |
Kate Fearey |
Come, come, come to the
stable |
Christmas |
|
| Praise |
When We're Together |
23 |
Eileen R. Tomlin |
All around, majestic
mountains |
Vesper |
|
| For this our food |
When We're Together |
23 |
Millie Taylor / Kate Fearey |
For this our food, for
friendship work and fun |
Grace |
|
| Farewell the night |
When We're Together |
24 |
Ralph Reader |
Farewell the sun, with no
trace of sorrow |
|
|
| Night is falling |
When We're Together |
25 |
Unknown |
Night is falling, stars are
bright |
|
|
| My father's house |
When We're Together |
26 |
Gilwell Camp Fire Book |
O come and go with me to my
Father's house |
|
|
| As I go to sleep tonight |
When We're Together |
27 |
Hilary A. Stokes |
As I go to sleep tonight,
Jesus with me stay |
Round (2) |
|
| Being a guide with you |
Together Again |
4 |
Judy Barker |
We'll have a good time,
singing a song |
|
Canada |
| Campfire Friends |
Together Again |
6 |
Millie Taylor / Kate Fearey |
We come together in
friendship, we sing together for fun |
|
|
| Look for the beauty |
Together Again |
6 |
Anne McGregor / Heather Reed |
Look for the beaty in each
little thing, dewdrops on grass blades, a bird on the wing |
2 parts |
|
| On the loose |
Together Again |
7 |
Judith Keller |
Have you ever watched a sunrise turn a sky
completely red? |
USA |
| Open your eyes |
Together Again |
8 |
Judith Keller |
For to open your eyes is to
realise all the wonders this word has to share |
|
USA |
| Circle of seasons |
Together Again |
9 |
Millie Taylor / Kate Fearey |
Thank you for the newness of
the springtime |
2 parts |
|
| For I want to be strong |
Together Again |
10 |
Unknown |
For I want to be strong as
the land around me, I want a heart that's as wide as the sky |
|
|
| Mountains High |
Together Again |
11 |
Unknown |
Mountains high, reaching for
the sky, that I may climb and find peace of mind |
|
USA |
| Cross over the road |
Together Again |
12 |
Pamela Verrall |
Would you walk by on the
other side when someone called for aid? |
2 parts |
|
| Memories |
Together Again |
13 |
Kate Fearey |
When I was a child I
remember the golden days |
2 parts |
|
| Sometimes |
Together Again |
14 |
David Stoll |
Guess how I feel, sometimes,
Nothing is real, sometimes, Ev'ryone's living in dreams |
|
|
| Dreams |
Together Again |
15 |
Unknown |
May all of your dreams bloom
like daisies in the sun |
|
USA |
| Was that a tear, Lord? |
Together Again |
16 |
George Wilson Cochrane / John
Turner |
What have we done to this
beautiful world? |
2 parts |
|
| Carpenter's Song |
Together Again |
18 |
Kate Fearey / Christine Trevor |
Carpenter's son, a promise
was made to us, that a child would be born who would change our lives |
2 parts |
|
| Tomba te tomba |
Together Again |
19 |
Unknown |
Tomba te tomba / Holly holly
hey |
2 parts |
Jamaica |
| Praise the Lord, Alleluia |
Together Again |
19 |
Kate Fearey |
Praise the Lord Alleluia |
Round (4) |
|
| Pax Lodge Building song |
Together Again |
20 |
Barby Pulliam |
This is the house the Guides
will built - it's Pax Lodge |
Round (5) |
USA |
| Gloria |
Together Again |
21 |
Joseph Haydn |
Gloria, gloria in excelsis |
Round (3) |
|
| I'll sing a song |
Together Again |
22 |
Elizabeth Bennett / Colin Evans |
I want to see your baby boy,
but have no gift for you |
Christmas |
|
| Hear the bells |
Together Again |
23 |
Pat Belringer |
Hear the bells ring out at
Christmas |
Christmas |
|
| Buckby Bells |
Together Again |
24 |
Peggy Norris |
The bells are ringing in the air, we love the message that they bear |
Christmas |
|
| Lullaby Jesus |
Together Again |
25 |
Trad. |
Lullaby, Jesus, my dear one, be sleeping |
Christmas |
Poland |
| Our evening hymn |
Together Again |
26 |
Ralph Reader, arr. Christine
Trevor |
Before I close my eyes may
I, remembering |
|
|
| Russian Song |
Together Again |
27 |
Music trad., words and
arrangement Sue Stevens |
Softly the trees of the
forest are calling |
|
Russia |
| Peaceful Rest |
Together Again |
28 |
Beethoven |
Now comes the hour for
peaceful rest |
3 parts |
|
| Together in the stillness |
Together Again |
28 |
Sue Stevens |
Together in the stillness of
the campfire's gentle light |
Round (3) |
|
| Hey dee roon |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
5 |
Unknown |
Come on and sing with me,
hey dee roon, oh |
|
Calypso |
| Let's be beginning |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
6 |
Fritz Metzger |
Let's be beginning with
joyful singing |
Round (3) |
|
| Heidi |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
6 |
Unknown |
Heidi heidi hei di di di di |
Round (2) |
|
| Keep a' rowing |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
7 |
Josef Marias |
Come and sail with me on the
sea |
|
|
| Suitors |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
8 |
|
There are suitors at my
door, o-le-leo bahiha |
|
Brazil |
| Let us sing together |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
9 |
|
Let us sing together, let us
sing together, one and all a joyous song |
|
Czech |
| Where is John? |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
9 |
|
Where is John? The old red
hen has left her pen |
Round (3) |
|
| Old Man Great Chief |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
10 |
|
Old man, great chief, maker
of the mountain |
|
|
| Burmese Welcome |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
10 |
|
Mayela, mayela |
|
Burma |
| Tzena |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
11 |
words by Henry Morris |
Tzena, Tzena, tzena, tzena
can't you hear the music playing in the village square |
|
Israel |
| The wind in the willows |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
11 |
|
The wind in the willows
sighing like a solitary soul alone |
Round (4) |
|
| Pokare kare |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
12 |
|
Pokare kare an nga wai o
rotorua |
2 parts |
Maori (New Zealand) |
| Tyrolean Tramping Song |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
13 |
|
Tra la la |
2 parts |
Austria |
| Tall Trees |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
13 |
|
Tall trees that reach the
sky |
Round (4) |
Canada |
| Hol' yo' han' |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
14 |
|
Dis long time gal me never
see you, come mak me hol' yo' han |
|
Jamaica |
| A poi song |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
14 |
|
La la la |
|
New Zealand |
| Song of welcome |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
15 |
|
hevenu shalom / with words
of peace now we greet you |
|
Israel |
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
16 |
arr. Beatrice & Max Krone |
Swing low sweet chariot,
coming for to carry me home |
3 parts |
|
| When the birds are
calling |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
18 |
|
When the birds are calling
by the blue lagoon and the breeze keeps whispering a haunting tune |
2 parts |
Australia |
| Tumbalalaika |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
19 |
Yiddish |
Stayed a lad awake the night
through |
|
Israel |
| Oy le oy le |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
20 |
|
Oy le oy le |
2 parts |
solomon Islands |
| My heart is thankful |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
20 |
Kenneth Simpson |
Lord, when I think of all
the mercies thou hast shown to me and all men, my heart is thankful |
Round (3) |
|
| Cheelo-cheelo |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
21 |
trad. African, English words by
Joan Griffiths |
Though I'm smaller than the
sun, though I'm lighter than the air, yet I sing as I fly, cheeli… |
|
Africa |
| Australian campfire
opening |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
22 |
Anne Dreyer / Robin Ward |
Sit round the campfire now
night is here |
|
Australia |
| Humming round |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
22 |
Edith o'Hanrahan |
Mmm |
Round (4) |
|
| Gonna sing |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
23 |
|
Gonna sing when the spirit
says sing |
|
USA |
| Sing and rejoice |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
23 |
|
Sing and rejoice, sing and
rejoice |
Round (4) |
|
| Our campfire is dying down |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
24 |
|
Our campfire is dying down
and night in her deep blue gown comes softly o'er the fields |
|
Germany |
| Goo'night, aye |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
24 |
|
Goodnight aye |
|
Guyana |
| Light the stars |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
25 |
|
Light the stars waiting over
head |
2 parts |
South Africa |
| The guide marching song
(additional verse) |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
25 |
MCC, the Girl Guides
Association |
Who are these leaving the
beaten track |
|
main song is in the Centenary
Songbook) |
| Johnny
Appleseed |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
26 |
|
The lord is good to me and
so I thank the Lord |
grace |
|
| This happy meal |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
26 |
|
This happy meal will happier
be |
Grace |
|
| For all the sunshine |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
27 |
|
For all the sunshine for
nourishing rain, dear Lord for thy goodness we thank thee |
Grace |
Fiji |
| For Food and Joy |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
27 |
|
For this food and our joy,
giver of all we thank thee |
Grace |
Greece |
| Jamaican camp grace |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
28 |
|
Lift up your hearts, hearts
and minds and voices all give thanks, we thank thee Lord |
Grace |
Jamaica |
| Praise and thanksgiving |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
28 |
|
Praise and thanksgiving let
ev'ryone bring |
Grace, Round (3) |
Alsace, France |
| Tout se tait |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
29 |
|
Tout se tait, plus de bruit
(All is silent, all sounds cease) |
round (4) |
France |
| Praise the Lord, O my soul |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
29 |
|
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
while I live I will praise the Lord |
round (5) |
|
| Save us o lord |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
30 |
Daphne Bird |
Save us O Lord while waking,
and guard us sleeping |
prayer, 2 parts |
| Lord let thy light so
shine |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
30 |
Words by E. Hartley |
Lord let they light so shine
on this waiting heart of mine, that I may be wholly thine |
round (3) |
|
| Gloria |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
31 |
|
Gloria, gloria, Lord God on
high |
3 parts |
Austria |
| Gloria |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
31 |
Bach (adapted) |
Gloria in excelsis deo |
Round (3) |
|
| Gently let the evening's
peace |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
32 |
|
Gently let the evening's
pace, Earth in darkness shelter |
Round (4) |
Germany |
| Go Well and
Safely |
Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
32 |
arr. Daphne Bird |
Go well and safely |
3 parts |
Zulu, Africa |
| Shake a friend's hand |
Something old, something new |
2 |
Unknown |
Shake a friend's hand, shake
the hand next to you |
Actions |
|
| The crocodile |
Something old, something new |
3 |
Unknown |
There was a crocodile, an
orangutan, a foxy snake and an eagle fly |
Actions |
|
| If all the raindrops |
Something old, something new |
4 |
Unknown |
If all the raindrops were
lemon drops and gum drops oh what a world this would be |
|
|
| Nursery Rhyme Rap |
Something old, something new |
5 |
Unknown |
Hey, ain't that funky |
Rap, actions |
| Irritation song |
Something old, something new |
6 |
Mary Gentry |
I always click in the
morning, clickall the day |
|
|
| Let's make music |
Something old, something new |
7 |
John Ireland |
We've come to make music, o
let's make music, most are right notes, some are wrong notes |
|
|
| The snail |
Something old, something new |
8 |
Mary Gentry |
One bright summer day in the
garden I saw a snivelling snail |
|
|
| I can see a nasty spider |
Something old, something new |
10 |
Jeremy Taylor |
I can see a nasty spider,
creeping up on me |
|
|
| We're gonna sing |
Something old, something new |
12 |
E. R. Tomlin |
We're gonna sing together
and dance together and laugh together today |
Round (4) |
|
| I'm not strong sir |
Something old, something new |
13 |
Unknown |
I'm not strong sir, sure
'til wrong sir, such high notes my voice to strain |
Round (3) |
|
| Steam train |
Something old, something new |
14 |
Jan Holdstock |
Chuffa / All the wheels go
diddle dah / Whistle blows ooo eee |
3 parts |
|
| Lament of a Singing
Circle |
Something old, something new |
15 |
Mary Gentry |
LGSG / NKOR |
3 parts |
|
| The sound of the rain |
Something old, something new |
16 |
Verlaine, trans. James Wild |
The sound of the rain
falling gently on the ground |
Round (3) |
|
| The Lord is my shepherd |
Something old, something new |
17 |
Trad. |
The lord is my shepherd, my
guard and my guide |
|
England / Cornwall |
| Cool Pines |
Something old, something new |
18 |
M. P. Prior |
Cool pines, reaching to the
sky |
Round (2) |
Canada |
| One step more |
Something old, something new |
20 |
Unknown |
One step more / when the way
is weary / when I remember how he died for me / Walking with Jesus |
4 parts |
|
| Swiss Walking Song |
Something old, something new |
22 |
Trad. |
O du li… walk a long with me
and gaily gaily sing a round along with Rira |
Round (4) |
|
| The swan sings |
Something old, something new |
23 |
Unknown |
The swan sings teerilio
teerilio teerilio |
Round (4) |
|
| Swing a melody |
Something old, something new |
24 |
Sue Andrews |
We'll sing a melody, swing a
melody, voices together we're sharing a song |
3 parts |
|
| Mr Jazz Man |
Something old, something new |
26 |
Sue Andrews |
With a song and a smile let
us sing for a while, lift up your heart and be happy |
Round (3) |
|
| the Midge Song |
Something old, something new |
28 |
Sue Andrews |
Oh you've never been to camp
till you're living in the damp and the midges are driving you crazy |
Round (3) |
|
| Touch a heart |
Something old, something new |
30 |
Di Stagg / M. P. Prior |
Touch a heart with music,
touch a life with song |
2 parts |
|
| The silver moon |
Something old, something new |
31 |
|
The silver moon is shining
upon the silent meadow |
2 parts |
Sicily, Italy |
| Sing, sing a song |
Something old, something new |
32 |
Sue Andrews |
Sing, sing a song to God the
Father a new song to the Lord |
2 parts |
|
| Beauty around us |
Something old, something new |
34 |
arr. Mary Gentry |
Beauty around us, glory
above us |
3 parts |
|
| Cloud ships |
Something old, something new |
36 |
words H. H. Harbour |
Like snow white sailing
boats on a blue sea |
2 parts |
Tyrolean folk song, Austria |
| Soualle |
Something old, something new |
38 |
Unknown |
Soualle soualle |
3 parts |
Africa lullaby |
| Halle halle |
Something old, something new |
39 |
Unknown |
Halle halle halleluia |
3 parts |
Caribbean |
| Jabulani |
Something old, something new |
40 |
Trad. |
Jesus like an oil to heal
our land, to heal our land |
2 parts |
Africa |
| The Carousel of Life |
Something old, something new |
42 |
Sue Andrews |
The
world is a network of people, together we'll make it go |
2 parts |
written as the camp song for
Network '98 |
| Guides of the world |
Something old, something new |
44 |
Sue Andrews |
Guides of the world together
stand to build a future in each and ev'ry land |
2 parts |
|
| Jungle Mammy |
Something old, something new |
47 |
Trad. |
Ah yah, tair um bam, boo
wah, kee lay |
2 parts |
France, Creole |
| The Sweet Nightingale |
Something old, something new |
48 |
Trad., arr. M. P. Prior |
My seetheart come along,
don't you hear the sweet song, the sweet notes of the nightingale |
3 parts |
|
| My Friend |
Something old, something new |
50 |
Albert Camus / Eileen R. Tomlin |
Don't walk before me, I may
not follow, don't walk behind me I may not lead |
3 parts |
|
| Those hazy lazy feelings |
Something old, something new |
51 |
Trad. / Unknown |
Those hazy lazy feelings
through the campfire sigh |
|
Malaysia |
| Song of the world centres |
Something old, something new |
52 |
M. P. Prior |
Our chalet, Cabana, Sangam
and Pax Lodge, World centres in different lands |
|
Commissioned for 1996 Wold
Conference, Canada |
| Ranger Song |
Something old, something new |
54 |
Mary Chater |
Firm be the bond that binds
us fast, firm be the faith we owe |
|
|
| The Sun |
Something old, something new |
55 |
Unknown |
The sun is a very magic
fellow, shining down on me all day |
|
|
| Each campfire lights anew |
Something old, something new |
56 |
Unknown |
Each campfire lights anew
the flame of friendship |
|
USA |
| Gloria |
Something old, something new |
57 |
Trad. |
Gloria, gloria, Gott in der
Hoh |
3 parts |
Austria, Christmas |
| Christmas Lullaby |
Something old, something new |
58 |
Mary Gentry |
Lullaby, lullaby, go to
sleep my little one |
Christmas |
|
| Neath the Tinsel |
Something old, something new |
59 |
M. P. Prior |
Neath the tinsel and the
stress runs a thread of happiness |
Christmas |
|
| A La Nanita Nana |
Something old, something new |
60 |
Trad., arr. M. P. Prior and P.
Kneale |
My Jesus he is sleeping, o
come behold him |
Christmas, 2 parts |
| Lights Out |
Something old, something new |
62 |
Arthur Poyser |
Goodnight, may the Great
Father of us all |
2 parts |
Canada (from Jubilee song book,
GGC) |
| Now darkness soft falling |
Something old, something new |
63 |
Trad. English by A. D. Z. |
The darkness soft falling
brings onward the night |
2 parts |
Austria |
| A Celtic Blessing |
Something old, something new |
64 |
David Adam / Eileen R. Tomlin |
On sea or land in ebb or
flow, God be with you |
2 / 3 parts |
|
| Goodnight |
Something old, something new |
65 |
Sue Andrews |
Night draws close / as
darkness enfolds / Oh Father keep us ever safe |
3 parts |
|
| New Forest Vesper |
Something old, something new |
66 |
M Chater / D Whitehouse |
Visit O Lord this house and
all who dwell therein |
3 parts |
from Girl Guide Songbook 2 |
| Lord in the stillness |
Something old, something new |
68 |
Sue Andrews |
Lord in the stillness I come
to you |
2 parts |
|
| The National Anthem |
Something old, something new |
70 |
|
God save our gracious Queen |
4 parts |
Transposed by Hettie G. Smith,
to a lower than normal key |
| Farmyard Choir |
Meet and sing |
1 |
Mary Gentry |
In the farmyard listen to
the animals |
|
for rainbows |
| Rainbow band |
Meet and sing |
2 |
Mary Gentry |
here comes the rainbow band |
|
for rainbows |
| Rainbow welcome |
Meet and sing |
3 |
Mary Gentry |
Hello, hello, and how are
you? |
|
for rainbows |
| Baby duck |
Meet and sing |
4 |
Unknown |
Oh wasn't it a bit of luck
that I was born a baby duck |
Round (2), Actions |
| Jingle Clap |
Meet and sing |
5 |
Unknown |
Clap your hands, stamp your
feet, let's all stand up please |
Actions |
To the tune of Jingle Bells |
| Move your hands |
Meet and sing |
6 |
Eileen Diamond |
Move your hands to the
rhythm of the music |
(actions) |
|
| African Urban Song |
Meet and sing |
7 |
As taught by Pat Shaw |
Rangers come down, there's a
meeting on the field tonight |
|
Africa |
| Be Bold |
Meet and sing |
8 |
M. P. Prior |
Be bold friend, yes you've
got to just be bold friend |
|
written for Essex West County
Camp |
| Everyone's invited |
Meet and sing |
9 |
Mary Gentry |
Ev'ryone's invited to the
evening of the century, all the world is coming from the greatest to the
small |
|
|
| Flames flickering |
Meet and sing |
10 |
Mary Gentry |
Flames flickering, embers
a-glow, burn into the memory, friends singing in harmony, |
|
|
| Happy Hiking Song |
Meet and sing |
11 |
R. M. and S. Sandifer |
As we swing along we love to
sing a song, whether rhyme or verse or chorus |
|
|
| The Great British Summer |
Meet and sing |
12 |
Mary Gentry |
Here comes the rain again,
we're getting wet again, I don't know where it's come from, but I know just
where it's going |
|
Calypso style |
| It's a good thing to sing |
Meet and sing |
14 |
Unknown |
It's a good thing to sing,
singing is the thing that cheers you up when days are dark and dreary |
|
|
| Look on the happy side |
Meet and sing |
15 |
Unknown |
Look on the happy side,
always look on the happy side, look on the happy side of life |
|
|
| Look Wider |
Meet and sing |
16 |
adapted from Freda Todd |
When you think you're
looking wide, look wider still, behold the world that lies outside your
window sill |
|
|
| Take my hand |
Meet and sing |
17 |
Ruth Crane |
Take my hand and lead me on my way, be with me
in all I do |
|
| Say when |
Meet and sing |
18 |
Unknown |
Say when will we ever meet
again… (say where / say why) |
|
|
| Sunshine smile |
Meet and sing |
19 |
Unknown |
Have you got the sunshine
smile? |
|
|
| Smile |
Meet and sing |
20 |
B. Fisher |
When you meet your friends,
what do you do? Do you look away or
at your shoe? |
|
|
| Winds are blowin' |
Meet and sing |
22 |
Unknown |
Winds are blowin' and the
rain is fallin' and joy is fillin' the air |
|
USA |
| Sing your way home |
Meet and sing |
23 |
Unknown |
Sing your way home at the
end of the day |
|
USA |
| Castles |
Meet and sing |
24 |
M. P. Prior |
Castles to keep out the
villain and fow, castles in the air are your dreams |
Round (5) |
|
| Come and sing a round |
Meet and sing |
25 |
found in "Brown Bread and
butter" pub. Ward Lock |
come, sing a round with me,
let us united be |
Round (4) |
from the campfire song
collection of Mrs E. Rutherford |
| Good friends |
Meet and sing |
26 |
Hebrew |
If we would all be good
friends and neighbours oh how good this world would be |
Round (4) |
Israel |
| I'm in the doghouse |
Meet and sing |
27 |
Mary Gentry |
I'm in the doghouse again |
Round (5) |
|
| Keep music alive |
Meet and sing |
28 |
Douglas Coombes, © Lindsay
Music 1991 |
Keep music alive, keep music
alive, let the whole world hear our song |
Round (4) |
|
| Let the long time sun |
Meet and sing |
28 |
Unknown |
Let the long time sun shine
on you, all love surround you |
Round (2) |
USA |
| Sing, sing, sing |
Meet and sing |
29 |
Mary Gentry |
Sing, sing, sing, let's make
music all together |
Round (2) |
|
| Smoothly round |
Meet and sing |
29 |
Unknown |
Smoothly round the world is
turning, turning always on to morning |
Round (3) |
|
| Nursery Rhymes Quodlibet |
Meet and sing |
30 |
Unknown |
Little Jack Horner / Sing a
song of sixpence / Little Bo Peep / Rock-a-bye baby |
Parts (4) |
|
| We can do the hand jive |
Meet and sing |
32 |
Rosemary Redding |
We can do the hand jive /
watch us do the hand jive / do it |
Actions, Parts (3) |
| A place in the choir |
Meet and sing |
33 |
Bill Staines |
All God's creatures got a
place in the choir, some sing low and some sing higher |
Parts (2) |
USA |
| Leisure |
Meet and sing |
36 |
Words W H Davies, music source
unknown |
What is this life, if full
of care we have no time to stand and stare |
Parts (2) |
|
| Cowboy song |
Meet and sing |
38 |
Music Malcolm Roberts, words M.
P. Prior |
Sing as you ride the
prairie, sing as you jog along |
Parts (2) |
USA |
| Sixtieth Birthday Song |
Meet and sing |
40 |
M. P. Prior |
The past, a present for the
future, this is the trust we carry along |
Parts (2) |
written for the 60th birthday
celebrations at our Chalet in 1992 |
| The National Anthem |
Meet and sing |
42 |
arr. Mervyn Bruxner |
God save our gracious Queen |
Parts (3) |
in B flat major |
| When I needed a neighbour |
Meet and sing |
45 |
As taught by Pat Shaw |
I was hungry and thirsty
were you there, were you there |
|
2nd and 3rd parts, main song is
found in "Faith Folk and Clarity" |
| New Year |
Meet and sing |
46 |
Mary Gentry |
O Lord in this new year we
pray as now the old year fades away |
Parts (3) |
|
| Palestinian Partner Song |
Meet and sing |
48 |
Hebrew folk song - trad,
descant source unknown |
Here is a song from Jericho,
it's a melody you ought to know / Farewell dear friends |
Parts (2) |
Israel |
| Spring Song |
Meet and sing |
50 |
tune: German trad, descant:
Norway, words: M. P. Prior |
All the birds sing bright
and clear, bright and clear in this lovely spring time |
Parts (2) |
|
| Partners |
Meet and sing |
51 |
Unknown |
You and me we're gonna be
partners, you and me, we're gonna pals, you and me we're gonna be partners,
buddies and pals |
Parts (2) |
USA |
| World Friends |
Meet and sing |
52 |
words Margaret Hawkins |
Where ever we may travel, on
land in air or sea, we're guides |
Round (3) |
|
| Vowel song |
Meet and sing |
53 |
Maori |
A E I O U, A E I O U, Piko
piko piko |
Actions |
New Zealand |
| Walking at night |
Meet and sing |
54 |
European |
Walking at night along the
meadow way, home from the dance besdie my maiden gay |
|
|
| American Hand Clap |
Meet and sing |
55 |
USA |
- |
Clap |
USA |
| Finnish Yell |
Meet and sing |
55 |
|
Aidii kaidii kolovolo vaidii |
Yell |
Finland |
| I Wonder Why |
Meet and sing |
56 |
Unknown |
I wonder, wonder why, the
stars are in the sky, wompala, la, la, la |
Singing game |
Australia |
| Jingle at the windows |
Meet and sing |
58 |
Unknown |
Skp one window tideo, skip
two windows, tideo |
Singing game |
USA |
| Left luggage rap |
Meet and sing |
59 |
Unknown |
I left my luggage in the
left luggage office |
Rap / singing game |
| Misseudeo |
Meet and sing |
60 |
Trad |
This way Misseudeo, that way
misseudeo |
Singing game |
USA, tune - Shortening Bread |
| Romeo and Juliet |
Meet and sing |
61 |
Canada |
(played to any well known
song) |
Singing game |
Canada |
| Seasons |
Meet and sing |
62 |
Words Frances Parrett, music
source unknown |
As the seasons come and
seasons go from year to year, so the circle turns |
Singing game |
| Thinking Day Train Yell |
Meet and sing |
63 |
Evelyn Ellmore |
Guides in Africa, and
Australia, Belgian Guiders |
Yell |
|
| We who have come here |
Meet and sing |
63 |
|
We who have come here, come
here together |
Actions |
Zimbabwe |
| Descant to Morning has
Broken |
Meet and sing |
64 |
Douglas Coombes |
Ah |
descant |
tune - Bunessan |
| Descant to Sangam Festival
Song |
Meet and sing |
65 |
Jean Torpy |
We come to share the music
and song, all frinds at Sangam will last our life long |
descant |
Tune by S. Wingfield, found in
"Songs for All Sorts" |
| A very long time ago |
Meet and sing |
66 |
Isabel Brown |
A very long time ago, and a
very long way away |
Christmas |
|
| Christmas Natus Est |
Meet and sing |
67 |
Taize |
Christus natus est |
Christmas round (3) |
| Baby, baby |
Meet and sing |
68 |
Isabel Brown |
baby, baby, lying in a
manger, Mary watches all the night |
Christmas |
|
| Upside down Christmas |
Meet and sing |
69 |
Shirley Murray / Colin Gibson |
Carol our Christmas, an
upside down Christmas, snow is not falling and trees are not bare |
Christmas |
Hope Publishing USA |
| Breton Carol (Hunty's
Carol) |
Meet and sing |
70 |
obligato by M. P. Prior |
No candle was there and no
fire, in the stable where Jesus was born |
Christmas |
© Bedford College of Higher
Education, 1990 |
| Just another Christmas |
Meet and sing |
72 |
Ruth Crane |
Can you hear me sigh, all
alone I cry, all around is peaceful, living in the dreamworld I can see |
Christmas |
|
| As you go |
Meet and sing |
74 |
Elinor Cross |
As you go may God go with
you, showing all he has to give you |
|
© 1991 Elinor Cross |
| Friends will be there |
Meet and sing |
76 |
Ruth Crane |
When you are angry or
feeling sad, remember tomorrow's never as bad |
|
© Ruth Crane |
| Ripton Lodge |
Meet and sing |
78 |
Ruth Crane |
Here we are at Ripton Lodge
today, to meet our friends and make some new ones besides |
|
written for the opening of
Ripton Lodge, Cambs W is Oct '92.
Replace Ripton Lodge with your chosen venue. © 1992 Ruth Crane |
| We belong |
Meet and sing |
80 |
Ruth Crane |
We are some of the children
who belong, to one great family of love |
|
© Ruth Crane |
| Finnish Evening |
Meet and sing |
82 |
Words Ruth Crane, music trad. |
As the sun sinks below the
horizon spreading flames across the sky |
Vesper |
Finland |
| Foxlease Vesper |
Meet and sing |
83 |
Mary Chater |
Father unto thee we raise
hearts and voices full of praise |
Vesper |
|
| God Bless Our Friends |
Meet and sing |
84 |
words Isabel Brown, music -
Pease Pudding Hot, trad. |
God bless our friends, God
bless our food |
Grace |
|
| Linger |
Meet and sing |
84 |
Unknown |
Linger a little longer and
say Goodnight, don't be in such a hurry to be on your way |
|
USA |
| Loving Father |
Meet and sing |
85 |
Mary Gentry |
Loving Father, Guide us when
we're waking |
3 parts |
|
| The Chalet Song |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
2 |
trans Betty Askwith, used by
permission |
High up, high on the
mountain, we've founded our Chalet |
|
words only |
| Oh how lovely is the
evening |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
2 |
?, copyright |
Oh how lovely is the
evening, is the evening, when the bells are sweetly ringing |
Round (3) |
Canada |
| The Frog |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
3 |
Trad. |
A frog he would a wooing
ride, ah hoo, ah hoo |
|
USA |
| The Road to Maresfield |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
4 |
Arthur Poyser |
I'm out on the road in the
morning when the heath is a-sparkle with dew |
|
|
| Taps |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
5 |
|
Day is done / Thanks and
praise |
|
|
| Tree song |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
6 |
arr. Anne H Chapin, from a book
by R. Radcliffe-Whitehead |
Live, live, live, our fields
and woodlands need you |
3 parts |
Croatia |
| God be in my head |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
7 |
© H. Walford Davies |
God be in my head and in my
understanding |
3 parts |
|
| A camp |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
8 |
|
A camp, a camp in sunny
weather, our tents are pitch'd amidst the heather |
Round (3) |
|
| Rosa fra Fyen (Roses from
Fyen) |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
8 |
|
Rosen fra Fyen |
Round (4) |
Denmark |
| Grasshoppers Three |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
8 |
|
Grasshoppers three a
fiddling went Hey ho! Never be still |
Round (3) |
|
| Luther's Cradle Hymn |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
9 |
© Hope Publishing, Chicago |
Away in a manger, no crib
for a bed |
Christmas |
|
| Green grow the rushes -
ho |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
10 |
Trad. |
I'll sing you one-ho (green
grow the rushes - ho) |
solo & 3 parts |
| A-Roving |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
12 |
Trad |
In Plymouth Town there lived
a maid, bless you young women |
sea shanty, solo & 3 parts |
| Autumn Song |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
13 |
words Henry Graham, music trad. |
We'll up and be gone to the
woodland fields |
|
|
| When Johnny come marching
home |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
14 |
Trad. |
When Johnny comes marching
home again, hurrah, hurrah, we'll give him a hearty welcome |
|
|
| Golden Slumbers |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
15 |
Trad., arr. H. A. Chambers |
Golden slumbers kiss your
eyes, smiles awake you when you rise |
Lullaby |
|
| Lullaby (Wiegenlied) |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
16 |
Brahms |
In they cradle so light
mother rocks thee goodnight |
|
|
| O can ye sew cushions |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
17 |
Trad, arr. H. W. |
O can ye sew cushions and
can ye sew sheets? And can ye sing
balluloo when the bairn greets |
|
Scots Folk tune |
| Hiawatha |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
18 |
H. A. Donald, words Longfellow |
At the door on summer
evenings sat the little Hiawatha, heard the whisp'ring of the pine trees |
|
|
| Music shall live |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
19 |
|
All things shall perish from
under the sky, music alone shall live |
|
Denmark (words also in Danish) |
| Bound for the Rio Grande |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
20 |
ed. Sir R. R. Terry |
I'll sing you a song of the
fish of the sea |
|
|
| Strawberry Fair |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
21 |
Trad. |
AS I was going to Strawberry
Fair |
|
|
| The Queen's grace |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
22 |
music Mary Chater, words George
Belling |
God bless our meat, God
guide our ways |
Grace |
|
| A Royal Round |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
22 |
Mary Chater |
The bells of the kingdom are
clashing and swinging, the Guides of the kingdom are chanting and singing |
Round (4) |
|
| Summer is a-coming in |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
23 |
13th century |
Summer is a-coming in,
loudly sing cuckoo |
|
|
| De Boatman |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
24 |
|
O, de boatman dance, the
boatman sing |
|
|
| Glory to thee my God this
night |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
24 |
16th century |
Glory to thee my God this
night for all the blessings of the light |
Round (4) |
|
| A Short Grace |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
25 |
Mary Chater |
Bless o Lord this food, for
which we praise thy name |
Grace, Round (4) |
| Grace |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
25 |
|
Morning / noontime / evening
is here, the board is spread, thanks be to God who gives us bread |
Grace |
|
| Guide Grace |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
25 |
words Dorothy Kerr, arr. Mary
Chater |
Bless this our food and
bless us in our guiding |
Grace |
|
| Will ye no come back
again? |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
26 |
Trad, words from a poem by Lady
Nairne, arr. Mary Chater |
Bonnie Charlie's noo awa,
safely owre the friendly main |
|
|
| Ca' the ewes tae the
knowes |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
27 |
words by Robert Burns |
Ca the ewes tae the knowes,
Ca' them whaur the heather grows |
|
|
| Close thine eyes |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
27 |
words by Charles I, arr. K.S. |
close thine eyes and sleeep
secure, thy soul is safe, thy body secure |
Round (4) |
|
| Polly Wolly doodle |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
28 |
|
Oh my Sal, she am a maiden
fair |
|
|
| Greensleeves |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
30 |
Trad, arr. Mary Chater |
Alas my love you do me
wrong, to cast me off discourteously |
|
|
| Donkey riding |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
32 |
|
Were you ever in Quebec,
stowing timber on the deck |
|
English - Canadian Sea Song |
| Now Robin lend to me thy
bow |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
33 |
Trad. |
Now Robin lend to me thy bow |
Round (4) |
|
| The foot traveller |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
34 |
|
On foot I gaily take my way,
tra la la |
|
|
| Let's have a peal |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
35 |
|
Let's have a peal for John
Cook's soul, for he was a very, very honest man, an honest man |
Round (9) |
|
| Fare thee well |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
35 |
|
Fare thee well, luck go with
thee, when I'm far, remember me |
Round (4) |
|
| For Health and Strength |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
35 |
|
For health and strength and
daily food we praise thy name o Lord |
Grace, Round (4) |
| Camp Fire Opening (Sussex) |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
36 |
|
Come, come, light up the
fire, come, come, join in the ring |
3 parts |
|
| Camp Fire Opening
(Netherlands) |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
37 |
Nederlandse Padvinstersgilde
(Dutch girl scouts) |
The wood has all been
brought, the fire is burning brightly, the smoke soars up |
Actions |
|
| Shusti-fidli |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
38 |
Fjeril Hess & Lillian
Jackson |
Children guess what I have
here, tell us, tell us father dear |
Singing game |
Czechoslovakia |
| Louisiana Lullaby |
The first book of camp-fire
songs |
40 |
|
Dreamland opens here, sweep
the dream path clear |
Lullaby |
USA |
| Praise and Thanks |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
2 |
Padvindsters Liederenbundel,
trans D M W |
Praise and thanks be to God
for his grace and mercy, and his love endureth now and evermore |
Round (4) |
Netherlands |
| Before you make a promise |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
2 |
W Shield |
Before you make a promise,
consider well its importance; And when made, engrave it on your heart |
Round (4) |
|
| The Miller Sleeps /
Meunier tu dors |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
3 |
words M. C. C., music by
Schubert |
The miller sleeps and never
keeps his watch up on the creaking sail |
Round (3) |
also in French |
| St George for Merry
England |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
3 |
Trad. |
Saint George for Merry
England, Saint Denis for France, Honi soit qui mal y pense |
Round (4) |
|
| The song of friendship |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
4 |
Signorita di Carpegna |
Let's all go singing a merry
song and meet in the morning sun |
Round (2) |
Italy |
| Serve God daily |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
4 |
Sailing orders of Sir John
Hawkins, music by Mary Chater |
Serve God daily, love one
another, preserve… |
Round (3) |
|
| Scrape no fiddlestick |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
5 |
adapted from Mit uns Springet |
Scrape no fiddlestick, touch
no key, blow no horn but sing with me |
Round (3), Actions |
| Lullaby |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
5 |
|
Lulla lullaby, lullaby,
lullaby, sweetly sing |
Round (9) |
|
| Alleluia |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
6 |
Daphne Bird |
Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, amen |
Round (3) |
|
| Allelu |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
6 |
Unknown |
Allelu, allelu, allelu,
alleluia, praise ye the Lord |
2 parts |
|
| Hebrew Chant |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
7 |
Unknown |
Ah |
Round (4) |
|
| A ram sam
sam |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
7 |
Unknown |
A ram sam sam, a ram sam
sam, gooli… |
|
Morocco |
| Suo Gan |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
8 |
Trad. |
Sleep my baby on my bosom,
round you folded mother's arms |
|
Welsh lullaby |
| Fairy Lullaby |
The second book of camp-fire
songs |
9 |
Trad. |
I left my darling lying here |
|
Gaelic |
| Our Chalet Song |
Our Chalet Song Book |
1 |
Joseph Bovet, words by Betty
Askwith / E Droin de Morsier |
High up, high on the
mountain, we've founded our Chalet |
|
also in French |
| Our Cabana Song |
Our Chalet Song Book |
2 |
from an old Mexican song,
"Las Mananitas" |
Neath the grand Sierra Madre
on a plan in Mexico |
|
|
| Sangam Song |
Our Chalet Song Book |
3 |
Comdr. Japheth |
The symbol of one-ness,
Sangam is our pride where love and affection don't change like the tide |
|
|
| Vem Kan Segla |
Our Chalet Song Book |
4 |
Scout Sanger, Soutforlaget,
Stockholm |
Vem kan segla forutan vind? |
|
Sweden |
| Chantons Le Feu |
Our Chalet Song Book |
4 |
France |
Du fago jaillit la flamme |
|
France |
| Viva la Musica |
Our Chalet Song Book |
4 |
|
Viva viva la musica |
3 part round |
| Orchestra |
Our Chalet Song Book |
5 |
|
Drum, drum / yeh oh yeh / la
la la |
3 part round |
sounds like an orchestra
playing |
| The Hills |
Our Chalet Song Book |
5 |
|
The hills in their glorious
height, surround us by day and by night, sing praise to the hills |
3 part round |
| Ego sum pauper |
Our Chalet Song Book |
5 |
|
Ego sum pauper (nothing do I
own) |
3 part round |
| Rally song |
Our Chalet Song Book |
6 |
From the Ditty Bag, by
permission of Janet E. Tobitt |
Milha bilou loubi shembel |
4 part round |
Turkey |
| Toembai |
Our Chalet Song Book |
6 |
|
Toembai, toembai / tra la la |
3 part round |
Israel |
| Sing together |
Our Chalet Song Book |
7 |
|
Sing, sing together;
merrily, merrily sing |
3 part round |
| Let us sing together |
Our Chalet Song Book |
7 |
Good Fellowship Songs, Co-op
Recreation Service, Inc. |
Let us sing together, let us
sing together, one and all a joyous song |
4 part round |
Czechoslovakia |
| Hiney Mah Tov |
Our Chalet Song Book |
8 |
Psalm 133:1 as sung by Tova
Ben-Tsvi, Jerusalem |
Hineymah tovumah nayim (How
good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together) |
2 part round |
Israel |
| Shalom
Chaverim |
Our Chalet Song Book |
8 |
|
Shalom, chaverim! (glad
tidings we bring of peace on earth, goodwill toward men…) |
2 part round |
Israel |
| Rise up, o flame |
Our Chalet Song Book |
9 |
Cristoph Praetorius |
Rise up, o flame, by thy
light glowing |
8 part round |
also in French & German |
| Hatt i di |
Our Chalet Song Book |
9 |
St Aegyd, Austria, 1894 |
Hatt i di |
2 part round |
Austria |
| Es Burebuebli mah-n-i-nit |
Our Chalet Song Book |
10 |
Swiss folk song, English words
by Max Exner |
Es Burebuebli mahni nit, das
g'seht me mir wohl a, hu-he! (No farmer boy for me, Mama!) |
folk |
also in English |
| Bella Bimba |
Our Chalet Song Book |
11 |
Italian Folk Song, English by K
F R |
Ma come balli bella bimba |
folk |
|
| Mir Senne hei's lustig |
Our Chalet Song Book |
12 |
German / Swiss folk song |
Mir senne hei's lustig (The
herdsman is merry, he sings all day long) |
folk |
also in English |
| Ecoute la priere |
Our Chalet Song Book |
13 |
Czech folk song |
Ecoute la priere qui du camp
mote vers toi (listen to the prayer which rises from the camp to you) |
|
Luxembourg |
| J'ai lie ma botte (I tied
my posies) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
14 |
Francine Cockenpot, English by
V. M. Synge (from Vents du Nord no 4, by permission of Editions du Seuil) |
Au bois voisin l'y a des
violettes (in nearby woods there are sweet smelling violets) |
|
in French and English |
| Bell Yodel |
Our Chalet Song Book |
15 |
from the singing of Inge
Peinlich of Vienna, Austria |
Hodari hodaro, hodaridiriaho |
3 parts |
Austria |
| Land of
the silver birch |
Our Chalet Song Book |
16 |
|
Land of the silver birch,
home of the beaver, where still the mighty moose wanders at will |
3 parts |
Canada |
| Les Clartes de la Nuit |
Our Chalet Song Book |
17 |
A chevalier / Cesar Geoffray,
by permission of Editions du Seuil |
Les clartes de la nuit ont
brode les sommets des grands monts |
3 parts |
France |
| Route d'amitie
(Friendship's Way) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
18 |
Francine Cockenpot, trans V M
Synge. From Vents du Nord no 16, by
permission of Editions du seuil |
As with you I have walk'd up
the paths on the hillside, loving it all the day |
3 parts |
France |
| Swinging along |
Our Chalet Song Book |
20 |
|
Swinging along the open
road, swinging along under a sky that's clear |
2 parts |
also in French |
| Barges |
Our Chalet Song Book |
21 |
|
Out of my window, looking in
the night, I can see the barges' flickering light |
|
|
| Wimbaway |
Our Chalet Song Book |
22 |
|
Wimbaway, wimbaway |
4 parts |
South Africa |
| Automne Colchiques |
Our Chalet Song Book |
22 |
Francine Cockenpot, trans V M
Synge. From Vents du Nord no 29, by
permission of Editions du Seuil |
Colchiques dans les pres
fleurissent (Colchiques bloom again, in meadows, in meadows) |
2 parts |
|
| Au bord de la Riviere |
Our Chalet Song Book |
24 |
Francine Cockenpot, trans V M
Synge. From Vents du Nord no 2, by
permission of Editions du Seuil |
Au bord de la riviere ( as I
walked by the river, by the water's edge, breezes were a-blowing) |
2 parts |
|
| Sakura (Cherry Trees) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
25 |
© 1956, Cooperative Recreation
Service, Inc., Delaware, Ohio.
English by K F R |
Sakura! (Cherry trees,
cherry trees, bloom so bright in April breeze) |
|
Japan |
| Linstead Market |
Our Chalet Song Book |
26 |
|
Carry mi' ackee go-a Linstead
Market |
|
Jamaica |
| Tina Singu |
Our Chalet Song Book |
26 |
© 1957, African Songs, L.
Rohrbough, Delaware, Ohio |
Tina singu leluvutaeo (we
are burning fire) |
echo / 3 parts |
Basutoland, Africa |
| Come and sail with me |
Our Chalet Song Book |
28 |
Josef Marios, arr Susan Stevens |
Come and sail with me on the
sea, anywhere / keep a-rowing |
2 parts |
trad. Africa , origin -
Netherlands |
| Iona Gloria |
Our Chalet Song Book |
29 |
|
Gloria, gloria, gloria, in
excelsis Deo |
3 parts |
prayer |
| Ski song |
Our Chalet Song Book |
30 |
Jubilee songbook, Girl Guides
of Canada |
Teneshay alaee, sveska shay
alaee |
2 parts |
|
| Kein schoner land (no
lovelier countryside) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
30 |
German folk song, English by F
M A |
Ken schoner Land in dieser
Zeit (there is no lovelier countryside than this of ours) |
2 parts |
|
| The tuneful guitar |
Our Chalet Song Book |
32 |
|
If his heart is as light as
his measure then his life is nothing but pleasure |
2 parts & tambourine |
| Die Dammerung fallt |
Our Chalet Song Book |
33 |
|
Di dammerung fallt, wir sind
mu de vom Traben |
|
Germany |
| Uti var hage |
Our Chalet Song Book |
34 |
folksong from Gotland |
Uti var hage dar vaxa bla
bar Kom hjartans frojd! |
3 parts |
also in German |
| Tzena |
Our Chalet Song Book |
35 |
Second Youth Song Book O U P
& Diamond Jubilee Songbook GGA |
Tzena, tzena, tzena, tzena,
can't you hear the music playing in the village square? |
2 part round |
| Somerset walking song |
Our Chalet Song Book |
36 |
Susan Stevens |
Tra la / Gaily we swing
along, singing a hpapy song, Green hills lie far ahead, we're on our way! |
2 parts |
|
| Vi skal ikkje sova bort
sumarnatta |
Our Chalet Song Book |
37 |
Aslaug Lastad Lygre / Geirr
Tveitt, used by permission |
Vi skal ikkje sova boart
sumarnatta, ho er for ljos tildet |
|
|
| It's a small world |
Our Chalet Song Book |
38 |
Richard M Sherman & Robert
B Sherman, © 1963 Wonderland Music Company Inc., (USA), used by permission |
It's a world of laughter, a
world of tears |
|
also in other languages |
| Swing low, sweet chariot |
Our Chalet Song Book |
40 |
Arr. Beatrix & Max Krones,
used by permission |
Swing low, sweet chariot,
coming for to carry me home |
4 parts |
spiritual |
| In de Stilte Kimt Het
Leven |
Our Chalet Song Book |
42 |
C Boeke / Adr. C. Schuurman |
In de stilte kimt het leven |
2 parts |
|
| Kesailta (Summer Evening) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
42 |
|
Ol' kaunis kesailta, kun
laak sossa kavelin |
folk |
Finland |
| Ksekina Mia Psaropoula
(Sponge Fishing) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
43 |
from the singing of Ted
Alevizos |
Ksekina mia psaropoula
(Little ship, we'll go a-fishing out from the shore) |
|
Greece |
| Tumbalalaika |
Our Chalet Song Book |
44 |
arr. Susan Stevens |
Tumbala / A young man
wonders how he will find a girl who is gentle, loving and kind |
2 parts |
Yiddish love song |
| Cyfri'r Geifr |
Our Chalet Song Book |
45 |
|
Oes gafr eto? Oes heb ei
godro, ar y creigiau geirwon mae'r hen afr yn crwydro |
|
Wales |
| Somewhere there's a forest |
Our Chalet Song Book |
46 |
Susan Stevens |
Somewhere there's a forest
where you can stand and dream |
2 parts |
|
| The Rover |
Our Chalet Song Book |
47 |
|
See those clouds rolling on
their way, see those stars shining so gay |
|
|
| Elijah Rock |
Our Chalet Song Book |
48 |
arr. Susan Stevens |
Rock" Shout! Rock
Elijah! / Satan ain't nuthin' but a snake in de grass |
2 parts |
spiritual |
| I Ifandra (The Weaver) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
49 |
folk song |
St'argalio tis kathismeni ti
saitatis chtipa |
folk |
Greece |
| Vous qui cherchez le
signe |
Our Chalet Song Book |
50 |
used with permission of
"Le Chant do Monde", 64 rue Ampere, 75017 Paris |
Sur la plai ne longue, aux
quatre vents du ciel |
2 parts |
France (you who are looking for
the sign) |
| Le front penche sur la
terre |
Our Chalet Song Book |
51 |
|
Le front penche sur la
terre, j'allais seul et soucieux |
|
France |
| Der Frohlichkeit die Turen
auf |
Our Chalet Song Book |
52 |
|
Der Frohlichkeit die Turn
auf, ein Lied fur den Abend gesungen |
folk |
Germany |
| Blowing in the wind |
Our Chalet Song Book |
52 |
Bob Dylan, © Warner Bros Music
Ltd, used by permission |
How many roads must a man
walk down before you call him a man? |
|
|
| I go my merry way (Tous
les chemins) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
54 |
Soeur Sourire, OP (English
lyrics by Noel Regney), *c) 1962 Intersong Primavera sa Brussels, Belgium |
A song on my lips, a song in
my heart, I go my merry way |
|
|
| Skye Boat Song |
Our Chalet Song Book |
56 |
trad, arr. Susan Stevens |
Speed bonnie boat like a
bird on the wing |
2 parts |
Scotland |
| I know where I'm goin' |
Our Chalet Song Book |
57 |
trad, arr. Susan Stevens |
I know where I'm goin' and I
know who's goin' with me |
2 parts |
Ireland |
| Dese Bones Gonna Rise
Again |
Our Chalet Song Book |
58 |
trad, arr. Susan Stevens |
De Lord he thought he'd make
a man, dese bones a-gonna rise again |
2 parts |
spiritual |
| Drei Zigeuner |
Our Chalet Song Book |
59 |
music: der Anfangszeit der
Jugendbewegung, words: N Lenau |
Drei Zigeuner fand ich
einmal liegen an einer Weide |
|
|
| Plus de joie |
Our Chalet Song Book |
60 |
|
Plus de joie plus de lumiere |
|
|
| De-ci, De-la, Semons la
Joie (Jubelana) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
60 |
Marcelle de Meulemeester
(English words by They) |
De-ci de-la semons la joie
(Far and near, come let us share sending a message of courage and joy /
Jubelana let us rejoice) |
|
|
| Pourquoi donc attendre
demain (Why wait till another day?) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
62 |
Marcelle de Meulemeester,
English words Rosana Knox |
Why wait 'till another day /
o please hear this song, this song in the wind, the song of ones who plead |
|
|
| Schlaf mein Kind |
Our Chalet Song Book |
64 |
|
Sclaf mein Kind ich wieg
dich leise bajuschki baju |
|
Russia |
| Nun fangt ein Lied mir an |
Our Chalet Song Book |
64 |
|
Nun fangt ein Lied mir an |
|
|
| Wo die Sterne gluhen |
Our Chalet Song Book |
65 |
|
Wo die Sterne gluhen still in Gottes Hand |
|
|
| Benedicite de Notre
Chalet (Our Chalet Grace) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
66 |
Francine Cockenpot, trans. V M
Synge, by permission of Editions du Seuil |
You, who have worked today
for our refreshment |
Grace |
also in French |
| God has created a new day |
Our Chalet Song Book |
66 |
Marie Gaudette, by permission
of Catherine T Hammett |
God has created a new day,
silver and green and gold |
Grace |
|
| Wayfarer's Grace |
Our Chalet Song Book |
67 |
M Elizabeth Worsfold / G C E
Ryley |
For all the glory of the
way, for they protection night and day |
Grace |
|
| Alleluia |
Our Chalet Song Book |
67 |
|
Alleluia, alleluia, to God
sing praises |
Grace |
8 part round |
| Alleluh |
Our Chalet Song Book |
68 |
|
Alleluh, Alleluh, alleluh,
allelujah, praise ye the Lord |
Grace |
|
| Pour ta joie |
Our Chalet Song Book |
68 |
Francine Cockenpot, trans. V M
Synge, by permission Editions du Seuil |
Pour ta joie pour tes done /
For they joy at our board |
Grace |
|
| Danket dem Herrn |
Our Chalet Song Book |
69 |
|
Danket, danket dem Herrn / Thank the Lord, gracious Lord |
Grace |
4 part round |
| Blessing |
Our Chalet Song Book |
69 |
W H Neidlinger, © Camp Fire
girls Inc. |
If we have earned the right
to eat this bread, happy indeed are we |
Grace |
2 parts, also in French &
German |
| Merci Seigneur |
Our Chalet Song Book |
70 |
|
Merci Seigneur |
Grace |
3 part round, France |
| Gelobet |
Our Chalet Song Book |
70 |
by permission of Janet Tobitt |
Gelobet sei, gelobet sei der
Herr mein Gott |
Grace |
3 part round, Germany |
| Allelujah, Amen |
Our Chalet Song Book |
71 |
from Sing Together - a Girl
Scouts songbook |
Allelujah, allelujah, amen,
amen |
Grace |
2 part round |
| World Hunger Grace |
Our Chalet Song Book |
71 |
by permission of the Reverend
Robert J Crocker |
For food in a world where
many walk in hunger |
Grace |
2 parts |
| Alleluia |
Our Chalet Song Book |
72 |
Mozart, arr. H. R. W. |
Alleluia, alleluia |
|
|
| Nu er jord og himmel
stille |
Our Chalet Song Book |
72 |
Marinus Borup / K M Bellman,
from Det Gule Tillaeg Denmark 1953 |
Nu er jord og himmel stille
vinden holder tyst siit vehr |
|
|
| Jubilate Deo |
Our Chalet Song Book |
73 |
Praetorius |
Jubilate Deo, jubilate deo,
allelujah! |
6 part round |
| One World |
Our Chalet Song Book |
74 |
|
A plea for one world is heard in many different lands |
2 part round |
| Der Mond ist aufgegangen
(The Western Moon) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
74 |
M Claudium / J A P Schulz |
The western moon is slender,
the stars are spread in splendour across the velvet night |
2 parts |
|
| Gott, behute dises Hus |
Our Chalet Song Book |
76 |
Ina Lohr, Blessing of "Our
chalet", carved above the door.
Used by permission |
Gott, behute dises Hus und
all die da gehen in und uss |
3 parts |
|
| Dona Nobis Pacem |
Our Chalet Song Book |
77 |
Unknown |
Dona nobis pacem (trans:
Give us peace) |
3 parts |
|
| Kyrie |
Our Chalet Song Book |
77 |
|
Kyrie, kyrie, eleison |
3 parts |
Surinam |
| Come with the evening |
Our Chalet Song Book |
78 |
Unknown |
Come with the evening or
come with the dawn, come when you're looked for or come when you're feeling
lonely |
|
|
| Su Cantemo |
Our Chalet Song Book |
79 |
17th Cent, Caldara |
Su cantemo la la la, cosi
lore ne passera |
3 parts |
|
| Dag er endt (Day Fades
Away) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
80 |
Margrethe Parm / Ludwig Spohr,
trans Marion Roberts |
Now the day fades away,
darkness deepends and the shadows stay |
2 parts |
|
| Sing for Joy |
Our Chalet Song Book |
82 |
Susan Stevens |
Sing for joy, sing for love,
sing for peace, sing for happiness |
|
|
| Tallis' Canon |
Our Chalet Song Book |
83 |
Thomas Ken (1695) / Thomas
Tallis (1565) |
Glory to thee, my God this
night |
2 parts |
|
| Herr, bleibe bei uns
(Abide with us, o Lord) |
Our Chalet Song Book |
84 |
Luke 24:29, Albert Thate |
Abide with us, O Lord, for
it is now the evening |
3 part round |
| Time for man go home |
Our Chalet Song Book |
84 |
|
Time for man go home |
|
|
| Evening Star |
Our Chalet Song Book |
85 |
Chr Richardt (1861) / Carl
Mortensen, trans S D Rodholm |
Evening star up yonder,
teach me like you to wander |
|
|
| Sing Hosanna! |
Our Chalet Song Book |
86 |
music the Csehys © 1951 by
Singspiration Inc., words A Sevison © 1957 by Singspiration Inc., used by
permission |
Give me oil in my lamp, keep
me burning |
|
|
| Goodbye |
Our Chalet Song Book |
87 |
Susan Stevens |
Goodbye, 'til we meet again
another day |
2 part round |
| For Homes and friends |
Our Chalet Song Book |
87 |
Susan Stevens |
For homes and friends and
happy days, for all the blessings earth displays, we give our thankfulness
and praise |
3 part round |
| I know a place |
Our Chalet Song Book |
88 |
Jubilee songbook, Girl Guides
of Canada |
I know a place wehre no-one
ever goes, there is peace and quiet beauty and repose |
|
|
| My Lord's a-writing |
Our Chalet Song Book |
89 |
|
Oh he sees all you do and he
hears all you say, my Lord's a-writing all the time |
|
|
| Kum ba Yah |
Our Chalet Song Book |
89 |
|
Kum ba yah my Lord |
spiritual |
|
| Peace of the River |
Our Chalet Song Book |
90 |
Glendore Gosling / Viola Wood,
used by persmission of Janet E. Tobitt |
Peace I ask of thee, O
River, peac, peace, peace |
|
|
| Bon soir, bon soir |
Our Chalet Song Book |
90 |
|
Bon soir, bon soir la brume
monte du sol |
|
|
| Gently let the Evening's
Peace |
Our Chalet Song Book |
91 |
Trad. |
Gently let the evening's
peace Earth in darkness shelter |
4 part round |
also in German |
| Whip-poor-will |
Our Chalet Song Book |
91 |
Anne H Chapin Kent, conn, from
the Ditty Bag compiled by Janet Tobitt |
Gone to bed is the setting
sun, night is coming and day is done |
3 part round |
| O du stille Zeit |
Our Chalet Song Book |
91 |
Joseph von Eichendorff
(1788-1857) / Cesar Bresgen |
O du stille Zeit! Kommst, eh wir's gedacht |
4 parts |
|
| Abide with us |
Song and Dance '88 |
4 |
|
Abide with us O Lord / Herr
bleibe bei uns |
German vesper, 3 parts |
| Allelu |
Song and Dance '88 |
4 |
Unknown |
Allelu allelu allelu
alleluia, praise ye the lord |
grace, 2 parts |
| Alleluia |
Song and Dance '88 |
4 |
Trad |
Alleluia |
8 part round |
France |
| Alleluia Amen |
Song and Dance '88 |
5 |
Boyce |
Alleluia, alleluia, amen,
amen |
2 parts |
|
| All night, all day |
Song and Dance '88 |
5 |
Trad |
All night all day, angels
watchin over me my lord |
spiritual |
|
| At the fiera di Moncalie |
Song and Dance '88 |
6 |
Trad |
At the diera di Moncalie
there I bought me my guitar-ra |
Italy |
|
| A ram sam
sam |
Song and Dance '88 |
6 |
|
A ram sam sam, a ram sam
sam, gooli gooli |
Morocco |
|
| Babylon |
Song and Dance '88 |
7 |
words - psalm 137, music - trad |
By the waters, the waters of
Babylon |
|
|
| Banuwa |
Song and Dance '88 |
7 |
|
Banuwa, banuwa, banuwayo |
Liberia |
africa |
| Barges |
Song and Dance '88 |
8 |
|
Out of my window, looking in
the night, I can see the barges' flickering light |
|
|
| An old Sussex grace |
Song and Dance '88 |
9 |
words - trad, music - S.
Stevens |
Bees of paradise do the work
of Jesus Christ, do the work that no man can |
Grace |
|
| Before you make a promise |
Song and Dance '88 |
9 |
W Shield |
Before you make a promise,
consider well its importance |
|
|
| Bell Yodel |
Song and Dance '88 |
9 |
|
Hodari hodaro, hodaridiriaho |
Austria |
|
| Breton Fisherman's Prayer |
Song and Dance '88 |
10 |
words - trad, music - S.
Stevens |
Protect me o Lord for my
boat is so small |
Vesper, 2 parts |
France (words) |
| Brownie promise song |
Song and Dance '88 |
11 |
Susan Stevens |
Walking in the woods,
swimming in the sea |
with descant recorder
& chime bar parts |
| Chimbo chawurombo |
Song and Dance '88 |
13 |
arr High Tracey, adapted by
Mary Chater. Music - Wawa Runescu
Chipika |
Here we come singing, her we
come ringing, here we come dancing for you |
3 parts |
Zimbabwe |
| Come with the evening |
Song and Dance '88 |
14 |
Unknown |
Come with the evening or
come with the dawn, come when you're looked for or come when you're feeling
lonely |
|
|
| Dawn Song (Malyali Boat
Song) |
Song and Dance '88 |
16 |
words R Hacon, tune traditional |
Dance, sing, dawn light is
breaking over the sea |
India |
|
| Dona Nobis Pacem |
Song and Dance '88 |
17 |
Unknown |
Dona nobis pacem (trans:
Give us peace) |
3 part round |
| Glory to thee my God this
night |
Song and Dance '88 |
17 |
|
Glory to thee my God this
night for all the blessings of the light |
8 part canon |
| Es Burebuebli mah-ni-nit
(No farmer boy for me) |
Song and Dance '88 |
18 |
translated by Max Exner |
No farmer boy for me, Mama! |
2 parts |
|
| Ev'ryone knows it |
Song and Dance '88 |
19 |
Unknown |
Ev'ryone knows it but how
can you show it that love is a wonderful thing |
|
|
| A Guide Grace |
Song and Dance '88 |
20 |
words - D Kerr, music arr. M
Chater |
Bless this our food and
bless us in our guiding |
Grace |
|
| The gypsy's wedding |
Song and Dance '88 |
21 |
acknowledgements to Pat Shuldham Shaw |
As I was a walking down a
London street a handsome young gypsy girl, the first I chanced to meet |
|
|
| Hallo |
Song and Dance '88 |
22 |
|
Hallo hallo hallo and how do
you do? |
Netherlands |
| Here comes Saint Nicholas |
Song and Dance '88 |
22 |
Trad |
Look there is the steamer
from faraway lands |
Netherlands |
| Hey little lassie |
Song and Dance '88 |
23 |
|
Hey little lassie will you
have me? I've leather gloves if you
will have me |
Sweden |
dancing game |
| Himalayan lullaby |
Song and Dance '88 |
24 |
Trad |
Hari cucu haru cucu hari
cucu ele |
|
|
| I let her go go |
Song and Dance '88 |
24 |
|
I let her go, go, ee ay |
Trinidad |
also in Games from many lands |
| If I were a fair one |
Song and Dance '88 |
25 |
|
If I were a fair one, fairer
than any o, I'd marry a carpenter before I'd marry any o! |
Ireland |
dancing game |
| I know where I'm goin' |
Song and Dance '88 |
26 |
arr. Susan Stevens |
I know where I'm goin' and I
know who's goin' with me |
Ireland |
|
| Kom mee naar buiten (the
golden oriole) |
Song and Dance '88 |
27 |
|
Come to the woods with
carefree soul |
Netherlands |
2 part canon |
| Linstead Market |
Song and Dance '88 |
28 |
|
Ev'rybody come feel up |
Jamaica |
|
| Little Johnny England |
Song and Dance '88 |
29 |
|
Little Johnny England, he
went a wandering |
Australia |
|
| Lullaby baby |
Song and Dance '88 |
30 |
tune - Argentina |
Lullaby baby child divine,
peacefully sleep, dear son of mine |
|
|
| Me he manu rere |
Song and Dance '88 |
31 |
Trad |
Me he manu rere ahaue |
Maori |
New Zealand |
| Merella |
Song and Dance '88 |
32 |
|
Merella / when gentle
breezes blow softly |
Finland |
|
| My aunt Greet |
Song and Dance '88 |
32 |
|
My aunt Greet veeda veeda
veet (see also Grete) |
|
|
| Nine red horsemen |
Song and Dance '88 |
33 |
folk song |
I saw nine red horsemen
riding over the plain |
Mexico |
|
| Ozewiezewoze |
Song and Dance '88 |
35 |
|
Ozewiezewoze |
Netherlands |
| Punchinello |
Song and Dance '88 |
35 |
|
Who's coming here?
Punchinello little fellow |
|
|
| Rise and shine |
Song and Dance '88 |
36 |
Trad |
Rise and shine and give God
the glory, glory |
spiritual |
|
| Rosen fra Fyn (Roses from
Fyn) |
Song and Dance '88 |
36 |
|
Rosen fra Fyn |
Denmark |
4 part round |
| Sing Hosanna! |
Song and Dance '88 |
37 |
words - A Sevison, music arr.
The Csehys |
Give me oil in my lamp, keep
it burning |
|
|
| Sponge fishing |
Song and Dance '88 |
38 |
|
Little ship we'll go a
fishing out from the shore |
Greece |
with recorder & chime bar
parts |
| Saint George for merry
England |
Song and Dance '88 |
40 |
Trad |
Saint George for merry
England, Saint Denis for France, honi soit qui mal y pense |
4 part round |
| This train is bound for
glory |
Song and Dance '88 |
40 |
|
This train is bound for
glory this train |
spiritual |
|
| Tiritomba |
Song and Dance '88 |
41 |
|
When the mountin top through
purple mist is glowing and the wood faint green is showing |
Italy |
|
| Tutu maramba |
Song and Dance '88 |
42 |
|
Tutu maramba, stay far away
from here |
Brazil |
|
| Alleluia, Praise the Lord |
Sing and Have Fun! |
1 |
Words Norah Perry, music trad. |
Alleluia, alleluia o praise
the lord |
Grace |
|
| As I go to sleep tonight |
Sing and Have Fun! |
1 |
Hilary A Stokes |
As I go to sleep tonight,
Jesus with me stay |
|
|
| Along the Road to Love |
Sing and Have Fun! |
2 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Along the road which leads
to love, you will pass many milestones |
|
|
| As you go |
Sing and Have Fun! |
3 |
Elinor Cross |
As you go, may God go with
you, showing all he has to give you |
|
|
| As we sit by the fire |
Sing and Have Fun! |
4 |
Words anon, Music Brahms |
As we sit by the fire 'neath
the shade of the pine tree |
|
|
| Bless this table, Lord |
Sing and Have Fun! |
4 |
Bonnie Johnson |
Bless this table, Lord, and
those who gather round |
Grace |
|
| Beauty in the world |
Sing and Have Fun! |
5 |
USA, source unknown |
Because I walked in the cool
green forest |
|
|
| A Grace |
Sing and Have Fun! |
5 |
Sister Margaret Rose Bradley,
SND |
Bless us as we come to eat,
at this table now we meet |
Grace |
|
| Black socks |
Sing and Have Fun! |
6 |
Source unknown - from the
singing of Morag Gunn, Aberdeen |
Black socks, they never get
dirty, the longer you wear them the stronger they get |
|
|
| Campfire Vesper |
Sing and Have Fun! |
6 |
Words Sheila McIntosh, Music
Janet Carlton, Joyce Hamilton & Cathleen Mair |
As the sun sets in the west,
Mother Nature turns to rest |
Vesper |
|
| By and by |
Sing and Have Fun! |
7 |
Source unknown |
By and by and when that
morning comes |
|
|
| Penny's Grace |
Sing and Have Fun! |
7 |
Source unknown - from the
singing of Norah Perry |
Food for our hunger, water
for our thirst, rest for our weariness but first things first |
Grace |
|
| Brownie guides |
Sing and Have Fun! |
8 |
Words Mary Mutch, music Tommy
Sampson |
In Britain they call us the
Brownie Guides, Brownie Guides, Brownie Guides |
international |
| Chickens and hens |
Sing and Have Fun! |
10 |
Source unknown |
Who stole my chickens and my
hens |
action song with a partner |
| Come to the campfire |
Sing and Have Fun! |
11 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Come to the campfire, sing
all you can, join in the happy song |
|
|
| Come where the singing is
merry and bright |
Sing and Have Fun! |
11 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Come where the singing is
merry and bright, as the glow of the fire spreads a circle of light |
3 part round |
| Dare to be happy |
Sing and Have Fun! |
12 |
USA, source unknown - from the
singing of Lynne Varcoe |
Dare to be happy, don't shy
away, reach out and capture the joys of the day |
|
|
| Different Drummers |
Sing and Have Fun! |
13 |
USA, source unknown - from the
singing of Lynne Varcoe |
Look at me and wonder why I
love to watch the evening sky, as the setting sun turns to shades of red |
|
|
| The Dripping Tap |
Sing and Have Fun! |
14 |
Source unknown |
There's a tap that's
dripping in the kitchen and it goes blip bloppety blip |
|
|
| Eetha Bunny |
Sing and Have Fun! |
15 |
Source unknown |
Look on the happy side,
always on the happy side, look on the happy side of life |
Bad joke |
|
| Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 |
Sing and Have Fun! |
16 |
Pat Cresswell |
To everything there is a
season and a time to every purpose under the heaven |
|
|
| Father, We render thanks
to thee |
Sing and Have Fun! |
17 |
Source unknown - from the
singing of Frances Cullen |
Father we render thanks to
thee |
Grace |
|
| Gently the breezes blow |
Sing and Have Fun! |
18 |
Source unknown - from the
singing of Frances Cullen |
Gently the breezes blow
through the forest |
Swedish, 4 parts |
| Grace from Netherurd |
Sing and Have Fun! |
19 |
Words Gillian Chalmers, Music
Margaret Venables |
Father we ask of you today,
be with us always, this we pray |
2 parts, grace |
| A Grace for Netherurd |
Sing and Have Fun! |
20 |
Words Hilary A Stokes, music Sr
Margaret Rose Bradley & Elaine Walker, Arr. Margaret Venables |
Together here at Netherurd,
with friends both old and new |
2 parts, grace |
| A Goodnight Song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
20 |
Tune trad, words source unknown |
We are rainbows, shiny
bright, we are here to help and guide |
|
|
| How Little am I |
Sing and Have Fun! |
21 |
Source unknown |
I stood at the foot of a
tall fir tree and I thought "How little am I" |
|
|
| I don't know where I'm
going |
Sing and Have Fun! |
22 |
Hilary A Stokes |
I'm just wandering around, I
don't know where I'm going. I will
drift along not caring where I stray |
|
|
| Is that why? |
Sing and Have Fun! |
23 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Why must you live in a world
filled with darkness, when beauty abounds everywhere? |
|
|
| The "How to Make a
Song" Song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
24 |
Pat Belringer |
First you snap your fingers
and you stamp your feet, then you sway with your body from side to side |
|
|
| Lord, for Today |
Sing and Have Fun! |
25 |
Words 15th Glasgow Brownies,
music source unknown |
Lord, for today, these
things we pray |
Vesper |
Music is same as "feeling
free" |
| Let me be |
Sing and Have Fun! |
26 |
Source Unknown |
Let me be a little kinder,
let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me; let me praise a
little more |
|
|
| Like as a father |
Sing and Have Fun! |
27 |
Cherubini |
Like as a father pitieth his
children |
3 parts |
|
| The Lark and the Magpie |
Sing and Have Fun! |
28 |
Source unknown - from the
singing of Frances Cullen |
In a snug little field of a
neighbouring park on a beautiful morning in spring |
|
|
| Little Fish |
Sing and Have Fun! |
29 |
USA, source unknown - from the
singing of Lynne Varcoe |
Come all ye boat fishermen
and listen to me |
|
|
| Magic |
Sing and Have Fun! |
30 |
USA, source unknown |
When I was young I thought
the stars were made for wishing on |
|
|
| Maybe I am a dreamer |
Sing and Have Fun! |
31 |
USA, source unknown - from the
singing of Lynne Varcoe |
Maybe I am a dreamer, in
search of something to hold |
|
|
| Netherurd Song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
32 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Nestling in the cradle of
the Border hills there's a place we love to go |
|
Feb 1985 - for the inauguration
of the Netherurd Singing Circle |
| On the way to camp |
Sing and Have Fun! |
33 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Now the summer holidays have
come at last and here we are, just sitting on the back seat of the bus |
2 part round |
| On Little Candle |
Sing and Have Fun! |
34 |
USA, source unknown |
It is better to light just
one little candle than to stumble in the dark |
|
|
| Pust Vsegda |
Sing and Have Fun! |
35 |
Russia, source unknown |
Pust vsegda budit sonse /
May there always be sunshine |
|
|
| Le Petit Ane Gris |
Sing and Have Fun! |
36 |
Source uknown |
Ecoutez cette histoire que
l'on m'a racontee |
|
in French |
| Rainbow Goodbye Song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
37 |
St Cyrus Rainbows, Kincardine
& Deeside |
Our Rainbow hour is over and
we are going home |
|
includes 2 lower parts |
| Rainbow Colours |
Sing and Have Fun! |
38 |
Words source unknown, music
trad. |
Do you know the colours that
you find in a rainbow? |
|
|
| A Rainbow Closing Song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
38 |
Tune: Buckland, words source
unknown |
thank you for the rainbows
bright, thank you for the fun tonight |
|
|
| Rainbow glowing in the sky |
Sing and Have Fun! |
39 |
Words 2nd Kelvin/Maryhill
Rainbows, music trad. |
Rainbow glowing in the sky,
rainbow flowers are growing by |
|
music is Twinkle, twinkle
little star |
| Rainbows care |
Sing and Have Fun! |
39 |
Words source unknown, music
trad. |
Rainbows care, rainbows
share with other children ev'rywhere |
|
music is "Knick knack
paddy whack" |
| A Rainbow Opening Song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
40 |
Tune trad, words source unknown |
If you want to be a rainbow,
love your God |
|
music is "If you're happy
and you know it" |
| Le Rossignolet |
Sing and Have Fun! |
41 |
Source unknown |
Quand tout se tait, sous la
ramure |
3 part round |
in French |
| Sing a Round for Peace |
Sing and Have Fun! |
42 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Sing! Let our voices rise
up, sing all together, harmonies echo and linger in the sky |
4 part round |
| Say when |
Sing and Have Fun! |
43 |
Source unknown |
Say when will we every meet
again/say where/ say why |
|
|
| Sneeze - please! |
Sing and Have Fun! |
44 |
Source unknown - from the
singing of Frances Cullen |
Sneeze, please! Please sneeze! That's all I ask of you! |
fun |
|
| Sing a song for Thinking
Day |
Sing and Have Fun! |
45 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Sing, sing, sing a song for
Thinking Day. Music helps to speed
our friendly greetings on their way |
|
|
| The Sower |
Sing and Have Fun! |
46 |
Source unknown |
God is a farmer sowing: he
sows his seed in the spring |
|
|
| Summer's coming |
Sing and Have Fun! |
47 |
Source unknown |
Summer's coming, summer's
coming, sun and rain and laughter and song |
|
Denmark (Danish) |
| Summer leaves |
Sing and Have Fun! |
48 |
USA, Source unknown |
Trees, swaying in the summer
breeze, showing up the summer leaves as we walk by |
2 parts |
|
| You and me |
Sing and Have Fun! |
49 |
USA, Source unknown |
You and me we're gonna be
partners, you and me we're gonna be pals |
2 parts |
|
| The swimming pool |
Sing and Have Fun! |
50 |
Source unknown |
Swimming, swimming in a
swimming pool, when days are hot, when days are cool |
action song |
| Swiss walking song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
51 |
Source unknown |
Oh duli duli duli duli, walk
along with me and gaily, gaily gaily sing a round along with… |
|
mostly nonsense words |
| Thinking Day Song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
52 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Let's think about the Guides
in other countries, let's think about the Gudies across the sea |
|
|
| Two by two |
Sing and Have Fun! |
53 |
Words source unknown, music
trad. |
The animals went in two by
tow, trundling aboard the floating zoo |
|
to the tune "Shake a
Friend's Hand" |
| Unto the Lord |
Sing and Have Fun! |
54 |
Telemann |
Unto the Lord I will be
singing, singing, singing evermore |
5 part round |
| La Vaisselle |
Sing and Have Fun! |
55 |
Source unknown |
La vai vai, la vai vai,
laver la vaisselle |
|
in French (="do the
washing up"!) |
| We Thank you God |
Sing and Have Fun! |
56 |
Words Frances Walshaw, Tune
trad. |
We thank you god, wherever
we go for the food we eat |
|
to the tune of the Skye Boat
Song |
| Three Traffic Lights |
Sing and Have Fun! |
57 |
Words source unknown, music
trad. |
Three traffic lights, three
traffic lights, see how they glow |
|
to the tune of "Three
Blind Mice" |
| We are rainbows |
Sing and Have Fun! |
57 |
Words 2nd Kelvin/Maryhill
Rainbows, music trad. |
We are rainbows, we are
rainbows, we have fun |
(4 part round) |
to the tune of "Frere
Jacques" |
| A welcome song |
Sing and Have Fun! |
58 |
Hilary A Stokes |
We're glad that you could be
with us today, to join our celebration and we say |
|
|
| We're rainbow guides |
Sing and Have Fun! |
59 |
Words 2nd Kelvin/Maryhill
Rainbows, music trad. |
We're rainbow guides, we've
lots of fun, lots of fun |
|
to the tune of "Heads,
shoulders, knees and toes" |
| We welcome in the morning |
Sing and Have Fun! |
59 |
Source unknown |
We welcome in the morning,
we welcome in the day |
4 part round |
| Will you be my rainbow? |
Sing and Have Fun! |
60 |
Words source unknown, music
trad. |
In and out the rainbow
arches |
Singing game |
to the tune of "In and out
the dusty bluebells" |
| Winds are blowin' |
Sing and Have Fun! |
61 |
USA - source unknown |
Windes are blowin' and the
rain is fallin' and joy is fillin' the air, troubles and sorrows are gone for
ever and song abounds ev'rywhere |
|
|
| Winter Fun |
Sing and Have Fun! |
62 |
Bill Searle |
Here we go! Here we go!
Sleding, sliding, in the snow |
|
|
| A Yorkshire Clapping Game |
Sing and Have Fun! |
63 |
Source unknown - from the
singing of Rosemary Dines, Sussex |
If you will play this game
with me, my clapping partner you will be |
clapping game |
| Come to Beth'lem |
Sing and Have Fun! |
64 |
Caribbean traditional - from
the singing of Rosemary Dines |
come to Beth'lem, come to
Beth'lem |
|
Christmas |
| Christingle Carol |
Sing and Have Fun! |
65 |
Danish traditional - from the
singing of Rosemary Dines |
Now light ten thousand
Christmas lights on dark earth here tonight |
|
Denmark |
| Christmas! |
Sing and Have Fun! |
66 |
Margaret Brotheridge |
Christmas! Christmas! Bells are rinigng, children singing |
|
|
| Everywhere's still |
Sing and Have Fun! |
68 |
Source unknown |
Everywhere's still, quiet
and still, shepherds are watching on Bethlehem's hill |
|
Christmas |
| Listen at Christmas |
Sing and Have Fun! |
69 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Can't you hear the distant singing of the angels |
|
|
| Pictures of Christmas |
Sing and Have Fun! |
70 |
Hilary A Stokes |
It's mid December, the shops
are full of people, jostling for bargain buys |
|
|
| Special Days (a Christmas
Carol) |
Sing and Have Fun! |
71 |
Sister Margaret Rose Bradley,
SND |
At Christmas time we
celebrate, each and every one, with presents, fun and laughter, this happy
day's begun |
|
|
| Star Calypso |
Sing and Have Fun! |
72 |
Margaret Brotheridge |
The star tells the people
that the baby is born |
|
Christmas |
| Why? |
Sing and Have Fun! |
73 |
Anne S McGregor |
Why is that star shining so
bright, filling the sky with its glorious light? |
|
Christmas |
| If you're
happy |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
5 |
Trad |
If you're happy and you know
it clap your hands |
action song |
| Tlogo magleta |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
5 |
Africa |
Tlogo magleta seffuba le
ketheka |
action song |
African version of "Heads,
shoulders" |
| Swedish Fire Song |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
6 |
Folk tune from Alvdalen |
Light up the fire and form a
ring, let the music echo |
|
Sweden |
| Chantons le Feu |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
7 |
France |
Du fago jaillit la flamme,
chantons le feu |
campfire opening |
in French, 2 parts |
| Rise up o flame |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
7 |
C. Praetorius (c 1600) |
Rise up o flame, by they
ligh glowing |
8 part canon |
also given is a grace to this
tune |
| Donkey Riding |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
8 |
Oxford Song Book Vol 2, by
permission of OUP |
Were you ever in Quebec,
stowing timber on the deck? |
|
English-Canadian Sea Song |
| Guide Marching Song |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
8 |
Mary Chater |
Who are these? Swinging
along the road with a pack on the back, a song in the heart to ease the load? |
|
see Diamond Jubilee Songbook |
| The Gypsy's Wedding |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
10 |
Ack. Pat Shuldham Shaw |
As I was a walking a-down a
London stree, a handsome young gypsy girl, the first I chanced to meet |
|
|
| The squid jiggin' ground |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
11 |
A. R. Scammel, from Old Time
Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland, |
Oh! This is the place where
the fishermen gather, with oilskins and boots and Cape Anns battened down |
|
Canada |
| Greensleeves |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
12 |
English trad., arr. M Chater |
Alas my love you do me
wrong, to cast me off discourteously |
|
England |
| Linstead Market |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
13 |
Jamaica |
Car'mi ackee go a Linstid
Ma'ket |
|
|
| Nkosi Sikelel' I Afrika |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
14 |
E Sontonga, additional verses E
E Mqayi |
Nkosi Sikelel' i Afrika, malupakam upondo lwayo |
|
Bantu National Anthem, hymn |
| Doktor Eisenbart |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
16 |
Netherland |
I am Herr Doktor eisenbart,
twilli willi witt, boom, boom! |
|
Dutch |
| Jubilate Deo |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
17 |
C. Praetorius (c 1600) |
Jubilate deo (trans Rejoice
in God) |
6 part round |
| Kookaburra |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
17 |
M Sinclair, Australia |
Kookaburra sits on an old
gum tree |
4 part round |
| St George for Merry
England |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
17 |
Trad. |
Saint George for merry
England, Saint Denis for France, honi soit qui mal y pense |
4 part round |
| Let's have a peal |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
18 |
|
Let's have a peal for John
Cook's soul, for he was a very very honest man, an honest man |
9 part round |
| Now Robin Lend to me thy
bow |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
18 |
Tune from Pammelia |
Now Robin lend to me they
bow, |
canon for 2 voices |
England, Elizabethan |
| A ram sam
sam |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
19 |
Morocco |
A ram sam sam, a ram sam
sam, gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli ram sam sam |
round &/or action song |
In some places this is seen as
a religious song |
| Canoe Song |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
19 |
Canada |
My paddle's keen and bright,
flashing with silver |
2 part round |
Canada |
| Ich Armes Welsches
Teuflein |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
20 |
Germany (Mozart?) |
Ich armes welsches Teuflein.
(I am a silly fellow, so weary with much marching) |
3 part round |
| Will ye no come back
again? |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
21 |
Words Lady Nairne, music trad,
arr M Chater |
bonnie Charlie's noo awa,
safely owre the friendly main |
|
Scotland |
| Alleluia |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
22 |
D Bird |
Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, amen |
3 part round |
| Fare thee well |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
22 |
|
Fare thee well, luck go with
thee, when I'm far remember me |
4 part round |
| Merella |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
22 |
Finland |
Merrella laine het / When
gentle breezes blwo softly the waves do roll, o'er the blue sea |
3 part round |
| Swiss Chalet Song (words
only) |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
23 |
Music © Joseph Bovet, English
words B Askwith |
High up, high on the
mountain, we've founded our Chalet |
|
words only, music is copyright |
| Fairy Lullaby |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
24 |
Gaelic trad, trans Lachlan
Macbean |
I left my darling lying
here, a-lying her, a-lying here, I left my darling lying here, to go and
gather blaeberries |
|
Scotland |
| Suo Gan |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
24 |
Welsh trad. |
Sleep my baby, on my bosom,
closely nestle safe and warm |
|
Wales |
| Hebrew Chant |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
25 |
Source unknown |
Ah |
4 part round |
Israel |
| Dawn Song (Malyali Boat
Song) |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
26 |
Words R Hacon, tune trad. |
Dance, sing, sawlight is
breaking over the sea |
|
South India |
| Sinhalese Lullaby |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
27 |
Sri Lanka, by permission of
Surya Sena |
Doy, doyi, doyi |
|
|
| Hoki koki |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
27 |
Trad. Maori, by permission of
Charles Begg & Co ltd, Dunedin, NZ |
Hoki hoki tonu mai (trans.
Ah love long departed) |
Trad. Maori lament |
| A Country song |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
28 |
M Chater |
Watch me: I am the pattern
of the sky. |
|
|
| For Health and Strength |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
29 |
by permission of Novello and
Company Limited |
For health and strength and
daily food we praise thy name o Lord |
Grace, 4 part round |
| French Grace |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
29 |
France |
Toi qui deposes de toustes
choses et nous les donnes chaque jour |
Grace, 2 parts |
| Grace |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
30 |
From "The World Sings",
by permission of The Year Book Press, Ltd |
Morning, evening noon and
night, for all thy gifts we thank thee, Lord |
Grace, 2 or 4 part round |
| A Guide Grace |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
30 |
Words D Kerr (Ulster), Tune
"London Waits Song", Arr. M Chater |
Bless this our food and
bless us in our guiding |
Grace, with descant |
| Benedicite |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
31 |
F Cockenpot, from "Prieres
Pour le Pain" |
Pour ta joie / For thy joy |
Grace |
|
| Cantique Chinois |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
31 |
Chinese trad. From Cantate
Domino |
Let us with a gladsome mind,
praise the Lord for he is kind |
|
China |
| Four part grace |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
31 |
D Powell |
Bless, o Lord, this food to
our use |
4 part round, grace |
| Lullaby |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
32 |
|
Lulla lullaby |
9 part canon |
| All night, all day |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
32 |
Spiritual |
All night, all day, angels
watchin' over me my Lord |
|
|
| Abide with us |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
33 |
Germany |
Abide with us o Lord, for it
is now the evening, the day is past and over |
Vesper, 3 part round |
| Glory to thee my god this
night |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
33 |
16th century Tallis |
Glory to thee my God this
night, for all the blessings of the light |
Vesper |
|
| God be in my Head |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
34 |
H Walford Davies, from an Old
Sarum Primer |
God be in my head and in my
understanding |
Vesper |
includes 2 lower parts |
| Close thine eyes |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
35 |
words Charles I, Music K Barne |
close thine eyes and rest
secure, they soul is safe, they body sure |
Vesper, 4 part round |
England |
| Taps |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
35 |
|
Day is done, gone the sun,
from the sea from the hills from the sky / Thanks and praise for our days |
|
|
| The World Song (words
only) |
Girl Guide Song Book 1 |
36 |
Music © Jean Sibelius, English
words Gavin Ewart |
Our way is clear as we march
on, and see! Our flag on high |
|
|
| Camp
Fire's Burning |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
5 |
From the old English round
"London's Burning" |
Campfire's burning,
campfire's burning, draw nearer |
4 part round |
| Camp Fire Opening |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
5 |
By permission of I Sillevis
Stants & Nederlandse Padvinstersgilde |
The wood has all been
brought, the fire is burning brightly |
with actions |
| Camp Fire Opening (Sussex) |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
6 |
M Chater |
come, come, light up the
fire, come, come, join in the ring, here find dreams to inspire |
|
with 2 other voices |
| Music shall live |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
7 |
Denmark |
All things shall perish from
under the sky |
3 part round |
Includes Danish words |
| Scrape no fiddlestick |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
7 |
Adapted from a 17th century
round by Caldara |
Scrape no fiddlestick, touch
no key, blow no horn but sing with me |
3 part round with actions |
| A La Claire Fontaine |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
8 |
France |
A la claire fontaine, m'en
allant promeneer |
|
with alto part |
| Allelu |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
8 |
Source unknown |
Allelu, allelu, allelu,
alleluia, praise ye the lord |
Grace, 2 parts |
| My sweetheart |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
9 |
Finland, trans M Chater |
My sweetheart is a lovely
girl but her heart is stony |
Canon for 2 or 3 voices |
includes Finnish words |
| Kalamatianos |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
9 |
tune is a well known Greek
dance |
(no words) |
|
Greece |
| Green Grow the Rushes Ho |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
10 |
Trad, this version by
permission of Sir Walford Davies |
I'll wing you one-ho, Green
grow the rushes ho, what is your one ho? |
|
England folk song |
| Land of
the Silver Birch |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
12 |
Canada (Indian trad.) |
Land of the silver birch,
home of the beaver, where still the mighty moose wanders at will |
|
|
| Les Clartes de la Nuit |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
13 |
Music Cesar Geoffray, words A
Chevalier, by permission of Editions du Seuil, Paris |
Les clartes de la nuit |
3 parts |
in French |
| Jabbin jabbin |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
14 |
Australia, by permission of
Allan & Coy. Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia |
Jabbin jabbin kirroo ka |
|
From an Aboriginal tune |
| Tree song |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
14 |
Croatia trad., arr H
Chapin. By permission fo R Radcliffe
Whitehead |
Live, live, live, our fields
and woodlands need you |
3 parts |
|
| A song of friendship |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
16 |
Signorita di Carpegna (italy) |
Let's all go singing a merry
song and meet in the morning sun |
2 part canon |
Italy |
| Serve God daily |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
16 |
Sailing orders of Sir John
Hawkins, music by M Chater |
Serve God daily, love one
another, preserve your victuals, beware of fire and keep good company |
3 part round |
| Mary Ann |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
17 |
National Museum of Canada |
Oh fare ye well, my own true
love! |
|
|
| Before you make a promise |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
17 |
Wl Shield (1748-1829) |
Before you make a promise,
consider welli ts importance; and, when made, engrave it upon your heart |
4 part round |
| Praise and thanks |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
18 |
Padvindsters Liederenbundel,
trans D Whitehouse |
Praise and thanks be to God,
for his grace and mercy |
4 part round |
Netherlands, Dutch |
| Rain song |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
18 |
Navajo Indian |
Ah / conish, conish
parloshay |
actions |
meant to bring rain |
| A short grace |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
18 |
M Chater |
Bless o Lord this food, for
which we praise thy name |
2 part canon or 4 part
round |
| At the fiera di moncalie |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
19 |
Italy, trad |
At the fiera di Moncalie,
there I bought me my guitarra |
action song |
| Rosen fra Fyen (Roses
from Fyen) |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
19 |
Denmark |
Rosen fra Fyen |
4 part round |
Fyen is sometimes called
"Fune" |
| Golden Slumbers |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
20 |
17th century, arr. H A Chambers |
Golden slumbers kiss your
eyes, smiles awake you when you rise |
lullaby |
|
| Kangra lament |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
21 |
Punjab, trans Miss M Sultan
Bakhsh |
Mae ni merie / Oh Mother of
mine! |
|
India |
| She's like the swallow |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
22 |
Collected by Maud Karpeles |
She's like the swallow that
flies so high |
|
Canada (Newfoundland) |
| Waltzing Matilda |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
22 |
© 1936 Allan & Co Pty. Ltd.
Melbourned |
Once a jolly swagman camped
by a billabong |
|
Australia |
| Mango Walk |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
24 |
Jamaica |
Mi brudder did a tell me say
yu go Mango Walk |
|
|
| The Queen's Grace |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
24 |
words George Belling, music M
Chater |
God bless our meat, God
guide our ways, God give us grace our Lord to please |
Grace, 4 part round |
| En Roulant ma Boule |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
25 |
Canada |
En roulant ma boule roulant,
en roulant ma boule |
|
French Canadian |
| Rose, rose |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
26 |
16th century |
Rose, rose, rose, rose,
shall I ever see thee red? Ay marry that thou wilt if thou but stay |
4 part round |
| The Swazi Warrior |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
26 |
Old marching song |
Hold him down, the Swazi
worrior |
|
|
| Chimbo chawurombo |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
27 |
Zimbabwe (arr. Hugh Tracey,
adapted by M. Chater, tune Wawa Runesu chipika) |
Here we come singing, here
we come ringing |
|
with 2 other voices |
| The Miller Sleeps /
Meunier tu dors |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
28 |
Music Schubert, English words M
Chater |
The miller sleeps and never
keeps his watch upon the creaking sail |
3 part round |
also in French |
| Whip-poor-will |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
28 |
USA |
Gone to bed is the setting
sun, night is coming and day is done |
3 part round |
| Cabana song |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
29 |
Mexico |
Neath the grand Sierra
Madrew on a plain in Mexico lies our beautiful Cabana wehre Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts go |
|
|
| Lullaby |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
30 |
Netherlands, trans E Hartley |
Lulla, lulla, lullaby,
mother is watching thee |
2 part canon |
| Buon Giorno |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
30 |
Italy |
Buon giorno mia cara,
bambina, molti baci |
3 part round |
| At the Gate of Heaven |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
31 |
Spanish American folk, trans A
D Zanzig |
At the gate of Heav'n little
shoes they are selling for the little bare footed angels there dwelling |
|
|
| Bengali nursery rhyme |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
31 |
India, by permission of
Edinburgh House Press |
Arhe ka ka jarhe ka ka, bun
bun bole mor (come little child, the peacock sings in the forest) |
|
|
| Morning is here |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
32 |
From "The World Sings",The
Year Book Press, Ltd |
Morning/noontime/evening is
here the board is spread, thanks be to God who gives us bread |
Grace |
|
| O Give Thanks |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
32 |
|
O give thanks, o give
thanks, o give thanks unto the Lord |
|
|
| New Forest Vesper |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
33 |
M Chater (2nd verse D
Whitehouse) |
Visit o Lord, this house and
all who dwell therein |
Vesper |
|
| Evening Hymn |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
34 |
Russia, words by Longfellow |
Now, on land and sea
descending |
|
|
| O how lovely is the
evening |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
34 |
|
O how lovely is the evening,
is the evening, when to rest the birds are stealing |
3 part round |
| Unison Grace |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
35 |
T Barnes |
For these and all his
mercies God's holy name be praised |
|
|
| Dona Nobis Pacem |
Girl Guide Song Book 2 |
35 |
Source unknown |
Dona nobis pacem (trans =
Give us peace) |
3 part round |
| Sing along song |
Songs for Tomorrow |
6 |
S Stevens |
Sing along, sing along, join
in the fun, sing along, sing along everyone |
follow the leader song |
| Campfire welcome |
Songs for Tomorrow |
7 |
Pammelia |
Hullo, hullo, and how are
you |
2 part canon |
| Dubi du |
Songs for Tomorrow |
7 |
S Stevens |
Dubi dubi du, dubidu |
|
|
| Ev'ryone knows it |
Songs for Tomorrow |
8 |
Anon |
Ev'ryone knows it but how
can you show it that love is a wonderful thing. |
|
|
| Sing for Joy |
Songs for Tomorrow |
9 |
S Stevens, © 1979 EMI Music
Publishing Ltd |
Sing for joy, sing for love,
sing for peace, sing for happiness, sing as you journey along |
|
|
| Tomorrow |
Songs for Tomorrow |
10 |
S Stevens, © 1979 EMI Music
Publishing Ltd |
We all have a place in the
world of tomorrow, tomorrow's world will be built by you and me |
|
|
| Wandering Wind |
Songs for Tomorrow |
11 |
S Stevens, © 1979 EMI Music
Publishing Ltd |
Wandering wind, blowing
free, where do you go, what do you see |
echo |
|
| Why forever must you
wander |
Songs for Tomorrow |
12 |
Haydn |
Why forever must you wander,
seeking for a happier land |
5 part round |
| Bread and fishes |
Songs for Tomorrow |
12 |
Alan Bell |
As I went a walking one
morning in spring, I met with some travellers in an old country lane |
|
|
| Alleluia |
Songs for Tomorrow |
13 |
Boyce |
Alleluia |
3 part round |
| Look up to the sky |
Songs for Tomorrow |
14 |
S Stevens, © 1979 EMI Music
Publishing Ltd |
Look up to the sky, when all
you see is rain, but when the clouds have blown away, the sky is blue again |
|
includes descant part |
| WAGGGS Thinking Day Song |
Songs for Tomorrow |
15 |
S Stevens, © 1977 WAGGGS |
Hey hey hey! It's Thinking Day! |
2 parts |
|
| Tails |
Songs for Tomorrow |
16 |
© S Stevens |
If ev'rybody had a tail and
chose its shape and size, would you prefer a tufted one to swat at passing
flies? |
|
|
| Jungle Mammy Song |
Songs for Tomorrow |
18 |
Trad. French / Creole |
Ahya, tair umbam |
|
|
| The Peanut Song |
Songs for Tomorrow |
18 |
Trad. American |
The man who has plenty of
good peanuts and gives his neighbour none |
|
|
| Babylon |
Songs for Tomorrow |
19 |
Words psalm 137, music trad. |
By the waters, the waters of
Babylon |
|
|
| Himalayan Lullaby |
Songs for Tomorrow |
19 |
Trad. |
Hari cucu, hari cucu, hari
cucu ele |
2 parts |
|
| Bantu Echo Song |
Songs for Tomorrow |
20 |
Trad. |
Abi yo yo |
|
Africa |
| Magic Feathers |
Songs for Tomorrow |
20 |
American Indian |
Mimi gwanug, deo hagi |
|
|
| Wild Mountain thyme |
Songs for Tomorrow |
21 |
Francis McPeake, © 1962 EFDS
Publications (now Chappell Music Ltd) |
Oh the summer time is
coming, and the trees are sweetly blooming |
|
Scotland |
| Banuwa |
Songs for Tomorrow |
21 |
Liberia |
Banuwa / alano nehnio |
4 parts |
|
| Hawaiian Fisherman's Song |
Songs for Tomorrow |
22 |
Words © L Rastall, Music trad. |
Day is over, and our eyes
search the horizon |
|
|
| Me he manu rere |
Songs for Tomorrow |
23 |
Maori trad. |
Me he manu rere |
|
includes descant. New Zealand |
| Sh-ta-ra-dah-dey |
Songs for Tomorrow |
24 |
Trad. Irish/American, arr. © R
Dines |
Sh-ta-ra-dah-dey… times is
mighty hard, a dollar a day is all they pay for work on the boulevard |
3 parts |
|
| Hebrew Peace Round |
Songs for Tomorrow |
24 |
Trad. |
Now ev'ry man 'neath his
vine and fig tree shall live in peace and unafraid |
|
|
| Hurihuri |
Songs for Tomorrow |
25 |
Trad. Maori |
Huri huri, huri huri, o
mahara e |
|
includes descant. New Zealand |
| This train is bound for
glory |
Songs for Tomorrow |
26 |
Spiritual trad. |
This train is bound for
glory, this train |
|
|
| Rise and shine |
Songs for Tomorrow |
27 |
Spiritual trad. |
Rise and shine and give God
the glory glory |
|
story of Noah |
| Come and go with me |
Songs for Tomorrow |
28 |
Words trad. Spiritual, arr. © N
Webber |
Come and go with me to that
land |
2 parts |
|
| The colours of Christmas |
Songs for Tomorrow |
29 |
© S Stevens |
Blue was the colour that
sweet Mary wore |
Carol |
|
| Mexican Lullaby |
Songs for Tomorrow |
30 |
words © S Stevens, music trad. |
Lullaby baby, child divine,
sweetly sleep |
Carol |
|
| Bell Carol |
Songs for Tomorrow |
31 |
© S Stevens |
Sweetly the Christmas bells
are ringing, ding ding a ding dong |
Carol |
|
| Today is a new day |
Songs for Tomorrow |
32 |
© P Feltham |
Today is a new day, so let
us rejoice |
Grace |
|
| Prayer for Peace |
Songs for Tomorrow |
32 |
Words anon, music © S Stevens |
Let there be peace on earth,
and let it begin with me |
Vesper |
|
| Glory and praise |
Songs for Tomorrow |
33 |
L E Gebhardi |
Glory and praise to God on
high |
|
|
| Indian Prayer |
Songs for Tomorrow |
33 |
Trad. Canadian Indian |
To the mountains of my
homeland |
Vesper |
|
| Jesu Christ, thou child
so wise |
Songs for Tomorrow |
34 |
Words H Belloc, music © S
Stevens |
Jesu Christ, thou child so
wise |
|
|
| The sun and the rain |
Songs for Tomorrow |
34 |
© S Stevens |
The sun and the rain, the
soild and the seed |
Grace |
|
| An old Sussex Grace |
Songs for Tomorrow |
34 |
words trad, music © S Stevens |
Bees of paradise do the work
of Jesus Christ, do the work that no man can |
Grace |
|
| Light a little candle |
Songs for Tomorrow |
35 |
Words adapted from psalm 18,
music © S Stevens |
Light a little candle in my
heart to shine right through the night |
|
|
| Breton Fisherman's Prayer |
Songs for Tomorrow |
36 |
words trad, music © S Stevens |
Protect me o Lord for my
boat is so small |
|
|
| Australian Campfire
Opening |
Jubilee Songbook |
5 |
Robin Wood, Anne Dreyer |
Sit 'round the campfire now
night is here, all birds are resting, no one is near |
opening |
|
| Chantons le Feu |
Jubilee Songbook |
5 |
France |
Du fagot jaillit la flamme
(the flame rises from the wood) |
2 parts |
|
| Fire's burning |
Jubilee Songbook |
5 |
|
Fire's burning, fire's
burning, draw nearer |
4 part round |
Only
slightly different from Campfire's burning |
| Swedish fire song |
Jubilee Songbook |
6 |
Folk tune from Alvdalen |
Light up the fire and form a
ring, let the music echo |
|
|
| Magic of campfire |
Jubilee Songbook |
6 |
D. G. Clarke |
Kindled wood flickers, the
gleam outlines pine trees, smoke rises high over lake, hill and plain |
|
|
| Sussex campfire opening |
Jubilee Songbook |
7 |
M. Chater |
come, come, light up the
fire, come, come, join in the ring, here find dreams to inspire |
3 parts |
|
| Tsoona campfire opening |
Jubilee Songbook |
7 |
Dolores Rice |
Hurry hurry campfire's begun |
2 part round |
Tsoona (pron. Soona) is a
native American word meaning Thunderbird and is the name of the British
Columbia training centre for which this opening was originally written |
| Light the wood |
Jubilee Songbook |
8 |
|
Light the wood the campfire
burns, we are gathered all around |
2 part round |
| The Ryans and the
Pittmans |
Jubilee Songbook |
8 |
by permission of the Waterloo
Music Company Ltd. |
We'll rant and we'll roar
like true Newfoundlanders, we'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below |
|
I've come across this as a UK
sea shanty! Sandra. |
| The raftsmen |
Jubilee Songbook |
9 |
From Folk Songs of Canada
(Waterloo Music Co.) arr. Johnston, trans. Fowke, by permission |
The gay raftsmen, oh where
are they? |
2 parts |
French Canada |
| Iroquois Lullaby |
Jubilee Songbook |
9 |
Reprinted by permission from
Canada's Story in Song © 1965 by Gage Publishing, Toronto, Canada |
Ho ho watanay |
|
Canada |
| The little ship |
Jubilee Songbook |
10 |
From Chansons de Quebec,
Fowke-Johnston by permission of Waterloo Music Company Ltd |
Oh there was once a little
ship and it had never made a trip |
|
French Canada. Also in French |
| Vole vole |
Jubilee Songbook |
11 |
|
Vole, vole l'alouette, vole,
vole vers les ciux |
4 part round |
| Island hymn |
Jubilee Songbook |
11 |
LM Montgomery / LW Watson |
Fair island of the sea, we
raise our song to thee |
|
Canada, Prince Edward Island |
| They all call it Canada |
Jubilee Songbook |
12 |
F Grant |
Side by side and step by
step our fathers were marching along |
|
|
| Farewell to Nova Scotia |
Jubilee Songbook |
13 |
© Gordon V Thompson Ltd,
Toronto, Canada |
The sun was setting in the
est, the birds were singing on ev'ry tree |
|
|
| Un Canadien Errant |
Jubilee Songbook |
14 |
From Folk Songs of Canada
(Waterloo Music Co) by permission |
Un Canadien errant, banni de
ses foyers |
2 parts |
also in English |
| For food and friends |
Jubilee Songbook |
14 |
|
For food and friends and all
God sends, we praise his holy name, amen |
Grace, 2 part canon |
| Land of
the Silver Birch |
Jubilee Songbook |
15 |
Arr. J Cozens |
Land of the silver birch,
home of the beaver, where still the mighty moose wanders at will |
with 2nd & 3rd parts |
Canada |
| Les Trois Garcons |
Jubilee Songbook |
15 |
|
S'en allaient trois garcons
(There came three happy lads) |
2 parts |
|
| Something to sing about |
Jubilee Songbook |
16 |
Oscar Brand, © 1963 & 1964
Hollis Music Inc, NY |
I have walked 'cross the
sand on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland |
|
|
| Tiritomba |
Jubilee Songbook |
17 |
|
When the mountain top thro'
purple mist is glowing |
|
Italy |
| Whence o shepherd maiden |
Jubilee Songbook |
18 |
From Folk Songs of Canada
(Waterloo Music Co) by permission |
Whence o shepherd maiden,
whence come you? |
|
also in French |
| For us a child |
Jubilee Songbook |
19 |
|
For us a child is born this
day, Nowel |
5 part round |
Christmas |
| Hark the bells |
Jubilee Songbook |
19 |
|
Hark the bells they sound
across the water |
4 part round |
| Poverty |
Jubilee Songbook |
19 |
From the Oxford Book ofCarols,
by permission of OUP |
All poor men andhumble, all
lame men who stumble, come haste ye nor feel ye afraid |
carol |
Wales |
| Lake Yodel |
Jubilee Songbook |
20 |
|
Ho la rhi rhi rhi |
2 parts |
|
| Camels |
Jubilee Songbook |
20 |
|
Tramp tramp heavy go the
camels |
2 parts |
|
| Flame kindles flame |
Jubilee Songbook |
20 |
Ida Houby (ancient Nordic poem) |
Flame kindles flame, man's
wisdom passes from man to man, lone man is lesser man |
4 part round |
| The village dance |
Jubilee Songbook |
21 |
From More than Twice 55
Community Songs, © 1924 by Summy-Birchard Co, Evanston, Illinois, copyright
renewed |
The lanterns gleam, the
yellow flames leap and play, from vibrant strings wild music pours out |
2 parts |
Hungary - dance tune |
| Bell song |
Jubilee Songbook |
21 |
Denmark |
Min fod / min arm /min albue
/ min lille finger (my foot, my arm, my elbow, my little finger) |
4 small parts - sounds
like bells tolling |
| Holla hi, holla ho |
Jubilee Songbook |
22 |
Germany, English by Peter
Kunkel |
Who comes up the meadow way?
Holla hi! Hola ho! |
2 parts + descant |
There is another version which
is about campfires - this one is a sad love story |
| The happy wanderer |
Jubilee Songbook |
23 |
© 1954 Boswroth & Co, Ltd,
London for all countries, used by permission |
I love to go a-wandering,
along the mountain track |
|
|
| Bell yodel |
Jubilee Songbook |
23 |
Austria |
Hoda ri hoda ro hoda ri di
ri a ho. |
2 parts |
|
| The herdsman |
Jubilee Songbook |
24 |
From Our Chalet songbook © 1957 |
The herdsman is merry he
sings all day long |
2 parts |
|
| Le soileil rayonne |
Jubilee Songbook |
24 |
France |
Le soleil rayonne, de
cahants l'air resonne |
|
|
| Tree song |
Jubilee Songbook |
25 |
Croatia. Arr. A Chapin, by permission of GGA (UK) |
Live, live, live, our fields
and woodlands need you |
3 parts |
Croatia |
| A song of friendship |
Jubilee Songbook |
26 |
Srta di Carpegna, by permission
of the GGA (UK) |
Let's all go siniging a
merry song and meet in the morning sun |
2 part canon |
| Wimbaway |
Jubilee Songbook |
26 |
Zulu |
Wimbaway |
chant |
|
| Donkey riding |
Jubilee Songbook |
27 |
Canadian Sea shanty (Oxford
song book vol 2, OUP) |
Were you ever in Quebec
stowing timber on the deck |
|
|
| Now Robin |
Jubilee Songbook |
27 |
English |
Now Robin lend to me thy bow |
|
|
| Holi ho |
Jubilee Songbook |
28 |
Norway? |
Tis a life of joy
enchanting, o'er the mountain breaks the spring |
|
|
| Gypsy lad |
Jubilee Songbook |
28 |
|
What care we for wind or for
weather who crouch 'round the campfire |
|
|
| B. C. Camping Song |
Jubilee Songbook |
29 |
Canada (Wall/Bishop) |
We sing a song of the
country that lies on the Western shores |
|
|
| Ira congo |
Jubilee Songbook |
29 |
Africa |
Ira congo ira congo by ay |
2 parts |
|
| Glad that I live am I |
Jubilee Songbook |
30 |
Geoffrey Shaw, LW Reese. Music from Songs of Praise, permission
OUP, words from A Wayside Lute, permission EJ Dietrich |
Glad that I live am I, that
the sky is blue |
|
|
| Bless this our food |
Jubilee Songbook |
30 |
D. Kerr, arr. Mary Chater |
Bless this our food, and
bless us in our guiding. O Lord our
God, to thee our praise shall rise |
Grace |
with descant |
| Skye Boat Song |
Jubilee Songbook |
31 |
Scotland (descant by Pip
Rogers) |
Speed bonnie boat like a
bird on a wing, onward the sailors cry |
|
|
| World Hunger Grace |
Jubilee Songbook |
31 |
Hunger Task Force, Anglican
Church diocese of Huron, permission Rev. robert J. Crocker |
For food in a world where
many walk in hunger; |
Grace |
|
| From island to island |
Jubilee Songbook |
32 |
|
We have left far behind us
the dwellings of men |
|
|
| A thanks round |
Jubilee Songbook |
32 |
From A First Round Book, used
by permission fo Novello & Company Ltd |
Lord when I think of all the
mercies thou hast shown to me and all men, my heart is thankful |
3 part round |
| Our Cabana song |
Jubilee Songbook |
33 |
Mexico |
Neath the grand Sierra Madre
on a plan in Mexico |
|
|
| One world |
Jubilee Songbook |
33 |
|
A plea for one world is
heard in many different lands |
2 part round |
| Tinga layo |
Jubilee Songbook |
34 |
Carribean |
Tinga layo, come little
donkey come |
calypso |
|
| This old hammer |
Jubilee Songbook |
34 |
American work song |
This old hammer rings like
silver |
|
works well with metal
"clang" type percussion! |
| Follow the gleam |
Jubilee Songbook |
35 |
© Scampini, Mortara &
Harris, San Francisco |
To the knights in the days
of old |
|
|
| Vine and fig tree |
Jubilee Songbook |
35 |
Shalom Altman (words are
biblical) |
And ev'ry man 'neath his
vine and fig tree shall live in peace and unafriad; and into plough-shares
turn their swords; nations shall learn war no more |
2 parts |
|
| Tongo |
Jubilee Songbook |
36 |
Africa |
Tongo; jim-de-be-na be-i-oh |
|
|
| Reach out in love |
Jubilee Songbook |
36 |
Pip Rogers |
Reach out! Reach out in love, and you'll show that
you care |
|
A song for the International
Year of the Child |
| A'kumba hure |
Jubilee Songbook |
37 |
Israeli |
A'kumba hur'et sale met
salay a vo-dah |
3 part round |
spelling is phonetci |
| The Blue Stripey Blouse! |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
1 |
Ros Adams |
If you see a stripey blouse,
especially if it's blue, beware of saying "yes of course" until
you've thought it through |
|
|
| Brownies |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
2 |
Ros Adams |
Brownies are very lively,
they enjoy having fun, brownies are wide awake they will help anyone |
|
with tambourine and wood blocks
parts |
| An April Walk |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
3 |
Ros Adams |
Long shingle beaches
shifting in the sea; oak woods full of primroses scent and peace |
|
|
| Ann's Song |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
4 |
Ali Crooks |
It's a beautiful place that
we live in, hedges full of flowers and fern |
|
|
| Cornwall |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
5 |
words by Sue Askey |
Come walk with me in this
land so far |
|
to the tune of Greensleeves |
| Miners |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
6 |
Ros Adams |
Way down underground 'way
from light of day, miners work to collect their precious tin |
|
with piano part |
| Wreckers |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
7 |
Ros Adams |
Seaa is in a temper, boiling
surfs crash on the rocks below |
|
|
| Celtic Benediction |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
8 |
Tune: Sue Odgers |
Deep peace of the running
wave to you, deep peace of the flowing air to you |
2 parts |
|
| For Jesus Christ is Coming |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
9 |
Jackie Adams |
The winter time is coming,
the snow is gently falling |
4 part round |
| Lord, oh Spirit |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
10 |
Ali Crooks |
Lord, oh spirit bring your
peace to me, let your life into my soul |
|
|
| Open my heart |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
11 |
Ali Crooks |
Open my heart for me to see,
the beauty in the world outside |
|
|
| Hiking |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
12 |
Ros Adams |
We're out upon a hike, we
wished we'd brought a bike! Our feet
are all blistered and both ankles twisted |
|
|
| Take my prayer |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
13 |
Ali Crooks |
Take my prayer and let it be
part of you and part of me |
|
|
| That week at camp! |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
14 |
Ros Adams |
Oh didn't she have a lovely
time the weeks he went to camp! On
Monday when she pitched her tent the whole field seemed too damp |
|
|
| Wombat song |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
15 |
Ros Adams |
There are songs about big
elephants and kangaroos, even songs about rhinoceri and hippos too |
|
|
| Campfire's Glow |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
16 |
Ros Adams |
As we all gather round the
campfire, sharing songs and stories too, we think of days beneath the blue
skies, we think of times we've spent in Guiding too |
|
|
| Embers |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
17 |
Ros Adams |
Watching the flick'ring of
the campfire, make bright patterns that inspire |
2 parts |
|
| Summer camps |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
18 |
Ros Adams |
Smell of the warm canvas,
river chat'ring past, early morning bird song, dew upon the grass |
|
|
| By the stream |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
19 |
Ros Adams |
There's a place, quite
nearby, where there's quietness, by the stream where the kingfishers fly |
|
|
| Sail Free |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
20 |
Jackie Adams / Ros Adams |
The wind is astern and the
sails are full. The sun hangs red in
the sky |
|
|
| Soldier Blue |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
22 |
Ali Crooks |
Along a muddy wood track
walked a soldier, his uniform shabby and old |
|
|
| The Wishing Well |
The Blue Stripey Blouse |
23 |
Ali Crooks |
At the wishing well there's
a dreamer look you see, but those dreams of his may not always come true |
|
|
| Babity Bowster |
A Brownie's Dozen |
6 |
Scotland |
Wha learned ye to dance, ye
to dance? |
dancing game |
| To Beccles |
A Brownie's Dozen |
8 |
|
To Beccles, to Beccles, to
buy a bunch of nettles |
dancing game |
| Harry McGarry |
A Brownie's Dozen |
10 |
|
Hurrah for Harry McGarry! |
dancing game |
| Santy Maloney |
A Brownie's Dozen |
12 |
Yorkshire |
Here we dance Santy Maloney |
dancing game |
Yorkshire version of Looby Loo
(!) |
| Three Knights from Spain |
A Brownie's Dozen |
14 |
|
We are three knights, come
out of Spain |
dancing game |
drama |
| I sent a letter to my love |
A Brownie's Dozen |
16 |
Scottish |
I sent a letter to my love
and on the way I dropped it |
dancing game |
| The Muffin Man |
A Brownie's Dozen |
18 |
|
Do you know the Muffin Man? |
dancing game |
| I saw three ships |
A Brownie's Dozen |
20 |
|
I saw three ships come
sailing by |
|
similar to Christmas carol,
different tune |
| Soldier, soldier |
A Brownie's Dozen |
22 |
Trad. |
O soldier, soldier, won't
you marry me? With your musket, fife
and drum? |
|
|
| The Frog and the Crow |
A Brownie's Dozen |
24 |
|
A jolly fat frog lived in
the river, swim O! |
|
|
| Aiken Drum |
A Brownie's Dozen |
26 |
Scottish trad. |
There was a mad lived in the
moon |
|
|
| Mrs Bond |
A Brownie's Dozen |
28 |
|
Oh what have you got for
dinner Mrs Bond? |
|
|
| Twinkle, twinkle little
star |
A Brownie's Dozen |
30 |
Tune spanish chant |
Twinkle, twinkle, little
star, how I wonder… |
|
not the most well known version
now |
| King Arthur's Pudding |
A Brownie's Dozen |
32 |
English trad. |
When good King Arthur rules
this land, he was a goodly king |
|
|
| Ozewizewoze |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
6 |
Holland |
Oze wiezewoze |
|
Can be used as a skipping rhyme |
| Mr Banjo |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
7 |
Creole |
Look at the dandy, there
Mister Banjo, doesn’t he put on airs |
|
Can be done in 2 parts |
| Perolito |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
7 |
Sing a Song for Sixes, GG
Canada |
Perolito is clapping
clapping |
clapping song |
Can use other actions |
| Brownie birthday song |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
8 |
Susan Stevens |
Today is a special day! A special day for *Mary |
|
|
| The Ostrich song |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
8 |
Sonya Durnall |
Deep down in the hole where
there's nothing but nothing |
|
Calming song (?) |
| Have you ever seen a duck? |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
9 |
|
Have you ever seen a duck
waddling to the water? |
action song |
| The Carnival |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
10 |
Susan Stevens |
The carnival is coming
today! Leave all your work and join
in the dancing |
|
suitable for instruments |
| Dutch Shoe Game |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
10 |
Netherlands |
You must pass this shoe from
me to you to you |
action song |
Dutch |
| I like the flowers |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
11 |
|
I like the flowers, I love
the daffodils |
4 part round |
| Dollar, dollar |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
11 |
USA |
Dollar, dollar, how you
wander from the one hand to the other |
singing game |
| Swedish action song |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
12 |
|
Infantry, cavalry, soldiers
of Sweden, artillery |
action song |
4 part round |
| Red Men |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
12 |
|
We are the red men, tall and
quaint |
action song |
non-PC |
| The Cookie Jar |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
14 |
USA |
Who stole the cookie from
the cookie jar? |
chant / repeat after me
/ game |
| Washing day |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
14 |
German folk song |
Come put your foot forward,
put forward your shoe |
action song |
From Germany; more suitable for
younger members of the pack |
| Once I saw three cats |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
15 |
|
Once I saw three cats and
they were wearing hatts, tra la la la la la la la la la, three little cats |
|
|
| Punchinello |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
16 |
France |
Who's coming here? Punchinello little fellow |
dancing game |
From France; follow me action
song |
| Shoo Fly |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
16 |
USA |
Shoo fly don't bother me |
dancing game |
USA |
| If I were a fair one |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
17 |
Ireland |
If I were a fair one, fairer
than any O! |
dancing game |
Ireland |
| Caimerusa |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
18 |
Columbia |
Caima, caima, Caimarusa |
dancing game |
From Colombia, pron. Kymarusa |
| Hey little lassie |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
19 |
Sweden |
Hey little lassie will you
have me? |
dancing game |
Sweden |
| If you should meet an
elephant |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
20 |
Sing a Song for Sixes, GG
Canada |
If you should meet an
elephant, on a summer's day, what would you do? What would you say? |
dancing game |
| The jolly miller |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
20 |
England |
There was a jolly miller and
he lived by himself |
dancing game |
| Four in a boat |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
21 |
USA |
Four in a boat and the tide
rolls high |
dancing game |
| Norwegian number game |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
22 |
Jubilee Song Book, GG Canada |
One, two, three, four, five,
six seven |
Dancing game |
| Turn the glasses over |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
23 |
USA |
I've been to Harlem, I've
been to Dover, I've travelled this wide world all over |
dancing game |
better with older brownies |
| Gustaf's toast |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
24 |
Sweden |
A toast we pledge to Gustaf
who is brave and true |
dancing game |
From Sweden; difficult |
| The Seven Capers |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
24 |
Holland |
We can dance the seven
capers, all of us can dance them |
dancing game |
Netherlands |
| Rig-a-Jig-Jig |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
25 |
USA |
As I was walking down the
street |
dancing game |
| My Aunt Greet |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
26 |
Jubilee Song Book, GG Canada |
My Aunt Greet, veeda veeda
veet |
Action song |
| Brownie Friend-maker song |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
28 |
Kathryn Templeton / Israeli
trad. |
Your brownie hand in my
brownie hand |
Can use for a grand chain |
| Hallo |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
29 |
Holland |
Hallo, hallo, hallo, and how
do you do? |
4 part round |
Netherlands |
| Romanay |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
29 |
Street cry - New Orleans |
Romanay, Romanay |
|
Means chimney sweep - suitable
for mime |
| The little red wagon |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
30 |
USA - from Songs of the New
World, by permission |
Jolting up and down in
the little red wagon, |
|
good for instruments |
| Les Belles Pommes d'Api |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
30 |
France |
Pommes de reinette! (Russet
apples!) |
singing game |
France |
| Lullaby |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
31 |
Spain |
Close your eyes my little
baby, la la la |
|
Spain |
| Tinga layo |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
32 |
Calypso, © 1943 M Baron
Company, by permission |
Tinga layo, come little
donkey come |
|
Calypso |
| Scraping up sand |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
33 |
Jamaica |
Scraping up sand at the
bottom of the sea |
|
Jamaica; good for home made
instruments |
| Little Johnny England |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
34 |
Australia |
Little Johnny England, he
went a wandering |
|
Australia |
| Bento-uri |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
35 |
Japan |
Oyako domburi! O sushi bento
sandowitchee! |
|
Japan; Vendors calls heard on
platform as train arrives |
| Zonneschijn |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
36 |
Holland |
Een kabouter wil zijn als de
zonne schijn (A Brownie should try to be happy) |
|
Netherlands |
| A Merry Christmas |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
37 |
English carol |
We wish you a merry
Christmas |
Christmas carol |
| Pray God Bless |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
37 |
|
Pray God bless all friends
here, a merry merry Christmas and a happy new year |
4 part round |
Christmas carol |
| The Day that Christ was
Born |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
38 |
Australia, © 1954 Chappel &
Co Ltd, by permission |
When the sun's a golden
rose, and the magpie carols clear |
|
Australian; Christmas in the
summer |
| The Drum Carol |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
38 |
Latin America |
Now I come oh mother Mary |
|
Latin America; Christmas Carol |
| Here comes Saint Nicholas |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
39 |
Holland trad. |
Look there is the steamer
from faraway lands |
|
Netherlands; Christmas Carol |
| Huron Indian Carol |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
40 |
by permission of OUP |
Twas in the moon of winter
time when all the birds had fled |
|
Christmas Carol |
| Jesus, Jesus, rest your
head |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
42 |
USA, by permission of Chappel
& Co Ltd, London |
Jesus, Jesus, rest you head,
you has got a manger bed, all the evil folk on earth sleep on feathers at
their birth |
|
Christmas carol |
| Thank You |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
42 |
MG Schreider / trans W Van der
Haas / PP van Lalyveld |
Thank you for giving me the
morning, thank you for ev'ry day that's new |
Prayer |
by permission on Borworth &
CO London |
| I listen, and I listen |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
43 |
Tune Hazel Charlton, arr
Douglas Coombes |
In the morning early I go
down to the sea and see the mist on the shore, I listen and I listen |
|
|
| A Man for all the people |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
44 |
Duckon Reed/Geoffrey Curtis,
arr, Douglas Coombes |
There's a child in the
streets gives joy to all he meets, full of life with many friends, works and
plays til daylight ends |
|
|
| Wonderful World |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
45 |
James Thiem |
Take care to wonder at the
world thro' which you wander, never hurry by an open door |
|
|
| God has created a new day |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
46 |
Marie Guadette / arr. Marion
Prior |
God has created a new day,
silver and green and gold |
Grace |
includes 3 accompaniment parts |
| Back of the loaf |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
46 |
M D Babcock |
Back of the loaf is the
snowy flour, and back of the flour is the mill |
Grace |
|
| The Chinese Fan |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
50 |
collected by Mary Chater |
My ship sailed from China
with a cargo of tea, all laden with presents for you and for me |
action song |
| Jaybird |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
50 |
|
Way down south not very far
off a jaybird died of the whooping cough |
chant / action song / 4
part round |
| Liege song |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
51 |
Jubilee Song Book, GG Canada |
Tra la la, tra la la |
|
includes actions |
| A thousand hairy savages |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
52 |
Spike Milligan |
A thousand hairy savages
sitting down to lunch |
chant |
|
| Three Blind Mice / Frere
Jacques |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
52 |
|
Three blind mice / Frere
Jacques |
action song |
the 2 songs fit together |
| When I first came to this
land |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
54 |
|
When I first came to this
land I was not a wealthy man, so I got myself a shack, I did what I could |
|
|
| I let her go go |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
54 |
Trinidad |
I let her go go, ee ay I let
her go go |
dancing game |
Trinidad |
| Head, shoulders, knees and
toes |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
55 |
|
Head, shoulders, knees and
toes, knees and toes |
action song |
| Auntie Monica |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
56 |
Jubilee Song Book, GG Canada |
Oh! I have an Auntie, an
Auntie Monica, and when she goes out shopping, they all say Ooh la la! |
action song |
| Teddy Bear's Picnic |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
57 |
|
Not given |
dancing game |
| Why shouldn't my goose |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
57 |
|
Why shouldn't my goose sing
as well as thy goose |
action song |
| The Merry Go Round |
Musical Fun with the Brownie
Pack |
58 |
|
None |
4 parts, silly noises |
| Come into Sangam |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
15 |
Jenny Barron / Margo Browning |
Come into Sangam, walk
through the door in this home of unity |
|
|
| There is peace |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
15 |
|
There is peace in a constant
love |
|
Tune: Kum ba Yah |
| Peace begins with you and
me |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
15 |
|
Peace begins with you and
me, it's so easy can't you see? |
|
Tune: Kookaburra |
| Land of the elephant |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
16 |
|
Land of the elephant, home
of the rickshaw |
|
Tune: Land of the silver birch |
| W'er here for fun |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
16 |
|
We're here for fun right
from the start so drop your dignity |
|
Tune: Auld Lang Syne |
| Menu |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
17 |
|
Dumpling, cheese and
biscuits |
|
Also in Hindi |
| Munching mangoes |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
17 |
|
Munching mangoes, mish,
mush, mash |
|
Tune: Frere Jacques |
| Mosquitoes! |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
17 |
|
The mosquitoes are coming
har--k! Bzz bzz bzz |
|
No tune given |
| Maruti
ke bacche |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
17 |
|
Maruti ke bacche |
Hindi (international, India) |
Tune: Little Peter Rabbit |
| A friendly world |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
18 |
|
I want to live in a friendly
world |
|
|
| A shout! |
Sangam Sparkle 2 |
18 |
|
Boomerrang, boomerang, zis
boom ba INDIA! |
|
|
| Come into Sangam |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
1 |
Jenny Barron & Margo
Browning © Sangam World Centre |
Come into Sangam, walk
through the open door in this house of unity, listen, share and explore |
|
|
| Sangam Song |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
2 |
Comdr. Japheth, © Sangam |
The symbol of one-ness,
Sangam is our pride, where love and affection don't change like the tide |
|
|
| Leron, Leron Sinta |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
3 |
Tagalog folk song |
Leron Leron sinta buko ng
papa ya |
Folk - Tagalog, Philippines,
Indonesia |
| The Rover |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
4 |
|
See those clouds rolling on
their way, see those stars shining so gay |
|
|
| Planting Rice |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
5 |
|
Planting rice is never fun,
ben from morn till set of sun |
|
india theme |
| Hindi Song |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
6 |
Hindi dance |
Kisnay baniyah poo lon ko |
Dance / action |
| Been ridin' |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
7 |
USA |
Been ridin' since daylight
in shadow and sunlight and now in the twilight |
|
|
| We're on the upward trail |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
8 |
|
We're on the upward
trail! We're on the upward
trail! Singing, singing, ev'rybody
singing as we go! |
|
|
| Cowboy Night Song |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
9 |
USA |
There's a blue sky way up
yonder; There's a blue sky over my head; |
|
|
| Ev'ryone knows it |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
10 |
|
Ev'ryone knows it but how
can you show it that love is a wonderful thing |
|
|
| Sangam Grace |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
11 |
|
Bless this house, bless this
food, help us use it for thy good |
Grace |
|
| Arahina Grace |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
12 |
Nan Bromley |
For the food that here is
spread, thank you Lord |
Grace |
|
| Traveller's Grace |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
13 |
Evelyn Stobie, © GS Pocket
Songbook 1956, 1997 |
We thank thee for all our
daily bread, we thank thee for all our friends so true, |
Grace |
|
| Sarasponda |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
14 |
|
Boomda, boomda |
Game |
|
| Skye Boat Song |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
15 |
Trad. Scottish, Horold Boulton |
Speed bonny boat like a bird
on the wing, onward the sailors cry; |
folk |
|
| Sakura (Cherry Trees) |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
16 |
Japanese, KFR (?) |
Sakura! (Cherry trees bloom so bright in April
breeze) |
Japan |
|
| Prospector lullaby |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
17 |
Jeanne Kearns |
As we all sing out "yoo
hoo" and the crickets answer too, as we gather round the campfire at
close of day |
|
|
| A Magic Penny |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
18 |
|
Happiness is something if
you give it away |
|
|
| Whene'er you make a
promise |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
19 |
W W Sheild, GSUSA |
When e'er you make a
promise, consider well it's importance |
4 part round |
| Peace is flowing like a
river |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
20 |
|
Peace is flowing like a
river, flowing out through you and me |
|
|
| Not "Goodbye"
but "Till we meet again" |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
21 |
Ruth Collins |
Now the time has come to say
goodbye but we mean till we meet again |
inc. piano part |
| Peace of the river |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
22 |
Glendora Gosling & Viola
Wood, GSUSA |
Peace, I ask of thee o
river, peace, peace, peace |
|
|
| Sangam Festival Song |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
23 |
Susan Wingfield © Sangam |
We come together to share,
in the music and the song |
|
|
| Asia Pacific Song |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
24 |
Asia Pacific Region, WAGGGS |
Asia Pacific region,
kaleidoscope of sea |
|
|
| A Sing Sing So |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
25 |
Indonesian folk song |
A sing sing so, boat take me
onward as I row |
folk |
|
| No Man is an Island |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
26 |
J Whitney & A Kramer, ©
Bourne Music Ltd |
No man is an island, no man
stands alone; each man's joy is joy to me |
|
|
| Jubelana |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
27 |
Marcel de Meulemeester, ©
Sangam |
Jubelana let us rejoice,
guides all over the world |
|
|
| Me He Manu Rere |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
28 |
Trad Maori |
Me he manu rere ahaue |
|
New Zealand |
| Moon on the meadow |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
29 |
|
Moon on the meadow, bugs in
our ears, smoke in our eyes, wet wood and tears |
|
|
| The Frogs |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
30 |
|
Hear the lively song of the
frogs in yonder pond. Crick crick
crickety crick brrrr-ump! |
4 part round |
| White Coral Bells |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
31 |
GSUSA |
White coral bells, upon and
slender stalk |
2 part round |
| The little bells of
Westminster |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
32 |
England |
The little Bells of
Westminster |
4 part round |
| The Chinese Fan |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
33 |
|
My ship sailed from China
with a cargo of tea, all laden with presents for you and for me |
action song |
| A friendly world |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
34 |
|
I want to live in a friendly
world, a friendly world |
|
|
| The Hand of Friendship |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
35 |
© 1965 William S Dunkin |
Here is the hand of
frinedship. Take it, shake it. Someday we're going to make it into a
mighty thing |
|
|
| Ski song |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
36 |
|
Tena shay ala-ee |
|
|
| Hawaiian Fisherman's Song |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
37 |
Trad. GSUSA |
Day is over, and our eyes
searc the horizon, where the ocean meets the sky in purple haze |
|
|
| My hat it has 3 corners |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
38 |
German |
My hat is has 3 corners, 3
corners has my hat |
action song |
| Oh how lovely is the
evening |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
39 |
|
Oh, how lovely is the
evening, is the evening |
3 part round |
| Old Hungarian Round |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
40 |
English by Betty Askwith |
Sweet the evening air of
May, soft my cheek caressing |
Round - up to 18 parts! |
| Wind in the willows |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
41 |
|
The ind in the willows,
sighing like a solitary soul alone |
4 part round |
| Simple gifts |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
42 |
Shaker Hymn |
Tis the gift to
be simple, 'tis the gift to be free |
|
Often sung as The Lord of the
Dance |
| Sing your way home |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
43 |
|
Sing your way home at the
close of the day |
|
|
| Softly falls the light of
day |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
44 |
German trad. |
Softly falls the light of
day, as our campfire fades away, silently each guide should ask have I done
my daily task? |
|
|
| Now the day is over |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
45 |
S Baring-Gould and J Barnby |
Now the day is over, night
is drawing nigh, shadows of the evening steal across the sky |
Vesper |
|
| Linger |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
46 |
|
Mmm I want to linger, mmm a
little longer, mmm a little longer here with you |
|
|
| Go well and safely |
Songs in the Spirit of Sangam |
47 |
Olcutt Sanders |
Go well and safely |
Zulu farewell |
Africa |
| Ah Ta Ka Ta Nu Va (Polar
Bear Song) |
Around the Campfire |
4 |
© 1962, Cooperative Recreation
Service, transferred to World Around Songs Inc. 1979, from "Tent and
Trail Songs" |
Ah ta ka ta nu va |
Action song |
describing a hunt for a bear,
walrus or seal, with chorus portraying a kayak trip, maybe by eskimos |
| Bingo |
Around the Campfire |
5 |
|
A big black dog sat on a
back portch and Bingo was his name |
Circle dance / action song |
Similar to Trulle and Trisse |
| Cuckoo Song |
Around the Campfire |
6 |
German |
Tra la la la la…. Hol-de
ri-a-ri-a, hol-de-ri cuckoo |
Action song (clapping) |
Same tune & similar idea to
"An Austrian Went Yodelling" |
| Doctor Knickerbocker |
Around the Campfire |
7 |
Source unknown |
Doctor Knickerbocker,
Knickerbocker, number nine, he loves to dance and to keep in time |
Action song |
| Hey, hey, Jubilee Hey |
Around the Campfire |
8 |
Reprinted by permission from
"Canciones de Nuestra Cabana", source unknown, attrib. Sri Lanka |
Hey hey hey! Juilee hey!…
Juba ja bako, juba ju bako |
Action song |
| In a Cottage in a Wood |
Around the Campfire |
9 |
|
In a cottage in a wood,
little man at the window stood, saw a rabbit running by |
Action song |
| Inside, Outside |
Around the Campfire |
10 |
Philippines |
I'm inside, outside,
upwards, downwards, happy all the time |
Action song |
| The Frogs in the Puddle |
Around the Campfire |
10 |
|
One frog, two eyes, four
legs, ker-plunk, one puddle, two frogs, four eyes, eight legs, ker-plunk,
ker-plunk, one puddle… |
Clapping game (no tune) |
| Johnny Smoker |
Around the Campfire |
11 |
German origin |
Johnny Smoker, Johnny
Smoker, I can play |
Action song, adding a
musical instrument each verse |
| Advance Australia Fair
(National Anthem) |
Around the Campfire |
12 |
P D McCormick |
Australians all let us
rejoice for we are young and free |
|
words only, music is copyright |
| Arnhem Land Lullaby |
Around the Campfire |
13 |
Ted Egan, © Associated Music,
all rights reserved |
Goodnight little children,
time to go to bed, hush my little baby, rest your little head |
|
|
| Boots of many colours |
Around the Campfire |
14 |
Shirley Jacobs, by permission
of Allans Music of Australia |
I'm making boots of many
colours to walk across this land, the colours of my tall tree country home |
|
|
| Botany Bay |
Around the Campfire |
16 |
Trad. Australia |
Farewell to Old England
forever, farewell to my old pals as well |
|
|
| The Drover's Dream |
Around the Campfire |
18 |
Australia Trad. |
One night when travelling
sheep, my companions lay asleep, there was not a star to 'luminate the sky |
|
Joke ending |
| At the Races |
Around the Campfire |
19 |
|
|
Participation story |
| Do It Yourself Round |
Around the Campfire |
20 |
June Epstein, by permission |
Ood-na-dat-ta, par-ra-mat-ta |
3 part round |
good for rhythmic drum or stick
tapping, you can make up your own words with places you know. |
| The Sky Rocket |
Around the Campfire |
20 |
|
|
Participation Story |
| The Kookaburra Does No
Work |
Around the Campfire |
21 |
|
The kookaburra does no work,
he has no work to do, his plan is in a tree to lurk and catch a snake or two. |
|
|
| The Overlander |
Around the Campfire |
22 |
Australia Trad. |
There's a trade you all know
well, it's bringing cattle over on every track to the Gulf and back men know
the Queensland drover |
|
|
| The Polyglot Festival
March |
Around the Campfire |
24 |
June Epstein, by permission |
From city and suburb and
outback and all, come the flag-waving people to cheer along the Mall |
|
|
| The Wild Rover |
Around the Campfire |
25 |
Australia Trad. |
I've been a wild rover for
many a year, I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer, and now I'm
returning with gold in gtreat store, and I never shall play the wild rover no
more |
|
|
| Happiness Runs in a
circular motion |
Around the Campfire |
26 |
|
Happiness runs in a circular
motion, life is like a little boat upon the sea, anythign is really part of
ev'rything anyway |
|
|
| Thank You |
Around the Campfire |
27 |
Martin G Schneider, by
permission of Boosey & Hawkes (Australia) Pty. Ltd |
Thank you for giving me the
morning, thank you for every day that's new |
|
|
| Cloud Ships |
Around the Campfire |
28 |
Tyrolese folk song, © E C
Schirmer Music Co, Boston |
Like snow white sailing
boats on a blue sea, high in the heavens are clouds floating free |
2 parts |
|
| Feeling Free |
Around the Campfire |
29 |
Lloyd Poole |
Way in the sky, I'd like to
fly, gliding in the setting sun |
2 part canon |
| Youth is Calling |
Around the Campfire |
30 |
Words W P Fooks |
Youth is calling as we
climb, open air and rain or shine |
|
|
| As we Trek Along |
Around the Campfire |
32 |
First published in "Today's
Guide", 1971 |
As we trek along together,
as we trek along |
|
|
| All Together |
Around the Campfire |
33 |
Susan Stevens, arr. Barby
Pulliam, © 1984 WAGGGS |
All together, sing together,
la la la la |
|
Written for the 75th
Anniversary of Guiding |
| The Dandelion Song |
Around the Campfire |
34 |
words Robyn Bradford, Music
Dawn Marshall, both of Seacliff Ranger Unit, South Australia |
As dandelions beneath our
feet in morning freshness sunlight greet |
|
includes 2nd part |
| Sangam Song |
Around the Campfire |
35 |
Jenny Barron and Margo
Browning, by permission of Sangam |
Come into Sangam, walk
through the open door, in this home of unity |
|
|
| Thinking Day Song |
Around the Campfire |
36 |
Susan Stevens, © 1977 WAGGGS |
Hey hey hey, it's Thinking
Day… all over the world it's Thinking Day |
Echo |
|
| World Song |
Around the Campfire |
37 |
© WAGGGS, English words by
Gavin Ewart |
Our way is clear as we march
on, and see! Our flag on high |
|
words only, music is copyright |
| Counting Song |
Around the Campfire |
37 |
|
20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
none, |
|
|
| Donkey riding |
Around the Campfire |
38 |
by permission of OUP |
Were you ever in Quebec,
stowing timber on the deck, where there's a king with a golden crown riding
on a donkey |
Canadian Sea
Shanty, |
| Linger |
Around the Campfire |
39 |
|
Mmm I want to linger, mmm a
little longer, mmm a little longer here with you |
|
|
| Little Green Frog |
Around the Campfire |
39 |
|
Galumph said the little
green frog last night, galumph said the little green frog |
Action song |
| Mrs Fox Terrier |
Around the Campfire |
40 |
Source unknown |
Missus Fox Terrier said to
her pup, "In all life's adversities keep your tail up" |
|
Can be sung in 2 parts |
| The Peanut Song |
Around the Campfire |
41 |
American Trad. |
The man who has plenty of
good peanuts and gives his neighbour none |
|
|
| Skinna Marinka |
Around the Campfire |
42 |
Source unknown |
Skinna Marinka dinky dink,
Skinna Marinka doo I love you |
|
|
| A wise old owl |
Around the Campfire |
43 |
Transcribed from French by Ruth
Anderson - published by G Schirmer Inc, by permission of Allans Music
Australia |
A wise old owl sat in an
oak. The more he heard the less he
spole; the less he spoke the more he heard.
Why aren't we all like this old bird? |
|
|
| The Frogs |
Around the Campfire |
43 |
|
Hear the lively song of the
frogs in yonder pond, crick crick crickity crick, brrrrr-ump! |
4 part round |
| Humming Round |
Around the Campfire |
43 |
Edith O'Hanrahan, by permission
of OUP |
(no words) |
4 part round |
| In Summer When We're
Camping |
Around the Campfire |
44 |
|
In summer when we're
camping, go trailing or go tramping, we guides together sing |
3 part round |
| A Grace |
Around the Campfire |
45 |
Words I Cockington, arr P
Kirkham |
For food and friends, for
rain and shine, for all these things we thank thee Lord |
with second part |
| For Food, Friends and
Fellowship |
Around the Campfire |
45 |
Peggy Feltham, by permission |
For food, friends and
fellowship, we thank thee Lord |
2 part canon |
| Lord, Let Thy Light So
Shine |
Around the Campfire |
46 |
Elizabeth Hartley, by
permission |
Lord, let Thy light so shine
on this waiting heart of mine, that I may be wholly thine |
3 part round |
| Praise and Thanksgiving |
Around the Campfire |
46 |
From "The Whole World
Singing", by Edith Lovell Thomas, by permission |
Praise and thanksgiving let
ev'ryone bring |
Alsatian round |
| Thank You for the World
So Sweet |
Around the Campfire |
47 |
Jonathan Battishill |
Thank you for the world so
sweet, thank you for the food we eat, thank you for the birds that sing,
thank you God for ev'rything |
Grace |
|
| Thank You for This Lovely
Day |
Around the Campfire |
47 |
W R Ledoux |
Thank you for this lovely
day, guide us in the rightful way; Bless our fam'lies and our friends, bless
this food thy kind hand sends |
Grace |
|
| Caravan Song |
Around the Campfire |
48 |
Marie Gaudette, by permission
of Catherine T Hammett |
Let us go walking together |
|
|
| Billi Munja |
Around the Campfire |
49 |
India |
Billi munja, billi munja |
Circle dance |
| Cheelo cheelo |
Around the Campfire |
50 |
Africa Trad. |
Though I'm smaller than the
sun, though I'm lighter than the air, yet I sing as I fly, cheeli… |
|
This song is about a canary |
| Hevenu Shalom Aleichem |
Around the Campfire |
51 |
Israeli, from "Canciones
de Nuestra Canaba" by permission |
Hevenu shalom aleichem |
Clapping song, speeds up |
England: with words of peace
now we greet you… |
| In Baia Town |
Around the Campfire |
52 |
© 1946, renewed 1974, Neil A
Kjos Music Co |
La la la la… coconuts are
five cents a-piece |
Brazilian folk song |
| Sakura |
Around the Campfire |
53 |
© 1958, transferred to World
Around Songs Inc 1979. English by
Katherine F Rohrbough |
Sakura! (Cherry trees bloom so bright in April
breeze) |
Japanese folk song |
| A song of friendship |
Around the Campfire |
54 |
Signorita di Carpegna, by
permission of GGA (UK) |
Let's all go singing a merry
song and meet in the morning sun |
|
|
| Tzena |
Around the Campfire |
55 |
Israel, by kind permission
Bossy & Hawkes Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney |
Tzena Tzena, Tzena, Tzena,
can't you hear the music playing in the village square? |
2 part round |
| Rhythmic clapping |
Around the Campfire |
55 |
|
|
Rhythm / concentration
game |
| Brownie Bells |
Around the Campfire |
56 |
|
O Lord our God, thy children
call, grant us thy peace and bless us all (Amen) |
|
|
| Ranger Song |
Around the Campfire |
56 |
Mary Chater |
Firm be the bond that binds
us fast, firm be the faith we owe |
|
|
| By the blazing cheery
firelight |
Around the Campfire |
57 |
|
By the blazing cheery
firelight, we have met in fellowship tonight, round about the whispering
trees, guard our golden memories |
Vesper |
|
| Gumnut Guide Song |
Around the Campfire |
58 |
© GGA of Australia Incorporated |
We are gumnut guides, gumnut
guides, listen to us sing |
|
|
| Hola hi |
Around the Campfire |
59 |
|
Gather round the fire
tonight, hola hi, hola ho, let us sing with all our might, hola hila ho |
|
|
| Close thine eyes |
Around the Campfire |
60 |
Music K Barne, Words Charles I |
Close thine eyes and sleep
secure, thy soul is safe they body sure |
Vesper |
|
| Taps |
Around the Campfire |
60 |
© Widener University |
Day is done, gone the sun,
from the sea from the hills from the sky / Thanks and praise for our days |
|
|
| Invitation to Taps |
Around the Campfire |
61 |
|
Come all, sing goodnight, as
the shadows lengthen into evening light |
|
|
| Loola loola |
Around the Campfire |
61 |
Source unknown |
Loola le loo-la |
Action song |
| Soualle |
Around the Campfire |
62 |
Africa |
Soualle (trans: Goodnight) |
|
|
| We want everybody happy |
Around the Campfire |
62 |
Source unknown |
We want ev'rybody happy |
|
|
| Brownie promise song |
Music Time for Brownies |
2 |
Susan Stevens |
Walking in the woods,
swimming in the sea |
|
|
| Barges |
Music Time for Brownies |
4 |
Holland(?) and elsewhere |
Out of my window, looking in
the night, I can see the barges' flickering light |
|
|
| Nine red horsemen |
Music Time for Brownies |
6 |
Mexican folk song |
I saw nine red horsemen
riding over the plain |
|
|
| Sponge fishing |
Music Time for Brownies |
8 |
Trad. Greek |
Little ship we'll go a
fishing out from the shore |
|
From Greece |
| Lord of the Dance |
Music Time for Brownies |
10 |
© Galliard Ltd. |
I danced in the morning when
the world was begun, and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun |
|
|
| Morning has broken |
Music Time for Brownies |
12 |
© David Higham Associates |
Morning has broken, like the
first morning |
|
|
| All night, all day |
Music Time for Brownies |
14 |
Negro Spiritual |
All night, all day, angels
watchin' over me my Lord |
|
|
| Nina, nana |
Music Time for Brownies |
16 |
Italian lullaby |
Nina, nana, cocolo della
mama |
Lullaby from Italy |
Although not specified in the
book, the actions from Edelweis fit to this tune, and it's not copyright
(Edelweis is) |
| Quietly |
Music Time for Brownies |
18 |
Susan Stevens, © EMI Music
Publishing Ltd |
Quietly in the morning,
quietly when dawn is near. Quietly in
the sunrise, quietly God is there |
Vesper |
|
| When I first came to this
land |
Music Time for Brownies |
20 |
|
When I first came to this
land I was not a wealthy man, so I got myself a shack, I did what I could |
|
|
| Old Zip Coon |
Music Time for Brownies |
22 |
American trad. |
There was once a man with a
double chin who performed with skill on a violin, and he played in time, and
he played in tune but he never played anything but "Old Zip Coon" |
|
|
| Michael Finnagen |
Music Time for Brownies |
24 |
English trad. |
There was an old man called
Michael Finnagen, he grew whiskers on his chin-a-gen, the wind came up and
blew them in-a-gen, poor old Michael Finnagen begin-a-gen! |
|
|
| Halloween |
Music Time for Brownies |
26 |
© Susan Stevens |
Tonight is the night when
dead leaves fly like witches on switches across the sky |
|
|
| Run with Torches |
Music Time for Brownies |
28 |
French trad. |
Run with torches to light
the dim stable, run with torches, good villagers run! |
Christmas carol |
| Still still still |
Music Time for Brownies |
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Austrian trad., translated by
C. R. S. |
Still, still, still. For Jesus goes to sleep |
Christmas carol |
| Alleluia! |
Just for You |
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Sue Stevens |
Allelu, alleluia |
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| All over the world |
Just for You |
10 |
Sue Stevens |
All over the world, children
are singing |
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| Another Bright New Day |
Just for You |
11 |
Hilary A Stokes |
On a clear, cold morning in
winter as your feet crunch through the snow |
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| As the daylight fades |
Just for You |
12 |
Pat Hobden |
As the daylight fades,
gather we to sing God's praise, thankful for his care, so our hearts to Him
we raise |
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| At the ending of the day |
Just for You |
13 |
Sue Stevens |
At the ending of the day,
Jesu, Lord to you we pray |
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| Be with Us, Jesus |
Just for You |
13 |
Sue Stevens |
Be with us Jesus, on our
holiday. Help us work together,
sharing our fun together, learning to live together ev'ry day |
Brownie pack holiday grace |
| Blest Creator |
Just for You |
14 |
Sue Stevens |
Blest creator, with thy
heavenly grace look upon this quiet woodland place |
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| Brownies |
Just for You |
14 |
Sue Stevens |
There are brownies in the
sunshine, there are brownies in the snow, there are brownies in the desert
lands, where the palm trees grow |
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| Brownie birthday song |
Just for You |
15 |
Sue Stevens |
Today is a special day! A special day for *Mary |
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| Brownie goodnight |
Just for You |
15 |
Sue Stevens |
Jusus, Father hold my hand
through the night when the world is sleeping |
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| Brownie grace |
Just for You |
16 |
Sue Stevens |
Thank you for the hands that
sow the grain, thank you for the hands that fish the sea |
Grace |
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| Brownie thank you |
Just for You |
16 |
Sue Stevens |
Thankyou for summer and
seagulls and sun. Thankyou for
flowers and fishing and fun |
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| Chorale "Dona Nobis
Pacem" |
Just for You |
17 |
Sue Stevens |
Dona nobis pacem (trans =
Give us peace) |
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| Clap hands |
Just for You |
18 |
Sue Stevens |
Clap hands, and say hello,
clap hands and say hello |
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| Christ our only Saviour |
Just for You |
18 |
Sue Stevens |
Christ our only Saviour, so
dwell within us |
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| Come away to the hills |
Just for You |
19 |
Sue Stevens |
Come away to the hills, come
away to the hills where life is free |
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| Come sailing |
Just for You |
19 |
Sue Stevens |
Come sailing with me over
the briny foam, as the world is round, wherever we're bound, we shall surely
come home |
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| Foxlease Birthday Song |
Just for You |
20 |
Pat Hobden |
When you feel the cold winds
blowing, and the world seems dull and grey, when you need to hear a friendly
voice to help you on your way |
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| Friendship |
Just for You |
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Hilary A Stokes |
We're friends together,
we're walking side by side towards the sun.
We'll sing together, a song of hope that all the world can be one. |
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| Follow the Sun |
Just for You |
22 |
Sue Stevens |
Come with me and follow the
sun, leave the clouds behind |
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| For friends and homes and
happy days |
Just for You |
24 |
Sue Stevens |
For friends and homes and
happy days, for all the blessings earth displays, we give our thankfulness
and praise. |
2 part canon |
| Front and back |
Just for You |
24 |
Eryl Evans |
To the front and to the
back, to the left and to the right |
Action song |
| Goodbye |
Just for You |
24 |
Sue Stevens |
Goodbye til we meet again
another day! Gaily, gaily we will
sing, on our homeward way. |
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| God be with you |
Just for You |
25 |
Sue Stevens |
God be with you, with thy
spirit, his abiding presence be |
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| Guide grace |
Just for You |
25 |
Sue Stevens |
Thankyou for the meal before
us spread, for all those who worked to prepare it. For the love that leadds us to share it, we thank thee Lord |
Grace |
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| Gloria |
Just for You |
26 |
Sue Stevens |
Gloria, gloria, in Excelsis
Deo |
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| If you need a friend |
Just for You |
26 |
Hilary A Stokes |
If you need a friend in the
morning, to take you by the hand and to help you on your way |
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| Humming Song |
Just for You |
27 |
Sue Stevens |
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| I am the Way |
Just for You |
27 |
Sue Stevens |
Jesus said, I am the way,
the truth and the life. He that
believeth in me, though he die, shall not perish. |
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| If we look |
Just for You |
28 |
Hilary A Stokes |
When the leaves on the trees
turn brown and wither, gently fall in rustling heaps upon the earth |
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| If you've got a song |
Just for You |
29 |
Pat Hobden |
The job may be dull, the
road may be long, but nothing's too hard if you've got a song. |
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| I will lift up mine eyes |
Just for You |
29 |
Sue Stevens |
I will lift up mine eyes
unto the hills |
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| Jubilate Deo |
Just for You |
30 |
Sue Stevens |
Jubilate deo (trans Rejoice
in God) |
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| Just For You |
Just for You |
30 |
Sue Stevens |
Where are you going? Are you looking for a path thro' the
forest of your dreams? |
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| Just like a child |
Just for You |
31 |
Translated from the French by
Hilary A Stokes |
Just like a child who runs
along the pathway, head in the clouds and laughing as he goes |
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| Just like you and me
(Adam's song) |
Just for You |
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Pat Hobden |
There's a little boy who's
sitting in a corner all alone, in a chair with wheels because he has no
movement of his own |
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| Let's celebrate |
Just for You |
33 |
Sue Stevens |
Let's have a celebration,
we're full of jubilation, there's something we've just got to celebrate! |
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| Little bus |
Just for You |
34 |
Sue Stevens |
I've got a little bus, the
finest you can buy, you can see my little bus as I go riding by. It goes brrm ping tick tack, beep beep
diddly diddly |
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| Lord, we give thanks |
Just for You |
34 |
Sue Stevens |
Lord, we give thanks, for
the gifts of many seasons, and the work of many hands |
3 part round |
Grace |
| Lead me, Lord |
Just for You |
35 |
SS Wesley, arr Sue Stevens |
Lead me Lord, lead me in thy
righteousness, make thy way plain before my face |
3 parts |
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| Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John |
Just for You |
36 |
Sue Stevens |
Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John, bless this bed that I lie on |
Vesper, 2 part canon |
| Our Campfire Burns Bright |
Just for You |
36 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Our campfire burns bright,
it's flames ligiht up the sky, and all around the choes of the music seem to
fly |
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| Music reaches people
everywhere |
Just for You |
37 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Sing your song! The notes will sail across the ocean, sing
your song! The tune will carry
through the air |
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| Peace |
Just for You |
38 |
Pat Hobden |
Peace in the world, for this
we pray; peace in our hearts, Oh Lord today |
4 part round |
Vesper |
| Psalm 139 |
Just for You |
38 |
Sue Stevens |
If I take the wings of the
dawn and sail to the farthest sea, Jesus will follow me there, and stretch
out his hand to me. |
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| Promises |
Just for You |
38 |
Sue Stevens |
A rainbow is the promise of
sunshine after rain. A snowdrop is
the promise that spring will come again |
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| Sing a song |
Just for You |
39 |
Eryl Evans |
Sing, sing a song as you
journey along; sing as you go on our way |
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| Silver jubilee round |
Just for You |
39 |
Sue Stevens |
Guides of the world wish you
long life and happiness, singing with love and loyalty, God bless Elizabeth |
4 part round |
| Sing for Him |
Just for You |
40 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Sing for Him! Play for Him! Dance for Him! Clap for Him! Prasie the Lord with music, let
the notes ring clear and true |
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| Spring belongs to little
things |
Just for You |
41 |
Sue Stevens |
Spring belongs to little
things, little birds with little wings, little clouds and little showers, |
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| Spring round |
Just for You |
42 |
Sue Stevens |
Forgs are hopping, buds are
popping, puppies bouncing, kittens pouncing |
2 part round |
| The M6 Praise Song |
Just for You |
42 |
Pat Hobden |
I'm gonna praise you, Lord,
I'm gonna praise you |
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| This little light of mine
(vocal addition) |
Just for You |
43 |
Sue Stevens |
Shu, shu, shubiduwa |
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| The River |
Just for You |
44 |
Pat Hobden |
Listen to the music of the
river as it travels, winding thro' the valley on it's way |
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| There must be a reason |
Just for You |
45 |
Pat Hobden |
There must be a reason for
the night and the day, for the times and the seasons, for a right and wrong
way. |
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| The sunlight each evening |
Just for You |
46 |
Hilary A Stokes |
The sunlight each evening
slips softly away, leaves us to sleep 'til the dawning of day |
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| Thou wilt keep him |
Just for You |
46 |
Sue Stevens |
Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, in perfect peace |
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| Vesper |
Just for You |
47 |
Sue Stevens |
The Lord be between thee and
me, between my children and thy children for ever and ever |
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| Vesper |
Just for You |
47 |
Pat Hobden |
Gently fall the shadows of
the night, and the earth is sleeping |
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| Vesper at campfire |
Just for You |
47 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Sing, sing, sing with me
throughout the evening. Sing, sing,
sing with me into the night |
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| WAGGGS Jubilee Song |
Just for You |
48 |
Sue Stevens |
Our wolrd is a world of blue
and gold! Our world is fifty years
old. Turn to your neighbour and sy,
Happy birthday today. |
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| We came to Foxlease |
Just for You |
48 |
Sue Stevens |
We came to Foxlease to camp
in the sun, and it rained, aha, it rained and it rained |
3 part round |
| Winter thankyou |
Just for You |
48 |
Sue Stevens |
Thankyou God for sparkling
snow, frost and ice and fires that glow |
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| Won't you come along with
me? |
Just for You |
49 |
Pat Hobden |
And there'll be songs that
we can sing together, if you will walk with me, I'll walk with you |
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friendship |
| You'll always be our
friend |
Just for You |
50 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Thankyou for the times we've
had together, fun filled days we thought would never end |
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Dedicated to Marjorie King, 21
October 1986 |
| We all live in the big
wide world (vocal addition) |
Just for You |
51 |
Sue Stevens |
Boom boom |
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| I go my merry way
(descant) |
Just for You |
52 |
Sue Stevens |
A song in my heart, I go my
merry way |
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| Sing for joy (descant) |
Just for You |
52 |
Sue Stevens |
Joy, sing for love, sing for
peace |
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| Tallis' Canon (descant) |
Just for You |
52 |
Sue Stevens |
Glory to thee, my God this
night |
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| A Special Baby |
Just for You |
54 |
Pat Hobden |
A million stars shone down
from the sky that night, bun one alone was shining bright |
Christmas song |
| Christmas has come again |
Just for You |
55 |
Hilary A Stokes |
Christmas has come
again! Another year again, and still
the world is going all wrong, for men in many lands are fighting hand to
hand. |
Christmas song |
| Ding dong! Alleluia |
Just for You |
56 |
Sue Stevens |
Ev'ryone's going to
Bethlehem, ev'ryone's going to Bethlehem |
Christmas song |
| Glora in Excelsis Deo |
Just for You |
57 |
Sue Stevens |
Gloria, gloria, in Excelsis
Deo |
Christmas song |
| Have you seen the baby |
Just for You |
58 |
Eryl Evans |
Sing hosanna, sing hosanne,
glory to the King. Have you seen the
baby, in a manger bed? |
Christmas song |
| Lo, How a rose |
Just for You |
59 |
Sue Stevens |
Lo, how a rose, a rose, e'er
blooming, from tender stem hath sprung |
Christmas song |
| Long ago |
Just for You |
60 |
Sue Stevens |
Long ago in Bethlehem, just
before the dawn, in a stable dark and cold Jesus Christ was born |
Christmas song |
| Merry Bells |
Just for You |
60 |
Sue Stevens |
Merry bells are ringing in
the midnight air, ringing for the holy child |
Christmas song |
| The Angels' Song |
Just for You |
61 |
Pat Hobden |
Ding dong! The bells on
earth will ring; rejoice for God has sent a King |
Christmas song |
| The Song of Love |
Just for You |
62 |
Pat Hobden |
Up in the deep blue sky a
star shone so bright, it seemed to light the world up, that winter's night |
Christmas song |
| There's a light |
Just for You |
63 |
Pat Hobden |
There's a light shining
bright in the heavens, there's sign for mankind to behold |
Christmas song |
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| Last updated 17 August
2005 |
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