Songs

Songs

ALICE THE CAMEL

Alice the camel has 5 humps

Alice the camel has 5 humps, so go Alice go

Boom boom boom

Song continues counting down. The last verse goes like this:

Alice the camel has no humps

Alice the camel has no humps, so Alice is a horse!

BEEP! BEEP! I’M A JEEP

Person gets down on his/her hands and knees and crawls around while saying,

“Beep! Beep! I’m a jeep!”

BIRDIE SONG

Note: Works really well if person leading sings in funny voice and puts a lot of movement into it.

Wa-y up in the sky (point to the sky)

The little bir-dies fly (make wings moving arms up and down)

Way down in their nest (make next with palms side by side)

The lit-tle bir-dies rest (hands with palms together under ear like a pillow)

With a wing on the left (wave left arm up and down)

And a wing on the right (wave right arm up and down)

We’ll let the little bir-dies (hands with palms together under ear like a pillow)

sleep all through the night (same)

Spoken - Shhh....they’re sleeping (said with index finger up to lips)

SECOND VERSE

The bright sun comes up (move arms in a circle above head)

The dew falls a-way (flutter fingers down in front of face like rain)

“Good morning, good morning,” (wave a greeting)

The little birdies say (make wings moving up and down)

With a wing.... (same as before)

BOOG-A-LOO

Heeey - let me see your boog-a-loo (leader)

What’s that you say? (group)

I said - let me see you boog-a-loo (leader)

What’s that you say? (group)

I said boog-a-loo, boog-boog-a-loo (all together)

Now leader can ask to see anything....(you substitute “I said ooh ahh, ooh ahh ahh. I said ooh ahh, ooh ahh ahh” for the part sung all together). Here are some ideas:

Let me see your Frankenstein (do the Frankenstein)

Let me see your Michael Jordon (shoot hoops)

Let me see your Cindy Crawford (do modeling poses)

Let me see your Michael Jackson (do one of his dance steps)

Let me see your Funky Chicken (do the funky chicken)

Let me see your Jelly Fish (act like a jelly fish)

BOOM-CHICKA-BOOM

Begin the song by singing the following chorus, having the group repeat each line. You can fill in a style each time you sing it (i.e. girl style, Frankenstein style, Elvis style, baby style, southern style, underwater style, flower style ‘bloom-chicka-bloom,’ etc.) Use whatever crazy motions you would like!

I said a boom-chicka-boom (repeat)

I said a boom-chicka-rocka-chicka-rocka-chicka-boom (repeat)

Uhh huh (repeat)

Oh yah (repeat)

One more time ____________ style

BRUSH YOUR TEETH

When you wake up in the morn-ing and it’s quar-ter to one --

You want to have a lit-tle fun

You brush your teeth

ch, ch, ch, ch, ch,

ch, ch, ch, ch --

You brush your teeth

ch, ch, ch, ch, ch

ch, ch, ch, ch

OTHER VERSES

When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter to two

and you don’t know what to do

When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter to three

you’ve got a great big smile for me

When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter to four

you hear a great big knock on the door

When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter to five

you’re so happy to be alive

CHANTILLY LACE

Chantilly lace

And a pretty face

With a ponytail

Hanging down

With a wiggle and a walk

And a giggle and a talk

Makes the world go round, round, round!

There ain’t nothin’ in the world

Like a big eyed girl

To make me act so funny

Make me spend my money

Make me feel real loose

Like a long neck goose

Like a girl

Oh baby, that’s what I like!

COOKIE JAR

Group should sit in a circle, Indian style.

Motion: Slap knees, clap hands, slap knees, clap hands, etc...

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?

_________ stole the cookie from the cookie jar.

Who me?

Yeah, you!

Couldn’t be.

Than who?

_________ stole the cookie from the cookie jar

(REPEAT)

CRAWDAD SONG

Note: This song can be song just like this, but also works very well when sung in unison with “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain” and “When the Saints.”

You get a line, I’ll get a pole, honey

You get a line, I’ll get a pole, babe

You get a line, I’ll get a pole

We’ll go down that crawdad hole

Honey, oh sugarbabe of mine

Yee-haw!

FATHER ABRAHAM

Father Abraham had seven sons

Seven sons had Father Abraham

And they didn’t laugh

And they didn’t cry

All they did was go like this...

You can add in any action you want for them to do - waving with one hand, then with the other, hopping on one leg, then hopping on both, nodding their head, and finally ending up on their backs doing everything combined. Every time you go through the song, you add one more motion and continue to do all while singing the song. When group finally ends up on their backs, the song is over.

FISH AND CHIPS AND VINEGAR

Note: Best if sung in unison with “One Bottle of Pop” and “Momma Don’t Allow.”

Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar

Fish and chips and vinegar

Pepper, pepper, pepper, salt

REPEAT

FRESHMAN CAMP

Note: Can substitute anything for “Freshman Camp.” Group should clap to tune. Can have entire group sing as is, or split group in two and have half sing keep singing only “Freshman Camp” and the other sing the verse.

Fresh-man Ca-mp

Some call it fun

But some may call it ma-ad-ness (twirl finger by head)

So come with us (invite to come motion)

And wipe away your sa-ad-ness (wipe away tears)

And when we are gone

They’ll remember our song

Singing

Fresh-man Ca-mp....

FROGGIE

For this song, everyone needs to kneel down and begin clapping and patting their hands on their thighs (slowly at first). This a repeat song. You continue to repeat the entire chorus - each time getting faster and faster, until you can not even sing anymore!

Dog (repeat)

Dog cat (repeat)

Dog cat mouse (repeat)

FROGGIE! (everyone together)

Ittsy bittsy teeny weeny tiny little froggie (repeat)

Jump froggie, jump you little froggie (repeat)

Gobble all up the little worms and spiders (repeat)

Fleas and flies are scrump-didilyicious (repeat)

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, CROAK! (repeat)

FROGGIE! (everyone together)

GIVE A YELL

Give a yell

Give a great substantial yell

And when we yell we yell like hell

And this is what the hell we yell

Allamen

Allamen Chicago Ish-kitty-boom-boom

Rah rah rah

Boom! Gotta rat trap bigger than a cat trap

Boom! Got another one bigger than the other one

Louder, louder, shish-koom-bah

________ - YEAH RAH RAH!

GO GET ‘EM SPRINGFIELD

Go, get ‘em, Springfield!

We’re out today to win this game

Go, get ‘em, Springfield

We’re backing to bring us fame

Fight, fight, fight, fight!

Victory is near

And your praises loudly we will cheer

Go, get ‘em, Springfield

Go, get ‘em

NOW

GREY SQUIRREL

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel,

Shake your bushy tail (do the wiggle)

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel,

Shake your bushy tail (do the wiggle)

Crinkle up your little nose (crinkly nose and make whiskers)

Put a nut between your toes (bend down as if doing that)

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel,

Shake your bushy tail (do the wiggle)

HAM AND EGGS

Ham and eggs

I like mine fried nice and brown

I like mine fried upside down

Ham and eggs

Flip ‘em, flop ‘em, flip ‘em, flop ‘em

Haaaaam and egggggs

HAVE YOU EVER GONE A FISHIN’

Have you ever gone a fishin (cast your fishing pole)

On a bright and sunny day (sun above your head)

And seen the little fishies (eye goggles)

Swimmin’ in and out the bay? (hands together to zigzag)

With their hands in their pockets (show 10 fingers, hit top of thighs)

And their pockets in their pants (hit top of thighs, hit side of thighs)

And all the little fishies doin’ the (hands together to zigzag)

Hoochie Coochie Dance! (Finger boogie)

Now, drop one word every time you sing the song and fill in only the motion...Continue until only motions remain and go faster and faster!

HEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES, AND TOES

Head, shoulders, knees, and toes, knees and toes

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose

Head, shoulders, knees, and toes, knees and toes

HEY ALL YOU SPRINGFIELD FANS

Hey all you Springfield fans

Let me hear you clap your hands

clap, clap - clap, clap, clap, clap - clap, clap - clap, clap, clap, clap

Now that you got the beat

Let me hear you stamp your feet

stamp, stamp - stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp - stamp, stamp - stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp

Now that you’re in the groove

Let me hear your body move

ah, ah - oh, ah, ah, ah - ah, ah - oh, ah, ah, ah, ah (dance)

HUMBA HUMBA

Humba, humba (hands by mouth)

Riki-tiki-tumba (do a boogie, but arms bent and close to body)

Moosa, moosa, moosa (whispering - make antlers)

A-ala-way, alaway, alaway (do the hula to the right and left)

IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT

If you’re hap-py and you know it, clap your hands (clap, clap)

If you’re hap-py and you know it

Then your face will sure-ly show it

If you’re hap-py and you know it, clap your hands (clap, clap)

OTHER VERSES:

Stamp your feet

Snap your fingers

Slap your thighs

Say “We are!”

I KNOW WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD

I know what I’ve been told

____________ as good as gold

Am I right or wrong? (part of group or leader says this)

You’re right! (other part of group)

Am I right or wrong? (part of group)

You’re right! (other part of group)

Sound off! (leader or part of group)

1-2! (other part of group)

Bring it on down! (leader or part of group)

3-4! (other part of group)

IN THAT BOG

Motions: Leader can make up as they go

CHORUS

...And the bog’s down in the valley-o

Rare bog, rattlin’ bog

Way down in the valley-o

Rare bog, rattlin’ bog

Way down in the valley-o

FIRST VERSE

Now in that bog

There was a tree

A rare tree

A rattlin’ tree

And the tree’s in the bog....(CHORUS)

SECOND VERSE

Now on that tree

There was a limb

A rare limb

A rattlin’ limb

And the limb was on the tree, and the tree’s in the bog...(CHORUS)

Song continues...add one thing each time:

And on that limb, there was a branch

And on that branch, there was a twig

And on that twig, there was a nest

And on that nest, there was an egg

And on that egg, there was a bird

And on that bird, there was a feather

And on that feather, there was a tick

And on that tick, there was an elephant - NOT!

LINGER LONGER

M-hmm, I want to li-inger

M-hmm, a little lo-on-ger

M-hmm, a little longer here with you

M-hmm, it’s such a perfect night

M-hmm, it doesn’t seem quite right

M-hmm, that it should be my last with you

M-hmm, and come Sep-te-m-ber

M-hmm, I shall re-me-m-ber

M-hmm, our camping days and friendships true

M-hmm, and as the years go by

M-hmm, I’ll think of you and sigh

M-hmm, it is good night and not goodbye

MAKE NEW FRIENDS

Make new friends, but keep the old

One is silver and the other’s gold

A circle is round, it has no ends

That’s how long I want to be your friend

Make new friends, but keep the old

One is silver and the other’s gold

MOMMA DON’T ALLOW

Note: Can be sung alone, but best if sung in unison with “Fish and Chips and Vinegar” and “One Bottle of Pop.”

Momma don’t allow no hand clapping round here (clap hands twice)

Momma don’t allow no hand clapping round here (clap twice)

Well we don’t care what Momma don’t allow

Gonna clap our hands any old how

Momma don’t allow no hand clapping round here (clap hands)

Other verses:

Momma don’t allow no foot stomping round here (stomp feet twice)

Momma don’t allow no bottom bouncing round here (bounce in seat)

Momma don’t allow no carrying on round here (in unison, clap hands, stomp feet, bounce seat, and shout “soo-ey”)

MY BACK ACHES

Left, left, left-right-left (march)

My back aches (lean back with hands on lower back)

My pants to tight (put hands on front pockets and lean forward)

My hips shake from left to right (shake hips)

Say - un, ungowa, _________ has the power (dance)

START OVER

ONE BOTTLE OF POP

Note: Best if sung in unison with “Fish and Chips and Vinegar” and “Momma Don’t Allow.”

One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop, three bottles of pop, four bottles of pop,

five bottles of pop, six bottles of pop, seven, seven bottles of pop

REPEAT

PRINCESS PAT

This is a repeat song. Every line should be repeated by group.

The Princess Pat (Egyptian motion)

Lived in a tree (hands in triangle above head)

She sailed across (river motion)

The seven seas (hold up seven fingers, and then make a “C”)

She sailed across (river motion)

The channel two (make a “C” and then hold up two fingers)

And brought with her (motion like putting sack over shoulder)

A ric-a-bam-boo (shake and wave hands to end in squat)

CHORUS

A-ric-a-bam-boo (shake and wave hands to end in squat)

Now what is that?! (right hand up then left hand up - elbows bent - palms up)

It’s something made (make two fists and bang hands on top of one another)

By the Princess Pat! (Egyptian motion)

It’s red and gold (twirl hand like saying “whoopee!”)

And purple too! (hold up two fingers)

That’s why it’s called (put hands up to mouth and shout)

A ric-a-bam-boo (shake and wave hands to end in squat)

SECOND VERSE

Now Captain Jack (make an army-type salute)

Had a mighty fine crew (alternate arms)

They sailed across (river motion)

The channel two (make a “C” and then hold up two fingers)

But his ship sank (pretend to sink by bending over to side)

And yours will too (point outward and then hold up two fingers)

If you FORGET (shout with hands up at mouth)

A ric-a-bam-boo (shake and wave hands ending in a squat)

REPEAT CHORUS

SHAKE YOUR SILLIES OUT

I’m gon-na shake, shake, shake my sil-lies out

Shake, shake, shake my sil-lies out

And wig-gle my wag-gles a-way

OTHER VERSES

Clap my crazies out

Jump my jiggles out

Yawn my sleepies out

Stretch my strechies out

Shake my sillies out

SHE’LL BE COMING ‘ROUND THE MOUNTAIN

Note: Can be sung by itself, or with “When the Saints” and “Crawdad Song.”

She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes

Toot, toot!

She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes

Toot, toot!

She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain

She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes

Toot, toot!

SHOW ME THE SCOTCHMAN

Group does the first round slow, then gets rather crazy for the second round (clapping hands and jumping around...)

Show me the Scotchman

Who doesn’t love the thistle

Show me the Englishman

Who doesn’t love the rose

Show me the true-heart-ed

Son of old Springfield

Who doesn’t love the spot (slap, slap, slap)

Where the Massasoit flows (use hand to show a river flowing)

SING ME A RAINBOW

CHORUS

Sing me a rainbow, paint me a dream

Show me a world that I’ve never seen

Whisper a sunset and whey you do

You’ll know how I feel, I say you’ll know how I feel

You’ll know how I’ll feel when I’m with you

FIRST VERSE

You walked into my life on such an ordinary day

But it’s been extraordinary since you came my way

There’s nothing in this world that I can’t do

As long as you continue to...

SECOND VERSE

You brought something special to a life that was so plain

Feelings that you turned me onto I just can’t explain

Something happens when I’m with you

And’ I just can’t wait to hear you...

SINGING IN THE RAIN

I’m singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feeling

I’m hap-hap-happy again

(group should be swaying back and forth)

Thumbs up! (Repeat)

Tickie tah, a tickie tah, a tickie tah, tah

a tickie tah, a tickie tah, a tickie tah, tah (while turning around)

Add one each time:

Elbows back (so would say, “thumbs up! thumbs up! elbows back! elbows back!)

Chest out

Butt out

Knees together

Toes together

Chin down

Tongue out

SIX LITTLE DUCKS

Six little ducks that I once knew (hold up six fingers, then point to self)

Fat ones, skin-ny ones, tall ones too (spread hands, hands close together, reach for sky)

But the one lit-tle duck with a feath-er on its back (hold up one finger, hand behind back)

It led the oth-ers with a quack, quack, quack, (beckon neighbor, open and close hands)

Quack, quack, quack (open and close hands like a duck bill)

Quack, quack, quack! (Same)

It led the oth-ers with a quack, quack, quack! (Same)

SMILE SONG

I’ve got something in my pocket that belongs across my face

I keep it very close to me, in a most convenient place

I’m sure you couldn’t guess it, if you guessed a long, long while

So, I’ll take it out and put it on

It’s a great big __________ smile!

SONG FOR SPRINGFIELD

Now raise a song for Springfield

Let hearts and voices blend

To celebrate her praises

Whose fame shall have no end

While fellowship makes holy

While eager hope elates

And visioned youth come thronging

Her spacious gates