Land of The Silver Birch.

Land of the silver birch home of the beaver,

Where still the mighty moose wanders at will.

Chorus;

Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return one more

Boom di-di eye di, Boom di-di eye di, Boom di-di eye di boom

2. My heart is sick for you here in the lowlands.

I will return to you, hills of the north.

3. Swift as a silver fish, canoe of birch bark,

Thy mighty waterways carry me forth.

4. There where the blue lake lies, I’ll set my wigwam,

Close to the water’s edge, silent and still.

Campfire’s Burning, Campfire’s Burning,

Draw nearer, draw nearer,

In the gloaming, in the gloaming,

Come sing and be merry.

Hey la - li -lo

Hey la-li la-li-lo

Come right in and don’t ignore us

Hey la-li la-li-lo

Chours

Hey la-li, Hey la-li

Hey la-li la-li-lo

Hey la-li Hey la-li

Hey la-li la-li lo

2. We’ve got a thought and here’s our thesis;

Hey la-li la-li-lo

Peace in the world or the world in pieces

Hey la-li la-li-lo

3. We’ve got a tale and here’s our story

Hey la-li la-li-lo

Hate brings death, but love brings glory

Hey la-li la-li-lo

4. We’ve got a dream and here’s our dreaming

Hey la-li la-li-lo

Trust in the world and no more scheming

Hey la-li la-li-lo

Chorus. On my honour, I will try,

There’s a duty to be done

And I say aye,

There’s a reason here

For a reason above,

My honour is to try

And my duty is to love.

1. People don’t need to know my name,

If I’ve hurt some one then I’m to blame,

If I’ve helped someone then I’ve helped me,

And that’s the way that it should be.

2. I’ve tucked away a song or two,

If you’re feeling low there’s one for you

If you need a friend then I will come,

There’s plenty more where I come from.

3. We’ve made a promise to always keep

We sing ‘Day is Done’ be for we sleep

We’re all Guides together and when we’re gone,

We’ll still be trying and singing this song.

I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills.

I love the fireside, when all the lights are low.

Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, boom

1. There was a crazy moose

Who like to drink a lot of juice

There was a crazy moose

Who liked to drink a lot of juice

Singing way-o way-o

Way-o way-o way- o way-o

Way -o way-o

Way-o way-o way-o way-o

2. The moose’s name was Fred

He liked to drink his juice in bed

The moose’s name was Fred

He liked to drink his juice in bed

He drank his juice with ease

Then he spilt some on his knees

He drank his juice with ease

Then he spilt some on his knees

He drank his juice with care

Then he spilt some in his hair

He drank his juice with care

Then he spilt some in his hair

The moose’s hair went stiff

So Fred combed it in a quiff

The moose’s hair went stiff

So Fred combed it in a quiff

His friends began to laugh

So Fred the moose took a bath

His friends began to laugh

So Fred the moose took a bath

As the water went down

Fred the moose began to drown

As the water went down

Fred the moose began to drown

Singing glug-glug-glug-glug etc

Now let’s all count to five

Fred the moose is back alive

Now let’s all count to five

Fred the moose is back alive

Alice the Camel

Alice the camel has 10 humps, Alice the camel has 10 humps

Alice he camel ahs 10 humps so go, Alice go!!

(contunue with 9,8,7.. Humps, untill—)

Alice the camel has no humps, Alice the camel has no humps,

Alice the camel has no humps, ‘cause Alice is a HORSE!!!

Auntie Monica

Oh I have an Auntie, an Auntie Monica
And when she goes out shopping
They all shout “Ooh La La!”

Because her feather’s swaying, her feathers swaying so
Because her feather’s swaying, its swaying to and fro!

Oh I have an Auntie, an Auntie Monica
And when she goes out shopping
They all shout “Ooh La La!”
Because her hat is swaying, her hat is swaying so

Because her hat is swaying, her hat is swaying so

Because her feather’s swaying, her feather’s swaying so

Because her feather’s swaying, its swaying to and fro!

Oh I have an Auntie, an Auntie Monica

Etc:

Because her muff is swaying, her muff is swaying so Skirt

Because her skirt is swaying, her skirt is swaying so

Because my Auntie’s swaying, my Auntie’s swaying so

A BOY AND A GIRL IN A LITTLE CANOE

Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe,

with the moon shining all around.

They paddled and paddled so,

you couldn’t even hear a sound.

So, they talked and they talked,

’til the moon grew dim.
He said,

“You gotta kiss me or get out and swim!”

So, whatcha gonna do in a little canoe,

with the moon shining all a-boats a-bobbing all a-girls swimming all around?

PINK PAJAMAS

I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when its hot

I wear my flannel nighty in the winter when its not

And sometimes in the springtime and sometimes in the fall, I jump into my little be with nothing on at all, OH!!

That’s the time you ought to see me, that’s the time you ought to see me, that’s the time you ought to see me when I jump into my little be with nothing on at all. OH!!

GING GANG GOO

Ging gang gooli gooli gooli watcha, ging gang goo, ging gang goo.

Ging gang gooli gooli gooli watcha, ging gang goo, ging gang goo.

Heyla, heyla sheyla, heyla sheyla heyla ho.

Heyla, heyla sheyla, heyla sheyla heyla ho.

Shali walli, shali walli, shali walli, shali walli,

Oompha , Oompah……….

LITTLE CHICKEN

Oh a once had a chicken and it wouldn’t lay an egg

So I rubbed hot water up and down its leg

Yes a rubbed hot water up and down its leg

And the darned old chicken laid a boiled egg

Chorus

A boiled egg, a boiled egg the darned old chicken laid a boiled egg.

Hot oil / fried egg

Hot chocolate / Easter egg

Boy Scout / Rotten Egg

Myself / Perfect egg

ONCE A GIRL GUIDE WENT TO CAMP.

Once a Girl Guide went to camp, went to camp.

She went to camp without her lamp, without her lamp.

And there she saw a spider in her bed.

And this is what the Girl Guide said, Girl Guide said.

Oh naughty spider you must go you must go

You are not allowed to stay, allowed to stay.

For this is what my leader she did say

No two bodies in one bed, in one bed.

Once a Boy Scout went to camp, went to camp

He went to camp without his lamp, without his lamp.

And there he saw a spider on his bed

And this is what the Boy Scout said, Boy Scout said

Aaaaaauuughhhhh!!!

Everywhere We Go!

Everywhere we go

People always ask us

Who we are

And where we come from

So we tell them

Were the Histon Guides

The mighty mighty Guides

And if they can not hear us

We sing a little louder.

Bingo Was His Name-O

There was a mad who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o

B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o.

There was a mad who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o

(clap)-I-N-G-O, (Clap)-I-N-G-O, (clap)-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o.

ETC

Chicken Song/Roofus Ruffus (sung together in a round)

C- that’s the way it begins,

H- that’s the second letter in-

I- I am the third and

C is the fourth letter in that word, oh

K- I’m fillin in

E- I ‘m near the end, oh-

C-H-I-C-K-E-N

That the way you spell Chicken!

Roofus Ruffus Johnson Brown

What you gona do when the rent comes ’round

What ya gona say, what you gona pay,

What ya gona do on judgment day.

OH you know, I know, everyone know,

landlord throw you out in the snow,

Oh Roofus Ruffus Johnson Brown,

What ya gona say when the rent come ’round!

Round Orange

Oh I wish I was a little round orange, round orange

Oh I wish I was a little round orange, round orange

I’d go squirty, squirty, squirty over everybody’s shirty

Oh I wish I was a little round orange, round orange

Sip of coke —–id go down with a slurp and come up with a burp

Bit of gum —–I’d go gooey, gooey, gooey over everybody’s shoey

Church pigeon — I’d fly up to the steeple and I’d ****** on all the people

ZULU FAREWELL SONG

Go well and safely, Go well and safely,

Go well and safely, the Lord be ever with you

Stay well and safely, stay well and safely,

stay well and safely, the Lord be ever with you

Three Little Angels

3 little angels all dressed in white , tried to get to heaven on the end of a kite

But the kite string was broken down they all fell, they couldn’t get to heaven so they all went to

2 little angels etc

1 little angel etc

3 little devils all dressed in red, tried to get to heaven on the end of a bed,

But the bed post was broken down they all fell they couldn’t get to he so they all went to……

Boy scouts, green, washing machine

Girl Guides, blue, loo

Brownies, brown, crown

Don’t be mistaken, don’t be mislead, they couldn’t get to heaven

so they all went to bed

SUNSHINE SMILE.

Have you got the sunshine smile?

Have you got the sunshine smile?

Where ever you may be,

What ever you may see

Have you got the sunshine smile?

Have you got the sunshine SMILE?

Have you got the sunshine SMILE?

Where ever you may be

What ever you may see

Have you got the sunshine SMILE?

Have you got the sunshine ha ha ha hee hee?

Have you got the sunshine ha ha ha hee hee?

Where ever you may be

What ever you may see

Have you got the sunshine ha ha ha hee hee?

Have you got the sunshine smile?

Have you got the sunshine SMILE?

Where ever you may be

What ever you may see

Have you got the sunshine ha ha ha hee hee?

Bermudan Vespers. (Tune Oh Christmas tree)

Softly falls the break of day

As our camp fire fades away.

Silently each Guide should ask

‘Have I done my daily task?

Have I kept my honour bright?

Can I guiltless sleep tonight?

Have I done and have I dared

All I can to be prepared?’.

The Animal Fair

We went to the animal fair, The birds ad the bees were there

The big baboon by the light of the moon, was combing his auburn hair

The monkey fell out of the bunk, and slid down the elephants trunk,

The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,

And what became of the monkey! ( monkey, monkey ….etc)

Barges I would like to go with you , I would like to sail the ocean blue

Barges have you treasures in your hold, Do you fight with pirates brave and bold?

Out of my window looking in the night, I can see the barges flickering light.

Starboard shines green and port is glowing red, You can see them flickering far ahead.

Barges I would like to go with you , I would like to sail the ocean blue

Barges have you treasures in your hold, Do you fight with pirates brave and bold?

……… shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose

………………………….…. knees and toes, knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose

…………………………………….. and toes, knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose

……………………………………………..…., knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose

………………………………………………………… and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose

………………………………………………………………….
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose

……………………………………………………………………
…………. and ears and mouth and nose

…………………………………………………………………….
…………………….. and mouth and nose

etc…..

More and more about the world I learn

And the new things that I see.

You’ll be looking at along with me.

3. As I travel through the bad and good,

Keep me travelling the way I should.

Where I see no way to go,

You’ll be telling me the way, I know.

4. Give me courage when the world is rough,

Keep me loving when the world is tough.

Leap and sing in all I do,

Keep me travelling along with You.

5. You are older than the world can be,

You are younger than the life in me

Ever old and ever new,

Keep me travelling along with You.

Um chimmy-chimmy,

Um chimmy-chimmy,

Um chim chim chim

He sat down beside her and smoked his cigar…..

He said that he loved her but oh how he lied…..

They were to be married but she up and died….

He went to her funeral but just for the ride….

He sat on her tombstone and laughed till he cried…..

The tombstone rolled over and squish squash ,he died…..

She went to heaven and flip flap she flied…..

He went to the other place and sizzled and fried…..

The moral of this story is don’t tell a lie….

Great your friends with a smile.

CHORUS

Smile, smile, the world’s a better place

If you wear a smile upon your face.

Smile, smile, it’s an easy thing to do

May be someone will smile back at you

2. When all is wrong, things are looking bad

Everyone you meet is looking sad

Here’s the thing to do it’s really worth while

It’s never so bad with a smile.

CHORUS

3. If you manage a smile, things are never black

Smiles like boomerangs often come back

You will find that it’s better by a mile

If on your face there’s a smile.

CHORUS.

The Day i Went to Sea

When I was one I’d just begun, the day I went to sea :
I jumped aboard a pirate ship
And the Captain said to me,
“We’re going this way, that way, forwards, backwards,
Over the Irish Sea.
A bottle of rum to warm me tum,
And that’s the life for me,”
Da, da, da,da,
Da, da, da,

When I was two I lost my shoe the day I went to sea,
I jumped aboard a pirate ship
And the Captain said to me,
“We’re going this way, that way, forwards, backwards,
Over the Irish Sea.
A bottle of rum to warm me tum,
And that’s the life for me,”
Da, da, da,da,
Da, da, da,

When I was three I skinned my knee…..

When I was four I locked the door…..

When I was five I was just alive……….

When I was six I brought some sticks…

When I was seven I came from Devon….

When I was eight I was alomost late…..

When I was nine I walked the line …….

When I was ten I started again, the day i went to sea,
I jumped aboard a pirate ship
And the Captain said to me,
“We’re going this way, that way, forwards, backwards,
Over the Irish Sea.
A bottle of rum to warm me tum,
And that’s the life for me,”
Da, da, da,da,
Da, da, da………

You can vary this by allowing the singers’ imaginations free rein : point to someone randomly for them to improvisethe rhymes for each verse.

Actions

:

When I was one (indicate number by raising finger(s) for each verse)
I’d just begun, the day I went to sea :
I jumped aboard a pirate ship (”jump” - whether standing or seated!)
And the Captain said to me,
“We’re going this way, that way, forwards, backwards, (rock body to one side and then the other then forwards and backwards)
Over the Irish Sea (indicate “Over” motion with hand)
A bottle of rum to warm me tum, (take swig from imaginary bottle then rub stomach)
And that’s the life for me,” (slap thigh theatrically on the word “that’s” as a pantomime Principal Boy would.)
Da, da, da,da,
Da, da, da,

Thinking Day and Founders Song (Tune John’s Browns Body)

1. There’s one vast , united family.

In the World this Special Day,

Scouting, Guiding linked together

Here to worship and to pray,

As our Founder we remember,

with each other share a bond

of love this Special Day.

Chorus; Come and raise your voice in Scouting,

Come and raise your voice in Guiding,

Come and raise your voice in Praising,

With love this Special Day.

2. We are faithful to our Promise

We’re obedient to our Laws,

We are steadfast in our purpose

To uphold our worthwhile cause.

From all corners of the Universe

In friendship we are one

In love this Special Day.

3. In a world that lives in darkness

At a time of wards and blight,

May ideals of Scouting and Guiding

Be to ‘all’ a shining light.

Let us be prepared for Service,

As we go upon our way

With love this Special Day.

4. May God grant us all His blessing

Give our Leaders strength anew,

Take our lives and daily use us

As our vows we here renew.

In our Guiding and our Scouting

Dedicated we are one,

God Bless our Special Day.

**Tzena, Tzena join the celebrations, there’ll be people there from every nation,

Dawn will find us dancing in the sunlight , dancing in the village square

* A ravi, A ravi, goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li goo-li.

Ram sam sam a (etc)

And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same.

Oh you push the damper in

And you pull the damper out

And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same.

Star-ar of the evening

Shining on the cookhouse door

Tomorrow’s world will be built by you and me

So let’s give our hands to the world of tomorrow,

And build a future that is happy and free.

2. We all have a voice in the world of tomorrow,

Tomorrow’s song will be sung by you and me,

So let’s bring a smile to the world of tomorrow,

And sing a song that is happy and free

3. We all have a share in the life of tomorrow

Tomorrow’s child will be loved by you and me,

So let’s give our love to the world of tomorrow

And make a world that is happy and free.

Who brightens the heavens with stars when day is done?

2. Who models the snowflakes?

Who turns on the rain?

Who traces the pattern of frost on window-pane?

3. Who hides in the shadows?

Who chases the breeze?

Who dances so lightly with blossom from the trees?

4. Who colours the sunset?

Who sings in the dawn?

Who brushes the hedgerow with gold at early morn?

Music Reaches People Everywhere.

Sing your song! And it will link the lands together

For music reaches people ev’ry where

1.The world is full of people all basically the same,

Yet made to seem so different by race or creed or name.

How can we get together and prove to one and all

This world so big and wide can be quite small

2.So many children crying, so innocent and small

Just need someone to love them and help them when they fall.

There should be joy and laughter and smiles in every land -

How can we take those children by the hand?

3. The boundaries and frontiers that split the world today

Could disappear if men agree that peace can hold its sway.

If we can raise our voices and sing with all our might

Our song of love could make the future bright.

Is ever furled throughout the world

For hope shall never die

We must unite for what is right

In friendship true and strong

Until the earth in its rebirth

Shall sing our song

2. All those who loved the true and good

Whose promises were kept

With humble minds whose acts were kind

Whose honour never slept

These were the free and we must be

Prepared like them to live

To give to all both great and small

All we can give

them the stronger the get.

Each time I think I should launder them, something keeps

Telling me “No, no, not yet!” (repeat as necessary) Not yet,

not yet, not yet, not yet………….

If one man turns to listen to the message that you bring, one day the world will sing your song. One day the world will sing your song.

1. Joy is for bringing to those who are sad,

Joy is a gift that is free,

Joy is the gladness that brightens each day

Joy is a song for you and me

Joy is a song for you and me

2.Love is for giving wherever you go

Love is for showing you care,

Love is compassion and friendship and trust,

Love is a song for everywhere,

Love is a song for everywhere.

3.Peace is for spreading all over the world

Peace is for ending of war,

Peace is for justice and freedom and truth,

Peace is a song for evermore,

Peace is a song for evermore.

Lift up you heart and be happy.

With a song and a smile let us sing for a while,

Lift up your heart and be glad.

Come and join us Mister Jazz Man, come and sing us a

Lazy lazy blue-sy blue-sy rhythm

Mister Jazz Man, come and sing us a lazy lazy tune.

Just keep a steady beat, don’t tap your toe,

Let the music flow.

Just keep a steady beat, don’t tap your toe,

Let the music flow.

In a choir they’re singing this song

Gobble, gobble, quack, quack

Gobble, gobble, quack, quack

Gobble, gobble, quack, quack

Cock a doo dle doo

In the farm yard

Listen to the animals

In a choir they’re singing this song

Oink, oink, moo moo

Oink, oink, moo moo

Oink, oink, moo moo

Cock a doo dle doo

In the farm yard

Listen to the animals

In a choir they’re singing this song

Baa, baa, miau, miau

Baa, baa, miau, miau

Baa, baa, miau, miau

Cock a doo dle doo

In the farm yard

Listen to the animals

In a choir they’re singing this song

Woof, woof, neigh neigh

Woof, woof, neigh neigh

Woof, woof, neigh neigh

Cock a doo dle doo

Saw a rabbit hopping by (act like hopping rabbit)

Knocking at his door (knock)

Help me! Help Me! Help me! He said (throw arms up for each help me)

Or the hunter will shoot me dead! (make gun with fingers and shoot)

Come little rabbit, come with me (welcome gestures with hands)

Happy we will be (hug yourself)

Let the whole world hear our song

Keep music alive

Move your hands to the rhythm of the music

That’s what rhythm’s all about

Someone’s In The Kitchen I know, I know

Someone’s In The Kitchen With Dinah.

Playing on the old Banjo

Fee fi fiddly I o

Fee fi fiddly I o

Fee fi fiddly I o

Playing on the old Banjo.

When I paid for my goose twice as much as thine?

Every Girl Guide makes it better than you,

Every morning you’ll hear the Captain say

“Form fours! Eyes right! Stew for dinner today!”

(4 part round)

A rig of bamboo

Then we shall all agree

To sing in pleasant harmony

Cuckoo (This song can be sung in a 3-part round.)

‘Twas on a summer’s evening, I walked the forest through

When suddenly I heard it, a sweet and low cuckoo

Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo cuckoo

Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo cuckoo

Mister Moon, Mister Moon you’re out too soon, the sun is still in the sky.

Go back to bed and cover up your head and wait ’till the night draws nigh.

Can you sling them over your shoulder like a regimental soldier?

Do your ears hang low?

Yes my ears hang low, and they wobble to and fro?

I can tie them in a knot, I can tie them in a bow?

I can sling them over your shoulder like a regimental soldier?

Yes my ears hang low?

That is why I’m cracked you’ll see

I’m a nut,

I’m a nut

I’m a nut, I’m a nut, I’m a nut

Called myself on the telephone

Just to see if I was home

Asked my self out for a date

Told myself not to be late

I’m a nut,

I’m a nut

I’m a nut, I’m a nut, I’m a nut.

Took myself to the picture show

Sat myself on the very back row

Put my arms around my waist

Got so fresh I slapped my face

I’m a nut,

I’m a nut

I’m a nut, I’m a nut, I’m a nut

Oh Lord kumbaya

Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day

In the gloaming, in the gloaming,

Come sing and be merry.

A Pizza Hut a Pizza Hut

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

McDonalds, McDonalds

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

McDonalds, McDonalds

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

Chorus; Washing the clothes in the washing machine

I look through the window to see the getting clean.

1.Red clothes, blue clothes, I load them all in

Purple is the colour as I watch them spin.

2.Blue clothes, yellow clothes, I load them all in

Green is the colour as I watch them spin.

3.Yellow clothes, red clothes, I load them all in

Orange is the colour as I watch them spin.

WE BELONG

CHORUS

To one great family of love

No colours right or wrong

Black white or yellow

Across the world we span

And God love every one of us

The family of man

1. God made the world for us

To be happy have you seen it

Open your eyes

See the wonders out there

You need to realise it

To appreciate this prize

CHORUS

To one great family of love

No colours right or wrong

Black white or yellow

Across the world we span

And God love every one of us

The family of man

2. Oceans and rivers

Run deep across the world so wide

Birds fly in skies so blue

Trees and the flowers grow

In the summer on the hill side

In the early morning dew

CHORUS

To one great family of love

No colours right or wrong

Black white or yellow

Across the world we span

And God love every one of us

The family of man

Yes God loves everyone of us

The family of man.

We are just some of the children who belong We are just some of the children who belong We are just some of the children who belong

Somewhere There’s a Forest
1. Somewhere there’s a forest

Where you can stand and dream

And walk alone beside the waters

Of a forest stream

Chorus:

2. Somewhere there’s a seashore

Where the wind is blowing free

And wheeling seagulls call above

The music of the sea

3. Somewhere there’s a hillsideWhere you can climb at dawn

And wonder at the sunrise

As another day is born

BE BOLD

Be bold friend

Yes you’ve got to just be bold friend

Many name from the past who took courageous stands

Their fame it lasts and now it’s in our hands to be bold friend

Not afraid to be bold

That’s me I’ll try (shout and punch air 4 times)

Be bold friend

Yes you’ve got to just be bold friend

Many name from the past who took courageous stands

Their fame it lasts and now it’s in our hands to be bold friend

Not afraid to be bold

That’s us we’ll try (shout and punch air 4 times)

Big Buffalo

Big buffalo come from mountain far, far away

Big buffalo come from mountain far, far away

Far, far away, hee hee hee!

Far, far away, hee hee hee!

Big buffalo come from mountain far, far away

Actions:

Big: arms out to each side as if measuring something large

Buffalo: two fingers up at either side of head, imitating horns

Come from: both hands pointing back over one shoulder

Mountain: arms in a point over head

Far, far away: hold forearms up to shoulders, then rotate down to point right in front of you, repeat twice

(Repeat using Tiny and Humungous buffalo, altering actions and your voice appropriately!)

WORLD FRIENDS

(3 part round)Where ever we may travel. On land or air or sea

In almost every country. We’ll find our family

We’re Guides, We’re Guides And all of us are friends

We’re Guides, our love Around the world extends

Around the world, A round the world Around the world extends.

Around the world, A round the world Around the world extends.

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