Campfire rocks!!!  Here are some of our favourite campfire songs, or maybe just the ones that we remember.  Feel free to send nasty e-mails to Moose if these aren't written properly or they're missing a verse or something like that.  Oh, and if you happen to know any other good ones......

Fire's burning/Fire's not burning

Fire's (not) burning, fire's (not) burning,
Draw nearer, draw nearer,
In the (not) glowing, in the (not) glowing
Come sing and be merry!


 
 
 

Leaving on a Jetpane
 

All my bags are packed. I'm ready to go.
I'm standing here outside your door,
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn.
The taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn,
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry.

(Chorus)
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane (zoom!)
Don't know when I'll be back again -(crash!)
Oh Babe, I hate to go.

There's so many times I've let you down,
So many times I've played around,
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll think of you,
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you,
When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring.

(Chorus)

Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time let me kiss you,
Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come.
When I won't have to leave alone,
About the times I won't have to say ...

(Chorus)
 

Sanctuary
Lord prepare me,
To be a sanctuary
Bright and holy,
Tried and true,
With thanksgiiving,
I want to be a liiving,
Sanctuary,
Fo-ooorr you.
 

Grand Old Duke of York

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
The grand old Duke of York,
he had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
and he marched them down again.
And when you're up you're up,
and when you're down you're down,
and when you're only halfway up,
you're neither up nor down!
 

The Princess Pat (the right way...we hope)

The Princess Pat,
Light infantry,
She sailed across,
The seven seas,
They sailed across,
The channel two,
And they took with them,
A rick-a-dandoo!

Chorus:
A rick-a-dandoo!
Now what is that?
It's something made,
By the Princess pat!
It's red and gold,
And purple too!
That's what it's caaaaalllllllled,
A rick-a-dandoo!

Now Captain Jack,
And his mighty fine crew,
They sailed across,
The ocean blue.
Their ship did sink,
And yours will too!
If you don't take,
A rick-a-dandoo!

CHORUS
 

The Green Grass Grows all Around
 

500 bonus trivia points to whoever tells Moose how this song really starts first.
Once upon a time, there was a hole... and in that hole, there was a tree.

Now on that tree,
There was a branch,
The cuuuuutest little branch,
That you ever did see!
And the branch was on the tree
And the tree was in the hole
And the hole was in the ground

Chorus:
And the green grass grew all around all around!
And the green grass grew all around, yeehaw!

Now on that branch,
There was a twig,
The cuuuuutest little twig,
That you ever did see!
And the twig was on the branch
And the branch was on the tree
And the tree was in the hole
And the hole was in the ground
(Chorus)
Continue using nest, egg, bird, wing, feather, flea, bikini, and polka dot
until you run out of breath and collapse into a heap on the floor.
 

Captain Vegetable

My name is Andy
I love candy
I eat candy whenever i can
If it's handy, gimmie some candy
it's so good and sweet
the perfect treat
It's such a thrill to eat my fill
and gobble till there's nothing on my plate
Candy is great! But wait!!

[Captain Vegetable:]
It is I,
Captain Vegetable,
With my carrot
and my celery.
Eating crunchy vegetables
Is good for me.
And they're good for you,
So eat them, too.
For teeth so strong,
Your whole life long,
Eat celery
and carrots by the bunch.
Three cheers for me, Captain Vegetable,
Munch, munch, munch, munch!

My name is Eddie
I love spaghetti
so I eat it whenever i can
If it's ready, gimme spaghetti
It's the perfect thing, it looks like string
It's such a thrill to eat my fill
and gobble till there's nothing on my plate
Spaghetti is great!!! But Wait!!!!
 Wa wa what are you? some kinda Weirdo?

[Captain Vegetable:]
Do I look like a weirdo?
It is I your newest Superhero!

It is I,
Captain Vegetable,
With my carrot
and my celery.
Eating crunchy vegetables
Is good for me.
And they're good for you,
So eat them, too.
For teeth so strong,
Your whole life long,
Eat celery
and carrots by the bunch.
Three cheers for me, Captain Vegetable,
Munch, Munch, Munch, Munch!
 


 
 

The Broccoli Song

There's a lady,
That I know,
And if I didn't know her,
She'd be the lady,
I didn't know.

She went to the market,
To buy some....
BROCCOLI!
Chopping!
Broccoli!
CHOPPING!
Brocco-la-ca-caaa
CHOPPING!
brrrbbrrrllllelelbrrr
CHOPPING broccoleee!

(continue, using other vegetables)


 

The Tarzan song

Taaaarzan,
Was swinging on a rubber band,
Crashed into a frying pan,
Now tarzan's got a tan.

Jaaaaaane,
Was riding in an airplace,
Crashed into a weather vane,
Now Jane's got a pain,
Now Tarzan's got a tan.

Cheeeetah,
Was walking down the streetah,
Groovin' to the beatah,
Now Cheetah is velveeta,
Now Jane's got a pain,
Now Tarzan's got a tan.

Chaaaarlie,
Was riding on his Harley,
Crashed into Bob Marley,
Now Charlie's sort of gnarly,
Now Cheetah is velveeta,
Now Jane's got a pain,
Now Tarzan's got a tan.

Shaaamu,
Was swimming in the ocean blue,
Crashed into a big canoe,
Now Shamu's gonna sue,
Now Charlie's sort of gnarly,
Now Cheetah is Velveeta,
Now Jane's got a pain,
Now Tarzan's got a tan,
Now my friends this is the end.


No, it's not what you think. Yeti is being Tarzan.
 

Go Bananas!

Bananaaaas, unite!
Peel bananas,
Peel peel bananas!
Slice, bananas,
Slice slice bananas!
Eat, bananas,
Eat eat bananas!
Go, bananas,
Go go bananas!
 

He Jumped from 40 000 feet

(to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic)

He jumped from 40 000 feet, forgot to pull the cord,
He jumped from 40 000 feet, forgot to pull the cord,
He jumped from 40 000 feet, forgot to pull the cord,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MOOOORE!

Chorus:

Glory, glory what a heck of a way to die (repeat x2)
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MOOOORE!

He landed on the runway like a blob of strawberry jam (repeat x2)
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MOOOORE!

(chorus)

They scraped him off the runway with a rotten 2 by 4 (repeat x2)
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MOOOORE!

(chorus)

They sent him home to mother in a soggy cardboard box (repeat x2)
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MOOOORE!

(chorus)

They buried him six feet under in that same old cardboard box (repeat x2)
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MOOOORE!
 

The Moose song

There was a great big moose
Who liked to drink a lot of juice!
 (repeat)

 CHORUS
Singin' Woooaoooooooah!
Wayowayowayowayo!
WAYYYYYYYO Wayo!
Wayowayowayowayo!

His name was Fred
He liked to drink his juice in bed!
   (repeat)
      (CHORUS)

He drank his juice with care....
BUT HE SPILT IT ON HIS HAIR!
  (repeat)
      (CHORUS)

Now he's a sticky moose!
Fuuuulllllll offffff juuuuuuuuuice!
Onnnnnn theeee loooooose!
 

Sam the lavatory man

Sam, Sam, the lavatory man,
Cheif inspector of the outhouse can...
Tissue paper, tissue paper, paper towel,
Listen to the rumble of the human bowel...

Deep, down, under the ground,
Look at all the turdies floatin' around!
Sam, Sam, the lavatory maaaaan!
Scoopin' up the poop with an old tin can!
 

Another Song about Poop (thanks Squirrel!)

Plop plop, fizz fizz, the cows are taking a whiz
Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is!
All day the sound of cow pies hitting the ground
It goes oozing through the ground to the H2O
Till it looks so suspiciously brown
 

The Beaver Song
Beaver one, beaver all, let's all do the beaver crawl!
(dance around like a crawling beaver)
Beaver two, beaver three, lets all climb the beaver tree!
(dance around like a climbling beaver)
Beaver four, beaver five, lets all do the beaver jive!
(dance around like a jiveing beaver)
Beaver six, beaver seven, lets all go to beaver heaven!
(dance around like a beaver ascending to heaven)
Beaver eight, beaver nine... STOP, it's beaver time!
 

Bamboo Bungalo

 I'll build you a bamboo bungalo..
Big enough for two, my honey, big enough for two!
When we get married, happy we'll be,
Under the bamboo
BOOM BOOM TREE!
Boom boom, boom boom, boom boom boom boom
boom boom!
Let's take a w-a-l-k walk in the p-a-r-k park,
And I'll k-i-s-s kiss you in the d-a-r-k dark!
You are the b-e-s-t best of all the r-e-s-t rest,
And I will l-o-v-e love you for all t-i-m-e time!
Two for a nickel, three for a dime,
Shave and a haircut, two bits!
Jump in the shower, you drip!
Jump in the bread box, you crumb!
You've got a bald spot, tough luck!
 
 
 
 

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