BLACK SOCKS (Camp song round)

Black socks they never get dirty,
The longer you wear them the stronger they get.
Sometimes, I think I should wash them, but something inside me says
no no not yet! Not yet not yet not yet...


BOTTLE OF POP

Oh I wish I was a little bottle of pop (bottle of pop)
Oh I wish I was a little bottle of pop (bottle of pop)
I'd go down with a slurpy and come up with a burpy
O I wish I was a little bottle of pop. (bottle of pop)

Oh I wish I was a little bar of soap (bar of soap)
Oh I wish I was a little bar of soap (bar of soap)
I'd go slippy and a slidy over everybody's hidey
Oh I wish I was a little bar of soap.

Oh I wish I was a little mosquito (mosquito)
Oh I wish I was a little mosquito (mosquito)
I'd go nippy and a bitey under everybody's nighty
Oh I wish I was a little mosquito (mosquito)

Oh I wish I was a little English Sparrow (English Sparrow)
Oh I wish I was a little English Sparrow (English Sparrow)
I'd go up to the steeple and go PPLLPP upon the people
Oh I wish I was a little English Sparrow.


CHEER GIRLS CHEER

Late last night, when we were all in bed
Old Lady Leary left the lantern in the shed.
The cow kicked it over, she winked her eye and said
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight.
FIRE FIRE FIRE!


Cheer girls cheer, the school is burning down.
Cheer girls cheer, it's burning to the ground. Cheer girls cheer, it's the only school in town
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight.


DONKEY RIDING (Canadian Sea Chanty)

Were you ever in Quebec, stowing timber on the deck?
Where there's a king with a golden crown riding on a donkey?

CHORUS: Hey ho away we go, donkey riding, donkey riding
Hey ho away we go, riding on a donkey.

Were you ever off the Horn, where it's always fine and warm?
Seen the Lion and the Unicorn riding on a donkey?

CHORUS

Were you ever in Cardiff Bay where the folks all shout HOORAY?
Here comes John with his three months pay, riding on a donkey!

CHORUS


FISH N CHIPS N VINEGAR
( I recently heard a fourth section added to this song, but it is
typically sung with three. I have added the fourth verse here though,

Group 1: 1 bottle of pop, 2 bottle of pop, 3 bottle of pop,
4 bottle of pop, 5 bottle of pop, 6 bottle of pop,
7 bottle of pop, pop.

Group 2: Fish n chips n vinegar, vinegar, vinegar
Fish n chips n vinegar, pepper, pepper, pepper, salt.

Group 3: Don't throw your junk in my backyard, my backyard,
My backyard.
Don't throw your junk in my backyard, my backyard's full.

Group 4: It's cold in the winter, it's cold in the fall,
It's cold in the summer time when it doesn't matter at all.


GING GANG GOO
Public Domain

(My mother used to sing this as a Girl Scout in Guyana, South America
and it has always been a favorite with the girls. It is a Two part
round, one group continues with the oompa, while the other sings the
words and then switch)

Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie,
Watcha ging gang goo, ging gang goo.
Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie,
Watcha ging gang goo, ging gang goo,
Hayla, Hayla shayla. Hayla shayla, Hayla ho.
Hayla, Hayla shayla, Hayla shayla, Hayla ho.
Shallawally, shallawally, shallawally, shallawally oompa oompa oompa..


GIRL GUIDE CAMP ( I learned this one at Pipers Hill in the early 80's!)

I'm going to Girl Guide Camp O pity me
There's not a boy in the vicinity!
And every night at nine they lock the doors
I don't know why I ever came to camp before!
I'm gonna pack my bags and go back home
I'm gonna turn the whole toen upside down!
I'm gonna smoke and drink and what the heck, I'm gonna neck
At Girl Guide Camp!
Rah rah ree, kick em in the knee!
Rah rah rass, kinck enm in the- other knee!


GUIDE MARCHING SONG

Who are these, swinging along the road?
With a pack on their pack and a song in their heart to ease the load.
It's been eighty years or more, since they crowded through the door
And they're coming along as gay and strong
As ever they came before.
They are Guides all Guides and in unexpected places
You'll meet their friendly faces and a ready hand beside.
There's not much danger in finding you're a stranger
for Commissioner or Ranger they are Guides, all Guides.

Who are these leaving the beaten track?
They are climbing high to the open sky and they won't turn back
You may join them where you will
For the gate is open still
And the Guides of today can find their way to the path across the hill
They are Guides all Guides at this moment you will find them.
With eighty years behind them and a steady heart besides.
For in need or danger,
They're friends to every stranger
And as Brownie Guide and Ranger, they are Guides, all Guides.


HAPPY WANDERER

I love to go a wandering along the mountain track
And as I go, I love to sing, my knapsack on my back
Fal di re, Fal di ra, Fal di re, Fal di ra ha ha ha ha ha
Fal di re, Fal di ra, My knapsack on my back.

I love to go a wandering until the day I die,
and may I always laugh and sing
beneath God's clear blue sky!
Fal di re, Fal di ra...


HOW PECULIAR (To the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic)

When one sly snake slid up the slide the other sly snake slid down
When one sly snake slid up the slide the other sly snake slid down
When one sly snake slid up the slide the other sly snake slid down
When one sly snake slid up the slide the other sly snake slid down

CHORUS: Glory glory how peculiar
Glory glory how peculiar
Glory glory how peculiar
When one sly snake..

When one drunk duck dropped into the ditch
The other drunk duck dropped dead

CHORUS

When one black bug bled blue black blood the other black bug bled blue

CHORUS


I LOVE THE FLOWERS
Public Domain

(This song is done as a round, one half sings the lyrics
and the other sings the boom di ah dahs)

I love the flowers, and the daffodils,
I love the rippling brooks,
And the ocean blue
I love to live, and I love to laugh,
For all these wonderful things
Tra la la, boom di ah dah, boom di ah dah, boom di ah dah, boom di ah dah


IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN

(This song is corny and simple, but my girls sing it faster and
faster. It's a good song when you're in a silly mood!)

It ain't gonna rain no more no more
It ain't gonna rain no more.
How in the heck can I wash my neck
If it ain't gonna rain no more?


KOOKABURRA

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry merry King of the bush is he
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra
Gay your life must be.

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra; Stop, Kookaburra
Save some there for me.


LEMME (This was very popular when I did Brownies)

CHORUS Group 1: What's your name Little boy?
Group 2: My name is Lemme.
Group 1: Lemme What, little boy?
Group 2: Lemme kiss ya!

Group 2: What's your name Little girl?
Group 1: My name is Ida.
Group 2: Ida What Little girl?
Group 1: Ida Wanna!

CHORUS

Group 2: What's your name Little girl?
Group 1: My name is Laska.
Group 2: Laska What little girl?
Group 1: Laska my momma!

CHORUS

Group 2: What's your name Little girl?
Group 1: My name is Ollie.
Group 2: Ollie What Little girl?
Group 1: Ollie Wright!


ONE DAY I MET (repeat song)

One Day I met
A great big bear
A great big bear
Away up there.

One day I met a great big bear, a great big bear a way up there.

He looked at me
I looked at him
He sized up me
I sized up him.

He looked at me I looke at him, he sized up me I sized up him.

He said to me
Why don't you run
Cause I see you ain't
Got any gun

He said to me why don't you run, cause I see you ain't got any gun.

And so I ran
Away from there
But right behind
Me was that bear

And so I ran away from there, but right behind me was that bear.

Ahead of me
There was a tree
A great big tree
O lordy me

Ahead of me there was a tree, a great big tree o lordy me!

The nearest branch
Was 10 feet up
I had to jump
And trust my luck

The nearest branch was 10 feet up, I had to jump and trust my luck.

And so I jumped
Into the air
But I missed that branch
Away up there

And so I jumped into the air, but I missed that branch away up there!

Now don't you fret
Now don't you frown
Cause I caught that branch
On the way back down

Now don't you fret now don't you frown, cause I caught that branch on
the way back down

Now that's the end there ain't no more, unless I meet that bear once more
Now that's the end there ain't no more, unless I meet that bear once more

And so I met
That bear once more
He was a rug
ON the living room floor


O'REILEY'S DEAD

(Our girls sing this two part round faster and faster as they go along)

O'Reiley is dead and O'Really don't know it
O'Really is dead and O'Reiley don't know it
They're both lying dead in the very same bed,
And neither one knows that the other one's dead
Rum, rum, rum, rum, rum...


PINK PYJAMAS (To the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic)

I wear my pink pyjamas in the summer when it's hot
I wear my flannel nighty in the winter when it's not
And sometimes in the springtime
And sometimes in the fall
I jump into my little bed with nothing on at all!
That's the time you oughtta see me
That's the time you oughtta see me
That's the time you oughtta see me
When I jump into my little bed with nothing on at all!


QUARTER MASTER STORE

There were beans, beans, big as submarines in the store, in the store
There were beans, beans, big as submarines in the quarter master store
CHORUS: My eyes are dim I cannot see,
I have not brought my specs with me
I have not brought, my specs with me.


SAM

Sam, Sam, the lavatory man
Chief inspector of the outhouse can
Toilet paper, toilet paper, paper towels
Listen to the rumble of the human bowels!
Deep down, under the ground
See the little turdies all floating around
Sam, Sam the lavatory man
Scooping up the pooping with his bare bare hands!


SPECKLED FROGS

3 green and speckled frog, sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs, YUM, YUM.
One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool
Then we had two green speckled frogs, GLUB, GLUB


TAILS

If everybody had a tail, and chose it's shape and size
Would you prefer a tufted one to swat at passing flies?
Or would you like a stumpy one to stomp on wooden floors?
Or perhaps a warm and fluffy one to curl around your paws?

Tails, tails, tails, you can swing them to and fro
You can wrap them round your middle,
You can trail them in the snow.
You can wave them when you're angry
You can wag them when you're glad
You can chase them round and round and round and round and round
and round and round and round and round and round and round
and round and round and round and round until you drive the
neighbours MAD!


THREE IN THE BED (Great Sparks tune!)

Three in the bed and the little one I'm tired, roll over
So they all roled over and one fell out
and landed on the ground with a great big shout,
"Please remember, to tie a knot in your pyjamas
single beds are only made for 1, 2 in the bed...etc
(For some reason, the Please, remember.. part was always done
with an English accent.)


THE GUIDING LAW
copyright Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada 1994. May be copied by Members for use within Guiding

I challenge myself with the Guiding Law to be honest and true
To be wise in the use of resources I have,
To respect myself and others too,
To know and to use my gifts and skills
To protect our common world.
Live with courage and strength and to share in the joys of the
Guiding Sisterhood!


THE PING PONG BALL (To the tune of William Tell overture)

A Guide had a game with a ping pong ball
A Guide had a game with a ping pong ball
A Guide had a game with a ping pong ball
With a ping, ping pong ball!

O a Guide had a game with a ping pong, ping pong, ping pong, ping pong
ball
With a ping, with a ping, with a ping, with a ping pong ping pong
ping pong ping pong ball!

Ping, ping ping ping ping ping ping ping ping!
A Guide had a game with a ping pong ball
A Guide had a game with a ping pong ball
O a Guide had a game with a ping pong ball
With a ping ping pong ball!


TINGA LAY0
Public Domain

Tinga layo, come little donkey come
Tinga layo, come little donkey come
My donkey walk, my donkey talk, my donkey eat with a knife and fork
My donkey sleep, my donkey eat, my donkey kick with his two hind feet
Tinga layo, come little donkey come
Tinga layo, come little donkey come.


TOMMY TOAD (To the tune of O Tannebaum)

O Tommy Toad O Tommy Toad, why are you lying on the road
O Tommy Toad O Tommy Toad, why are you lying on the road?
You did not see the car ahead, and now you're marked with tire tread
O Tommy Toad O Tommy Toad, why are you lying on the road?

O Fred the Fish O Fred the Fish, why are you lying on the dish
O Fred the Fish O Fred the Fish, why are you lying on the dish?
You did not see the hook ahead, and now your head is stuffed with bread
O Fred the Fish O Fred the Fish, why are you lying on the dish?


WINGS OF A BUZZARD

(The cornier your country accent the better this song sounds)

If I had the wings of a buzzard
Up to the woods I would fly
There to remain as a buzzard
Until the day that I die - I die

Cho-rus
Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la.
Ooh la la, Ooh la la lay - once more.
Ooh la la, ooh la la ooh la.
Until the day that I die - I die!

2. Fruity Fly
3. Aeroplane
4. 'Skeeter


WORLD CENTRES SONG (To the tune If you're Happy and You know It)

Just to visit the world centres is a thrill!
Though the distance may deter us, go we will!
We can meet old friends and new, share our faith and customs too
Where though far from home we may be happy still!


OUR CHALET is in the mountains, it is Swiss.
It is one place you should never give a miss.
Climb the mountain, ski back down, you will never wear a frown
When you gather in a lovely home like this.


Come to London on the way to anywhere.
PAX LODGE is here for everyone to share.
See the great historic sites, or the theaters at nights
Knowing you've a home to greet you that will care.


OUR CABANA stand in Mexico - OLE!
And whoever goes to visit wants to stay.
There's a welcome there for all, secret friends on you may call
So that this is home for you in every way.


There's an Indian experience, come along!
Come together here at SANGAM with a song.
Light a candle for our friends and at last when daylight ends,
We're together at our home where we belong!

(W.A.G.G.G.S. 26th World Conference,
Nairobi, Kenya - July 1987)