Campfire Rock

Ash Grove

Down yonder green valley
where streamlets meander
While twilight is fading
I pensively roam.
Or at the bright noontide
in solitude wander,
Amidst the dark shades
of the lonely ash grove.
‘Tis there where the blackbird
is cheerfully singing,
Each warbler enchants
with his notes from a tree.
Ah, then little think I
of sorrow or sadness,
The ash grove entrancing
spells beauty for me.

Billboard

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Bill. Bill who?

Chorus:
Build up that billboard upon the hill
That sexy billboard gives me quite a thrill
When I was younger and just a child
That sexy billboard drove me wild
Are you from Function, from Function Junction
Where all those function suction cups are made?
If you’re from Function, from Function Junction
Well, I’m from Function too.

Other verses:

Fran — Franchise, Tear– Tear down, Re– Rebuild

Canoe Song

My paddle’s keen and bright,
Flashing with silver,
Follow the wild goose flight,
Dip, dip and swing.
Dip, dip and swing her back,
Flashing with silver,
Swift as the wild goose flight,
Dip, dip and swing.

Dem Bones

Chorus:
I know’d it, know’d it,
Indeed I knowed it brother,
I know’d it, whee.
Dem bones gonna rise again

Refrain [r]:
Dem bones gonna rise again

(All)

1. Lord He thought He’d make a man, [r]
Took a little water an’ He took a little sand [r]
2. Adam was the first He made [r]
Put him on the bank and dried him in the shade [r]
3. Took a rib from Adam’s side [r]
Made Miss Eve to be his bride [r]
4. Put them in a garden fair [r]
Thought they’d be most happy there [r]

(Lord)

5. Apples, peaches, pears, and such [r]
But of this tree you must not touch [r]

(All)

6. ‘Round that tree old Satan slunk [r]
And at Miss Eve his eye he wunk [r]

(Eve)

7. Adam, see this fruit so fine [r]
Take a bite, the Lord won’t mind [r]

(Lord)

8. Adam, who dem cores did leave? [r]

(Adam)

I don’t know, Lord. ‘Speck ’twas Eve. [r]

(Lord)

9. Adam, you must leave this place. [r]
And earn you livin’ by the sweat o’ your face. [r]

(All)

10. He took a hoe and he took a plow [r]
And that’s why we’re all working now. [r]
11. From this story there is an Oman,[r]
Never underestimate the power of a woman.

Dona

On a wagon bound for market
There’s a calf with a mournful eye,
High above him there’s a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky.

Chorus:

How the winds are laughing,
They laugh with all their might.
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer’s night
Dona, Dona
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Do,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona, Do.
Stop complaining said the farmer
Who told you a calf to be?
Why don’t you have wings to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free?

(Chorus)

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why,
But whoever treasures freedom
Like the swallow has learned to fly.

(Chorus)

Flicker

The flicker of the campfire, the wind in the pines,
The moon in the heavens, the stars that shine,
A place where people gather to make friends of all kinds,
A place where all men’s troubles are always left behind.
So, give me the light of the campfire, warm and bright,
Give me some friends I can sing with, I’ll be here all night.
Love is for those who find it; I’ve found mine right here,
Just you and me and the campfire, and the songs we love to hear.
(repeat second stanza)

Green Grow the Rushes

I’ll sing you one ho; green grow the rushes ho.
What is your one hoe?
1. One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so
2. Two, two the little white boys clothed all in green-o
3. Three, three the rivals
4. Four for the gospel makers
5. Five for the symbols at your door
6. Six for the six proud walkers
7. Seven for the seven stars in the sky
8. Eight for the April rainers
9. Nine for the nine bright shiners
10. Ten for the ten commandments
11. Eleven for the eleven who went to heaven
12. Twelve for the twelve apostles

Lollipop

L-O-double L-I-P-O-P spells lollipop, lollipop;
That’s the only decent kind of candy, candy,
Man who made it must have been a dandy, dandy;
L-O-double L-I-P-O-P you see
It’s a lick on a stick guaranteed to make you sick.
It’s lollipop for me.
C-A-S-T-E-R O-I-L spells caster oil, caster oil;
That’s the only decent kind of medicine, medicine,
Man who made it must have been an Edison, Edison;
C-A-S-T-E-R O-I-L you see
It’s a lick on a spoon guaranteed to kill you soon.
It’s caster oil for me.

Manana

The counselors at Camp Onaway are mean as they can be,
They think of everything they can to torture you and me.
But someday I’ll be old enough to be a counselor, too,
I’ll be the meanest counselor that Camp Onaway ever knew.

Chorus:
Manana, Manana, I’ll be real nasty
Just you wait and see.

Before I came to Onaway I thougt I swam the crawl,
But now I fear there’s noone here who feels that way a all.
I’m just a little minnow blowing bubbles ’til I’m numb
If what they want is bubbles, why not give us bubble gum?

(Chorus)

We’re either Browns or else we’re Whites, but I’m all black and blue,
They took us up to Soup-Bowl Slide and told us what to do,
I did as I was bid and slid right down that rocky slide,
That slide was made for permanence, and not my little hide.

(Chorus)

The other day when I was thrown I lay there in the dirt;
My elbows, shoulders, back and knees, and dignity were hurt;
They signed and shook their heads and said, “my dear it is a shame,
But you of course and not the horse are certainly to blame.”

(Chorus)

I thought I was a climber but I quickly got my fill
While playing “hide and seek” with cows while scaling Tenny’s Hill’
If every mountain climber must contend with things like that,
I’ll pray for fallen arches and go climbing where it’s flat.

(Chorus)

Maria

A way out here they have a name
For wind and rian and fire.
The rain is Tess, the fire is Joe,
and they call the wind Maria.
Maria blows the stars around
And send the clouds a flyin’;
Maria makes the mountains sound
Like folks were up there dying.
Maria, Maria, they call the wind Maria.
Before I knew Maria’s name
And heard her wail and whining,
I had a gal and she had me
And the sun was always shining.
But then one day I left my gal,
I left her far behind me,
And now I’m lost, so cold and lost,
Not even God can find me.
Maria, Maria, they call the wind Maria.
Out here they have a name for rain,
For wind and fire only,
But when you’re lost and all alone,
There ain’t no name but lonely.
Now I’m a lost and lonely man,
Without a star to guide me.
Maria blow my love to me,
I need my gal beside me.
Maria, Maria, they call the wind Maria.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms are a vegetable, that you eat when you are able
You will know them when you eat them,
You will know them when you eat them,
If in heaven you awaken, and you find you were mistaken,
And the mushrooms you have eaten weren’t
the ones you should have et….
Must have been toadstools–tough luck.

Onaway, A Promise

Onaway, a promise, a vow not to forget,
Though far from your shores.
Onaway, together, we live time and again;
In days to come,
I will come back, I shall come back,
To praise they name once more.
When I stand alone by the lake, by the lake,
Tall pines bring me peace just to see,
To relive again friendships old, life so free,
I’ll be coming back, wait for me.
Onaway, I promise, I vow not to forget,
Though far from your shores.
Onaway, together, we live time and again;
In days to come,
I will come back, I shall come back,
To praise they name once more.

Tall Silk Hat

One day, I took with me into the subway,
My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.
I put it down upon the seat beside me,
My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.
A big, fat lady came and sat upon it,
My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.
A big, fat lady came and sat upon it,
My tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.
Christopher Columbus, now what do you think of that?
A big, fat lady sat upon my hat,
My hat she broke, now what’s the joke,
My hat she broke, now what’s the joke,
Christopher Columbus, now what do you think of that?
HEY!

Winkin, Blinkin and Nod

Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe-
Out on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going and what do you wish?”
the old moon asked the three.
“We’ve come to fish for the herring fish
That live in the beautiful sea.”
The old moon laughed and he sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars are the herring fish
That live in the beautiful sea-
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish,
Never afeared are we.”
Winkin, and Blinkin are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one’s trundle bed.
So close your eyes while Mother sings
Of the wonderful sights that be
And you shall see these beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea.So goes the tale of the fishermen three:
Winkin, Blinkin and Nod.