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DEEP AND WIDE

Deep and wide, deep and wide.
There's a fountain flowing deep and wide.
Deep and wide, deep and wide.
There's a fountain flowing deep and wide.
 
There are hand motions that accompany this song and they are the hands above each other for deep, spread apart for wide, wavy motion for flowing and uplifted for fountain. Then, after singing the song once, the group sings it again leaving out deep. Next, the song is sung leaving out wide. As expected, fountain is gone next and finally flowing so that the whole song is hand motions. Sound familiar?
   
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He put them in a garden fair.
Thought they'd be most happy there.

"Apples, peaches, pears and such."
"But that there tree you mustn't touch."

Around that tree old Satan slunk
And at Miss Eve his eye he wunk.

"Miss Eve, this fruit's so powerfully fine."
"Just take one, the Lord won't mind."

So she took a pick and she took a pull.
She darn near filled her apron full.

One day when the Lord came round.
He saw them cores a-lying on the ground.  

"Adam, Adam where art thou?"
"Right here Lord. I's a coming right now."

"Adam who these cores did leave?"
"Weren't me Lord. Must have been Eve."

"Adam you must leave this place."
"And earn your living by the sweat of your face."  

That's the end there ain't no more.
Eve got the apple and Adam got the core
 
This one's for you Chris Meyer. My sister gave me the words and now you can commit the whole thing to memory so that your children can learn them on family camping trips.
 
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DING DONG (SOCK SONG)

CHORUS
A ding dong, dong, dong, dong.
A ding dong, dong, dong, dong.
A ding-dong.

Old Eric don't wear no socks.(a ding dong)
I saw him when he peeled them off.(a ding-dong)
He threw them in the air.(a ding-dong)
Now Superman's on Medicare.
CHORUS

Old Chris don't wear no socks.(a ding-dong)
I saw him when he sand-blasted them off.(a ding-dong)
He threw them at a door.(a ding-dong)
Now that door's a KYBO floor.
CHORUS

Other verses 
He threw them in a boat.(a ding-dong)
Now that boat just don't float.

He threw them in the sky.(a ding-dong)
Now all of the birds refuse to fly.

He threw them at a can.(a ding-dong)
Killed two alley cats and a garbage man. 

He threw them at the North Pole.(a ding-dong)
Now there’s an ozone hole 

He threw them at a wall.(a ding-dong)
And they stuck... [pause] 

He threw them across the sea.(a ding-dong)
And started World War III 

He threw them at a log (a ding-dong)
And he killed poor Kermit the Frog. 

He threw them at a tree
Now the dogs refuse to pee. 

He threw them at a pole
Now that pole’s a ten foot hole. 

He threw them up the hill
And murdered poor Jack and Jill 

He threw them in _______’s hair [insert person with ‘big hair’]
And killed all the creatures there.

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DOG CAT MOUSE

Dog! REPEAT
Dog, Cat! REPEAT
Dog, cat, mouse! REPEAT
Froggie! REPEAT
Itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, little bitty froggie. REPEAT
Fleas and flies are scrumdilicious. REPEAT
Ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit croak REPEAT
Faster! REPEAT
 
This song has a clapping rhythm that goes with the words. The rhythm is a hand clap and then a slap to the thighs. As the song is repeated over and over, the beat gets faster until the words and rhythm are as fast as possible. And yes, it is like both Calamine Lotion and Flea Fly in its tune and hand clapping. In case you are wondering, this is a Derek Rudolph import.

GWH
Just to show you how international Scouting truly is, this song was taught to me by a USA Scouter working on a UK campsite back in the mid-1980s. When I, in turn, taught it to Polish Scouts with whom I camped in 1991 they were so impressed that they used it to give me my Scout name, which is the Polish word for "frog"!
   
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DOWN BY THE BANKS 

Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bankie.
With a hip, hop leap and a jump.
Esop kerwillie and a ker plunk!
 
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DOWN BY THE BAY

Down by the bay REPEAT
Where the watermelons grow REPEAT
Back to my home REPEAT
I dare not go. REPEAT
For if I did REPEAT
My mother would say: REPEAT
**...Have you ever seen llamas, wearing pajamas?
Down by the Bay.

(** Insert different verse each time)

Have you ever seen ants, wearing pants?

Have you ever seen mosquitoes, eating Doritos?

Have you ever seen moths, cooking broths?

Have you ever heard a song, that's gone on too long?

 
Mr. Derek Rudolph can be thanked for bringing this to camp.

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DOWN BY THE STATION 

Down by the station early in the morning.
See the little pufferbellies all in a row.
See the station master turn the little handle.
Puff puff! Toot toot! Off they go.
 
A tradition at CFL is to march around the kitchen or campfire in imitation of little trains on railroad tracks because that is what the pufferbellies are. Puffer bellies are supposed to be trains. Essentially this song can go on forever, as Charlie Bay can attest to.
 
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DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW 

Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

 
Do your ears hang high? Do they reach up to the sky?
Can you hear a million miles? Do they force a lot of smiles?
Can you touch a plane's wings when they fly up near the things?
Do your ears hang high?

GWH98 There is another verse "Do your ears hang wide?" but I don't have the words...

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DRUNKEN SAILOR 

CHORUS
Way-hay and up she rises. Way-hay and up she rises.
Way-hay and up she rises. Early in the morning.

What do you do with a drunken sailor?
What do you do with a drunken sailor?
What do you do with a drunken sailor?
Early in the morning.

Throw him in bed with the captain's daughter.
Throw him in bed with the captain's daughter.
Throw him in bed with the captain's daughter.
Early in the morning.

Throw him in a long boat ‘til he's sober...

Tie him to the mast until he's sober...

Tickle his foot with a pigeon's feather...

Hang him from the side until he's sober...

 
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DUM DUM DA DA

Dum dum da-da-. Dum dum da-da.
Dum dum da-da da dum
Dum dum da-da. Dum dum da-da
Dum dum da da da dum.
 
This song has some mysterious hand motions of which I know little. Ask Derek Rudolph, he probably knows them. Wait a minute, I know the motions. First the first time through the song, pat your hands on your legs twice and then clap your hands twice. Next verse, clap your hands twice while sliding the hands from side to side. Third verse, pat your hands on your thighs twice and then slap your left hand to your right elbow and then right hand onto your left elbow. In the words of Mike Salins, make the genie pose. The song should be sung to the same rhythm each verse.
 
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