LEADER
I am the music man, I come from down your way and I can play.
 
AUDIENCE
What can you play?
 
LEADER
I play the tuba.
 
AUDIENCE
Then let us hear you.
 
EVERYONE
Oompa, oompa, oom-pa-pa. Oom-pa-pa. Oom-pa-pa.
Oompa, oompa, oom-pa-pa. Oompa Oompa oomp Hey!

I am the music man, I come from down your way and I can play.
What can you play?
I play the drums.
Then let us hear you.

Boomie boomie boomie boom. Boomie boom. Boomie boom
Boomie boomie boomie boom. Boomie boombie boom Hey!
Oompa oompa oom-pa-pa. Oom-pa-pa Oom-pa-pa.
Oompa oompa oom-pa-pa. Oompa oompa oomp Hey!
 
Feel free to consult the Orchestra Song for more instruments. The song is set up in a really similar manner, just a different lead in to the instruments.
 
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I LIKE TO EAT

I like to eat, I like to eat, I like to eat
Eat apples and bananas
I like to eat, I like to eat, I like to eat
Eat apples and bananas

O loke to oat, O loke to oat, O loke to oat
Oat opples ond bononos.
O loke to oat, O loke to oat, O loke to oat,
Oat opples ond bononos.

E leek tee eat...
A lake ta ate...
U luke tu ut...
Y lyke ty yte...
 
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I LOVE A SHORT SONG

I love a short song. Ugh!

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I LOVE THE MOUNTAINS

I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills.
I love the flowers, I love the daffodils.
I love the fireside when all the lights are low.
Boom-di-ada, boom-di-ada, boom-di-ada, boom-di-ada.
 
This song can be sung in a round with the one side doing the boom diadas while the other half sings the other part. Individuals, such as Steve Bergman, have been known to change the words of this song to "I hate the mountains".
 
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I LOVE TO GO AWANDERING

Chorus
Valderi (echo), Valdera (echo), Valderi (echo),
Valdera ha ha ha ha ha!
Valderi (echo), Valdera (echo) my knapsack on my back.

I love to go a-wandering, along the mountain track.
And as I go I love to sing, my knapsack on my back.
                                                CHORUS

I love to wander by the stream, that dances in the sun.
Merrily it calls to me, "Come join my happy song!"

I wave my hat to all I see, and they wave back to me.
Blackbirds sing so joyously, from every greenwood tree.

Oh may I go a-wandering, until the day I die.
And may I always laugh and sing, 'neath God's clear blue sky.

 
Eric Anderson loved this song with a passion that was great to see in a CFL staffer. Perhaps his affinity for one song is something that we could all adopt about something at camp.
 
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I SAYS TO MYSELF (TOP NOTCHER)

I says to myself, vat is das here?
Das is my top notcher, ya ma my dear
Top notcher, top notcher, rinkie dinkie doo.
Dat's vat ve learn in der school, yaa vo!

I says to myself, vat is das here?
Das is my sweat browser, ya ma my dear.
Sweat browser, top notcher, rinkie dinkie doo.
Dat's vat ve leaarn in der school, ya vo!

(then following verses...) 
Top notcher,
sweat browser,
eye blinker,
horn blower
Soup strainer,
chin chowser,
rubber necker,
bread basket
 
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IF I HAD A HAMMER

If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning.
I'd hammer in the evening, all over this land.
I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out a warning.
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.

If I had a bell, I'd ring it in the morning.
I'd ring it in the evening, all over this land.
I'd ring out danger, I'd ring out a warning.
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters.
All over this land.

If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning.
I’d sing it in the evening all over this land
I'd sing out danger, I'd sing out a warning.
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters.
All over this land.

Now I’ve got a hammer, and I’ve got a bell,
And I’ve got a song to sing, all over this land.
It’s a hammer of justice, It’s a bell of freedom,
It’s the song about love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
 
For some people, this will no doubt bring back memories of Mike the bus driver with the tinted glasses who always sang this for chapel.

GWH
The version in this original compilation only had the first two verses so I took the liberty of adding the other two.
 
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IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. (clap-clap)
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. (clap-clap)
If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it.
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. (clap-clap)

If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet. (stomp-stomp)
(and the rest of the verses)
If you're happy and you know it shout "Hooray" (hoo-ray)
If you're happy and you know it do all three. (clap. stomp, hooray)
 
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I'M A NUT

I'm a little acorn round, I'm forever falling down.
No one ever picks me up. I'm an acorn, I'm a nut.

I'm a nut (cluck-cluck), I'm a nut (cluck-cluck), I'm a golden nut.
Call myself on the telephone just to hear that good old tone
Ask myself for a dat, pick me up at half past eight.

I'm a nut (cluck-cluck), I'm a nut (cluck-cluck), I'm a golden nut.
Take myself to the picture show, sit right down in the very front row.
Put my arm around my waist, if I'm fresh I'll slap my face.

I'm a nut (cluck-cluck), I'm a nut (cluck-cluck), I'm a golden nut.
 
Greg Tripp, this is your song from my camper days. Do you still remember cooking merit badge? All of us who earned it do.
 
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I'M A LITTLE PILE OF TIN

I'm a little pile of tin, nobody knows what shape I'm in.
Got four wheels and a running board. I'm a Chevy, I'm a Ford.
Honk honk rattle rattle rattle crash beep beep
Honk honk rattle rattle rattle crash beep beep
Honk honk rattle rattle rattle crash beep beep
Honk honk.
 
This song has the same tune as the one above, "I’m a nut".
 
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I’M FROM NAIROBI
(or: I Come From Nairobi)

I’m from Nairobi, my team is a good one.
We do the wahtusi, we’re seven feet tall.
The cannibals may eat us, but they’ll never beat us.
Cuz we’re from Nairobi and we’re on the ball.
Sing along, sing along, sing along.

Um gawa, um gawa, um gawa, um gawa.
Um gawa, um gawa, um ga wa wa.
Um gawa, um gawa, um gawa, um gawa.
Um gawa, um gawa, um ga wa wa.
 
The only real motions to this song are to put your hands and arms up in front of your body like a lumberjack.

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I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

I've been working on the railroad, all my lived long days.
I've been working on the railroad just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing? Rise up so early in the morn.
Can't you hear the captain shouting? Dinah blow your horn

Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow,
Dinah won't you blow your hor-or-orn?
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow,
Dinah won't you blow your horn?

Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah,
Someone's in the kitchen I know o o o ,
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah.
Strumming on the old banjo and singing 

Fee, fi, fiddly i o. Fee fi fiddly i o o o o .
Fee fi fiddly i o, strumming on the old banjo.
 
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I'VE GOT SIX PENCE

I've got six pence, jolly jolly six pence.
I've got six pence, to last me all my life.
I've got two pence to spend, and two pence to lend
And two pence to send home to my wife, poor wife.

Chorus
No cares have I to grieve me. No saucy young girls to deceive me
I'm as happy as a lark believe me. As we go rolling rolling home
Rolling home (echo), Rolling home (echo),
By the light of the silvery moo-oo-oon.
Happy is the day when the staffer get their pay!
As we go rolling rolling home

I've got four pence, jolly jolly four pence.
I've got four pence to last me all my life.
I've got two pence to spend and two pence to lend
And no pence to send home to my wife, poor wife...

I've got two pence Jolly jolly two pence...
I've got no pence, jolly jolly no pence...
 
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I'VE GOT THAT SCOUTING SPIRIT

I've got that Scouting spirit, down in my heart
Down in my heart, down in my heart.
I've got that Scouting spirit down in my heart,
Down in my heart to stay.

I've got that Scouting spirit up in my head

I've got that Scouting spirit down in my toes

I've got that Scouting spirit all over me
 
Like Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, the singers should point to the body part being referred to.

GWH
This song has many different versions, including one from the UK which says "I’ve got that B-P spirit" instead of "Scouting spirit". B-P is Baden-Powell, the Founder of Scouting. B-P is also a UK company (British Petroleum) which sells petrol (petroleum/gasoline)
 
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IT'S A LIE

Chorus
It's lie, it's a lie.
Ship ahoy, ship ahey, ship ahi, i i i
Oh I sailed the seven seas and I sniffed the salty breeze,
But I never, ever, ever saw a mermaid.(A mermaid)

I was born a hundred thousand years ago.(years ago)
And there is not anything I do not know.(do not know)
I saw Peter Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses,
And I'll whip the guy that says it isn't so.(it isn't so!)

I's with Satan when he looked the garden o'er.(garden o'er)
I saw Eve and Adam driven from the door.(from the door)
I was round the corner peaking at the apple they was eatin',
And I'll prove that I'm the guy that are the core.(ate the core)

I's with Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon.(the Rubicon)
I'm the stud that lashed the raft he crossed it on. (crossed it on)
I saw Nero burnin' Rome, and Hannibal at home,
And I even saw the fall of Babylon.(Babylon)

I saw Washington float a cake of ice.(cake of ice)
I saw Sherman, Lee and Grant a shootin' dice.(shootin' dice)
I saw Roosevelt's great laugh that split his face in half,
And Pershing set a trap for German mice.(German mice)

You may think that all this bunk it isn't true.(isn't true)
But what difference does it really make to you.(make to you)
We've been handing you this line just to pass away the time,
But now we think we'll quit because we're through.(cause we're through)