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TAPS	THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
TARZAN OF THE APES	THREW IT OUT THE WINDOW (THE SECOND STOREY WINDOW)
TEN IN THE BED	THREW IT OUT THE WINDOW (THE SECOND STOREY WINDOW)
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WOT LIVED IN A WOOD	TOP NOTCHER (see I SAYS TO MYSELF)
THREE JOLLY FISHERMEN	(THE) TITANIC
THREE LITTLE STAFFERS	TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND	(THE) TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

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Day is done, gone the sun.
From the lakes, from the hills, from the skies.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.

I like bananas, coconuts and grapes.
I like bananas, coconuts and grapes.
I like bananas, coconuts and grapes.
That's why they call me, "Tarzan of the Apes!"

This song is pretty straight forward. The only twist is to get more and more quiet with the majority of the song, but always shout the "Tarzan of the Apes" part. That's right, similar to "Old Lady Leary"

There were ten in the bed and the little one said,
"Roll over! Roll over!"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
and he hit the floor and he gave a shout.
"Please remember to tie a knot in your pajamas."
Single beds are only made for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,.....

....Nine in the bed and the little one said, "Roll over, roll over!"
So they all rolled over and one fell out
and he hit the floor and he gave a shout,"
Please remember to tie a knot in your pajamas."
Single beds are only made for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven...

....Eight in the bed and the little one said, " Roll over. roll over."
So they all rolled over and one fell out
and he hit the floor and he gave a shout,
"Please remember to tie a knot in your pajamas."
Single beds are only made for one. two, three, four, five, six....

Like a lot of songs, this one begins at a moderate rate and continues to get faster as the song goes along. And just as it would seem, the song ends with the group shouting "One!" after the last of the Single beds part.

GWH This is a good one to be acted out at a CFL campfire, with the appropriate number of people crowding onto a bed at each count.

Leader: There was an old woman wot lived in a wood
Response: Wheel-yer, wheel-yer, while-yer
Leader: There was an old woman wot lived in a wood
Response: Down by the River Solya

She had a babby six months old
Wheel-yer, wheel-yer, while-yer
Just an iddy-biddy-babby only six months old
Down by the River Solya

She had a penknife three foot long
Just a sharp little penknife only three foot long

She stuck the penknife in the babby's head
The more she stuck it in the more it bled

One day a policeman came knocking at the door,
Yes, one day a policeman came knocking at the door.

[deep voice] "Are you the woman wot killed the child?"
He said "Are you the woman wot killed the child?"

[high-pitched crazed Irishwoman's accent]
"Yes I'm that woman wot killed the child"
"Yes I'm the wicked woman wot killed that blasted child"

GWH This song is both shocking and extremely fun! The Scouts (and adults!) love it and it gives the person leading it a chance to tell a story and to act a bit in the process. P.S. A babby is a baby

There were three jolly fishermen.
There were three jolly fishermen.
Fisher fisher men men men.
Fisher fisher men men men.
There were three jolly fishermen.

The first one's name was I-i-zac.
The first one's name was I-i-zac.
I I zac zac zac.
I I zac zac zac.
The first one's name was I-i-zac.

The next one's name was Abraham.
The next one's name was Abraham.
Abra Abra ham ham ham.
Abra Abra ham ham ham.
The next one's name was Abraham.

The last one's name was Jo-o-seph.
The last one's name was Jo-o-seph.
Jo Jo seph seph seph.
Jo jo seph seph seph.
The last one's name was Jo-o-seph.

They all went down to Amsterdam.
They all went down to Amsterdam.
Amster Amster shh shh shh.
Amster Amster shh shh shh.
They all went down to Amsterdam.

Three little staffers, three little staffers.
Three little staffers, sitting in a row.

Oh look, one has flown a way.
Two little staffers, two little staffers...

One little staffer, one little staffer...

No little staffers, no little staffers.
No little staffers, sitting in a row.

Three little staffers, three little staffers.
Three little staffers, sitting in a row.

This song may look familiar. Doc John likes to sing a different version called "Three wooden pigeons".

This land is your land, this land is my land.
From California to the New York islands.
From the redwood forests, to the gulf stream waters.
This land was made for you and me.

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Won't let rain drops put it out, I'm gonna let it shine.
Won't let rain drops put it out, I'm gonna let it shine.
Won't let rain drops put it out, I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

CHORUS
The window, the window,
the second story window.
High low, low high.
They threw it out the window.

Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown
and threw it out... CHORUS

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet
eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider and sat down beside her
and she threw it out... CHORUS

Little Jack Horner sat in a corner
eating his Christmas pie.
He stuck in his thumb, pulled out a plumb
and threw it out... CHORUS

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
to get her poor dog a bone.
Went she got there her cupboard was there,
so she threw it out... CHORUS

I doubt that you are having too much trouble getting the picture on this song. Add whatever you want, it will probably work.

CHORUS
Oh it was sad, (oh it was sad),
oh it was sad (Too bad)
It was sad when that great ship went down (To the bottom of the) (sea................................................)
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
Oh it was sad when that great ship went down.

Oh they built the ship Titanic, to sail the ocean blue.
And they thought they had a ship that no water could pass through.
But by God's almighty hand, that ship would never land.
It was sad when that great ship down.

They sailed from jolly England and almost from the shore,
When the rich refused to associate with the poor.
So they sent them down below where they were the first to go,
It was sad when that great ship went down.

** As the humble closed their eyes in the darkness of the hold
The rich upstairs were playing cards for gold
And they laughed when a sailor said there's an iceberg close ahead
It was sad when the great ship went down.

** When the Captain heard the news from a sailor up the mast
He said "steady boys we'd better not go too fast"
But the company in their greed said "we must increase the speed"
It was sad when the great ship went down.

Oh the ship was filling in and the sides about to burst
When the captain shouted "Women and children first!"
They tried to send a wire but the wires were all on fire-
Oh it was sad when that great ship went down.

They swung the lifeboats out, o'er the deep and raging sea,
When the band struck up with "Nearer my God to thee".
Little children wept and cried, as the waves swept o'er the side,
It was sad when that great ship went down.

They built another ship called the US92.
It's bow was painted red and the stern was painted blue.
They christened it with beer and it sank right off the pier.
It was great when that sad ship went down. (Alternative Chorus)

The moral of this story, as you can plainly see,
Is to wear your PFD whenever you go out to sea.
The Titanic is no more and nevermore shall be,
It was sad when that great ship went down.

Some people, after the US 92 verse, sing an alternate chorus. It goes like this:-
Oh it was great. Oh it was great, just great.
It was great when that sad ship went down.
Uncles and aunts, little children wet their pants.
It was great when that sad ship went down.

Like I said, some people do this but you certainly don't have to if you don't want to.

GWH The two verses marked ** were added in 1998 by myself after finding them in an old book of songs back home. They seem to fill a gap in the storyline quite nicely.

Oh come and go with me (allelujah)
To my father's house
To my father's house
To my father's house
Oh come and go with me (allelujah)
To my father's house
Where there's peace (forever) peace (forever) peace

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me,
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me,
Two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me,
Three French hens,
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree,

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me,
Four calling birds,
three French hens,
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree...

Twelve lords a leaping,
eleven pipers piping,
ten drummers drumming,
nine ladies dancing,
eight maids a milking,
seven swans a swimming,
six geese a laying,
five golden rings (bum bum bum bum).
Four calling birds,
three French hens,
two turtle doves,
and a partridge in a pear tree.

Each time that you sing a new verse, add the next number up and count the items down. The last part given is what the last verse will sound like.

GWH This song is lots of fun if people can remember the actions to it.
Twelve lords a leaping, (Leap in the air)
Eleven pipers piping, (Play a flute)
Ten drummers drumming, (Bang a drum)
Nine ladies dancing, (Waltz around)
Eight maids a milking, (Milking action)
Seven swans a swimming, (Breast stroke)
Six geese a laying, (Straining as if you are trying to lay an egg)
Five golden rings (bum bum bum bum). (Make a circle in the air)
Four calling birds, (Cup hands to your mouth)
Three French hens, (Shrug shoulders with palms faced out)
Two turtle doves, (Link thumbs and flap hands like a dove)
And a partridge in a pear tree. (Flap arms like a bird)