From: kati@glnserv.UUCP (Lady Dragon)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Boy Scout songs
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 08:02:47 CST
Organization: Vermi-net, Houston, Tx. 77098

From: jemorti%galaxy@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Jack Mortimer - K31)

ADVANCE IN RANK
Tune: There is a Tavern in the Town

Advance in rank is what you do, what you do.
Cub Scouts can be lots of fun for you, fun for you.
Bobcat, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos, too.
Come join our happy, happy crew!


CUB SCOUT ADVANCMENT SONG
Tune: The Farmer in the Dell

A-Cubbing we will go, A-Cubbing we will go,
Hi, Ho, the Daireo, A-Cubbing we will go.

2. The Bobcat makes a Wolf, (etc.)
3. The Wolf Cub makes a Bear, (etc.)
4. The Bear Cub makes a Webelos, (etc.)
5. The Webelos makes a Scout, (etc.)

A-Scouting we will go, A-Scouting we will go
Hi, Ho, the Daireo, A-Scouting we will go.

AKELA'S COUNCIL
Tune: Clemintine

When Akela holds his council,
And the campfire's all a-glow,
We will form a friendship circle
As we sing so sweet and low.

Oh, Akela, brave Akela,
True and square Cub Scouts we'll be.
To our Promise and the Pack Law,
We will pledge our loyalty.


AKELA'S PACK
Tune: I've Been Working on the Railroad

We're a pack of happy Cub Scouts,
Tribe of Webelos.
We'll eventually be Boy Scouts
As everybody knows.
Don't you want to come and join us--
Be with all the rest?
Don't you want to be a Cub Scout?
Come and Do Your Best.

AMERICA

MY COUNTRY! 'TIS OF THEE,
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY,
OF THEE I SING;
LAND WHERE MY FATHERS DIED,
LAND OF THE PILGRIMS' PRIDE,
FROM EV'RY MOUNTAIN SIDE
LET FREEDOM RING.

OUR FATHERS' GOD, TO THEE,
AUTHOR OF LIBERTY,
TO THEE WE SING;
LONG MAY OUR LAND BE BRIGHT
WITH FREEDOM'S HOLY LIGHT;
PROTECT US BY THY MIGHT,
GREAT GOD, OUR KING.

BE GAME, BE SQUARE
Tune: My Bonnie

As Cub Scouts we'll always be happy,
Be loyal, be game and be square;
And soon by our work and endeaver,
Be Wolf Cubs or Web'los or Bear.
Be game--be square--
We'll do our best everywhere we go,
Be game-- be square--
Cubs give goodwill where they go.

BE SHARP SONG

Tune: Gillett Razor Commercial

TO LOOK SHARP (CLAP) BE A C-U-B
TO FEEL SHARP (CLAP) BE A C-U-B
TO BE SHARP (CLAP) BE A GOOD CUB SCOUT
WE'RE THE BEST CUBS IN THE U.S.A.


THE BEAR WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN

The bear went over the mountain         (sing 3 times)
To see what he could see.
He saw some Cub Scouts hiking                   (sing 3 times)
And this is what he did.
He ate up all the Cub Scouts                    (sing 3 times)
And this is what they did.
They gave him indigestion                       (sing 3 times)
And this is what he did.
He took some Alka-Seltzer                       (sing 3 times)
And this is what he did.
He burped up all the Cub Scouts         (sing 3 times)
And this is what he did.
He ran to tell his mother                       (sing 3 times)
And this is what she did.
She spanked him on his sit upon.                (sing 3 times)
And this is what he did.
He never went over the mountain         (sing 3 times)
To see what he could see.

BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS
Tune: Old Grey Maire

Here we sit like birds in the wilderness,
Birds in the wilderness, birds in the wilderness,
Here we sit like birds in the wilderness,
Waiting for ---------------------  to come.

Waiting for -- to come.
Waiting for -- to come.
Here we sit like birds in the wilderness,
Waiting for -- to come.

CUB SCOUT RACERS
TUNE = CAMP TOWN RACERS

CUB SCOUT RACERS SING THIS SONG
DO-DAH, DO-DA
ON A RACE TRACK 10 YARDS LONG,
ALL THE DO-DA DAY.

GONNA BUILD A CAR,
GONNA MAKE IT FINE,
GONNA FLY DOWN HILL
AT THE SPEED OF SOUND,
CROSSIN' THE FINISH LINE!!


CUB SCOUT SPIRIT

I'VE GOT THAT CUB SCOUT SPIRIT
UP IN MY HEAD,
UP IN MY HEAD,
UP IN MY HEAD,
I'VE GOT THAT CUB SCOUT SPIRIT
UP IN MY HEAD,
UP IN MY HEAD TO STAY.

2nd verse
DEEP IN MY HEART

3rd verse
DOWN IN MY TOES

4th verse
ALL OVER ME


CUB SCOUT WELCOME SONG
Tune: Auld Lang Syne

We welcome you to our Cub Pack
We're mighty glad you're here.
We'll start the air reverberating
With a mighty cheer.
We'll sing you in, we'll sing you out,
For you we'll raise a shout.
Hail, Hail the gang's all here tonight,
You're welcome to our Pack!



CALOMINE LOTION
Tune: My Bonnie

My body needs Calomine Lotion,
My body's all red, you can see,
The flowers I picked for my mommy,
Turned out to be Poison Ivy!
Don't touch! Don't touch!
Because it is Poison Ivy, Ivy!
Don't touch! Don't touch!
Because it is Poison Ivy!

CLAP YOUR HANDS
Tune: Jingle Bells

Clap your hands, stamp your feet,
Let's all stand up please.
Face to the left, face to the right,
Now hands on your knees.
Sit down now, stand back up,
Clap your hands two beats.
Now we'll all wipe our brows,
And collapse in our seats.


COME A-HUNTING
Tune: Are You Sleeping

Come a hunting, come a hunting,
Cub Scouts all, Cub Scouts all,
Out into the jungle, out into the jungle,
Hear the call, hear the call.

CUB SCOUT HARMONY
Tune: Teach the World to Sing

I'd like to teach the world to sing,
In Cub Scout harmony.
The Blue and Gold would be the thing,
That everyone would see.
Each Wolf and Bear, and Webelos,
Is doing all he can,
To "Do His Best" with all the rest,
Of Cub Scouts in the land.
We're the real thing....Cub Scouts!

CUB SCOUT PRAYER
Tune: Tannenbaum

Lord, in this evening hour I pray,
For Strength to do my best each day.
Draw near to me that I may see
The kind of Cub that I should be.

In serving others, let me see
That I am only serving Thee.
Bless me, Oh Lord, In Thy great love,
That I may be a better Cub.

CUB SCOUT PRAYER
Tune: Tannenbaum

Lord, in this evening hour I pray,
For Strength to do my best each day.
Draw near to me that I may see
The kind of Cub that I should be.

In serving others, let me see
That I am only serving Thee.
Bless me, Oh Lord, In Thy great love,
That I may be a better Cub.

CUB SCOUT WELCOME SONG
Tune: Auld Lang Syne

WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR CUB PACK,
WE'RE MIGHTY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
WE'LL START THE AIR REVERBERATING
WITH A MIGHTY CHEER.

WE'LL SING YOU IN, WE'LL SING YOU OUT,
FOR YOU WE'LL RAISE A SHOUT.
HAIL, HAIL THE GANG'S ALL HERE TONIGHT,
YOU'RE WELCOME TO OUR PACK!


THE CUB SCOUT PACK
Tune: You're a Grand Old Flag

We're a Cub Scout Pack, we're a high flying pack;
Down the trail of Akela we go.
From Wolf to Bear to Webelos,
As into good Cub Scouts we grow.
Every Cub is true to the gold and the blue,
And he never forgets the fact,
That all the fun a boy could want,
He can find in a Cub Scout Pack.

TAPS FOR CUB SCOUTS
Tune: Taps

Meeting's done, gone the sun,
Now it's time to go home and get rest;
'Till next time, we all pledge,
To Do Our Best.

Sun of gold, sky of blue,
Both are gone, from our sight, day is through,
Do Your Best, then to rest,
Peace to you.

CUB SCOUT TRAVELERS
Tune: Home on the Range

Oh, give us a train or a boat or a plane,
That will carry Cub Scouts far away;
To Paris or Rome - let us wander and roam,
With new things to do every day.

CHORUS
Up-up and away, let us orbit the far distant sun,
Or deep on the floor, of the sea let's explore,
And as Cub Scouts we'll always have fun.

CUB SCOUT VESPER SONG
Tune: Tannenbaum

Softly falls the light of day,
While our campfire fades away,
Silently each Cub should ask,
Have I done my daily task?
For my country done my best?
Prayed to God before I rest?
Helped a friend along the way?
Have I done my best today?

THIS LITTLE CUBBING LIGHT

THIS LITTLE CUBBING LIGHT OF MINE
I'M GOIN' TO LET IT SHINE.
THIS LITTLE CUBBING LIGHT OF MINE
I'M GOIN' TO LET IT SHINE.
THIS LITTLE CUBBING LIGHT OF MINE
I'M GOIN' TO LET IT SHINE,
LET IT SHINE, ALL THE TIME, LET IT SHINE.

2. ALL AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

3. HIDE IT UNDER A BUSHEL - NO!

4. DON'T YOU "PFFT" MY LITTLE LIGHT OUT


CUBS ARE FAIR
Tune: Jingle Bells

Cubs are fair, Cubs are Square,
Cubs will do their best,
Cubs can work and laugh and play;
Cub Scouts stand the test.
(repeat)

IT'S A CUBS WORLD
Tune: It's a Small, Small World

It's a world of goals,
It's a world of skills,
It's a world of fun,
It's a world of thrills,
There's so much you can share,
When you're trained and aware,
It's a Cub world after all.

CHORUS:
It's a Cubs world after all,
It's a Cubs world after all,
It's a Cubs world after all,
It's a Cub Scouts' world.


WE ARE CUB DEN NUMBER ONE
Tune: London Bridge is Falling Down

We are Cub Den Number 1, #1, #1
We are Cub Den Number 1,
Where is Number 2?

We are Cub Den Number 2, #2, #2.
We are Cub Den Number 2,
Where is Number 3?

(Each den takes up the song in turn)

DO YOUR BEST
Tune:  DO-RE-MI

DO - to us means Do Your Best,
RE - are cheers for all the fun,
MI - is what I do myself,
FA - means father, mom and son,
SO - what happens to our pack,
LA - with lots of this and that,
TI - together to the top,
Then that brings us back to DO

(repeat above)
DO..RE..MI..FA..SO..LA..TI..DO Do your best.!

                    DUNDERBECK

chorus:
OH MR. DUNDERBECK, HOW COULD YOU BE SO MEAN?
I TOLD YOU YOU'D BE SORRY FOR INVENTING THAT MACHINE.
NOW ALL THE NEIGHBOR'S CATS AND DOGS WILL NEVERMORE BE SEEN,
THEY'VE ALL BEEN GROUND TO SAUSAGES IN DUNDERBECK'S MACHINE.

THERE WAS A MAN FROM MY HOME TOWN
HIS NAME WAS DUNDERBECK,
HE SOLD A LOT OF SAUSAGES
AND SOURKRAUT BY HECK.
HE MADE THE GREATEST SAUSAGES,
THAT EVER HAD BEEN SEEN,
UNTIL ONE DAY HE INVENTED A SAUSAGE MAKING MACHINE.

chorus:
OH MR. DUNDERBECK, HOW COULD YOU BE SO MEAN?
I TOLD YOU YOU'D BE SORRY FOR INVENTING THAT MACHINE.
NOW ALL THE NEIGHBOR'S CATS AND DOGS WILL NEVERMORE BE SEEN,
THEY'VE ALL BEEN GROUND TO SAUSAGES IN DUNDERBECK'S MACHINE.

ONE DAY A LITTLE CUB SCOUT CAME WALKING IN THE STORE,
HE BOUGHT A POUND OF SAUSAGES AND LAID THEM ON THE FLOOR.
THEN HE BEGAN TO WHISTLE, HE WHISTLED UP A TUNE,
AND ALL THOSE LITTLE SAUSAGES WENT DANCING ROUND THE ROOM.

chorus:
OH MR. DUNDERBECK, HOW COULD YOU BE SO MEAN?
I TOLD YOU YOU'D BE SORRY FOR INVENTING THAT MACHINE.
NOW ALL THE NEIGHBOR'S CATS AND DOGS WILL NEVERMORE BE SEEN,
THEY'VE ALL BEEN GROUND TO SAUSAGES IN DUNDERBECK'S MACHINE.

ONE DAY THE MACHINE IT BUSTED, THE DARN THING WOULDN'T GO,
SO DUNDERBECK, HE CRAWLED INSIDE TO SEE WHAT MADE IT SO,
HIS WIFE, SHE HAD A NIGHTMARE WHILE WALKING IN HER SLEEP,
SHE GAVE THAT CRANK ONE AWFUL YANK AND DUNDERBECK WAS MEAT.

chorus:
OH MR. DUNDERBECK, HOW COULD YOU BE SO MEAN?
I TOLD YOU YOU'D BE SORRY FOR INVENTING THAT MACHINE.
NOW ALL THE NEIGHBOR'S CATS AND DOGS WILL NEVERMORE BE SEEN,
THEY'VE ALL BEEN GROUND TO SAUSAGES IN DUNDERBECK'S MACHINE.


EDELWEISS

Edelwiess, Edelwiess,
Every morning you greet me,
Small and white,
Clean and bright,
You look happy to greet me.
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever.
Edelweiss, Edelweiss,
Bless my homeland forever!

FINEST PACK OF CUB SCOUTS
Tune: Yellow Rose of Texas

We're the finest pack of Cub Scouts
That you have ever seen,
We're loyal and we're honest,
We're never rude or mean.
We're proud to wear our uniform,
We like the gold and blue;
You know that you can count on us,
To live our promise true.

We follow our Akela,
We always Do Our Best;
We work on our advancment,
We rarely stop to rest,
We learn while earning badges,
Cub Scouts know more than most;
We learn to be good citizens,
About that we can boast.

We love our God and Country,
We respect our fellow man,
We're busy doing good turns,
We help each time we can.
We're proud to be Americans,
We fly our flag to show,
Our land is free for you and me,
To live and learn and grow.

PUT YOUR FINGER

PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE AIR, IN THE AIR
PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE AIR, IN THE AIR
PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE AIR, AND WAVE IT AROUND UP THERE,
PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE AIR, IN THE AIR

PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR HEAD, ON YOUR HEAD
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR HEAD, ON YOUR HEAD
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR HEAD, TELL ME IS IT BLUE OR RED,
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR HEAD, ON YOUR HEAD

PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR NOSE, ON YOUR NOSE
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR NOSE, ON YOUR NOSE
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR NOSE, THAT'S WHERE THE SNEEZE'L BLOW
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR NOSE, ON YOUR NOSE

PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR CHIN, ON YOUR CHIN
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR CHIN, ON YOUR CHIN
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR CHIN, THAT'S WHERE THE SOUP SLIPS IN,
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR CHIN, ON YOUR CHIN

PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR CHEEK, ON YOUR CHEEK
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR CHEEK, ON YOUR CHEEK
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR CHEEK, LEAVE IT THERE ABOUT A WEEK,
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR CHEEK, ON YOUR CHEEK

PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR EAR, ON YOUR EAR
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR EAR, ON YOUR EAR
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR EAR, LEAVE IT THERE ABOUT A YEAR,
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR EAR, ON YOUR EAR

POINT YOUR FINGER TO YOUR FRIEND, TO YOUR FRIEND
POINT YOUR FINGER TO YOUR FRIEND, TO YOUR FRIEND
POINT YOUR FINGER TO YOUR FRIEND, SHARE A SMILE AND SING AWHILE,
POINT YOUR FINGER TO YOUR FRIEND, TO YOUR FRIEND


FOUR CUB SCOUTS
Tune: Three Blind Mice

Four Cub Scouts, four Cub Scouts,
See how they go, see how they go,
They all went after their Bobcat pin,
The Wolf and the Bear were the next to win,
And then they went to the Webelos den,
Our four Cub Scouts.

A SMILE IS QUITE A FUNNY THING
Tune: Auld Lang Syne

A smile is quite a funny thing,
It wrinkles up your face,
And when it's gone you never find
Its secret hiding place.

But far more wonderful it is,
To see what smiles can do.
You smile at one, he smiles at you,
And so one smile makes two.

He smiles at someone, since you smile,
And then that one smiles back,
And that one smiles until, in truth,
You fail in keeping track.

And since a smile can do great good,
By cheering hearts of care.
Let's smile and not forget the fact
That smiles go everywhere.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

God Bless America
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam,
God bless America, my home sweet home,
God bless America, my home sweet home.

WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE
Tune: Farmer in the Dell

We're glad to see you here,
It gives us joy and cheer,
Sure, it's true, we say to you,
We're glad to see you here.

GOOD NIGHT CUB SCOUTS
Tune: Good Night Ladies

Good Night, Cub Scouts.
Good Night, Cub Scouts.
Good Night, Cub Scouts.
We're going to leave you now.

Merrily, we Cub along, Cub along, Cub along.
Merrily, we Cub along, up the Cub Scout trail.

Sweet dreams, Cub Scout.
Sweet dreams, Cub Scout.
Sweet dreams, Cub Scout.
We're going to leave you now.


GRACES

JOHNNY APPLESEED GRACE

The Lord is good to me,
And so I thank the Lord,
For giving me the things I need
The sun and the rain and the appleseed,
The Lord is good to me.


BACK OF THE BREAD

Back of the bread is the flour,
And back of the flour is the mill,
And back of the mill is the wind and the rain,
And the Father's will.


GOD OUR FATHER
Tune: Are You Sleeping

God our Father, God our Father,
Once again, once again,
We shall ask Thy blessing,
We shall ask Thy blessing,
Amen, Amen.



BLESS OUR FRIENDS, BLESS OUR FOOD
Tune: Edelweiss

Bless our friends, bless our food,
Come, O Lord and sit with us.
May our talks glow with peace,
May your love surround us.

Friendship and love,
May they bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow, forever.
Bless our friends, bless our food.
Come, O Lord and sit with us.


HARK TO THE CHIMES

Hark to the chimes, come bow your head.
We thank Thee, Lord, for this good bread.


'NEATH THESE TALL GREEN TREES

'Neath these tall green trees we stand,
Asking blessings from His hand.
Thanks we give to Thee above,
For Thy health and strength and love.



ROUND OF THANKS

For health, and strength,
And daily bread,
We praise Thy name, O Lord.


SCOTTISH GRACE
Tune: Yankee Doodle

Some have meat and cannot eat,
And some have none that want it.
But we have meat and we can eat,
And so the Lord be thanked.



THANK THEE
Tune: Jacob's Ladder

Thank Thee, Thank Thee, Heavenly Father,
For Thy blessings, as we gather,
Give us peace and understanding,
Bless us all, O Lord.



WAYFARER'S GRACE
Tune: Doxology

For all the glory of the way,
For Thy protection, night and day,
For roof-tree, fire and bed and board,
For friends and home, we thank Thee Lord.

GRADUATION SONG
Tune: Rueben, Rueben

-------- ---------- we've been thinking
What a grand Cub you have been.
May the Boy Scouts treat you kindly,
As we have in our own den.

Your achievements are outstanding,
And we'll miss you very much.
But we cannot always keep you,
So accept our best good luck.

GRAND OLD FLAG

You're a Grand old Flag
You're a high flyin' flag,
And forever in peace may your wave.
You're the emblem of, the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.
Every heart beats true under red, white and blue,
Where there's never a boast nor brag.
But should old acquaintances be forgot,
Keep your eye on that Grand Old Flag.

BILL GROGAN'S GOAT

(Audience repeats each line after Leader)

Bill Grogan's goat ..........
Was fellin' fine ............
Ate three red shirts ........
Right off the line ..........

Bill took a stick ..........
Gave him a whack ...........
And tied him to ...........
The railroad track ........

The whistle blew .........
The train drew nigh ......
Bill Grogan's goat ......
Was doomed to die .........

He gave three groans ......
Of awful pain .........
Coughed up the shirts ......
And flagged the train ........

That's all there is .........
This story's done .........
I hope you had ........
A lot of fun ..........


IF YOU'RE HAPPY

IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT THEN YOU REALLY OUGHT TO SHOW IT
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS

2. IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT STOMP YOUR FEET
3. IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT SHOUT HURRAH
4. IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT DO ALL THREE


THE 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.

Chorus:
Val-de-ri--Val-de-ra-
Val-de-ri--Val-de ha ha ha ha ha ha
Val-de-ri--Val-de-ra.
My knapsack on my back.

I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun,
So joyously it calls to me,
"Come! Join my happy song!"

Chorus

I wave my hat to all I meet,
And they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green-wood tree.

Chorus

High overhead, the skylarks wing,
They never rest at home,
But just like me, they love to sing,
As o'er the world we roam.

Chorus

Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die!
Oh may I always laugh and sing
Beneath God's clear blue sky!

Chorus


I HAVE A DOG
Tune: Reuben, Reuben, I've Been Thinking

I have a dog, his name is Fido,
I have raised him from a pup.
He can stand upon his hind legs,
If you hold his front legs up.


HELLO
Tune: Auld Lang Syne

I love to hear that word "hello",
Wherever I may go.
It's full of friendship and good cheer,
And warms the heart up so.
Hello, hello, hello,
Hello, hello, hello;
Where'er we meet,
Like friends let's greet
Each other with 'hello'.

:wq





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