FOLK SONGS
Aitken Drum
There came a man to our town
To our town to our town
There came a man to our town and his name was Aitken Drum
And he played upon a ladle a ladle a ladle
And he played upon a ladle
And his name was Aitken Drum
And his hat was made of good roast beef etc
And his buttons were made of bread rolls etc
And his hair was made of spaghetti…etc
(This is a Scottish Song)
Alice the Camel
Alice the camel has * 5 humps
Alice the camel has * 5 humps
Alice the camel has * 5 humps
So go Alice go ba dum dum dum
Alice the camel has * 4 humps
Alice the camel has * 4 humps
Alice the camel has * 4 humps
So go Alice go ba dum dum dum
Alice the camel has * 0 humps
Alice the camel has * 0 humps
Alice the camel has * 0 humps
So Alice the Camel is a horse
Allouette
Allouette gentille Allouette
Allouette, je te plumerai.
Je te plumerai la tête
Je te plumerai la tête
A la tête
A la tête
Allouette
Allouette gentille Allouette
Allouette, je te plumerai.
Je te plumerai le cou
Je te plumerai le cou
Et le cou
Et le coux
A la tête
A la tête
Allouette etc
(This is a French Canadian song)
An Austrian Went Yodelling
Oh an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high
When along came a Guernsey cow interrupted his cry
YOOOOO
Yodeleyhateea
Yodeleyhateea Moo
Yodeleyhateea
Yodeleyhateea Moo
Etc
And so on adding:
‘When along came ….a pretty girl kissing
….her boyfriend growling
….her father shooting
….a rescue dog panting
….an avalanche collapsing (complete silence)
Animal Fair
I went to the animal Fair
The birds and the beasts were there
The big baboon by the light of the moon
Was combing his auburn hair;
The monkey fell out of his bunk
And slid down the elephants trunk
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees
And what became of the monkey monkey monkey etc
Split the group into 2. One half keeps singing ‘monkey’ while the other half returns to the beginning of the song…then swap!
A ram sam sam
A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
A rafi, a rafi,
Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
A rafi, a rafi,
Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
Aunty Mary
Auntie Mary had a canary
Up the leg of her drawers
She Pulled the string and made it sing
And down came Santa Claus
Auntie Mary had a canary
By the side of her bed
She Pulled the string and made it sing
And now the canary is dead.
Aunty Monica
Oh I have an Auntie, an auntie Monika
And when she goes out shopping they all say ‘oo la la’
Because her feathers swinging the feathers swinging so
And so the feathers swinging the feathers swinging so
Oh I have an Auntie, an auntie Monika
And when she goes out shopping they all say ‘oo la la’
Because the hat is swinging, the hat is swinging so
Because the hat is swinging, the hat is swinging so
Because her feathers swinging the feathers swinging so
And so the feathers swinging the feathers swinging so
(And so on with muff, skirt, and adding an action for each!!)
Baby Bumble Bee
I’m picking up my baby bumble bee
Won’t my mummy be surprised at me
Picking up my baby bumble bee
I’m stroking my baby bumble bee
Won’t my mummy be surprised at me
Stroking my baby bumble bee
Ow! the bumble bee stung me
Won’t my mummy be surprised at me
Ow! the bumble bee stung me
I’m squishing up my baby bumble bee
Won’t my mummy be surprised at me
Squishing up my baby bumble bee
I’m licking up my baby bumble bee
Won’t my mummy be surprised at me
Licking up my baby bumble bee
I’m sicking up my baby bumble bee
Won’t my mummy be surprised at me
Sicking up my baby bumble bee
I’m mopping up my baby bumble bee
Won’t my mummy be surprised at me
Mopping up my baby bumble bee
With actions!
The Bear Went over the Mountain
Oh the bear went over the mountain
the bear went over the mountain
the bear went over the mountain
To see what he could see
And all that he could see
And all that he could see
Was the other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountain
Was all that he could see.
Black Socks
Black socks they never get dirty
The longer you wear them the stronger they get
Sometimes I think I should wash them
But then a voice says to me
‘Don’t bother yet, not yet, not yet, not yet, not yet
This song can be sung using staggered entries coming in every 2 notes…almost limitless.
Boots of shining leather
If you dance then you must have boots of shining leather,
Money in your pocket book,
In your cap a feather.
But if you would sing with me, you don’t need a cent you’ll see.
So come and sing together.
If you dance then you must have boots of shining leather.
If you’d wed a pretty girl that will cost you money.
She will want a hundred things, rainy days or sunny.
But if you would sing with me, you don’t need a cent you’ll see
So come and sing together.
If you wed a pretty girl that will cost you money.
If you’d wed a handsome lad,
Hasten do not tarry.
You can steal his heart away,
And you one day he’ll marry.
A capital ship
(Charles Edward Carryl)
A capital ship for an ocean trip
Was the "Walloping Window Blind"
No wind that blew dismayed her crew
Or troubled the captain's mind
The man at the wheel was made to feel
Contempt for the wildest blow-ow-ow
Tho' it oft appeared when the gale had cleared
That he'd been in his bunk below
So, blow ye winds, heigh-ho
A-roving I will go
I'll stay no more on England's shore
So let the music play-ay-ay
I'm off for the morning train
To cross the raging main
I'm off to my love with a boxing glove
10,000 miles away
The bos'un's mate was very sedate
Yet fond of amusement too
He played hop-scotch with the starboard watch
While the captain tickled the crew
The gunner he was apparently mad
For he sat on the after ra-ra-rail
And fired salutes with the captain's boots
In the teeth of a booming gale
The captain sat on the commodore's hat
And dined in a royal way
Off pickles & figs & little roast pigs
And gunners bread each day
The cook was Dutch and behaved as such
For the diet he served the crew-ew-ew
Was a couple of tons of hot-cross buns
Served up with sugar and glue
Then we all fell ill as mariners will
On a diet that's rough and crude
And we shivered and shook as we dipped the cook
In a tub of his gluesome food
All nautical pride we cast aside
And we ran the vessel asho-o-ore
On the Gulliby Isles where the poopoo smiles
And the rubbily ubdugs roar
Composed of sand was that favored land
And trimmed with cinnamon straws
And pink and blue was the pleasing hue
Of the ticke-toe teaser's claws
We sat on the edge of a sandy ledge
And shot at the whistling bee-ee-ee
While the rugabug bats wore waterproof hats
As they dipped in the shining sea
On rugabug bark from dawn till dark
We dined till we all had grown
Uncommonly shrunk when a Chinese junk
Came up from the Torrible Zone
She was stubby and square, but we didn't much care
So we cherrily put to sea-ea-ea
And we left all the crew of the junk to chew
On the bark of the rubabug tree
Clementine
In a cavern, in a canyon
Excavating for a mine
Lived a miner forty-niner
And his daughter, Clementine
Chorus
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
Light she was and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals were for Clementine
Chorus
Drove her ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine
Chorus
Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles soft and fine
But, alas, she was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine
Chorus
Then the miner, forty-niner
Soon began to peak and pine
Thought he oughta join his daughter
Now he's with his Clementine
Chorus
There's a churchyard on the hillside
Where the flowers grow and twine
There grow roses, ‘mongst the posies
Fertilized by Clementine
Chorus
In my dreams she still doth haunt me
Robed in garments soaked in brine
Though in life I used to hug her
Now she's dead, I draw the line
Chorus
Now you kids [or Scouts] may learn the moral
Of this little tale of mine
Artificial respiration
Would have saved my Clementine
Chorus
How I missed her, how I missed her
How I missed my Clementine
Till I kissed her little sister
And forgot my Clementine
Chorus
Cockles and Mussels
In Dublin's fair city,
where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheel'd her wheel barrow
Thro' streets broad and narrow
Chorus
Crying "Cockles and Mussels alive, alive O!"
Alive, alive O! Alive, alive O
Crying Cockles and Mussels Alive, alive O!
She was a fishmonger,
But sure 'twas no wonder,
For so were her father and mother before,
And they each wheel'd their barrow
Thro' streets broad and narrow,
Chorus
She died of a fever
And no one could save her,
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone;
But her ghost wheels her barrow
Thro' streets broad and narrow
Chorus
The court of King Caractacus
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
All together, now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
All together, now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Catactacus, were just passing by.
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
Repeat 4 times
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by.
Repeat 4 times
Now if you want to take some pictures of the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus...
...you're too late! Because they've just... passed... by!
For a hilarious cartoon version of this song go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Lw1bDdwgs
Dance to your daddy
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddy
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Thou shalt have a fish and thou shalt have a fin
Thou shalt have a codlin when the boat comes in
Thou shalt have haddock baked in a pan
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
When thou art a young boy, you must sing and play
Go along the shore and cast your shells away
Build yourself a castle, watch the tide roll in
Dance to your Daddy, my little man.
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
When thou art a young man, go unto the trades
Find yourself a skill, and wages you’ll be paid
Then with all your wages, buy yourself some land
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
When thou art a man and go to take a wife
Find yourself a lass and love her all your life
She shall be your wife and thou shalt be her man
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
When thou art an old man, father to a son
Sing to him the old songs, sing of all you've done
Pass along the old ways, then let his song begin
Dance to your Daddy, my little man
Dives and Lazarus
Now there was a rich man and he lived in Jerusalem
Swigameligalorium Rye row rum
And he did feed on the fat of the landium
Swigameligalorium Rye row rum
Chorus
Rye row rum, rye row rum
Swigameligamelorium
Rye row rum
Now there was a poor man and he lived in Jerusalem
Swigameligalorium Rye row rum
And he did feed on the crumbs from the rich mans tablium
Swigameligalorium Rye row rum
Chorus
Now the poor man died and he went up to heavnium
Swigameligalorium Rye row rum
And they gave him some wings and a harp for to play upon