Christmas Cub Songs

(Tune: Twelve Days of Christmas) - Version I
On the 1st day of Christmas, Akela gave to me...
1 point for bringing my dues
2 points for my pencil
3 points for my paper
4 points for my Cub book
5 points for free!
6 points for clean hands
7 points for my hair
8 points for my buttons
9 points for clean teeth
10 points for my scarf
11 points for my belt and pants
12 points for being me!

(Tune: Twelve Days of Christmas) - Version II
On the 1st day of Christmas, Akela gave to me...
A hot dog on a pointy stick
2 warm gloves
3 books and pens
4 falling kites
5 o'clock wake up call
6 walking sticks
7 KubKars a-racing
8 First Aid kits
9 sticky s'mores
10 long long hikes
11 compasses a-pointing
12 whistles a-whistling!

(Tune: Twelve Days of Christmas) - Version III
12 Days of Camping
by Hilary Williamson

On the 1st day of camping, Akela showed to me...
A woodpecker in a fir tree
2 porcupines
3 startled deer
4 calling loons
5 dragonflies
6 raccoons raiding
7 owls a-swooping
8 frogs a-hopping
9 spiders spinning
10 fireflies glowing
11 beavers building
12 stars a-shining

(Tune: We 3 Kings)
We 3 Cubs of Baie d'Urfe are
Mohawk Pack Cubs, each with six stars
Growing older, getting bolder
Following Akela
oh...oh
Star of Purple, Star of Green
Stars of Red and Black I've seen
Star of Blue I earned with you,
and Tawny Star was really keen!

(Tune: God Bless You Merry Gentlemen)
God Bless you very gentle friends,
Let Christmas not distress
Remember when you shop for us
Play safe and buy the best!
Just kidding; We'll be happy
Just to be with you we're blessed
Think of every one of us as your guests
Us as your guests....
Think of every one of us as your guests...

(Tune: Holly and the Ivy)
Akela and Bagheera,
though they are both full-grown,
Can still be found playing in the woods,
and throwing snow around...
Our pack is winter camping,
together in the snow,
Good fellowship; new friends are made,
I'm so glad that I could go.

(Tune: Jingle Bells)
Crashing through the snow,
on a big pair of snowshoes.
With a buddy, though,
Everywhere by twos
Winter Cubing badge
says to take a hike
Boy I wish the snow was hard enough to ride my bike!
Oh Ring the bell, Ring the bell, Get out of my way!
Oh what fun I'd have if I could ride my bike today-ay!
Ring the bell, Ring the bell, Get out of my way!
Oh what fun I'd have if I could ride my bike today!

(Tune: While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks)
While shepherds wash their socks by night, their feet turn dirty brown.
They really ought to wear their shoes, to cross the muddy ground!

(Tune: We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
Wee fish, gnu, a mare, egrets, moose
Wee fish, gnu, a mare, egrets, moose
Wee fish, gnu, a mare, egrets, moose
Panda, hippo, gnu, deer!

(Tune: Jingle Bells)
Dashing through the pack,
With a rope held by each end,
Tying a bowline knot
Then showing what I've got.

Hot dogs on the fire
Building a fast KubKar .
I can hardly wait,
Cub Camp can't be far.

Bait a hook,
Learn to cook,
Biking ro-de-os.
Neckerchief slides,
Canned food drives,
Learning to take photos.

Pancake mix,
Carving sticks,
Keeps us on the run.
Our families
Make all these
Memories so much fun.

Dashing through the camp,
Putting up the tents,
Popping all the corn,
Blowing that morning horn.

Of Cub Camp we all dream
We'll soon be old enough
Red, Blue, Yellow Six
We're made of real tough stuff!

Half-hitch knots,
Setting up cots,
Playing fun new games.
Hammers and nails,
Compass and trails,
KubKars are the thing.

Santa's coming,
We've been good,
As good as we can be...
Load up our stocking
With camping stuff,
Cub Scouts we want to be!

(Tune: Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer)
Rudy, the red-cheeked Cub Scout
Had a very cold, cold nose.
And if you ever noticed,
You could even say it flows.

All of the other Cub Scouts,
Used to laugh and point it out.
As Rudy, the red-cheeked Cub Scout
Had a very runny snout.

Then one day A-ke-e-la
Took Rudy out of sight
And told him that it's time he knew
How to wipe his nose just right.

Now all the other Cub Scouts
Think Rudy is a "First Class" Scout.
'Cause Rudy, the red-cheeked Cub Scout
Finally learned to blow his snout.

Ode to Sleeping Cubs
(Tune: While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks at Night)
While good Cubs sleep, leaders try to keep
the noise low in the camp
But as they try, a bunch of guys
could be heard all 'or the map

Balo-oo is mad, he says he's had
a tough day back at work
Kaa can't sleep, Baggie's 'bout to leap
They have to catch the jerks

The noise builds u-up loud-der,
all the Cubs awake
They've got to get the pack to sleep
but what wil-ll it-t take?

But low an angel's amongst us
Akela reads them the perfect book
She starts into War and Peace,
and soon the Cubs are fast as sleep
As peace reigns 'or the earth

My Appetite is My Shepherd (Pound 23)
(Tune: The Lord is my Shepherd)
My appetite is my shepherd; I always want.
It maketh me sit down and stuff myself.
It leadeth me to the Christmas table.
It leadeth me to the path of turkey, cranberry and gravy
It destroyeth my shape.
Yea, though I knoweth I gaineth, I will not stop eating
For the food tasteth so good.
The plum pudding and the shortbread, they comfort me.
When the table is spreadth before me, it exciteth me.
For I knoweth that I sooneth shall dig in.
As I filleth my plate continuously,
My clothes runneth smaller.
Surely bulges and pudgies shall follow me all the days of my life
And I shall be "pleasingly plump" forever.

The endth...

February 20, 2001