Our Paddles Keen and Bright
Our paddles keen and bright, flashing like silver,
Swift as the wild goose flies, dip, dip, and swing.
Dip, dip, and swing them back, flashing like silver,
Swift as the wild goose flies, dip, dip, and swing.
Sing two or three times through, with voices becoming louder and then softer-as though canoes were first approaching and then moving away. [Also may be sung as a round.]

Boom Chicka Boom
I says a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.]
I says a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.]
I says a-boom-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-boom!
[Group echoes.]
Uh-huh! [Group echoes.]
On Yeah! [Group echoes.]
This time! [Group echoes.]
We sing! [Group echoes.]
HIGHER!
Each time a leader adds a different variation such as: LOWER,
WHISPER, LOUDER, TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, SEXY, GROOVY (COOL).

Froggie!
Dog.
Dog, cat.
Dog, cat, mouse.
Froggie!
Itsy bitsy, teeny weeny little bitty froggie.
Jump, jump, jump, little froggie.
Spiders and flies are scrum-deli-icious.
Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit,
Croak.
Actions: Set up a clap/lap-slapping rhythm, and repeat each line after the leader. On the first run-through, do it slowly; with each repetition go faster, until the audience tires

THE ANTS GO MARCHING

The ants go marching one by one. Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one. Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one.
The little one stops to suck his thumb.
And they all go marching down,
To the ground, to get out of the rain.
Boom! Boom! Boom!

(other verses)

two by two tie his shoe
three by three climb a tree
four by four shut the door
five by five take a dive
six by six pick up sticks
seven by seven pray to heaven
eight by eight shut the gate
nine by nine check the time
ten by ten say "The End"

BEAR SONG

The other day (repeat)
I met a bear (repeat)
Up in the woods (repeat)
A way up there. (repeat)

(all sing)

The other day I met a bear,
Up in the woods a way up there.
He looked at me (repeat)
I looked at him (repeat)
He sized up me (repeat)
I sized up him. (repeat)

(all sing)

He looked at me I looked at him
He sized up me I sized up him.
He said to me; (repeat)
Why don’t you run? (repeat)
Because I see (repeat)
You have no gun. (repeat)

(all sing)

He said to me; "Why don’t you run
Because I see you have no gun."
And so I ran (repeat)
Away from there (repeat)
But right behind me (repeat)
Came that bear. (repeat)

(all sing)

And so I ran away from there
But right behind me came that bear.
Ahead of me (repeat)
I saw a tree (repeat)
Oh glory be (repeat)
A great big tree. (repeat)

(all sing)

Ahead of me I saw a tree.
Oh glory be a great big tree.
The nearest branch (repeat)
Was ten feet up (repeat)
I’d have to jump (repeat)
And trust to luck. (repeat)

(all sing)

The nearest branch was ten feet up
I’d have to jump and trust to luck.
And so I jumped (repeat)
Into the air (repeat)
But I missed that branch (repeat)
A way up there. (repeat)

(all sing)

And so I jumped into the air
But I missed that branch a way up there.
Now don’t you fret (repeat)
Now don’t you frown (repeat)
I caught that branch (repeat)
On the way back down. (repeat)

(all sing)

Now don’t you fret now don’t you frown
I caught that branch on the way back down.
The moral of (repeat)
This story is (repeat)
Don’t talk to bears (repeat)
In NIKE shoes. (repeat)

(all sing)

The moral of this story is
Don’t talk to bears in NIKE shoes.
This is the end (repeat)
There ain’t no more (repeat)
Unless I meet (repeat)
That bear once more. (repeat)

(all sing)

This is the end there ain’t no more
Unless I meet that bear once more.

FLEA

(Everyone repeats what the leader says)

Flea
Flea, fly,
Flea fly flo
Vista
Kumala, kumala, kumala vista
Oh no no no not the vista
Ene mene esta mene oowah oowah a meenie
Dese mene soo la mene oowah oowah a meenie
Beep billy oat n dote n bo bo ba deet n dat n
SHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

GING GANG GOOLI

Ging gang gooli gooli gooli gooli
Ging gang goo, ging gang goo.
Ging gang gooli gooli gooli gooli watcha
Ging gang goo, ging gang goo.

Hay la, hay la shay la,
Hay la shay la hay la ho-o.
Hay la, hay la shay la.
Hay la shay la hay la ho.

Shawly wally, shawly wally,
Shawly wally, shawly wally
Umpa, umpa, umpa, umpa!

(One part of the group repeats the umpa, umpa etc. while the other repeats the verse)

ARE YOU SLEEPING?

Are you sleeping, Are you sleeping?
Brother John, brother John.
Morning bells are ringing; Morning bells are ringing,
Ding ding dong, ding ding dong
 

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT

Row , row, row your boat
Gently down the stream;
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.

Camp fire's burning

fire's Burning
fire's burning,
Draw nearer,
Draw nearer,
In the glowing,
In the glowing,
Come sing and be merry,
Come sing and be merry.

Divide the pack into four groups. Each group starts singing Camp fire's burning when the previous group finishes the line.

Apples and Bananas  

I like to eat, I like to eat 
I like to eat green apples and bananas 
I like to eat, I like to eat 
I like to eat green apples and bananas 
Repeat changing all the vowels to a,e,i,o,u (ex: A lake ta ate, A 
lake ta ate...)

One bottle Pop

Don't throw your trash in my backyard, my backyard, my backyard 
Don't throw your trash in my backyard, my backyard's full.
  
Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar, 
Fish and chips and vinegar, salt, pepper, pepper, salt.
 
One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop, three bottles of pop 
Four bottles of pop, five bottles pop pop, six bottles of pop, seven bottles, bottles of pop. 

Down by the Bay  

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow 
Back to my home, I dare not go 
For if I do, my mother will say 
Did you ever see a bee, with a sunburnt knee 
Down by the bay? 
  
SUBSTITUTES 
A goose drinking apple juice 
A goat riding in a boat 
A cow with a green eyebrow 
Rats wearing silk hats 
Beans as big as submarines 
Moose with a loose front tooth 
  

Green Grass

  There was a hole 
The prettiest little hole that you ever did see 
  
And the green grass grew all around, all around 
And the green grass grew all around 
  
And in that hole 
There was a tree 
The prettiest little tree that you ever did see 
And the tree was in the hole 
And the hole was in the ground 
  
Continue adding one line at a time.... 
Now on that tree... There was a branch... the prettiest little 
etc... 
...limb on the tree 
...nest on the limb 
...egg in the nest 
...bird in the egg 
...wing on the bird 
...feather on the wing 
...bacteria on the feather 
  

I met a Polar Bear

  (Tune: Sipping Cider Through a Straw) 
  
The other day, I saw a bear, 
A big while bear, I had to stare. 
  
He stared right back, and seemed to grin, 
His long white fangs, hung to his chin. 
  
He move toward me, upon four paws, 
And those four paws, held six-inch claws. 
  
I couldn't move, my feet were froze, 
As I saw steam, shoot from his nose. 
  
But I was safe, because I knew, 
This polar bear, was at the Zoo! 

John Jacob Jingle Hymer Smith

  John Jacob Jingle Hymer Smith 
His name is my name too 
Whenever we go out 
The people always shout 
"John Jacob Jingle Hymer Smith," 
Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra.... 

C H I C K E N

  Here are two similar versions of the song: 
Version One: 
  
Part One of the Round: 
  
Rufus Rustus Johnson Brown, 
Oh what you gonna do when the rain comes down 
Oh what ya gonna do and what ya gonna say 
If you can't pay the rent 'till the rain goes away 
  
Part Two of the Round: 
  
C- thats the way it begins 
H- is the next letter in 
I- you're in the middle of the word 
C- you've already heard 
K- now you're roundin' the bend 
E- you're nearin' the end 
C-H-I-C-K-E-N 
That's the way you spell CHICKEN! 
  
(note: there is no line for "N") 

Everywhere we go 

Everywhere we go  
Everywhere we go 
People want to know 
People want to know 
Who we are 
Who we are 
Where we come from 
Where we come from 
We are the 3rd 
We are the 3rd 
Mighty mighty 3rd 
Mighty mighty 3rd 
And if they can't hear us 
And if they can't hear us 
We'll sing a little louder 
We'll sing a little louder