What would day camp be without camp songs? We all remember that long bus ride to Marineland, singing everything from "Titanic" to the "Nose Picker" song. I still have days when I will be at work, sitting at my desk, and be humming "There was a great big moose..."

Below is a list of the classics. Some of them have the words, but you will have to remember the tune on your own. Feel free to mail me if you have any songs to add to the list.

Remember the words written below are just that, words.  It is up to you to take them and turn them into a camp memory.    Whether it be bouncing off of the bus seats as a monkey during the animal song (Peter of course), or singing song book as a red neck (who could forget Jenn), it is the added flare that made a KIDACA song the best.

• Alice The Camel

• Alouetteski

• An Austrian Was Yodelling

• Animal Fair

• Animal Song

• Anti-Garden Song

• Ants Go Marching

• Auchv The Music Man

• Baby Bumble bee

• Bananana

• Bananas

• Bean Song

• Bear Song

• Big Green monster

• Bingo

• Black Socks

• Boa Constrictor

• Boogaloo

• Boom Boom Ain't It Great To Be Crazy

• Boom Chicka Boom

• Bottle Of Pop

• Bubble Gum

• Bumble Bee Tuna

• Castle On The River Nile

• Circles

• Clueless

• Commercial Mix-Up

• Corner Master Store

• Darlin'

• Do, Re, Mi...

• Donut Shop

• Down By The Bay

• Dum Dum Dada

• Ear Song

• Father Abraham

• Fast Food

• Fire's Burning

• Forty Days On An Iceberg

• Found A Peanut

• Fresh Prince Of Bel Air

• Fried Ham

• Froggy

• Fruit Salad

• Gan Goon

• Garden Song

• Great Big Moose

• Green Grass

• Hello, My Name Is Joe

• Herman The Worn

• Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea

• Horse Fly

• Hungry, Hungry

• I Like To Eat

• I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

• If You're Happy

• In a Cabin

• Iron It Out

• It Ain't Going To Rain No More

• It's An Insect World

• Jaws

• John Brown's Cow

• John Jacob

• Join Into The Game

• Kidaca Song

• Kumbyah

• Larry The Lizard

• Lean On Me

• Linger

• Little Ollie Otter

• Little Rabbit Fufu

• Littlest Worm

• Magelina Hasgelina

• Man Of The Sea

• Met A Polar Bear

• Mosquitoes And Bed Bugs

• Mountain Dew

• Mules

• My Dog Jelly

• My Hat It Has Three Corners

• My Stomach Has Had It

• My Uncle

• Nose Picker

• Oh It Feels So Great To Be At Camp

• Old Lady

• On Top Of Spaghetti

• One Stormy Night

• O'Really/O'Riley

• Peanut Butter Sandwiches

• Pink Pyjamas

• Poor Little Bug On The Wall

• Princess Pat

• Puff The Magic Dragon

• Put Friends First

• Ravioli

• Ricky The Rock

• Roll 'Em Over The Billows

• Sandwich Song

• Shark Song

• She Sailed Away

• Skinnnamirinky-Dinky-Dink

• Song Book

• Speckled Frog

• Stand By Me

• Stay On The Sunny Side

• Swimming Pool

• Telephone

• Ten In The Bed

• Ten Little Monkey's

• Thank You Mr./Mrs. Bus Driver

• The Three Bears

• The Tree Toad

• There Ain't No Flies On Us

• Three Blue Pigeons

• Three Little Angels

• Tinkerboxer

• Titanic

• Tom The Toad

• Twinkie Song

• Unicorn Song

• Under Water Song

• Vista

• Wadiliacha

• Waiting Song

• Wanna Be My Camper

• Way Down The Road

• Wee Wee Tot

• Who Stole The Cookie

• Whooping Cough

• Yogi Bear

Alice the Camel has 10 humps.

Alice the Camel has 10 humps.

Alice the Camel has 10 humps.

So go Alice go

Boom Boom Boom.

*Repeat, each time, decreasing the number of humps*

Alice the Camel has no humps.

Alice the Camel has no humps.

Alice the Camel has no humps.

So Alice is a Horse (of course!)

ALOUETTESKI

All

Alouetteski, gentille Alouetteski; Alouetteski je te plumerai, HEY!

Jacque and Pierre

Je te plumerai la têteski.

Campers

Je te plumerai la têteski.

Jacque and Pierre

A la têteski.

Campers

A la têteski.

Jacque and Pierre

Alouetteski.

Campers

Alouetteski

All

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh,

All

Alouetteski, gentille Alouetteski; Alouetteski je te plumerai, HEY!

Jacque and Pierre

Je te plumerai la noseski     **(Eric & Pierre use - noseacough)**

Campers

Je te plumerai la noseaski.

Jacque and Pierre

A la noseski.

Campers

A la noseski.

Jacque and Pierre

A la têteski.

Campers

A la têteski.

Jacque and Pierre

Alouetteski.

Campers

Alouetteski.

All

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh,

This continues until the final verse, where the repeating lines are:

Jacque and Pierre

A la Wayne Gretzky.

Campers

A la Wayne Gretzky.

Jacque and Pierre

A la buttski.

Campers

A la buttski.

Jacque and Pierre

At la pitski.

Campers

A la pitski.

Jacque and Pierre

A la boucheka.

Campers

A la boucheka.

Jacque and Pierre

A la noseski.

Campers

A la noseski.

Jacque and Pierre

A la têteski.

Campers

A la têteski.

Jacque and Pierre

Alouetteski.

Campers

Alouetteski

An old Austrian was yodeling,

On a mountain top high

When along came an avalanche (swoosh)

Interrupting his cry

CHORUS

Oh, Le Hee, Oh Lock Que Ki

Oh Lock Que Ki

Oh Lock Que (shh!)

Oh Lock Que Ki, OH!

*Repeat song, replacing avalanche (swoosh) with

-         grizzly bear (grrr)

-         St. Bernard (ha ha)

-         Jersey Cow (moo moo)

-         Maiden Fair (kiss, kiss)

-         Her father dear (bang bang)

There waaaaaas a
Crocodile, an eagle flying,

 an orangutang, and a silver fox
a bunny, a beaver, a crazy elephant.
Na na na na na na na

***This song is done with actions, ie. "crocodile is clapping your hands like crocodile jaws***
***Sing the song repeatedly, dropping an animal each time through and just do it's action***

Slug by slug, weed by weed

My garden’s got me really teed

All the insects love to feel upon my tomato plants

Sunburned face, scratched up knees

My kitchens choked up with Zucchinis

I’m shopping at the A & P next time I get the chance

The crabgrass grows, the ragweed thrives

The broccoli has long since died

The only things still left alive are some radishes and beans

My carrot plants are dead and gone

Hear the rabbits sing a happy song

Until you’ve weeded all day long, you don’t know what

Boredom means

You get up early, work ‘til late

Watch moles and mice get over weight

They eat their dinners on a plate from the hard work you have done

As ye sow, so shall ye reap

But I smell like a combat heap

I’m gunna get that lousy creep who said gardening was fun.

The ants go marching one by one Hourah, Hourrah

The ants go marching one by one Hourah, Hourrah

The ants go marching one by one

The little stopped to such his thumb

And they all went marching down, to the ground to get out of the rain

Boom Boom Boom

The ants go marching two by two/span>

2 x 2 tie his shoe

3 x 3 -  climb a tree

4 x 4 close the door

5 x 5 -  do a jive

6 x 6 -  pick up sticks

7 x 7 -  go to Heaven

8 x 8 -  close the gate

9 x 9 check the time

10 x 10 start again

Auchvan the Music Man

Deichus Father Lander

Ich Von Schpeiler

Schpeeling on my

(TOGETHER!) Zoomba x 12

*Replace “Zoomba with

- Trumpetta      -  Pianola          - Viola              - Piccola           - Radiola

I'm bringin' home my baby bumble bee, won't my mommy be so proud of me. 
I'm bringin' home my baby bumble bee, oooooo, eeeee, it stung me.

I'm squishin' up my baby bumble bee, won't my mommy be so proud of me, 
I'm squishin' up my baby bumble bee, oooooo, eeeee, it's all over me.

I'm licken' up my baby bumble bee, won't my mommy be so proud of me, 
I'm licken' up my baby bumble bee, oooooo, eeeee, it's inside of me.

I'm bringin' up my baby bumble bee, won't my mommy be so proud of me, 
I'm bringin' up my baby bumble bee, oooooo, eeeee, that's the end of me.

***This song has actions***

Chorus:
- Banana nananananana
- Banana nanananana
- Banana nananananana
- Banana nanananana
- BANANA

1. Shake the hand of the person next to ya, shake their hand and sing along 
    Shake the hand of the person next to ya shake their hand and sing SING THIS 
    SONG...1,2,3,4

Chorus:

Additional versus:

- Hug the person
- Touch the toe

Actions:

While singing the chorus you quickly 1) slap your thighs 2) clap 3) snap 4) clap REPEAT.  
While singing the verse you do the action you are singing.

My dog LIMA ran away

My LIMA dog stayed away

Nowhere has my dog been seen

Where on where has LIMA been, LIMA been, LIMA been

Where oh where has LIMA bean?

*Replace LIMA with:  Jelly, Green, Kidney, Mister Soya etc.

The other day

I met a bear

A great big bear

A way up there

I looked at him

 He looked at me

I sized up him

He sized up me

He said to me

Why don’t you run

I see you ain’t

Got any gun

An so I ran

Away from there

But right behind me

Was that bear

In front of me

There was a tree

 A great big tree

 Oh glory me

The nearest branch

Was ten feet up

I’d have to jump

And trust my luck

And so I jumped

Into the air

But I missed

That branch a way up there

But don’t you fret

And don’t you frown

I caught that branch

On the way back down

This is the end

There ain’t no more

Unless I meet

 That bear once more

And so I met that Bear once more

Now he’s a rug on my cabin floor

There’s a big green monster living under my bed,

With one arm hanging over his head,

With one leg up, and one let down,

He swings his head around and around,

His face, it’s all scrunched up too!

Hey he looks a lot like you!

There was a farmer who had a dog

And Bingo was his name-o

B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O

And Bingo was his name-o

*Repeat song, one at a time replacing a letter with a clap*

Black socks they never get dirty

The longer you wear them

The stronger they get

Sometimes I think I should wash them

But something keeps telling me NO NO not yet, not yet, not yet

*Sing song in a round, getting louder and louder*

Chorus

I’ve been eaten by a boa constrictor

I’ve been eaten by a boa constrictor

I’ve been eaten by a boa constrictor

And I don’t like it very much

Oh no! He’s eating my toe!

Chorus

Oh Gee! He’s eating my knew

Chorus

Oh fiddle! He’s eating my middle!

Chorus

Oh darn! He’s eating my arm!

Chorus

Oh heck! He’s eating my neck!

Chorus

Oh dread! He’s eating my head!

LEADER
- Let me see your bugaloo?

GROUP

- What’s that you say?

LEADER
- I said let me see your bugaloo?<

Group

-  What’s that you said?

LEADER
- I said let me see your bugaloo?<

Group

-  What’s that you said?

All

- I said ooh aah, ooh aah aah

ooh aah one more time

ooh aah ooh aah aah

ooh aah BACK IN LINE!

*Substitute Bugaloo for elephant, monkey, truck driver, Elvis, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, etc.*

A horse and a flea and three blind mice

Were skating along on the slippery ice

The horse fell down upon the flea

Whoops said the flea

There’s a horse on me!

Boom boom ain’t it great to be crazy

Boom boom ain’t it great to be crazy

Silly and foolish all day long

Boom Boom ain’t it great to be crazy!

One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop

Three bottles of pop, four bottles of pop

Five bottles of pop, six bottles of pop

Seven Seven bottles of pop

Fish and Chips and Vinegar

Vinegar, Vinegar

Fish and Chips and Vinegar

Pepper Pepper Pepper Salt

Don’t throw your junk in my backyard

My backyard, my backyard

Don’t throw your junk in my back yard

My backyard’s full!

Yum Yum Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Tuna

I love Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Tuna

Yum Yum Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Tuna

Love a sandwich made with Bumble Bees

*Sing this song over again with different voicesust the girls! Just the boys!*

On my castle on the River Nile

I’m gunna live in elegant style

In laid diamonds on the floor

And my bamboo butler at the door

I’m gunna wake up Princess Calamazoo

Make bloods change from Red to Blue

Entertaining royalty all the while

On my castle on the River Nile

*Slap knees 2 x, Hit top of Hands 2x, Cross over hands 2x, Snap 2x, REPEAT!*

Chorus

All my life’s a circle, sunrise and sundown

Moon rolls through the nighttime, till the daybreak comes around

All my life’s a circle, still I wonder why

Seasons spinning round again, years keep rolling by

Seems like I’ve been here before, can’t remember when

I get this funny feelin we’ll be together again

No straight lines make up my life, all my roads have bends

No clear cut beginning, and so far no dead end

Chorus

I’ve met you a thousand times, I guess you’ve done the same

Then we’ll lose each other, it’s like a children’s game

But now I find you here again, the thought comes to mind

Our love is like a circle, let’s go round one more time

Chorus

Counsellors

CLUELESS

Campers

CLUELESS

Everyone

Like cool.  Like wow. Like totally freak me out.  I mean for sure, uh huh, KIDACA is the best!

Chorus

Last night I watched TV

I saw my favourite show

I heard this strange commercial

And I can’t believe it so

Feed your dog chiffon

Comet cures the common cold

Use S-O-S pads on your face

To keep you from looking old

Chorus

Mop your floors with Crest

Use Crisco on your tile

Clean your teeth with Borateem

It leaves a shining smile

Chorus

For headaches take some certs

Use Tide to clean your face

And do shampoo with Elmer’s Glue

It holds your hair in place

Chorus

Perhaps I’m a bit confused

I might not have it all right

But one thing I am certain of

I’ll watch TV tonight!

Verse:
   There were mice, mice, eating all the rice, in the store, in the store.
   There were mice, mice, eating all the rice in the Corner Master Store.

Chorus:
   My eyes are dim
   I cannot see
   I have not brought my specks with me
   I have not brought my specks with me 

***anything in bold italics can be changed, ie. Cats, cats, chasing lots of rats***

Leader

Darlin' you can't love "#"

Camper

Why not?

Leader

Darlin' you can't love "#"

Camper

Why not?

All

You can't love "#" ...(insert verse here)

Repeat for all ten numbers, starting at 1.

1....and still have fun
2....and still be true
3....and still love me
4....and still want more
5....and still be mine
6....and still do tricks
7.... and still go to heaven
8....and still be great
9....and still be mine
10....because there ain't enough men

DO – a deer, a female deer,

RE – a drop of golden sun,

MI – a name, I call myself,

FA – a long long way to run,

SO – a needle pulling thread,

LA – a note to follow SO,

TI – a drink with jam and bread,

That will bring us back to DO

Oh I went to the corner and walked around the block

And I walked right into a baker shop

And I took three donuts out of the grease

And I handed the lady a five-cent piece

Well she looked at the money and she looked at me

And she said this money is no good to me

There’s a hole in the middle and it goes right through

Said I, “There’s a hole in the donut too!

Chorus

Down by the bay

Where the watermelons grow

Back to my home

I dare not go

For if I do

My mother would say

Have you ever seen a bear, warein' underwear*

Down by the bay

*Make up your own fun and crazy rhymes!

Dum dum dada

De dum dum dada

De dum dum dada dada de dum

Dum dum dada

De dum dum dada dada

Dum dum dada de dum

ACTIONS:

-         hit crossed legged

-         hit thighs twice with both hands

-         bring up right hand across to left chest

-         hit twice

-         bring up left hand across to left chest

-         hit once

-         hit thigh once

-         cross arms and hit thighs again

-         uncross arms and hit thighs again

-         snap your fingers

*Make the song go faster and slower

Do your ears hang low?

Do they wobble to and fro?

Can you tie them in a knot?

Can you tie them in a bow?

Can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier?

Do your ears hang low?

*Go faster and slower each time

Chorus

Father Abraham had 7 sons sir

Had 7 sons sir, had Father Abraham

And he didn’t laugh, and he didn’t cry

All he did was go like this

With the left (move left arm)

Chorus

With the left and the right (move both arms)

Chorus

With the left and the right, and the left (both arms, left leg)

Chorus

With the left and the right, and the left and the right (both arms and legs)

Chorus

With the left and the right, and the left and the right and the head

Chorus

With the left and the right, and the left and the right and the head and the tongue

Fire’s burning, fire’s burning

Draw nearer, draw nearer

In the glowing, in the glowing

Come sing and be merry

*To be sung once as a whole, then in a round

Forty days on an iceberg,

Sailing across the sea,

Nothin' to wear but pajamas,

Nothin' to do but sleep,

The air was cold and frosty,

The frost began to bite- PEEP!

I had to hug my polar bear to keep me warm at night.

*Each time trough, replace a line with La’s

**Include hand actions with song (like the Swimming Pool song)

Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut last night

Las night I found a peanut, found a peanut last night.

Each verse, replace the words in bold with...

Cracked it open.

It was rotten.

Ate it anyway.

Got a tummy ache.

Went to the hospital.

They cut me open.

Took the peanut out.

Sewed my belly up.

Left the scissors in.

Cut me up again.

Took the scissors out.

Sewed me up again.

1. There was a great big moose.
   He liked to drink a lot of juice.
   There was a great big moose.
   He liked to drink a lot of juice.
   
   Chorus: 
   - Say whoa oh oh oh.
   - Wayo wayo wayo wayo.
   - Waaaaaayo wayo.
   - Wayo wayo wayo wayo.
   
   

2. He said his name was Fred.
   He liked to drink his juice in bed.
   He said his name was Fred.
   He liked to drink his juice in bed.
   
   Chorus:
   
   

3. He drank his juice with care.
   But he spilled some on his hair .
   He drank his juice with care.
   But he spilled some on his hair.
   
   Chorus:
   
   

4. Now he's a sticky moose. 
   He's a moose full of juice on the looooose.
   
   Chorus:

Chorus:
- Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do,
> - Whoooooooooa
- Do, do, do, do, do,
- Always Camp Kidaca

1. The sun will always shine, the kids will always sing, as long as there is camp there's 
always a fun thing.

Chorus:

2. In the morning we do crafts, afternoons we play games.  We never get bored 'cause it's never the same thing.

Chorus:

3. Wherever there's a pool there's always a splash, whenever there is lunch, there's 
always a mad dash.

Chorus:

4. Finding a new friend there's never a lack of, 'cause ever lasting friendships are at camp kidaca.

Chorus:

Repeat verse 1.

Chorus: 
I'm a nose picker baby, nose picker baby.

I pick it mornin' noon and night, mornin' noon and night.

I start on the left side and move on over to the right.

Nose picker, nose picker baby.

1. My mom sent me to camp

to stop my nose pickin'.

By the end of the week,

I had the whole camp flickin' 

Cuz...

Chorus: 

2. My mom got real angry,

she sent me off to bed

but when she turned around

I flicked a booger at her head.

Cuz...

Chorus:

3. I pick it in Dallas,

I pick it in New York.

I pick it with a spoon,

and then I eat it with a fork.

Cuz...

Chorus:

4. I pick it in the kitchen.

I pick it in the hall.

I pick in in the bathroom

then I wipe it on the wall.

Cuz...

Chorus:

5. Some times it's green and runny,

some times it's black and hard,

and when I get real hungry

I pick it in the yard.

Cuz...

Chorus:

One stormy night

When we were all in bed

Old lady Leary

Lit a lantern in the shed

And when the cow tipped it over

She winked her eye and said

It'll be a hot time in the old town tonight

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!

Poor little bug on the wall
No one to love him at all
No one to wash his clothes
No one to tickle his toes
Poor little bug on the wall.

***Repeat, changing the way it is sung***

Actions: 
- Typewriter
- Opera
- Mexican
- Canadian
- Cowboy
- New Yorker
- Rap
- Speeding train
- Stuck in a door
- Elvis style

Ricky the rock goes.. (action: "flop over, attempting to make the shape of a rock, and stare blankly") 
He looks at me and goes (action)
He never laughs or sings, never does anything, just looks at me and goes (action)

Other names: 
- Tommy the tree
- Polly the pole
- Larry the log
- Peter the Pavilion
- Darryl the door knob
- Elroy the electrical wires
- Rob the rabbit
- Sally the sprinkler
- Harold the hot dog

***You could also adapt to do counsellors***

Telephone

All

Hey...(person's name)...

Person

I think I hear my name. 

All

Hey...(person's name)...

Person

I think I hear it again.

All

You're wanted on the telephone.

Person

Well if it's not (new person's name) then I'm not home

- Start from the beginning with the new person's name -

DO – the stuff they put in Twinkies,

RE – the guy who buys me Twinkies,

MI –the guy Ray buys them for,

FA –  the line up for the Twinkies,

SO – I think I’ll have a Twinkie,