Here is an ongoing list of different camp songs I have learned over the years. It will be updated when I remember any new ones. Enjoy. If there is a chorus it is shown in italics. If you see [Chorus] it means to repeat the chorus. An indent is put in front of each new verse.
The Hippo Song
What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make her run for over a mile?
It’s not a party with paper hats
It’s not the candy that makes her fat
That’s not what hippos do
They ooze through the gooze without any shoes
They wade through the water ’til their lips turn blue
That’s what hippos do.
What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make her run for over a mile.
It’s not the sound of the whistling wind
It’s not a tune on the old violin
That’s not what hippos do
They ooze through the gooze without any shoes
They wade through the water ’til their lips turn blue
That’s what hippos -
Now, that’s what hippos -
Yes, that’s what hippos do!
The Duck Song
Wasn’t it a bit of luck
I was born a baby duck
With yellow socks and yellow shoes
I may go wherever I choose
QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
Yay ducks!
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 something inside me keeps saying “Not yet, not yet, not yet”.
The Acorn Song
I’m an acorn small and round
Sitting on the hard cold ground
Everybody steps on me
That is why I’m cracked you see
I’m a nut, I’m a nut, I’m a nut!
Yellow Bird
Yellow bird, High up in banana tree, banana tree
You sit all alone like me, like me
Did your lady friend
Leave your nest again
That is very sad
Makes me feel so bad
You should fly away
To the sky away
Your more lucky than me, than me.
Red Balloon
Give me a red balloon on a long black string
I can whistle and I can sing
With my red balloon on a long black string
I’ll be richer than any king.
Laughs are many and tears are few
Life’s exciting and always new
In a world of girls and boys
In a world of simple joys.
Give me a paper kite on a windy day
And I think I’ll fly away
With my paper kite on a windy day
Yes I think I’ll fly away.
[Chorus]
Give me a jar of bubbles and a real good friend
Oh I wish this day won’t end
With my jar of bubbles and a real good friend
Yes I wish this day won’t end.
[Chorus]
Give me a warm spring day and an apple tree
There is nothing I can’t see
High up in my apple tree
Look up and you’ll see me.
[Chorus]
Running Bear
Oh Running Bear loves the White Dove
With the love as big as the sky
Oh Running Bear loves the White Dove
With the love that’ll never die.
On one side of the roaring river
Stood Running Bear, brave Indian brave
And on the other side of the roaring river
Stood a lovely Indian maid
And her name was Little White Dove
She was as lovely as can be
But their tribes fought one another, PING
So their love could never be.
[Chorus]
Running Bear dove into the water, SPLASH
Little White Dove did the same, SPLASH
And they swam towards one another
As the roaring river raged
Their hands met, and their lips touched
But the roaring river pulled them DOWN
So they’ll always be together
On the happy hunting grounds.
[Chorus]
