Camp Songs
The Cat Came Back
Old Mr. Johnson had troubles of his own.
He had a yellow cat that would not leave his home.
He tried and he tried to give that cat away.
He gave it to a man who was going far away.
CHORUS - - But, the, cat came back, the very next day
Oh, the cat came back, we knew he was a loser.
But the cat came back, he just wouldn't stay away.
He gave it to a man who was going way out west.
He told the man to give that cat to the gal that he loved best.
First the train jumped the track, then it hit the rail.
Not a single soul was left to tell the gruesome tale.
Chorus
He gave it to a boy with a ten dollar note (wow! ten bucks)
He told the boy to take, that cat out in a boat.
He tied a rock around it's neck, it must have weighed 10 lbs.
Now they drag the lakefront for the little boy who drowned.
Chorus
The man around the corner said he'd shoot that cat on sight. BANG!
He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite.
He waited and he waited for that cat to come around.
Ninety-seven pieces of that man were all they found.
Chorus
Someone pushed the button, an atomic holocaust. BOOM! Mushroom cloud!
All the hopes and dreams of America was lost.
Old Mr. Johnson, he laughed with foolish glee. HEE HEE HEE
Now that darned old yellow cat will never bother me.
Repeat Chorus
The Star-Spangled Banner
Oh say, can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof throughout the night that our flag was still there.
Oh say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Scout Vespers Song
Softly falls the night of day,
While our campfire fades away,
Silently each Scout should ask:
"Have I done my daily task,
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Have I done and have I dared
Everything to be prepared?"
Taps
Day is done, Gone the sun,
from the lake, from the hills, from the sky:
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh
God Bless America
God Bless America, Land that I love,
Stand beside her, and guide her,
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies
To the oceans, white with foam
God Bless America, my home sweet home,
God Bless America, my home sweet home.
Be Prepared
Oh, Be Pre-pared, pre-pared, pre-pared, the motto of a Boy Scout
Oh Be Pre-pared, prepared, pre-pared the motto of a Scout
Pre-pared, Pre-pared the motto of a good scout
Pre-pared, pre-pared , the motto of a scout.