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After early adoption by the Scandinavian Scout organisations, the song became eventually (starting in the 1940s and 1950s) a global hit among Scouts. The Ging Gang melody is today the same as in 1905, whereas the spelling of the lyrics has changed in translations. The 1905 lyrics: Hinkan, kolikolikolikolifejsan / Kinkan koh, kinkan koh
This is a repeat after me song (This is a repeat after me song) The Princess Pat (The Princess Pat) Lived in a tree (Lived in a tree) She sailed across (She sailed across) The seven seas (The seven seas) She sailed across (She sailed across) The channel two (The channel two) And she brought with her (And she took with her) A Rig-A-Bam-Boo. (A ...
"Sarasponda" is a children's nonsense song that has been considered a popular campfire song. It is often described to be a spinning song, that is, a song that would be sung while spinning at the spinning wheel.
"The Other Day I Met a Bear" is one of the songs sung by Barney the dinosaur on the 1990 children's video Campfire Sing-along except it was shortened to 4 stanzas instead of 10. On Barney & Friends, the tune was used for The Exercise Song. The 2007 album For the Kids Three! includes a version of the song by Barenaked Ladies. [3]
Another variation is sung at the opening and closing campfires at Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation in Pearson, Wisconsin. [citation needed] Cuyuna Scout Camp of Crosslake, Minnesota uses this song as one of the three it uses to close its Sunday and Friday night campfire programs, [8] as does Camp Babcock-Hovey in Ovid, New York. [citation needed]
The piece became a standard campfire song in Scouting and summer camps and enjoyed broader popularity during the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. In American politics , the song title gave rise to the phrase " sing Kumbaya ," denoting unrealistic, excessively optimistic attempts at compromise .
A young Girl Scout saved her father’s life using CPR — very soon after learning it. Vada Carawan, 11, sprang into action after seeing dad Clint Carawan having a heart attack on the floor of ...
Many Scouting, Girl Scouts and Guiding groups around the world sing the first verse of "Taps" ("Day is done ...") at the close of a camp or campfire. Scouts in encampment may also have the unit's bugler sound taps once the rest of the unit has turned in, to signify that the day's activities have concluded and that silence is expected in the ...