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Camp Songs

Camp just wouldn't be camp without an evening campfire.

 And a campfire just wouldn't be a campfire without singing.

Some of my most enjoyable memories are from camping and 

the songs and friendships shared around a campfire.

Here are just a few of my favorites camp songs.

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All My Life's a Circle

All my life's a circle, sunrise and sundown

The moon rolls through the night time

Till the day break comes around

All my life's a circle, but I can't tell you why

The seasons spinning round again

The years keep rolling by.

It seems like I've been here before, I can't remember when

But I got this funny feeling

That we'll all be back again

There's no straight lines that make up my life

And all my roads have bends

There's no clear cut beginnings, and so far no dead ends.

I've found you a thousand times, I guess you've done the same

But then we'll lose each other

It's just like children's games

As I see you here again, the thought runs through my mind

Our friendships like a circle,

Let's go round one more time.

Blowin' in the Wind

How many roads must a man walk down

Before they call him a man

How many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand

How many times must the cannon balls fly

Before they're forever banned

Chorus:

The answer my friend, is blowin' in the wind,

The answer is blowin' in the wind

 

How many years can a mountain exist

Before they're washed to the sea

How many years can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free

How many times can a man turn his head

And pretend that he just doesn't see

Chorus

How many times must a man look up

Before he reaches the sky

How many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry

How many deaths will it take till he knows

That too many people have died

Chorus

Chorus:

May all of your dreams bloom like daisies in the sun

May you always have stars in your eyes

May you not stop running not until your race is run

And may you always have blue skies

A dream is something all your own to keep within your heart

To build on when you're sad, or when you're world's been torn apart

A dream is something all your own that no one else can steal

A dream is something you can make come real

Chorus

You can share a laugh with any stranger you may meet

You can share your money with a beggar on the street

But you can only share a dream when love has set it free

Please won't you share yours with me.

Chorus

The flicker of a campfire, the wind in the pines

The moon in the heavens, the stars that shine

A place where people gather to make friends of all kinds

A place where all our troubles are always left behind

So give me the light of a campfire, warm and bright

And give me some friends to sing with; I'll be here all night

Love is for those who find it; I found mine right here

Just you and me and the campfire and songs we love to hear

If I Had a Hammer

If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening, all over this land
I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer about the love between my brothers and sisters
All over this land

If I had a bell, I'd ring it in the morning
I'd ring it in the evening, all over this land
I'd ring out danger, I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring about the love between my brothers and sisters
All over this land

If I had a song, I'd sing it in the morning
I'd sing it in the evening, all over this land
I'd sing out danger, I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing about the love between my brothers and sisters
All over this land

Well I've got a hammer, and I've got a bell
And I've got a song to sing, all over this land
It's the hammer of justice, It's the bell of freedom
It's the song about the love between my brothers and sisters
All over this land

Kum Ba Yah

Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, kum ba yah!

Someone's singing, Lord...

Someone's crying, Lord...

Someone's sleeping, Lord...

Someone's laughing, Lord...

Someone's praying, Lord...

Someone's camping, Lord...

add others...

Kum ba yah, my Lord...

Linger

On My Honor

On my honor I will try
There's a duty to be done and I say aye
There's a reason here for a reason above
My honor is to try and my duty is love

People don't need to know my name
If I do any harm, then I'm to blame
When I help another, I help me
If I've opened up my eyes to see

I've tucked away a song or two
If you're feeling low, there's one for you
When you need a friend, then I will come
There are many more where I come from

Come with me where a fire burns bright
We can even see better in a candle's light
But we find more meaning in a campfire's glow
Than we'd ever learn in a year or so

We've made a promise to always keep
And the day is done before we sleep
We'll be Girl Scouts together and when we're gone
We'll still be trying and singing this song

Did you ever watch the sunrise turn the sky completely red,

Have you slept beneath the moon and stars, a pine bough for your bed

Did you sit and talk with friends, though a word was never said,

Then you're just like me and you've been on the loose.

Chorus:

On the loose to climb a mountain,

On the loose where I am free.

On the loose to live my life, the way I think my life should be,

For I've only got a moment and a whole world yet to see.

I'll be looking for tomorrow on the loose.

There's a trail that I'll be hiking just to see where it might go.

Many places yet to visit, many people yet to know,

For in following in my dreams, I will live and I will grow,

On a trail that's waiting out there on the loose.

Chorus

So in search of love and laughter, I'll be traveling cross this land

Never sure of where I'm going, for I haven't got a plan,

So in time when you are ready, come and join me and take my hand,

And together we'll share life out there on the loose.

Chorus 

In this world that I am traveling, I will think of you this way,

Remembering your smile, for it seems like yesterday

When we slept beneath the stars, and we dreamed about this day

Now we have come together on the loose.

Chorus

Do the trees in the forest make you sit and think of love?

Does it take you twenty times or more to count the stars above?

For I'm here now and I like it and the hours melt away,

And if I want I'll stay here another day.

Chorus

As I sit and watch the sunset and the daylight softly fades,

I am thinking of tomorrow and the friendships we have made.

I will value them for always and I hope you'll do the same,

And forever we'll explore life on the loose.

Chorus

Now the moon is softly glowing and the stars are twinkling bright

Our laughter and our friendship have cleared this cloudy night

Come and join our flickering campfire, come and sing our happy songs

And together we'll share life out on the loose.

Chorus

Pass It On

It only takes a spark to get a fire going
And soon all those around can warm up to its glowing
That's how it is with God's love
Once you've experienced it
You spread your joy to everyone
You want to pass it on

What a wondrous time is spring when all the trees are budding
The birds begin to sing, the flowers start their blooming
That's how it is with God's love
Once you've experienced it
You want to sing, it's fresh like spring
You want to pass it on

I wish for you my friend, this happiness that I've found
You can come join in, it matters not where you're bound
I'll shout it from the mountain tops
I want the world to know
The joy of friends has come to me
I want to pass it on

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

Oh I am richer than any king

Chorus:

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

Oh I think I'll fly away

With my paper kite on a windy day

Oh yes I'll fly away

Chorus

Give me a warm spring day and an apple tree

There is nothing that I can't see

When I look out from my apple tree

Look up there and you'll see me

Chorus

Give me a jar of bubbles and a real good friend

Oh I wish this day would not end

With my jar of bubbles and a real good friend

Oh I wish this day would not end

Chorus

Rose

Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose

Will I ever see thee wed?

I will marry at thy will, Sire

At thy will

Ding, dong, ding, dong

Wedding bells on an April morn

Carve your name on a moss covered stone

On a moss covered stone

Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose

Will I ever see thee wed?

I will marry at thy will, Sire

At thy will

*Can be sung as a round*

Ship in the Harbor

Like a ship in the harbor

Like a mother and child

Like a light in the darkness

I'll hold you a while

We'll rock on the water

I'll cradle you deep

And hold you while angels

Sing you to sleep

Chorus:

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine,

I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine.

A million tomorrows shall all pass away,

Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today.

I can't be contented with yesterday's glory,

I can't live on promises winter to spring.

Today is the moment and now is the story,

I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing.

Chorus

I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover,

You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing.

I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover,

Who cares what tomorrow may bring.

Chorus

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