Parodology (1927)

Parodology gives the earliest(?) example of "There's a Skeeter on My Peter".

PARODOLOGY
Songs for Fun and
Fellowship
A COLLECTION OF STUNT AND PEP SONGS
FOR CAMPS, PARTIES, WORSHIP
AND PEP OCCASIONS
By E. O. HARBIN
Author of "Phunology"
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COKESBURY PRESS
NASHVILLE, TENN.
1927

PREFACE
"Parodology" is an attempt to furnish a collection of songs suitable for clubs,
camps and young people's societies. It has been prepared with the idea of providing
material for all sorts of social occasions.
The value of group singing was demonstrated during the war when great groups were
gotten together in city, town, and hamlet to sing the popular songs of the day, the old
folk songs, and patriotic songs. It built up the morale of the people, stimulating good
cheer and courage. It built in us the spirit of unity. In the camps the soldiers were
likewise cheered and helped by "sings" in the "Y" huts.
For banquet occasions, for socials, for hikes, camps, and picnics nothing makes it
so easy to develop the right sort of atmosphere for a social occasion as singing. The
leader who can get the group to singing some beautiful song or some funny ditty has
little trouble getting the response he wants to the rest of his program; and if he tact-
fully selects a few songs to close the evening of fun, he will find that singing serves as
a sort of clincher to an evening of play.
These pointers ought to be remembered in leading group singing:
1. The Leader.—The leader must possess an abundance of enthusiasm. He must
have a sense of rhythm. He must not criticize his group for the way they sing. Let
him offer suggestions without any whining. If he has a good sense of humor, he can
often call their attention to mistakes in such a way as to make it part of the fun of the
evening. Care has to be exercised here, however, lest the leader lay himself open to the
charge of being "smart-alecky." He should encourage the group occasionally by com-
plimenting their singing.
2. The Pianist.—Oftentimes no pianist is needed. The group may sing without ac-
companiment, or a ukulele may furnish all the accompaniment needed. But if you do
have a pianist, it ought to be one who plays easily and in correct time. Fortunate is
the leader who has an accompanist who can play anything he hears once, without the
music. If the pianist is uncertain, it is best for the leader to ask for the chord, and then
to set the pace for the singing himself. A pianist who drags can ruin a social sing.
3. Song Sheets.—For banquets and social sings prepare mimeographed song sheets.
Collect these after they have served their purpose for the evening and keep them for
future use. Print on the song sheet the songs you will likely use often; such as, " Alou-
ette," "Old Folks at Home," "Ain't Gonna Study War No More," etc.
4. Practical Pointers:
In singing rounds be sure that most of the singers know the song before dividing them
into four groups. Be specific in your directions as to where each group is to come in,
and how many times they are to sing the round. Usually a round is sung three or
four times.
Make out a list of the songs you are expecting to use. Add a few extras for emergency
use.
Include in your list several harmony numbers, such as "Sweet Adeline," "Ain't
Gonna Study War," "Old Black Joe," etc.
Some harmony songs can be used effectively in humming. This is true of "Old
Black Joe" and "Farewell to Thee," for instance. Have the instruments remain silent
when the group hums.
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Motion songs, like "Down by the Old Mill Stream," are effective in getting a crowd
loosened up.
Contra singing can be done with many songs, one half of the crowd singing one song
while the other half sings another. Good contra songs are the following: "Spanish
Cavalier" and "Solomon Levi," "Humoresque" and "Swanee River," "Long,
Long Trail" and "Keep the Home Fires Burning" ("Long, Long Trail" starts first,
that group singing "There's a" before the "Home Fires" group starts), "Tipperary"
and "Pack Up Your Troubles."
Songs like "Good Night, Ladies," "Taps," and "Good Night" are effective for
closing a social evening.
SING! SING! SING! E. 0. H.

CONTENTS
Page
Stunt Songs. ....,,„................... —....................... — 9
Pep Songs............................................................. 41
Organization Songs......................................___.......... 42
Greeting Songs.....................,,...-----............................ 45
Camp Songs..........................*.................................. 55
At the Table.......................................................... 65
Hymns................................................................. 69
Graces for the Table...............,.................................. 73
Old Songs.............................................................. 74
Rounds.___........................................................... 81
Spirituals___........................................___.............. 85
Yells................................................................. 91
Miscellaneous......................................................... 94
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INDEX
A
A, B, C Song............,..................114
Abie....................................... 12
Adam Was a Gardener.....................■. 100
Advertise.................................. 66
Ah, Macaroni............................... 13
Ain't Coin' to Rain No More..........,...... 104
All Hail Her................................ 197
All in Favor, Say "Aye"..................... 158
All the Best Things......................... 36
Alouette................................... 112
Alphabet Love Song......................... 120
And When................................. 247
Animal Fair................................ 336
Annie Laurie...........................___ 309
Are You Sleeping?.......................... 330
Around the Camp Fire.....................». 219
Around the Corner.......................... 222
At the Table.............................260-282
Ate a Little Marmalade...................... 266
Auld Lang Syne.........................., . 195
Auld Lang Syne (Parody).................... 189
B
Be a Booster............................... 135
Bear Went Over the Mountain, The........... 84
Beds...................................... 236
Bell Is Ringing, The......................... 334
Best Bunch, The............................ 235
Bible Baseball Song, The..................... 37
Big Red Rose, A............................ 387
Billboard, The.............................. 126
Birds in the Wilderness...................... 71
Biscuits....................................273
Black-Eyed Susan........................... 338
Blest Be the Tie............................. 286
Bohunkus..................................404
Bologna Song................................ 390
Booster! Booster!.......................... 163
Bought a Little Rooster...................... 92
Break Thou the Bread of Life................ 295
Bug Song................................... 230
Bunch, The................................ 144
Burial of Old Slow Village League, The_______ 403
Camp Days................................ 232
Camp Songs.......------..................212, 259
Cheer Up................................... 327
Chew.......................................261
Chewing Gum.........-----------............. 106
Chewing-Gum Girl_______..................388
Chicken______..............................280
Chinese Honeymoon.............___.......... 8
Clementine____,.......____................ 103
Come Over and Play...........____........ 162
Come to League............................ 326
Conundrum Song;.. • ■.......................... 83
Crowds.................................... 44
Curiosity................................... 33
D
Darling Nellie Gray.........................308
Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again................397
Did You Ever See a Lassie?.................. 59
Down by the Old Mill Stream................ 407
Dummy Line, The.......................105,143
Dump All Your Troubles.................... 399
E
Early in the Morning........................ 227
Echo, I Can Hear You....................... 98
Echo Song (Little Sir Echo)..............-----168
Election of Officers......................-----185
Epworth League, My Epworth League......... 139
Epworth Leaguers from the Start............. 149
F
Faith of Our Mothers.......................419
Fare Thee Well.............................152
Ford Memories............................. 80
Ford Song, The............................. 392
G
Gasoline................................... 81
Get to Work...............................146
Ginger Ale.................................129
Ginger Up.................................226
Give Him a Hand........................... 181
Give of Your Best to the Master...............299
Give Us a Speech............................ 193
Glad I Come...............................269
Goat Song............___................. 61
Goin' to Shout All Over God's Heaven......... 345
Going to Cry...............................171
Good-By, Dinner____....................... 268
Good-By, Old Bilious......................... 55
Good Evening.......................___101, 207
Good Evening, Mr. Soup.....................277
Good Morning.............................. 201
Good Night................................255
Good Night (Harmony Song)___..___........ 167
Good Night (Round)........................333
Graces for the Table......................300-306
Green Worm____........................... 238
Greeting Songs..........................153-211
Gum-Chewing Girl, The..................... 388
H
Had a Little Dog............-----........... 21
Hail....................................... 164
Hail! Hail!................................ 170
Hail! Hail! The Campers Are Here............ 234
Happy Days............................... 244
He Leadeth Me............................. 289
Hello....................................157, 374
Hello (Harmony Song)...___................ 166
Here Comes............................----- 187
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Here Comes My Ford....................... 68
Here's to------..............................208
He's a Sight................................204
Hi-o-the-Cheerio............................393
Holy, Holy, Holy...........................284
Horrible Death, A........................... 24
Hot Dog...........................\ .......241
House By the Side of the Road............... 11
How, How, How D'ye Do?................... 176
Howdy....................................169
Howdy Do, Everybody...................... 153
Ho-Yah..........,......................... 384
Hurrah! Hurrah!...........................234
Hymns................................ 283-299
I
I Ain't Gwine Study War................------ 342
I Am Tired of Living....................___ 31
I Pound a Horseshoe........................ 20
I Got Shoes................................ 345
I Had a Little Hammer......................397
I Want a Chicken Sandwich..................271
IWishlWuz............................... 1
I Would Be True...........................417
I'd like to Be a Friend......................202
If I Had a Faith............................ 16
If She Eats Pie.............................205
If You'll Be M-I-N-E....................... 421
In My Heart............................... 346
In the Blue Ridge Mountains.................223
In the Evening.............................243
In the Garden............>.................297
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree...........386
In the Vintertime............................. 9
Institute Motion Song....................... 43
Irish Wedding, The.......................... 99
It Ain't Goin' to Rain No More............... 104
It Is Not Raining Rain......................212
It Isn't Any Trouble........................420
It's a Good Thing to Be a Christian........... 418
It's a Good Time........................... 410
It's a Short, Short Life...................... 63
It's Great to Belong......................... 137
Ivan Skizavitzsky Skivar..................... 109
I've Been Workin*..........................389
I've Got a Dog............................. 122
I've Got a Ford............................. 391
J
Jay-Bird Chant, The........................ 19
Jesus Calls Us........*.....................290
Jingle Bel s................................. 156
John Brown's Baby.............-----........ 412
John Brown's Ford...................-----... 131
John Jacob Guggenheimer Smith----.------------ 40
Johnny Schmoker................;..........406
Juanita..................................... 315
June, July, Augustine........................ 35
Just a Song at Twilight......................251
Just As I Am................................- 292
Just What................................... 398
L
Laff It Off................................. 94
League Affair, A............................ 150
Leagues That Brag.......................... 147
Limericks.................................. 117
Lisping Song............................... 31
Little Chicken, A...........................275
Little Red Box............................. 211
Little Tommy Tinker........................ 331
Live Your Best Medley...................... 57
Long, Long Ago............................317
Long, Long Nail, The.......................237
Long, Long Trail............................ 408
Long-Tailed Cat, The....................... 49
Long Trail.................................239
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian............... 346
Love, You Are Homely...................... 90
Love's Old Sweet Song....................... 311
M
Maiden's Romance, A...,................... 5
Maltese Cross Song, The.................___ 141
Man without a Woman, A. .................. 26
Marching on Georgia........................ 215
Mary Ann McCarthy........................ 64
Mary Had a Little Lamb.................... 6
Mary Had a Little Smile..................... 186
Mary Had a William Goat................... 394
Mary Jane................................. 88
Massa'e in de Cold Ground................... 307
Meat's All Gone............................ 264
Miscellaneous........................... 385-423
Mister Wing................................ 395
Mistress Shady............................. 113
More We Get Together, The................. 396
Mosquito.................................. 219
Moss-Covered Onion, The.................... 270
Mother Leary's Cow.............-----....... 91
Mother Machree's Old Man.................. 121
Motion Songs: Aiouette-----'................ 112
Dem Bones Gonna Rise.................... 397
Did You Ever See a Lassie?................ 59
Down by the Old Mill Stream______....... 407
Gasoline................................... 81
Howdy.................................. 166
Institute Motion Song..................... 43
It's a Good Time------..................... 410
John Brown's Baby___................... 412
John Brown's Ford......................... 131
Johnny Schmoker......-------..........------ 406
Little Red Box..........___.........____ 211
Little Tommy Tinker____._____.____..... 331
Long, Long Trail............____.------------ 408
Mary Ann McCarthy,............------.___ 64
O Chester_________...................... 402
O Ye Campers.........______.____....... 254
Prairie Flower............................. 42
Smile Awhile_____.____........____...... 409
Smoke Went Up the Chimney, The......... 51
Spider and the Spout, The________.______ 110
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree.......... 118

INDEX 10T
Motion Songs: When I Was a Young Girl..... 15
When Mary Was a Baby................... 27
Mr.------Is a Very Fine Fellow............... 411
Mules..................................... 23
Mushroom Song, The........................ 82
My Bonnie Parodies......................... 46
My Face................................... 65
My Father's Whiskers....................... 119
My Gal.................................... 151
My Grandmother Has a Very Fine Farm......400
My Hair................................... 128
My Misery.........,.......................221
My New Silk Hat...........................385
My Sins Are Taken Away.................... 341
N
Napoleon.................................. 108
Nighthawk................................. 368
Ninety-Nine Miles from Home................ 318
Noodle Soup Rag, The....................... 96
O
O Chester..................................402
O Friend of Mine........................... 174
O in the Moonlight.......................... 132
O Lad of Mine.............................. 182
O Master, Let Me Waik with Thee............ 287
O Master Workman of the Race..............415
O Me, O My............................... 190
O Mister Moon............................. 245
OSole Mio................................ 17
O Susanna................................. 312
O Where, O Where?.....................----- 67
O Ye Campers..............................254
Okoboji Song.......4....................... 191
Old Apple Pie, The......................----- 93
Old Ark's a-Movering.......................344
Old Black Joe,............................. 325
Old Duck, The............................. 267
Old Family Toothbrush, The.......___...... 2
Old-Fashioned Pep.......................... 133
Old Joe.................................... 329
Old Oaken Bucket, The...................... 324
Old Songs...............................307-325
One Dark Night.......________............. 33
Organization Songs.............'...........137-152
Oughta Been Arrested....................... 10
Our Boarding House......................... 116
Our Camp............................. 233, 250
Our Cow.............------.................. 76
Our Hearts to You.......................... 199
Our Youth to Thee..........................283
Oyster Stew Seng____...-----............... 62
P
Pack Up Your Dishes...................____ 263
Pack Up Your Troubles...................... 4
Pack Up Your Wieners.......___............ 246
Parody on Tit-Willow___...................... 97
Pep Songs............-------.............. 133-136
Perfect Posture,,............................339
Poor Georgie...............>............... 47
Poor Mary................................. 4$
Prairie Flower.............................. 42
Praises Ringing............................. 178
Pretty Spot in Ireland....................... 130
Pup-i-Up-i-Up.............................. 25
Pussy Willow............................... 52
Put in the Pep..,........................... 172
Put on the Soft Pedal....................... 198
Q
Quilting Party, The...........%.............318
R
Rejoice, Rejoice............................. 3
Rest.......................................256
Reuben and Rachel.........................224
Rheumatism................................328
Roamin' through the Country................ 203
Rock of Ages.............,................. 298
Romeo and Juliet........................... 29
Rounds............,....................326-340
Row, Row, Row Your Boat..,............... 332
Run Along Home...........................259
S
Sacred Songs to Well-Known Tunes........... 423
Sailing..................................... 319
Sal and 1................................... 22
Santa Lucia................................ 322
Scotland's Burning.......................----335
Scratch, Scratch, Scratch.....................216
Shoo Fly................................... 78
Sing-a-ling-a-ling............................ 258
Skeeter Song............................... 39
Skyrocket..................-----............ 369
Smile Awhile...............................409
Smile Is Quite a Funny Thing, A.............. 102
Smile the While...................,......... 87
Smiles................■*.................... 54
Smoke Went Up the Chimney, The........... 51
Sociability................................. 41
Solomon Levi............................... 405
Some Sandwich.............................281
Soup! Soup!.................................. 272
Spanish Cavalier, The....................... 321
Speak to Me, Love.......................... Ill
Spider and the Spout, The................... 110
Spirituals.............___..............341-346
Spring-a-ling-ling............................ 229
Spring Would Be........................----- 34
Stand Up, Stand Up................-----.....180
Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus................ 288
Start It with a Smile........................ 192
State Song, The.............................107
Still, Still with Thee......................... 293
Stunt Songs............................. 1-132
Style All the While........................... 160
Summer Camp..............................252
Sunburn Song.............................. 240
Sweet Adeline.............................. 85
Sweet Hour of Prayer....................... 294

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Sweet Ivory Soap........................... 85
Sweet Rosie O'Grady...................*___ 124
Sweetly Sings the Donkey.................... 837
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot................... 343
T
Take All of My life.........................416
Take My life.............................. 291
Taps...................................... 257
That's------............................. 183, 205
That's Epworth League...................... 140
That's How I Need You..................... 173
That's What------Means to Us....-----.___.. 398
There Ain't No Flies..........____.......... 70
There Are Eats..............................282
There Are Leagues,.........................148
There Are Smiles........................___ 89
There Is a Place.......-----......-----„......218
There Was a Bee............................ 73
There'll Be a Hot Time...................... 58
There's Music.............................. 154
There's No Place Like Home................. 18
There's Nothing More to Say.................279
They Go Wild...............................249
They Strolled Down the Lane................ 7
Thinnest Man, The......................... 123
Thousand-Legged Worm..................... 72
Three Blind Mice...........................422
Three Crows. ...___.......................320
Three Fishermen............................ 127
Throw Them Out the Window................ 125
Till We Eat Again.......................... 45
Till We Meet............................... 86
Tit-Willow................................. 97
To a Bald Head............................ 184
To a Late Riser............................. 364
To the Joy Bringer..,........................ 161
To the Ladies..................i...........196
Tough Luck Song........................... 75
Train Pulled in the Station, The.............. 74
Tree in the Wood, The..............,........ 115
Two Fleas.................................. 14
U
Um-m and a Little Bit More.................134
Uncle Jacob..............-----............... 340
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree.......... • 118
U. S. A. Forever............................ 316
V
Vesper Sosg................................ 242
W
Waiting for Breakfast.......................276
Waiter, Waiter....................._____.. 260
Wake Up the Chapter..........;............ 136
Watermelon Time........................... 79
Way Down the Road........................214
We Ain't Down Yet..................,...... 56
We Are Boosters............................ 217
We Are Table One..........................274
We Are the Great Stick-Ups.................. 30
We Have No Cr&pe Hangers................. 142
We Have No League Slackers................ 145
We Powder Our Nose........................ 95
Wearin' o* the Green........................310
Welcome, Neighbor......................... 155
We'll Cheer................................200
Well Sing His Fame........................210
We're Glad.................................206
We're Glad to See You Here____............. 179
We're Glad You're Here..................... 175
We're Going................................278
We're Having Such a Good Time.............213
We're Sorry................................ 194
We're Thankful.............................250
What You Waiting For?..................... 262
What's the Matter with------?................ 159
What's the Matter with the Epworth League?.. 138
When Do We Eat?.......................... 265
When I Was a Young Girl................... 15
When Johnny Come Marching Home..........323
When Mary Was a Baby..................... 27
When the Camp Fire's Lit.......,........... 225
When We Are Together...................... 169
When You and I Were Young, Maggie........314
When You Drove a Buick.................... 50
Where Do We Go?.......................... 53
Where He Leads Me____....................296
While the Organ Pealed...................... 69
Whoa, Mule! Whoa!......................... 38
Work, for the Night Is Coming............... 285
Y
Yawning.....................____......... 228
Yawning in the Morning..................... 248
Yells..............'...................... 347-384
Yes, We Have Optimism..................... 77
Yon Yonson................................. 28
You Can Tell a Man. r____._______........ 60
Young Folks, Old Folks................,...... 253
You're a Dandy............................ 177
You're a Friend of Mine.........___.___..... 188
You're a Good Sport.....................---- 165
You're a Winner,.,..,,..,,.,.....,..,,,,,.. 209