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Click on the titles below for the words to some of your
favorite songs
Ash
Grove
Billboard
Canoe
Song
Dem
Bones
Dona
Flicker
Green Grow the
Rushes
Lollipop
Manana
Maria
Mushrooms
Onaway, A
Promise
Tall Silk
Hat
Winkin', Blinkin' and
Nod
Ash
Grove
Down
yonder green valley
where streamlets meander
While
twilight is fading
I pensively roam.
Or at
the bright noontide
in solitude wander,
Amidst the dark shades
of the lonely ash grove.
'Tis
there where the blackbird
is cheerfully singing,
Each
warbler enchants
with his notes from a tree.
Ah,
then little think I
of sorrow or sadness,
The
ash grove entrancing
spells beauty for me.
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Billboard
Knock, knock. Who's there? Bill.
Bill who?
Chorus:
Build
up that billboard upon the hill
That
sexy billboard gives me quite a thrill
When
I was younger and just a child
That
sexy billboard drove me wild
Are
you from Function, from Function
Junction
Where
all those function suction
cups are made?
If
you're from Function, from Function
Junction
Well,
I'm from Function too.
Other
verses:
Fran
-- Franchise, Tear-- Tear down, Re-- Rebuild
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Canoe
Song
My
paddle's keen and bright,
Flashing with silver,
Follow the wild goose flight,
Dip,
dip and swing.
Dip,
dip and swing her back,
Flashing with silver,
Swift
as the wild goose flight,
Dip,
dip and swing.
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Dem Bones
Chorus:
I
know'd it, know'd it,
Indeed I knowed it brother,
I
know'd it, whee.
Dem
bones gonna rise again
Refrain [r]:
Dem
bones gonna rise again
(All)
1.
Lord He thought He'd make a man, [r]
Took
a little water an' He took a little sand [r]
2.
Adam was the first He made [r]
Put
him on the bank and dried him in the shade [r]
3.
Took a rib from Adam's side [r]
Made
Miss Eve to be his bride [r]
4.
Put them in a garden fair [r]
Thought they'd be most happy there [r]
(Lord)
5.
Apples, peaches, pears, and such [r]
But
of this tree you must not touch [r]
(All)
6.
'Round that tree old Satan slunk [r]
And
at Miss Eve his eye he wunk [r]
(Eve)
7.
Adam, see this fruit so fine [r]
Take
a bite, the Lord won't mind [r]
(Lord)
8.
Adam, who dem cores did leave? [r]
(Adam)
I
don't know, Lord. 'Speck 'twas Eve. [r]
(Lord)
9.
Adam, you must leave this place. [r]
And
earn you livin' by the sweat o' your face. [r]
(All)
10.
He took a hoe and he took a plow [r]
And
that's why we're all working now. [r]
11.
From this story there is an Oman,[r]
Never
underestimate the power of a woman.
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Dona
On a
wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye,
High
above him there's a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky.
Chorus:
How
the winds are laughing,
They
laugh with all their might.
Laugh
and laugh the whole day through
And
half the summer's night
Dona,
Dona
Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona,
Dona, Dona, Do,
Dona,
Dona, Dona, Dona,
Dona,
Dona, Dona, Do.
Stop
complaining said the farmer
Who
told you a calf to be?
Why
don't you have wings to fly with
Like
the swallow so proud and free?
(Chorus)
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never
knowing the reason why,
But
whoever treasures freedom
Like
the swallow has learned to fly.
(Chorus)
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Flicker
The
flicker of the 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 men's troubles are always left behind.
So,
give me the light of the campfire, warm and bright,
Give
me some friends I can sing with, I'll be here all night.
Love
is for those who find it; I've found mine right here,
Just
you and me and the campfire, and the songs we love to hear.
(repeat second stanza)
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Green Grow
the Rushes
I'll
sing you one ho; green grow the rushes ho.
What
is your one hoe?
1.
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so
2.
Two, two the little white boys clothed all in green-o
3.
Three, three the rivals
4.
Four for the gospel makers
5.
Five for the symbols at your door
6.
Six for the six proud walkers
7.
Seven for the seven stars in the sky
8.
Eight for the April rainers
9.
Nine for the nine bright shiners
10.
Ten for the ten commandments
11.
Eleven for the eleven who went to heaven
12.
Twelve for the twelve apostles
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Lollipop
L-O-double L-I-P-O-P spells lollipop, lollipop;
That's the only decent kind of candy, candy,
Man
who made it must have been a dandy, dandy;
L-O-double L-I-P-O-P you see
It's
a lick on a stick guaranteed to make you sick.
It's
lollipop for me.
C-A-S-T-E-R O-I-L spells caster oil, caster oil;
That's the only decent kind of medicine, medicine,
Man
who made it must have been an Edison, Edison;
C-A-S-T-E-R O-I-L you see
It's
a lick on a spoon guaranteed to kill you soon.
It's
caster oil for me.
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Manana
The
counselors at Camp Onaway are mean as they can be,
They
think of everything they can to torture you and me.
But
someday I'll be old enough to be a counselor, too,
I'll
be the meanest counselor that Camp Onaway ever knew.
Chorus:
Manana, Manana, I'll be real nasty
Just
you wait and see.
Before I came to Onaway I thougt I swam the crawl,
But
now I fear there's noone here who feels that way a all.
I'm
just a little minnow blowing bubbles 'til I'm numb
If
what they want is bubbles, why not give us bubble gum?
(Chorus)
We're
either Browns or else we're Whites, but I'm all black and
blue,
They
took us up to Soup-Bowl Slide and told us what to do,
I did
as I was bid and slid right down that rocky slide,
That
slide was made for permanence, and not my little hide.
(Chorus)
The
other day when I was thrown I lay there in the dirt;
My
elbows, shoulders, back and knees, and dignity were hurt;
They
signed and shook their heads and said, "my dear it is a shame,
But
you of course and not the horse are certainly to blame."
(Chorus)
I
thought I was a climber but I quickly got my fill
While
playing "hide and seek" with cows while scaling Tenny's Hill'
If
every mountain climber must contend with things like that,
I'll
pray for fallen arches and go climbing where it's flat.
(Chorus)
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Maria
A way
out here they have a name
For
wind and rian and fire.
The
rain is Tess, the fire is Joe,
and
they call the wind Maria.
Maria
blows the stars around
And
send the clouds a flyin';
Maria
makes the mountains sound
Like
folks were up there dying.
Maria, Maria, they call the wind Maria.
Before I knew Maria's name
And
heard her wail and whining,
I had
a gal and she had me
And
the sun was always shining.
But
then one day I left my gal,
I
left her far behind me,
And
now I'm lost, so cold and lost,
Not
even God can find me.
Maria, Maria, they call the wind Maria.
Out
here they have a name for rain,
For
wind and fire only,
But
when you're lost and all alone,
There
ain't no name but lonely.
Now
I'm a lost and lonely man,
Without a star to guide me.
Maria
blow my love to me,
I
need my gal beside me.
Maria, Maria, they call the wind Maria.
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Mushrooms
Mushrooms are a vegetable, that you eat when you are
able
You
will know them when you eat them,
You
will know them when you eat them,
If in
heaven you awaken, and you find you were mistaken,
And
the mushrooms you have eaten weren't
the
ones you should have et....
Must
have been toadstools--tough luck.
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Onaway, A Promise
Onaway, a promise, a vow not to forget,
Though far from your shores.
Onaway, together, we live time and again;
In
days to come,
I
will come back, I shall come back,
To
praise they name once more.
When
I stand alone by the lake, by the lake,
Tall
pines bring me peace just to see,
To
relive again friendships old, life so free,
I'll
be coming back, wait for me.
Onaway, I promise, I vow not to forget,
Though far from your shores.
Onaway, together, we live time and again;
In
days to come,
I
will come back, I shall come back,
To
praise they name once more.
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Tall Silk
Hat
One
day, I took with me into the subway,
My
tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.
I put
it down upon the seat beside me,
My
tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.
A
big, fat lady came and sat upon it,
My
tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.
A
big, fat lady came and sat upon it,
My
tall silk hat, my tall silk hat.
Christopher Columbus, now what do you think of that?
A
big, fat lady sat upon my hat,
My
hat she broke, now what's the joke,
My
hat she broke, now what's the joke,
Christopher Columbus, now what do you think of that?
HEY!
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Winkin, Blinkin and Nod
Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe-
Out
on a river of crystal light,
Into
a sea of dew.
"Where are you going and what do you wish?"
the
old moon asked the three.
"We've come to fish for the herring fish
That
live in the beautiful sea."
The
old moon laughed and he sang a song,
As
they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And
the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The
little stars are the herring fish
That
live in the beautiful sea-
"Now
cast your nets wherever you wish,
Never
afeared are we."
Winkin, and Blinkin are two little eyes,
And
Nod is a little head,
And
the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a
wee one's trundle bed.
So
close your eyes while Mother sings
Of
the wonderful sights that be
And
you shall see these beautiful things
As
you rock in the misty sea.
So
goes the tale of the fishermen three:
Winkin, Blinkin and Nod.
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