Camp songs - Revision history

Harry at 21:26, 16 February 2013

2013-02-16T21:26:11Z

Seve: /* Taps */

2010-03-04T06:15:22Z

Taps

Harry: /* I Would Be True */

2008-09-19T22:26:27Z

I Would Be True

Rolaydz at 10:59, 8 September 2008

2008-09-08T10:59:12Z

Harry: /* Hit the Hay */

2008-08-27T06:07:48Z

Hit the Hay

Aeyoung90: /* Hit the Hay */

2008-08-25T01:34:16Z

Hit the Hay

Aeyoung90: /* Help the Other Fellow */

2008-08-25T01:26:10Z

Help the Other Fellow

Harry at 17:14, 13 August 2008

2008-08-13T17:14:46Z

Harry: /* Hiking Song */

2008-08-13T17:13:50Z

Hiking Song

Harry: /* Birch Rock Marching Song */

2008-08-13T17:13:01Z

Birch Rock Marching Song

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-There are many traditional songs that are sung at Birch Rock. "Hit the Hay" is sung almost every evening, "Sunset Song" is sung after most [[Tree Talk|Tree Talks]], "Birch Rock Marching Song," "Chant of the Chesty Child," and "Semper Fidelis" are sung by lower camp in the 4th of July parade, and various songs are often sung when people need something to do. Some of them were written for Birch Rock and others that were adopted by the camp. There are a few songs that were completely forgotten up until recently. In 2006 2 forgotten songs were discovered and a booklet of all of the camp songs was published. The booklet contains 14 songs which are below.
+Birch Rock has a plethora of songs for every occasion. We sing "Hit the Hay" every evening, "Sunset Song" after [[Tree Talk]], "The Birch Rock Marching Song," "Chant of the Chesty Child," and "Semper Fidelis" in the 4th of July parade, and all of the above when people need something to do. Some camp songs were written for Birch Rock and others that were adopted by the camp. In 2006 2 forgotten camp songs were discovered and a booklet compiling the camp songs was published. The booklet contains 14 songs which are below.
 ==Alma Mater==
-Alma Mater is sung to the tune of America the Beautiful
 :''By waters blue there stood a rock
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 ==Help the Other Fellow==
-A song written for Birch Rock, named after the camp motto. It is an other forgotten song that know one knows exactly how to sing.
 :''At Birch Rock Camp,
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 ==Semper Fidelis==
-This song is often sung by lower camp at the 4th of July parade in Waterford. It one of the more well known songs, all veterans of Birch Rock probably know it. It is upbeat and the "We'll say so!" parts are shouted.
 :''B-I-R-C-H-R-O-C-K Hey!
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 :''Birch Rock, oh Birch Rock
 :''For you and me!
 ==The Chant of the Chesty Child==
-Another upbeat song. If Semper Fidelis is sung loudly, The Chant of the Chesty Child is sung quickly. Often it is sung multiple times, the first time slowly and the later times faster and faster. It is sung increasingly quickly until it becomes almost impossible to sing.
 :''We are a bunch of intelligent boys
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 ==Birch Rock Marching Song==
-Sung to the tune of the Marines' Hymn, this is an other popular song. Rangeley Lakes is a group of lakes in Maine that [[Pete's Palace]]  often goes on a canoing [[trip]] to.
 :''From the campfires by our cabins,
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 ==I Would Be True==
 [[Image:Library.jpg|thumb|The library]]
-I Would Be True is an old church hymn that Onie Brewster liked so she made it a camp song. The last line of the song "I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift" was made into a large plaque which is hung over the entrance to the [[library]].
 :''I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
 :''I would be pure, for there are those who care;
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 ==Desperado==
-This classic summer camp song is sometimes acted out in front of the camp. Someone plays the desperado, a few campers play the "hoochy goochies" and a camper with a pillow in his shirt plays the big fat policeman.
 :''There was a desperado from the wild and wooley west,
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 :''(Chorus)
 ==The Crimson and the Gray==
-This was a song that had been forgotten. No one knows the tune. It is named after the camp's primary and secondary color.
 :''With crimson and gray for colors
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 :''Hats off every Birch Rock camper,
 :''To the crimson and the gray!
 ==This Land is Your Land==
-This famous Woody Guthrie song is sung at Birch Rock. It is usually sung when evening activity is canceled due to rain so everyone sings songs in the lodge.
 :''Chorus:
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 :''From the Arctic Circle to the Great Lake waters
 :''This land was made for you and me.
 ==Wannigan==
-A wannigan was a crate used to carry food on canoing trips. There still are a few of them around camp.
 :''W-A double N-I-G-A-N spells wannigan, wannigan,
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 :''Then you drop it -
 :''And it's wannigan on me.
 ==Hiking Song==
-A song that is rarely sung at Birch Rock any more, the tune is forgotten.
 :''Hike, hike along the way,
 :''Birch Rock campers happy.
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 ==Sunset Song==
 [[Image:Sunset.jpg|thumb|A sunset over Lake McWain]]
-This song is sung after most tree talks.
 :''O'er the hills of sunset splendor
 :''Dazzles every eye..
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 ==Hit the Hay==
-Hit the hay is by far the most commonly sung song at Birch Rock because it is sung every night. At the end of tree talks it is sung twice after the Sunset Song.
 :''Let's hit the hay, my hearties
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 ==Taps==
 Taps has not been sung at Birch Rock for years. It is a classic summer camp song though and it was included in the song booklet so here it is.  Through the 1990s, Taps was often sung by the staff after the lights out bell on Saturday night.  Many of the staff would still be in their campfire outfits.

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 ==Taps==
-Taps has not been sung at Birch Rock for years. It is a classic summer camp song though and it was included in the song booklet so here it is.
+Taps has not been sung at Birch Rock for years. It is a classic summer camp song though and it was included in the song booklet so here it is.  Through the 1990s, Taps was often sung by the staff after the lights out bell on Saturday night.  Many of the staff would still be in their campfire outfits.
 :''Day is done, gone the sun

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 ==I Would Be True==
 [[Image:Library.jpg|thumb|The library]]
-I Would Be True is an old church hymn that Onie Brewster liked so she made it a camp song. The last line of the song "I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift" was made into a large plaque which is hung over the entrance to [[the library]].
+I Would Be True is an old church hymn that Onie Brewster liked so she made it a camp song. The last line of the song "I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift" was made into a large plaque which is hung over the entrance to the [[library]].
 :''I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
 :''I would be pure, for there are those who care;

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 ==I Would Be True==
 [[Image:Library.jpg|thumb|The library]]
-I Would Be True is an old church hymn that Chief Brewster liked so he made it a camp song. The last line of the song "I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift" was made into a large plaque which is hung over the entrance to [[the library]].
+I Would Be True is an old church hymn that Onie Brewster liked so she made it a camp song. The last line of the song "I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift" was made into a large plaque which is hung over the entrance to [[the library]].
 :''I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
 :''I would be pure, for there are those who care;

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 :''Let's hit the hay, my hearties
-:''For bed's where we belong.
+:''For beds where we belong.
 :''We've been having fun
 :''that is fun;

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 :''On Lake McWain,
 :''"Help the Other Fellow"
-:''Shall be out aim.
+:''Shall be our aim.
 :''When you can't have your way,
 :''Don't sulk and fret:
 :''Doing things for other people is better yet.
 ==Semper Fidelis==
 This song is often sung by lower camp at the 4th of July parade in Waterford. It one of the more well known songs, all veterans of Birch Rock probably know it. It is upbeat and the "We'll say so!" parts are shouted.