Campfire Song Book

Short classics

K-K-K-KATY

K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy,
You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore.
When the m-m-moon shines over the cow-shed,
I'll be waiting at your k-k-k-kitchen door.

BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO (DAISY, DAISY)

Daisy, Daisy, give me you answer true.
I'm half-crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage;
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
of a bicycle built for two.

Henry, Henry, here is your answer true;
I'm not crazy over the likes of you.
If YOU can't afford a carriage, forget about the marriage;
'Cause I won't be jammed, I won't be crammed
on a bicycle built for two.

KOOKABURRA

Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree,
Merry, merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra,
Merry merry gay your life must be.
Ha, ha, ha!

Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree,
Eating all the gum drops he can see.
Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra,
Save some there for me.
Yum, yum, yum!

PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES

Pack up your troubles in your old kitbag
And smile, smile, smile
While you've a lucifer to light your fag,
Smile boys that's the style.
What's the use of worrying?
It never was worthwhile,
So pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
And smile smile smile

IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY

It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know,
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there.

[Can be sung in a round with "Pack up your troubles"]

EDELWEISS

Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Every morning you greet me.
Small and white, clean and bright,
You look happy to greet me.

Blossoms of snow, may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever,
Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Bless my homeland forever!

SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME

Show me the way to go home,
I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
Oh, I had a little drink about an hour ago,
and it's gone right to my head.
Wherever I may roam, on land or sea or foam.
You will always hear me singing this song:
Show me the way to go home.

ALOUETTE

Alouette, gentile alouette
Alouette, je te plumerai
Je te plumerai la tête
Je te plumerai la tête
Bêt la tête, et lat tête
Alouette, Alouette, ah...
Alouette, gentile alouette
Alouette, je te plumerai

...je te plumerai le bec
et le bec, et le bec,
et la tête, et lat tête
Alouette, Alouette, ah...

le nez...
les pattes...
le cou...
les ailes...
la queue...