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Camp Songs

The Bear Song

This is a repeat after me song

The other day
I saw a bear
A great big bear
Oh way out there
The other day I saw a bear
A great big bear oh way out there

He looked at me
I looked at him
He sized up me
I sized up him
He looked at me I looked at him
He sized up me I sized up him

He said to me
Why don't you run
I see you ain't
Got any gun
He said to me why don't you run
I see you ain't got any gun

And so I ran
Away from there
But right behind
Me was that bear
And so I ran away from there
But right behind me was that bear

In front of me
There was a tree
A great big tree
Oh glory me!
In front of me there was a tree
A great big tree oh glory me!

The lowest branch
Was ten feet up
I'd have to jump
And trust my luck
The lowest branch was ten feet up
I'd have to jump and trust my luck

And so I jumped
INTO THE AIR
But I missed that branch
Oh way up there
And so I jumped into the air
But I missed that branch oh way up there

But don't you fret
And don't you frown
Cause I caught that branch
On the way back down
But don't you fret and don't you frown
Cause I caught that branch on the way back down

And that's the end
There ain't no more
Unless I meet
That bear once more
And that's the end there ain't no more
Unless I meet that b
ear once more

And so I met
That bear once more
Now he's a rug
On my bedroom floor
And so I met that bear once more
Now he's a rug on my bedroom floo
r

Purple Stew

*The song begins with one or two people in the middle of a circle (the stew)

With Practice!

Whoop Whoop
Whoop Whoop
Making A Purple Stew
Whoop Whoop
Whoop Whoop
Making A Purple Stew
Shoe Bee Do Bee Do
Purple Potatoes And
Purple Tomatoes And
How About You!
(Each person in the stew picks two people to also come in the stew)

*The song repeats until everyone is in the stew

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