ÿþ<html><body background="bgscout.gif" bgproperties="fixed" text="#0000ff" link="#ff0000" vlink="#ff0000" alink="#ff0000" onLoad="timerONE=window.setTimeout('scrollit_r2l(100)',500);" > <script language=JavaScript> <!-- //Disable right mouse click Script //By Maximus (maximus@nsimail.com) w/ mods by DynamicDrive //For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com var message="© Contents Copyright!"; /////////////////////////////////// function clickIE4(){ if (event.button==2){ alert(message); return false; } } function clickNS4(e){ if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){ if (e.which==2||e.which==3){ alert(message); return false; } } } if (document.layers){ document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); document.onmousedown=clickNS4; } else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){ document.onmousedown=clickIE4; } document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false") // --> </script> <title>Songs SIX - "Scoutopaedia" &copy;, by Tom Vella-Zarb" </title><font face="comic sans ms"> <center><hr width="50%" size=5 color="red"> <button><font face="comic sans ms" size=6><font color="#0000ff">Songs<br>Set Six</font></button> <font face="comic sans ms" size="3"> <center> <a name="top"></a> <center> <marquee><font face="arial" color="green" size=4><i>Welcome again to my SCOUTOPAEDIA - You have come to the Songs Section, were you will find a good assortment of songs for use with Scouts and other young people. You will notice a number of variations for some of them. They have been a favourite with campers for a long time and each time they sing them they add their own variations for fun. Enjoy. If you have any comments and suggestions, please e-mail them to me. Come visit again often, d'ya hear.</i></font></marquee><br> <a href="five.html"><img src="prev.jpg"></a> <a href="#end"><img src="butend.jpg"></a> <a href="seven.html"> <img src="next.jpg"></a><center><hr width="50%" size=5 color="red"> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gNkh-Pd0oNI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="50%" size=5 color="red"> <a href="five.html#endbottles"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song2"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <a name="song1"> <h3><a href="redriver.mid">Red River Valley <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> From this valley they say you are going<br> We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile<br> For they say you are taking the sunshine<br> That has brightened our path for a while.<br> Come and sit by my side if you love me<br> Do not hasten to bid me adieu<br> But remember the Red River Valley<br> And the cowboy who loved you so true.<br> Won't you think of the valley you're leaving<br> Oh how lonely, how sad it will be?<br> Oh think of the fond heart you're breaking<br> And the grief you are causing to me.<br> As you go to your home by the ocean<br> May you never forget those sweet hours<br> That we spent in the Red River Valley<br> And the love we exchanged mid the flowers.<br> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> </center><a name="song2"></a><center> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song1"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song3"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C_TLYW6YFxk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <h3><a href="alouette.mid">Alouette <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Je te plumerai la tête<br> Je te plumerai la tête<br> Et la tête, et la tête<br> Alouette, Alouette<br> O-o-o-o-oh<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br><br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Je te plumerai le nez<br> Je te plumerai le nez<br> Et le nez, et le nez<br> Alouette, Alouette<br> O-o-o-o-oh<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br><br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Je te plumerai les yeux<br> Je te plumerai les yeux<br> Et les yeux, et les yeux<br> Alouette, Alouette<br> O-o-o-o-oh<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br><br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Je te plumerai le cou<br> Je te plumerai le cou<br> Et le cou, et le cou<br> Alouette, Alouette<br> O-o-o-o-oh<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br><br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Je te plumerai les ailes<br> Je te plumerai les ailes<br> Et les ailes, et les ailes<br> Alouette, Alouette<br> O-o-o-o-oh<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br><br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Je te plumerai le dos<br> Je te plumerai le dos<br> Et le dos, et le dos<br> Alouette, Alouette<br> O-o-o-o-oh<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br><br> Alouette je te plumerai<br><br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Je te plumerai les pattes<br> Je te plumerai les pattes<br> Et les pattes, et les pattes<br> Alouette, Alouette<br> O-o-o-o-oh<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br><br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br> Je te plumerai la queue<br> Je te plumerai la queue<br> Et la queue, et la queue<br> Alouette, Alouette<br> O-o-o-o-oh<br> Alouette, gentille Alouette<br> Alouette je te plumerai<br><br> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> </center><a name="song3"></a><center> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song2"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song4"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> </center><a name="song2a"></a><center> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zwDvF0NtgdU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <h3><a href="ocanada.mid">O Canada <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> O Canada! Our home and native land<br> True patriot love in all thy sons command.<br> With glowing hearts we see thee rise<br> The true north, strong and free<br> From far and wide, O Canada<br> We stand on guard for thee.<br> God keep our land glorious and free<br> O Canada! We stand on guard for thee<br> O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.<br><br> O Canada! Terre de nos aieux<br> Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!<br> Car ton bras sait porter l'épée<br> Il sait porter la croix!<br> Ton histoire est une épopée<br> Des plus brilliants exploix.<br> Et ta valeur, de foi trempée<br> Protégera nos foyers et nos droits<br> Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.<br><br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song4"></a> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song3"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song5"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VNhgzbjd4RA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <center> <h3><a href="jacksail.mid">Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> 'Twas twenty-five or thirty years since Jack first saw the light<br> He came into this world of woe one dark and stormy night<br> He was born on board his father's ship as she was lying to<br> 'Bout twenty-five or thirty miles southeast of Bacalhao.<br><br> Chorus<br> Jack was every inch a sailor<br> Five and twenty years a whaler<br> Jack was every inch a sailor<br> He was born upon the bright blue sea.<br> When Jack grew up to be a man he went to Labrador<br> He fished in Indian Harbour where his father fished before<br> On his returning in the fog he met a heavy gale<br> And Jack was swept into the sea and swallowed by a whale.<br> The whale went straight for Baffin Bay 'bout ninety knots an hour<br> And every time he'd blow a spray, he'd send it in a shower<br> "Oh, now," says Jack unto himself, "I must see what he's about."<br> He caught the whale all by the tail and turned him inside out.<br><br> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> </center><a name="song5"></a><center> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song4"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song6"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/esdnIqRGEVM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <h3>When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again<br> Tune: <a href="battlehym.mid">John Brown's Body <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again,<br> Hurrah! Hurrah!<br> We'll give him a hearty welcome then<br> Hurrah! Hurrah!<br> The men will cheer and the boys will shout<br> The ladies they will all turn out<br> And we'll all feel gay,<br> When Johnny comes marching home.<br><br> The old church bell will peal with joy<br> Hurrah! Hurrah!<br> To welcome home our darling boy<br> Hurrah! Hurrah!<br> The village lads and lassies say<br> With roses they will strew the way,<br> And we'll all feel gay<br> When Johnny comes marching home.<br><br> Get ready for the Jubilee,<br> Hurrah! Hurrah!<br> We'll give the hero three times three,<br> Hurrah! Hurrah!<br> The laurel wreath is ready now<br> To place upon his loyal brow<br> And we'll all feel gay<br> When Johnny comes marching home.<br><br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song6"></a> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song5"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song7"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nhaifvAbukc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <h3><a href="donkey.mid">Donkey Riding <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> Were you ever in Quebec<br> Stowing timber on the deck<br> Where there's a king with a golden crown<br> Riding on a donkey?<br><br> Refrain<br> Hey! Ho! Away we go!<br> Donkey riding, donkey riding<br> Hey! Ho! Away we go!<br> Riding on a donkey.<br><br> Were you ever off the Horn<br> Where it's always fine and warm<br> Seeing the Lion and the Unicorn<br> Riding on a donkey?<br><br> Were you ever in Cardiff Bay<br> Where the folks all shout, "Hurray!<br> Here comes John with his three month's pay!"<br> Riding on a donkey.<br><br> Were you ever in Miramichi<br> Where you tie up to a tree<br> And the skeeters do bite we<br> Ridin' on a donkey?<br><br> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> </center><a name="song7"></a><center> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song6"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song8"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5JFCg07apW8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <h3><a href="mapleaf.mid">The Maple Leaf Forever <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> In days of yore, from Britain's shore<br> Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came<br> And planted firm Britania's flag<br> On Canada's fair domain.<br> There may it wave, our boast and pride<br> And join in love together<br> The thistle, shamrock, rose entwine<br> The maple leaf forever.<br><br> Chorus<br> The maple leaf, our emblem dear<br> The maple leaf forever<br> God save our Queen and heaven bless<br> The maple leaf forever.<br><br> At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane<br> Our brave fathers side by side<br> For freedom, homes and loved ones dear<br> Firmly stood and nobly died<br> And those dear rights which they maintained<br> We swear to yield them never<br> Our watchword ever more shall be<br> The maple leaf forever.<br> Our fair Dominion now extends<br> From Cape Race to Nootka Sound<br> May peace forever be our lot<br> And plenteous store abound.<br> And may those ties of love be ours<br> Which discord cannot sever<br> And flourish green o'er freedom's home<br> The maple leaf forever.<br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song8"></a> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song7"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song9"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/enz7XsKfRlw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <center> <h3><a href="battlehym.mid">John Brown's Body <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave<br> John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave<br> John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave<br> His soul goes marching on<br><br> Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!<br> Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!<br> Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! <br> His soul is marching on <br><br> He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true <br> He frightened old Virginia till she trembled <br> through and through <br> They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew <br> His soul is marching on <br><br> John Brown died that the slave might be free,<br> John Brown died that the slave might be free,<br> John Brown died that the slave might be free,<br> But his soul is marching on!<br><br> The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down<br> The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down<br> The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down <br> On the grave of old John Brown <br><br> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song9"></a> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song8"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song10"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/l5mRk5M5qT8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <center> <h3><a href="dixie.mid">Dixie <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> I wish I was in the land of Cotton<br> Old times there are not forgotten<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br><br> In Dixie Land where I was born in<br> early on one frosty morning'<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br><br> Chorus<br> Then I wish I was in Dixie<br> Hooray! Hooray! <br> In Dixie Land<br> I'll take my stand<br> To live and die in Dixie<br> Away! Away! Away! <br> Down South in Dixie.<br> Away! Away! Away! <br> Down South in Dixie.<br><br> Ole Missus marry "will the weaver"<br> Willum was a gay deceiver<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br> But when he put his arm around er,<br> He smiled fierce as a forty pounder,<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br><br> His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver<br> But that did not seem to grieve 'er<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br> Ole Missus acted the foolish part<br> And died for a man that broke her heart<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br><br> Now here's a health to the next ole Missus<br> An' all the gals that want to kiss us;<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie LandBut if you want to drive 'way sorrow<br> Come and hear this song tomorrow<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br><br> There's buckwheat cakes and Injun batter,<br> Makes you fat or a little fatter;<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br> Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,<br> To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel,<br> Look away! Look away! Look away!<br> Dixie Land<br><br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song10"></a> <center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7cMxJBenigY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song9"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song11"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <h3><a href="battlehym.mid">Battle Hymn of the Republic <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> Mine eyes have seen the glory<br> Of the coming of the Lord;<br> He is trampling out the vintage<br> Where the grapes of wrath are stored;<br> He hath loosed the fateful lightning<br> Of His terrible swift sword;<br> His truth is marching on.<br><br> Chorus<br> Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!<br> Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!<br> Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!<br> His truth is marching on.<br><br> I have seen Him in the watchfires<br> Of a hundred circling camps<br> They have builded Him an altar<br> In the evening dews and damps;<br> I can read His righteous sentence<br> By the dim and flaring lamps;<br> His day is marching on.<br><br> Chorus<br> I have read a fiery gospel writ<br> In burnished rows of steel:<br> "As ye deal with My contemners,<br> So with you My grace shall deal":<br> Let the Hero born of woman<br> Crush the serpent with His heel,<br> Since God is marching on.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> He has sounded forth the trumpet<br> That shall never call retreat;<br> He is sifting out the hearts of men<br> Before His judgement seat;<br> Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him;<br> Be jubilant, my feet;<br> Our God is marching on.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> In the beauty of the lilies<br> Christ was born across the sea,<br> With a glory in His bosom<br> That transfigures you and me;<br> As He died to make men holy,<br> Let us die to make men free;<br> While God is marching on. <br><br> Chorus<br><br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song11"></a> <center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1h9NN5FhJ7I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song10"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song12"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <h3><a href="starspbanner.mid">Star Spangled Banner <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,<br> What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?<br> Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,<br> O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?<br> And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,<br> Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.<br> O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br> O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<br><br> On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,<br> Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br> What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,<br> As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br> Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,<br> In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:<br> 'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave<br> O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<br><br> And where is that band who so vauntingly swore<br> That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion<br> A home and a country should leave us no more?<br> Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.<br> No refuge could save the hireling and slave<br> From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:<br> And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave<br> O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<br><br> O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,<br> Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;<br> Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land<br> Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!<br> Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,<br> And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"<br> And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br> O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<br><br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song12"></a> <center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/niD-AKpAJNc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song11"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song13"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <h3><a href="doodle.mid">Yankee Doodle <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> Father and I went down to camp<br> Along with Captain Gooding<br> And there we saw the men and boys<br> As thick as hasty pudding.<br><br> Chorus<br> Yankee doodle, keep it up<br> Yankee doodle dandy<br> Mind the music and the step<br> And with the girls be handy.<br><br> There was Captain Washington<br> Upon a slapping stallion<br> A-giving orders to his men<br> I guess there was a million.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> And then the feathers on his hat<br> They looked so' tarnal fin-a<br> I wanted pockily to get<br> To give to my Jemima.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> And then we saw a swamping gun<br> Large as a log of maple<br> Upon a deuced little cart<br> A load for father's cattle.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> And every time they shoot it off<br> It takes a horn of powder<br> It makes a noise like father's gun<br> Only a nation louder.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> I went as nigh to one myself<br> As' Siah's underpinning<br> And father went as nigh agin<br> I thought the deuce was in him.<br> We saw a little barrel, too<br>The heads were made of leather<br> They knocked upon it with little clubs<br> And called the folks together.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> And there they'd fife away like fun<br> And play on cornstalk fiddles<br> And some had ribbons red as blood<br> All bound around their middles.<br> The troopers, too, would gallop up<br> And fire right in our faces<br> It scared me almost to death<br> To see them run such races.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> Uncle Sam came there to change<br> Some pancakes and some onions<br> For' lasses cake to carry home<br> To give his wife and young ones.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> But I can't tell half I see<br> They kept up such a smother<br> So I took my hat off, made a bow<br> And scampered home to mother.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> Cousin Simon grew so bold<br> I thought he would have cocked it<br> It scared me so I streaked it off<br> And hung by father's pocket.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> And there I saw a pumpkin shell<br><br> As big as mother's basin<br> And every time they touched it off<br> They scampered like the nation.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> And there was Captain Washington,<br> With gentlefolks about him,<br> They say he's gown so 'tarnal proud<br> He will not ride without them.<br> Chorus<br><br> There came Gen'ral Washington<br> Upon a snow-white charger<br> He looked as big as all outdoors<br> And thought that he was larger.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song13"></a> <center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9JmrAu1dJH4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song12"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song14"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <h3><a href="kathleen.mid">I'll take you home again, Kathleen <img src="sounder.gif" border="0"></a></h3> I'll take you home again, Kathleen<br> Across the ocean wild and wide<br> To where your heart has ever been<br> Since you were first my bonnie bride.<br> The roses all have left your cheek.<br> I've watched them fade away and die<br> Your voice is sad when e'er you speak<br> And tears bedim your loving eyes.<br><br> Chorus:<br> Oh! I will take you back, Kathleen<br> To where your heart will feel no pain<br> And when the fields are fresh and green<br> I'll take you to your home again!<br><br> I know you love me, Kathleen, dear<br> Your heart was ever fond and true.<br> I always feel when you are near<br> That life holds nothing, dear, but you.<br> The smiles that once you gave to me<br> I scarcely ever see them now<br> Though many, many times I see<br> A dark'ning shadow on your brow.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> To that dear home beyond the sea<br> My Kathleen shall again return.<br> And when thy old friends welcome thee<br> Thy loving heart will cease to yearn.<br> Where laughs the little silver stream<br> Beside your mother's humble cot<br> And brightest rays of sunshine gleam<br> There all your grief will be forgot.<br><br> Chorus<br><br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song14"></a> <center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0yvKxc5DM24" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song13"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song15"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center><h3><a href="joyjoyjoy.wav">I Have The Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy<img src="sounder.gif" border=0></a></h3> <i>by George W. Cooke</i><br><br> I have the joy, joy, joy, joy,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart,<br> I have the joy, joy, joy, joy,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart to stay.<br><br> I have the peace that passeth understanding,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart,<br> I have the peace that passeth understanding,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart to stay.<br><br> I have the love of Jesus, love of Jesus,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart,<br> I have the love of Jesus, love of Jesus,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart to stay.<br><br> For there is therefore now no condemnation,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart,<br> For there is therefore now no condemnation,<br> Down in my heart,<br> Down in my heart to stay.<br><br> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song15"></a> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song14"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song16"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ni5wpuRD4qA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <h3><a href="thisland.mid">This land is your land - This land is my land<img src="sounder.gif" border=0></a></h3> This land is your land<br> This land is my land<br> From Buena Vista <i>[California]</i>, to Vancouver Island <i>[the New York Islands]</i>. <br> From the Great Lake Waters <i>[Red Wood Forests]</i>,<br> To the Arctic Circle <i>[Gulf Stream Waters]</i>. <br> This land was made for you and me. <br><br> As I was walking, that ribbon of highway<br> I saw above me, that endless skyway.<br> I saw below me, that golden valley.<br> This land was made for you and me. [chorus]<br><br> As I roamed and rambled, and I followed my footsteps;<br> To the sparkling sands of, her diamond deserts.<br> And all around me, that voice kept sounding,<br> This land was made for you and me. [chorus] <br><br> As the sun came shining, and I was strolling; <br> And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling. <br> As the fog was lifting, that voice kept chanting; <br> This land was made for you and me. [chorus] <br><br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song16"></a> <center><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ye4TK8PotJ8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song15"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song17"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <h3><a href="greengrow.mid">Green Grow the Rushes Oh<img src="sounder.gif" border=0></a></h3> I'll give you One Ho!<br> Green Grow the rushes ho!<br> What is your One Ho?<br> One is one and all alone<br> And ever more shall be so.<br> <br> I'll give you Two Ho! <br> Green grow the rushes ho! <br> What is your Two Ho? <br> Two, two the lily white boys,<br> covered all in green-o. <br> One is one and all alone <br> And ever more shall be so! <br> <br> I'll give you Three Ho! <br> Green grow the rushes ho! <br> What is your Three Ho? <br> Three, three the rivals, <br> Two, two the lily white boys.... <br> <br> Four for the Gospel Makers..... <br> <br> Five for the symbols at your door.... <br> <br> Six for the six proud walkers..... <br> <br> Seven for the seven stars in the heavens..... <br> <br> Eight for the April Rainers....<br> <br> Nine for the Nine Bright Shiners........ <br> <br> Ten for the Ten Commandments...... <br> <br> Eleven for the Eleven that went to Heaven.... <br> <br> Twelve for the Twelve Apostles..... <br> <br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song17"></a> <center><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/glOOqOtISNU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song16"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song18"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <h3><a href="happywanderer.mid">The Happy Wanderer<img src="sounder.gif" border=0></a></h3> I love to go a-wandering,<br> Along the mountain track,<br> And as I go, I love to sing,<br> My knapsack on my back.<br><br> CHORUS:<br> Val-de-ri, val-de-ra,<br> Val-de-ri, val-de-ra, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,<br> Val-de-ri, val-de-ra<br> (repeat last line of previous verse).<br><br> I love to wander by the stream,<br> That dances in the sun,<br> So joyfully it calls to me,<br> Come join my happy song.<br><br> (CHORUS)<br><br> I wave my hand to all I meet,<br> And they wave back to me,<br> And the blackbirds call so loud and sweet,<br> From every greenwood tree.<br><br> (CHORUS)<br><br> High overhead the skylarks sing,<br> They never rest at home,<br> Just like me they laugh and sing,<br> As o'er the world they roam.<br><br> (CHORUS)<br><br> Oh, may I go a-wandering<br> Until the day I die,<br> Oh, may I always laugh and sing,<br> Beneath God's clear blue sky,<br><br> (CHORUS)<br><br> </center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song18"></a> <center> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/INdjRCNcZj0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr width="40%" color="red"><br><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song17"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#explanation"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center> <center> <h3><a href="waltzingmatilda.mid">Waltzing Matilda<img src="sounder.gif" border=0></a><br>Popular version</h3> <h4><a href="#song19">Authentic version</a> <a href="#explanation">Explanation of terms</a></h4> Once a jolly swagman sat beside the billabong,<br> Under the shade of a coolibah tree,<br> And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me<br><br> Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me<br> And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.<br><br> Down came a jumbuck to drink beside the billabong<br> Up jumped the swagman and seized him with glee<br> And he sang as he tucked jumbuck in his tuckerbag<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me<br><br> Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me<br> And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.<br><br> Down came the stockman, riding on his thoroughbred,<br> Down came the troopers, one, two, three.<br> "Where's the jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag?<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me<br> Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me<br> And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.<br><br> Up jumped the swagman and plunged into the billabong,<br> "You'll never catch me alive," cried he<br> And his ghost may be heard as you ride beside the billabong,<br> You'll come a waltzing matilda with me. <br><br> </center> <font face="comic sans ms" size="3"> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="explanation"></a></font> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song18"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#song19"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center><br> <center> <table width="80%" border=1 bordercolor="blue" bgcolor="linen"><tr><td><center><b><i><u>Explanation of Australian Slang As Used in the Song</u></i></b><br><a href="#song18">Popular version</a><br><a href="#song19">Authentic version</a></center> <DL> <DT> Billabong: <DD>A waterhole. <DT>Billy: <DD>A can or small kettle used to boil water for tea. <DT>Coolabah tree: <DD>A type of native tree in Australia <DT>Jumbuck: <DD>A sheep. There are 20 times as many sheep as there are people in Australia. <DT>Matilda: <DD>Although there are several schools of thought, Matilda as originally used means is of Teutonic origins and means Mighty Battle Maiden, referring to the women in camps during the Thirty Year Wars in Europe. Later this more commonly referred to the great army coats or blankets that soldiers rolled into a swag and tossed over their shoulders while marching. <DT>Squatter: <DD>At one time, squatters claimed (seized) land for themselves in addition to land that they had been granted. Eventually through the continuous occupation of the land, their claims were legitimised in the eyes of the law. <DT>Swagman: <DD>Someone who lives on the open road. A hobo. The term came from the canvas bag that they would carry their bedroll and/or belongings in. <DT>Trooper: <DD>In Australia's early days, there was no police force. The colony was protected by and policed by soldiers and even when a police force was eventually formed, they were still referred to as 'troopers'. <DT>Tucker bag: <DD>A knapsack or bag for storing food in the bush. </DL></td></tr></table></center> <center> <hr width="40%" color="red"><br> <a name="song19"></a> <center><a href="six.html"><img src="btn-top.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#explanation"><img src="btn-up.gif" border="0"></a><a href="songs4.html#song20"><img src="btn-down.gif" border="0"></a><a href="#end"><img src="btn-bttm.gif" border="0"></a></center><center> <h3><a href="waltzingmatilda.mid">Waltzing Matilda<img src="sounder.gif" border=0></a><br> Authentic Australian Version, credited to A.B. (Banjo) Paterson</h3> <h4><a href="#song18">Popular version</a> <a href="#explanation">Explanation of terms</a></h4> Once a jolly swagman camped by a Billabong <br> Under the shade of a Coolabah tree <br> And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled<br> "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"<br><br> Down come a jumbuck to drink at the water hole<br> Up jumped a swagman and grabbed him in glee <br> And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag<br> "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me'".<br><br> Up rode the Squatter a riding his thoroughbred <br> Up rode the Trooper - one, two, three <br> "Where's that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?", <br> "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me".<br><br> But the swagman he up and jumped in the water hole <br> Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree, <br> And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong, <br> "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"<br><br> <a name="end"> <center> <a href="#top"> <img src="top.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="five.html#endbottles"><img src="prev.jpg"></a> <a href="seven.html"><img src="next.jpg"></a></center> <a href="scoutopaedia.html"><img src="scoutopaedia1.jpg"></a> <center><a href="index.html"> <img src="indexlogo.gif" border=0></a> </BODY></HTML>