5 Favorite Summer Camp Songs

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• FAVORITE

SUMMER CAMP SONGS
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Singing songs around the campfire is a favorite
summer camp tradition and every evening the sound
of campers enjoying their favorite tunes can be
heard throughout the forest.
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While some songs are just silly, others hold deep
meaning to those who attend summer camp every
year.
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As you prepare for camp or reminisce about your
most recent camp experience, here are some
classic favorites that you can enjoy.
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BOA CONSTRICTOR
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• This silly camp song is a favorite among young
  children who can chime in on the echo refrain
• if they are still learning the lyrics.

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• The song, which lists each body part the boa
  constrictor is eating up until the very last
  gulp,
• was written by Shel Silverstein and published in
  1962.

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• Over the years, an upbeat tune was added to it
  and the musical group Peter, Paul and Mary,
  popularized it.

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ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY (Spaghetti)
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• It only takes a few strums of the guitar to make
  every campers face light up with recognition
  when this traditional folk song is played.

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• Although no one is sure exactly where the song
  originated, it is known that Pete Seeger claims
  to have learned the lyrics in the Appalachian
  Mountains before setting them to music.

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• Over the years, a parody version of the song in
  which campers sing about a pile of spaghetti
• has replaced the traditional version at camp.

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LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
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• John Denver wrote this classic campfire love
  ballad, yet it was Peter, Paul and Mary that
  elevated its popularity.

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• Older campers especially love just listening to
  the lyrics and singing along with the chorus. The
  soothing melody lends itself to being one of the
  last songs
• of the evening before

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• campers retire to their cabin and many kids ask
  to learn how to play it in their music lessons.
  In fact, this is one of the first songs that many
  campers learn how to play on their guitar.

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THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
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• Most campers associate this catchy song with the
  movie, The Lion King.

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• However, this song has roots that go as far back
  as the year 1939 when a singer named Solomon
  Linda first recorded
• it with his band.

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• Throughout the years, it was covered by a number
  of musical artists, including The Tokens who
  transformed the song into the one most recognized
  today.

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• Not only does the song bring to mind images of a
  sleeping, peaceful lion but it adds a
  multicultural element to summer camp song lists.

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• Canadian Adventure Camp is a coed overnight
  summer camp for kids located on a beautiful
  private island in the wilderness lakes region of
  Temagami.

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• Founded in 1975, it provides acclaimed programs
  to children from around the world!

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