Songs
Songs are a big part of the FOP experience, but most cannot be done justice in this handbook. To truly experience a song, ask a fellow FOP leader or group of leaders to perform it for you.
Banana Cheer
Bananas have no thumbs, bananas do not smile, bananas stand up straight.
Bananas of the world unite! Bananas split!
Go bananas, go go bananas! (repeat, while dancing and spinning)
Peel bananas, peel peel bananas (repeat, while peeling and spinning)
Peel it to the left, peel it to the right, peel it down the middle and uh, take a bite.
The Bean Song
(sung to the tune of jesus loves me lol) (repeat after me song)
VERSE:
My dog Lima likes to roam
My dog Lima left his home
He came back so very clean
Where oh where has LIMA BEAN
CHORUS:
LIMA BEAN LIMA BEAN
WHERE OH WHERE HAS LIMA BEAN
Replace “lima” with any type of bean: pinto, string, jumping, human, LL, magic, etc.
Monster
Pull up in the monster
Automobile gangster
With a (clove hitch) that came from Sri Lanka
Yeah I’m in that Tonka, color of Willy Wonka
You could be the King but watch the Queen conquer
OK first things first I’ll eat your brains
Then I’ma start rocking gold teeth and fangs
Cause that’s what a (tree-branch-ducking) monster do
Hairdresser from Milan, that’s the monster do
Monster Giuseppe heel that’s the monster shoe
Young money is the roster and the monster crew
And I’m all up all up all up in the bank with the funny face And if I’m fake I ain’t notice cause my money ain’t!
So let me get this straight wait I’m the rookie?
But my features and my shows ten times your pay
Fifty K for a verse no album out!
Yeah my money’s so tall that my barbies gotta climb it
Hotter than a middle eastern climate
Find it, Tony Matterhorn dutty wine it, wine it
Nicki’s (lookin’ whitty) when I sign it
How these (dinners) so one-track minded?
But really really (all I say is F-O-P YAY)!
Forget barbie (shucks) Nicki… she’s fake
She’s on a diet but my pockets eating cheesecake
And I’ll say bride of Chucky is Child’s play
Just killed another career it’s a mild day
Besides Ye they can’t stand besides me
I think me, you and Am’ should menage Friday P-P-P-Pink wig thick (grass) give ‘em whip lash
I think big get cash make ‘em blink fast
Now look at what you just saw, this is what you live for AHHHH, I’m a (tree-branch-ducking) monster!
Performed by Kier Zimmerman (SC ’19), Jackson Walker (SC ’20), and Spencer Carter (SC ’20) during TT6 and pre-FOP 2019.
Beaver Song
Beavers one beavers all lets all do the beaver call.
Beavers two beavers three lets all climb the beaver tree.
Beavers four beavers five lets all do the beaver jive.
Beavers six beavers seven lets all fly to beaver heaven.
Beavers eight beavers nine, stop it’s beaver time.
Boom Boom Chang
Hey FOP 3 (Yeah?)
My name is Lizzie (Yeah?)
I’ve got a dance (Yeah?)
And it goes like this: (What, what what?)
Boom boom chang chang boom chang.
Each round, a new person “calls” the song and demonstrates a dance move for one cycle. The entire group does the dance move for another cycle, and then the entire group does each preceding dance move for one cycle until each member of the circle has added a dance move. Great for a warm up and name reminder.
Canoe/Switch Song
Boats passing, away from (sing Wey oh, oh wey oh way)/towards (sing Lie lie lie lie, lie lie lie lie, lie lie lie lie lie) home about to embark on/after two years of hunting on the sea.
Eat A (the Americanized version)
Eat
Eat a
Eat a lot a Pizza
Eat a lot a, eat a lot a, eat a lot a pizza
Oh, no no no, don’t eat the pizza
Pizza got a lot a hot and spicy pepperoni on it
Got a lot a hot and spicy roni on the top
ERA’s song
Ground squirrel, ground squirrel, shake your bushy tail (repeat)
Crinkle up your little nose, put a nut between your toes
Ground squirrel, ground squirrel, shake your bushy tail
(REPEAT faster and faster!)
Gopher Song
(Invented by Nate Dern.)
Hey! What’s that, under the ground?
Shhh! I think I hear a little sound.
I hear a foot: tap tap (pause) tap tap (while tapping your foot).
I hear a paw: claw claw (pause) claw claw (while clawing with your hand).
I see a face: gnaw gnaw (pause) gnaw gnaw (while gnawing and turning your face).
It’s Gopher Time! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
To sing the song, start with the first two verses, and the tapping verse. Then repeat all those verses and add the clawing verse. Repeat again, adding the gnawing verse. Then sing the whole thing.
Moose
(Make up your own verses, too, and add movements…)
There was a great big moose, Who liked to drink a lot of juice (x2)
Chorus: Singin’ wa-oh. Way-o-way-o way-o way-o Waaaay-o way-o. Way-o way-o way-o way-o.
The moose’s name was Fred, He liked to drink his juice in bed (x2)
CHORUS
He drank his juice with care, But he got some in his hair (x2)
CHORUS
He had a sista named Rita, Who liked to eat a lot of pita. (x2)
CHORUS
Now he’s a sticky moose, But he’s a moose, Full of juice, On the looooose
CHORUS
The Pirate Song
(Introduced by Becky Hersher ‘11)
When I was one, I sucked my thumb
The day I went to sea I climbed aboard the pirate ship
The captain said to me
We’re going this way, that way, forward, backward
Over the Irish Sea
A bottle of Coke to soothe my throat
And that’s the life for me!
Oh oh oh HEY, oh oh oh HO
When I was two, I tied my shoe
The day I went to sea…etc.
(3 skinned my knee, 4 slammed the door, 5 learned to drive)
Ride That Pony!
(Form two circles: one facing out, one facing in.)
Ride, ride, ride that pony, get up and ride that big fat pony. Ride, ride, ride that pony, this is what she told me.
Back to back to back, my baby, front to front to front, my baby Side to side to side, my baby, this is what she told me.
Tarzan
(This is a repeat after me song.)
Taaarzan
Swingin on a rubber band
Taaarzan
Got hit by a fryin pan.
Ouch that hurt
Now Tarzan has a tan And I hope it don’t peel Like a banana
Jane
Riding on a bullet train
Jane
Got hit by an airplane
Ouch that hurt
Now Jane has a pain, and Tarzan has a tan and I hope it don’t peel
Like a banana.
Cheetah
A-groovin’ to the beatah
Cheetah
Got eatin by a beaver
Ouch that hurt
Now cheetah is no vita and Jane has a pain and Tarzan has a tan and I hope it don’t peel,
Like a banana.
The Penguin Dance
Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?
Take a look at me, a penguin you will see.
Penguins, attention! Penguins, salute!
Right arm!
(Repeat the verse adding a body part movement each time: left arm, right leg, left leg, nod your head, stick out your tongue, turn around)
The Princess Pat
(This is a repeat after me song.)
The Princess Pat. (The Princess Pat.)
Lived in a tree. (Lived in a tree.)
She sailed across (She sailed across)
The seven seas. (The seven seas.)
(Then the whole group sings the verse again without repeating.)
She sailed across / The channel two / And brought with her / The rickabambo.
Now what is that / Its something made / By the Princess Pat. / Its red and gold / And purple too. / That’s why its called / the rickabambo.
Now captain Jack / Had a mighty fine crew / He sailed across / The channel two.
But his ship sunk / And yours will too / If you forget / The rickabambo.
The Self-Worth Song
(This is a repeat after me song)
I’m big, I’m strong, I’m ready for whatever comes along.
I’ve got good friends, we’ll stick together till the end.
I like myself! I’m worth a lot! I like myself! I’m worth a lot!
And don’t you tell me that I’m not ‘cause you can’t see inside of me.
Young Rider
(Courtesy of Susan: mount yo’ hahwse and saddle up!)
(bouncing) Young rider, apple-cheeked one, come hither riding. On your steed, so proud and prancing (toss your head), come hither riding(with gusto and arms thrown out). No matter where I ride! (indicating the peaks looming all around) Slavic mountains by my side! (scouting to either side with hand shielding eyes) To shomora, to shomo-o-o-o-ra (= little heart)
Boba the Fett
(This is a repeat after me song.)
My backpack’s got jets
I’m Boba the Fett
I bounty hunt
For Jabba the Hut
To Finance my Vet
I chill in… Deep Space
A mask is over my FACE
I deliver the price,
But still narrow my eyes,
Because my time I don’t like to waste.
Get down.
Captain Jack
(Credit to Brett Silverman; call and response each line.)
Hey OH Captain Jack.
Take me down to the railway track.
Got my boots, got my hat.
I’m gonna be in a marchin’ band.
Go left, go left, go left go right go left.
Go left, go right, go pick up the tracks, go left go right go left.
(Repeat faster and faster.)
Little Red Wagon
(Call and response after each line.)
You can’t ride in my little red wagon
Front seat’s broken and the axle’s draggin’
Chugga
Chugga, chugga, chugga
This is the second verse, different from the first
A little bit louder and a little bit worse!
Front seat’s broken and the axle’s draggin’
Chugga
Chugga, chugga, chugga
(Repeat, getting louder and louder.)
The Love Song
(Ask Fri Lavey, Kenton Shimozaki, or Luke Heitman for the tune)
Love the life you live
With all your heart and all your soul
And all your mind and
Love all humankind
As you would *CLAP* love yourself
Loooooooove the life you liiiiiiiiive
With all your heaaaaaart
And all your soul so you can
Let your love grow!
*CLAPPING TO THE BEAT*
We got, all our love to give
We got, all our lives to live
We got, love inside our soul
And it will make us whoooole (get funky with that last note)
The Rattlin’ Bog
Chorus:
Ho ro the rattlin’ bog
The bog down in the valley-o
Ho ro the rattlin’ bog
The bog down in the valley-o
In that bog there was a tree
A rare tree, a rattlin’ tree
The tree in the bog, and the bog in the valley-o
[Chorus]
In that tree there was a branch
A rare branch, a rattlin’ branch
The branch in the tree, and the tree in the bog, and the bog down in the valley-o
[Chorus]
On that branch there was a twig
A rare twig, a rattlin’ twig
The twig on the branch, and the branch in the tree, and the tree in the bog in the valley-o
[Chorus]
On that twig there was a nest
A rare nest, a rattlin’ nest
The nest on the twig, and the twig on the branch, and the branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog, and the bog down in the valley-o
[Chorus]
In that nest there was a feather
A rare feather, a rattlin’ feather
The feather in the nest, and the nest on the twig, and the twig on the branch, and the branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog, and the bog down in the valley-o
[Chorus]
On that feather there was a tick
A rare tick, a rattlin’ tick
The tick on the feather, and the feather in the nest, and the nest on the twig, and the twig on the branch, and the branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog, and the bog down in the valley-o
[Chorus]
In that tick there was some blood
A rare blood, a rattlin’ blood
The blood in the tick, and the tick on the feather, and the feather in the nest, and the nest on the twig, and the twig on the branch, and the branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog, and the bog down in the valley-o
[Chorus]
In that blood there was a world
A rare world, a rattlin’ world
And the world in the blood, and the blood in the tick, and the tick on the feather, and the feather in the nest, and the nest on the twig, and the twig on the branch, and the branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog, and the bog down in the valley-o
[Chorus]
In that world there was a bog
A rare bog, a rattlin’ bog
And the bog in the world, and the world in the blood, and the blood in the tick, and the tick on the feather, and the feather in the nest, and the nest on the twig, and the twig on the branch, and the branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog, and the bog down in the valley-o
Fix My Heart (with a Med Kit)
I
Thinking back on the summer of 04
IV
Leaving High School’s pretty rough
My girlfriend left me and my heart’s still sore
IV
She said she had enough
IV I
But now I’m on FOP and things are looking up
IV V
Just my leader’s looking pretty good
IV I
Goodness me the case may be
IV V
A Romance in the Woods
F
Fix my Heart (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
IV
With the med kit (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
I
Fix my heart (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
IV
With the medkit (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
IV I
Already got it out
IV I
And I really haven’t got a doubt
IV V IV
That you can fix my broken heart
(no chord)
With the med kit
I
You think that you’re in love with your co-leader Doug
IV
Who’s a rugged, handsome outdoorsman
I
If you take a quick look from your leader handbook,
IV
The hotspot on my heart could use some moleskin
IV I
I know that there’s no hop on fop
IV V
But do you love me maybe kinda sorta?
IV I
Won’t you fix my broken heart?
IV V
Before you help that kid’s beating aorta?
I
Fix my Heart (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
IV
With the med kit (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
I
Fix my heart (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
IV
With the medkit (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
IV I
Already got it out
IV I
And I really haven’t got a doubt
IV V IV
That you can fix my broken heart
(no chord)
With the med kit
(harmonica solo)
I wish I hadn’t farted under the tarp
I think I may have blown my chance
But baby I could make it up by giving you some gorp
Or doing the hungarian foot dance
Straighten them knees and sting my bees
And dislocated shoulders
Don’t you see that you and me
Gotta spoon before it gets colder?
Fix my Heart (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
With the med kit (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
Fix my heart (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
With the medkit (doodoo doodoo doodoo)
Already got it out
And I really haven’t got a doubt
That you can fix my broken heart
With the med kit