Roundtable Song Sheet

• America, The Beautiful
• Follow Me, Boys
• Happy Wanderer
• I Like the Mountains
• Into The Air Junior Bird Men
• Kum Ba Yah
• My Brother Bill
• On My Honor
• Scout Vesper Song
• Sweet Betsy from Pike
• Sweetly Sings the Donkey
• Taps
• Trail the Eagle
• Working On the Railroad

(An English Round
http://www.musicnotes.net/sweetlysingsthedonkey.html)

Sweetly sings the donkey
On his way to hay.
If you don't go with him
He will run away.
He Haw, He Haw
He Haw, He Haw, He Haw

(Traditional Scout Song)

Into the air junior bird men.
Into the air upside down.
Into the air junior bird men
With your noses to the ground.

And when you hear the grand announcement
That your wings are made of tin,
You will know the junior bird men
Have turned their box tops in.

For it takes five box tops,
Four bottle bottoms,
Three wrappers,
Two labels,
And one thin dime.Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

(Tune: On Wisconsin)

Trail the Eagle, Trail the Eagle,
Climbing all the time.
First the Star and then the Life,
Will on your bosom shine.

Keep climbing!
Blaze the trail and we will follow,
Hark the Eagles call;
On, brothers, on until we're Eagles All

(Melody- from the English ballad "Villikens and His Dinah")

Oh don't you remember
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Who crossed the wide prairie
With her lover Ike
With two yoke of cattle
And one spotted hog
A tall Shanghai rooster
And one yeller dog.

Chorus: To-Rall-ay, To-Rall-ay
To-Rall-ay, To-Rall-ay
Sing To-Rall-ee, Ou-Rall-ee
Ou-Rall-ee-ay

They soon reached the desert
Where Betsy gave out
Down in the sand she lay
Rolling about
Ike in great terror
Looked down in surprise
Said Betsy get up you'll
Get sand in your eyes

Chorus: To-Rall-ay, To-Rall-ay
To-Rall-ay, To-Rall-ay
Sing To-Rall-ee, Ou-Rall-ee
Ou-Rall-ee-ay

Long Ike and sweet Betsy
Got married of course
But Ike getting jealous
Obtained a divorce
Betsy was satisfied
Said with a shout
Good-bye you big lummox
I'm glad you backed out

Chorus: To-Rall-ay, To-Rall-ay
To-Rall-ay, To-Rall-ay
Sing To-Rall-ee, Ou-Rall-ee
Ou-Rall-ee-ay

(Scottish children's song)

My brother Bill is a fireman bold
'cause he puts out fires.
He went to a fire last night I'm told
'cause he puts out fires.
The fire lit some dynamite
And blew poor Bill
Right out of sight
But where he's gone he'll be all right
'cause he puts out fires.

(Melody - Friedrich W. Möller: http://ingeb.org/Lieder/meinvate.mid)

I love to go a wandering
Along the mountain track
And as I go I love to sing
My knapsack on my back.

Valderee, valderah
Valderee, valderah ha ha ha ha ha
Valderee, valderah
My knapsack on my back

I wave my hat to all I meet
And they wave back to me
The black birds call so loud and free
From every greenwood tree

Valderee, valderah
Valderee, valderah ha ha ha ha ha ha
Valderee, valderah
From every greenwood tree

Oh may I go a wandering
Until the day I die
And may I always laugh and sing
Beneath God's clear blue sky

Valderee, valderah
Valderee, valderah ha ha ha ha ha ha
Valderee, valderah
Beneath God's clear blue sky

(by Harry Bartelt)

On my honor
I'll do my best
To do my duty to God.
On my honor
I'll do my best
To serve my country as I may.
On my honor
I'll do my best
To do my Good Turn each day
To keep my body strengthened
To keep my mind awakened
To follow paths of righteousness
On my honor
I'll do my best

(Tune of: "Taps"
http://ingeb.org/songs/taps.mid)

Day is done,
Gone the sun;
From the lake,
From the hills
From the sky;
All is well,
Safely rest,
God is neigh.

(Tune: O Tannenbaum)

Softly falls the light of day,
As our campfire fades away;
Silently each Scout should ask
"Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Have I done and have I dared
Everything to be prepared.?"

(Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
From the Walt Disney Film "Follow Me Boys")

Follow me boys, Follow me!
When you think you're really beat,
That's the time to lift your feet,
And follow me boys, follow me!
Pick them up, put them down,
And follow me.

Sergeant Reilley said, There's a fight to win!
Follow me boys, follow me!
And it won't be done till we all pitch in.
Lift your chin with a grin and follow me!

Follow me boys, follow me!
When you think you're really beat,
That's the time to lift your feet,
And follow me boys, follow me!
Pick them up, put them down,
And follow me.

Shout: Pick them up, put them down, pick them up!

It's a long long time, but we've got the will.
Follow me boys, follow me!
When we reach the top then it's all down hill.
Till you drop, don't stop, and follow me!

Follow me boys, follow me!
When you think you're really beat,
That's the time to lift your feet,
And follow me boys, follow me!
Pick them up, put them down,
And follow me.

Though the journey's end is beyond our sight.
Follow me boys, follow me!
If we do our best then we've done all right.
Pack you load, hit the road, and follow me!

Follow me boys, follow me!
When you think you're really beat,
That's the time to lift your feet,
And follow me boys, follow me.
Pick them up, put them down
And follow me.

Shout: Pick them up, put them down,
pick them up!

We were all packed in when the sergeant said,
Follow me boys, follow me!
We got off our backs and prepared our attack,
When our sergeant hollered, Follow me!

Follow me boys, follow me!
When you think you're really beat,
That's the time to lift your feet,
And follow me boys, follow me.
Pick them up, put them down
And follow me.

There's a job to do, there's a fight to win,
Follow me boys, follow me!
And it won't be done till we all pitch in.
Lift your chin with a grin, and follow me!

Follow me boys, follow me!
When you think you're really beat,
That's the time to lift your feet,
And follow me boys, follow me.
Pick them up, put them down
And follow me.

(Composer: Ruth Artman)

Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah my lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's crying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's praying, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's laughing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Come by here, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

(5 -part round)

I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills
I love the flowers, I love the daffodils
I love the fireside, when all the lights are low
Boom de adda, boom de adda
Boom de adda, boom de adda
Boom de adda, boom de adda
Boom de adda, boom de adda

(by Samuel Ward and Katherine Lee Bates)

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on Thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on Thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

(Traditional Folk song:
http://www.redcaboose.com/warrentoncaboose/working.mid)

I've been workin' on the railroad
All the live long day.
I've been workin' on the railroad
Just to pass the time away.
Can't you hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn.
Can you hear the captain shouting?

"Scouting is here to stay!"

Scouting is here to stay,
Scouting is here to stay,
Scouting is here to stay -ay -ay -ay -ay
Scouting is here to stay,
Scouting is here to stay
Scouting is here to stay -ay -ay!