CAMP CHANTS AND COMIC SONGS

QUIET QUIET QUIET PLEASE

DEDICATED TO__________!

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RAIN DANCE CHEER

For these and more: lazy day movies, bunk/division activities and competitions--jacks, cards, treasure hunts, creating indoor haunted bunks, playing guitar, bull--sessions, Battleship, Careers, Boggle, Scrabble, Mille Bornes, swapping clothes/comics/stationery, double intitial word game, charades, "Jack went to Monticello and he bought A - B-" reading, writing letters, rafter writing, nature walks behind the bunks, while listening to Allman Brothers, Bette, Billy, Bowie, Carly, Doobie Brothers, Jackson, James, Melanie, Melissa and live static radio:

UNGGGKEEE-DA-BONGA
IGGDIGGADIGGGADIGGG
EFFELL DA HEFFELL PEFFELL
OOH AHH!

Contributed by Lori Smith
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WE WELCOME YOU TO POKONO, WE'RE MIGHTY GLAD YOU'RE HERE, WE'LL SEND THE AIR REVERBERATING WITH A CAN OF BEER, WE'LL KICK YOU IN, WE'LL KICK YOU OUT, WE'LL STUFF YOUR MOUTH WITH SAUERKRAUT, HAIL, HAIL, THE GARBAGE PAIL AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO OUR CAMP!

Contributed by Lori Smith
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THE WEIGHT

GIVE YOUR KIDS TO MENDY, GIVE YOUR KIDS TO VIM. GIVE YOUR KIDS TO MENDY AND MAKE A WRECK OF HIM!

Contributed by Stuie Benvenisty
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TELEPHONE HOUR--BYE BYE BIRDIE

HI MENDY
HI HAROLD
LISTEN AS WE TELL STORIES OF CAMP AND STAFF
WE'RE SURE THIS SONG'S GOOD FOR A LAUGH

HELLO LILA SPIRT THIS IS THE MAROON TEAM
CAN WE HELP YOU RUN THE CAMP?

FRAN GO TAKE A SHOWER SEE YOU IN AN HOUR
MENDY LIE DOWN ON YOUR DESK

SPOKEN: IT MUST BE NICE TO BE A JUDGE BUT HOW WOULD______KNOW?

WALK INTO THE SWITCHBOARD
GOTTA SNEAK PAST HAROLD
YOU'LL STILL GET NAILED ANYWAY
THANK YOU SALLY HARRIS PLEASE DON'T GET EMBARRASSED
WE STILL LOVE YOU ANYWAY

SPOKEN: IT MUST BE NICE TO HAVE A DAY OFF BUT HOW WOULD _______KNOW?

HI HERMAN
HI JACK
YOU BOTH CATER TO EACH WAITER WITH A KNIFE IN THEIR BACKS
BIMMIES WASH ALL THE DISHES OR PACK.

Contributed by Lori Smith
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Pokono Ramona is the camp you ought to see
From June right through to August it's the camp activity
It may not run to smoothly but you'll have a lot of fun
'Cause there's lots for you to play and doBeneath the summer sun.

Jack the chef prepares our food and does prepare it well
Of you can't do much to ruin peanut butter and jell --
HE also serves other things but these just can't be named
'Cause there's none brave enough to bite the stuff
And risk getting ptomaine_________________

(About Ku)__________________________________
Or you'll be playing pick a punishment
Or else run camper run.

Karen Greenberg's family has been at camp for years
Any place you're standing a Greenberg may appear
There are so many of them that soon before you know
The camp mast-head may soon be read Camp Greenberg-Pokono.

Then there's Jeffrey Messinger at camp we call him "Mess"He's got a reputation as the fastest in the west
Wendy Hoppenwasser completes the officer team
But, wait a sec, she hurt her leg
So Gail danced on the scene

The H2O at Pokono is really quite obsceneWe swim in it, we play in it, we find it in the stream
The chlorine-laden stuff just never, ever ends its use'Cause after the pool, the cesspools, too
We find it in our juice.

Mark Hirsschorn was a little boy when he was premature
At birth he weighed but 93(?)At six a hundred more (?)_________________
(something about football)_________________(more about football)_________________B.U.

("Deep in the Heart of Texas")

In the night
It's out of sight
Deep in the camp's huge pool
The counselors strip to skinny dip
They think it keeps them cool

("Mickey Mouse")
M-A-R-T-Y-B-O-R-E-L-L
Marty Borell he is swell
Marty Borell can't you tell
His intelligence is matched by Mickey Mouse
So, M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E

(Don't know tune -- maybe a Texaco commercial)
There is a guy in camp
Who always seems to tramp
Around the campus never doing anything
Steve Newhouse IS his name
Sleeping IS his fame
What is his game?
No one really knows.

("The Rapper")
Richie Siegel is theOne called rapper, rapperWho's he after, after? NobodyRap, the rap the rap, we call him the rapper

Contributed by Lori Smith

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I GO TO CAMP RAMONA PITY ME
THERE'S NOT A BOY IN THE VICINITY
AND EVERY NIGHT AT NINE THEY LOCK THE DOORS
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE HELL I EVER CAME BEFORE
I'M GONNA PACK MY BAGS AND HOMEWARD BOUND
I'M GONNA TURN THIS PLACE RIGHT UPSIDE DOWN
I'M GONNA SMOKE AND DRINK AND NECK AND PECK
OH WHAT THE HECK
TO HELL WITH THE POKONO BOYS.

HERE WE SITE WRITING LETTER AFTER LETTER TO THE BOYS IN THE CITY WHO ARE REALLY SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE BOYS UP HERE WHO ARE REALLY PRETTY SHITTY SO SEND ME BACK TO THE BOYS IN THE CITY.

THE BOYS OF CAMP POKONO WILL NEVER BE
TALL DARK AND HANDSOME AND 6 FOOT 3
THE BOYS WE CALL OUR OWN
THEY WEAR GLASSES AND BRACES AND SMELL OF B-O
THEIR NAILS WILL BE POLISHED AND IN THEIR HAIR
THEY WEAR A GARDENIA FROM (ALLENTOWN) FAIR

Contributed by Vivian Blumenthal, Sharon Dombey, Mindy Leonard, Lori Smith
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BYE BYE BLACKBIRD

PACK UP ALL OUR CARES AND WOES
HERE WE GO SINGING LOW
BYE BYE POKONO
WHERE SOMEBODY WAITS FOR ME
SUGAR SWEET SO IS HE
BYE BYE POKONO
NO ONE HERE CAN LOVE OR UNDERSTAND US
OH WHAT BULLSHIT STORIES THEY ALL HAND US
SO MAKE OUR BEDS AND SWEEP THE FLOORS
COUNSELORS SLEEPING IN FRONT OF THE DOORS
POKONO, BYE, BYE
2, 3, 4

Contributed by Lori Smith
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DOIN' A WHAT COMES NATURALLY
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

IN THIS CAMP THE WATER DON'T RUN
THE TOILETS NEVER FLUSH
SO WE GO BEHIND A TREE
DOIN' A WHAT COMES NATURALLY

HUEY, DOOEY AND LOUIE
DO YOU WANNA HEAR SOMETHING SCREWY
TELL YOU WHAT MAROON TEAM WILL DO-EY
BEAT THE GREY
QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!

Contributed by Lori Smith
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MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN

OUR WAITER WENT INTO THE KITCHEN
OUR WAITER WENT INTO THE KITCH
THERE MUST BE A FLOOD IN THE KITCHEN
OH BRING BACK THAT SON OF A...
BRING BACK, BRING BACK
BRING BACK OUR WAITER TO US TO US
BRING BACK, BRING BACK
OH BRING BACK- OUR WAITER TO US.

Contributed by Joyce Broser and Lori Smith
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SIDE OUT AND ROTATE
OUR TEAM IS REALLY GREAT
OUR TEAM IS RED HOT
YOUR TEAM IS ALL SHOT
BANG! BANG!

Contributed by Lori Smith
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JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT
HIS NAME IS MY NAME TOO
AND WHENEVER WE GO OUT
WE CAN HEAR THE PEOPLE SHOUT
THERE GOES JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT
DA DA DA DA DA DA DA!

Contributed by Lori Smith
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LEFT, LEFT, LEFT MY WIFE AND 48 KIDS
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE KITCHEN FLOOR
(AND REPEAT!)

Contributed by Lori Smith
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FOOD WAITER WAITER WAITER
FOOD WAITER WAITER!

Contributed by various alumni
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RATS AND BATS...
(anyone remember more of this chant asks Mark Alexander)
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SUKKOTASH
SUKKOTASH
A HUNK A BONE A HUNK OF ASH
SOUP
TOMATOES
TIP TIP THE WAITERS!

Contributed by Joyce Broser
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