Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
In nineteen and fifty-nine we took a little hike,
with our scout master down to Lake Oneeganite.
We took a little pizza and we took some saurkrauts,
and we marched along together till we heard the Girl Scouts.
Chorus
We are the boys from Camp Kookamonga.
Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways.
We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together.
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze.
(And I was mad because me mother sent me up here, ha-ha-ha.)
Well, we crept up to the water and we see the girls a-swimmin.
There musta been a hundred of them pretty young women.
They looked so fine even birds forgot to sing..
we lay down in the Poison Oak and didn't say a thing.
(Hey will one of you fellas scratch my back?)
Chorus
We are the boys from Camp Kookamonga.
Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways.
We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together.
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze.
Interlude
Well, our counselor said we could take them by surprise,
if we didn't say a word till we looked them in the eyes.
We kept real still and we had our eyes a-glued..
we saw how they were dressed..they were swimming in the..
welllll, now...
Chorus
We are the boys from Camp Kookamonga.
Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways.
We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together.
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze.
Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles.
They ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast even we couldn't catch them,
and we can even hike all the way to Buffalo.
(Hey, fellas wait for me!)
Well, we ran right after them till everyone was pooped..
so, we rested for a moment and our forces we regrouped.
Then we saw the girls behind some evergreens,
captured by a company of United States Marines.
(Aww! Those big guys get everything.)
Chorus
We are the boys from Camp Kookamonga.
Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways.
We learned to make sparks by rubbing (girls)sticks together.
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze.
Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles.
They ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast even we couldn't catch them,
and we can even hike all the way to Buffalo.
Outro
-rootie-toot-toot, -rootie-toot-toot..
ahhh, we are the boys from the Boy Scout troop.
We don't smoke and we don't chew..
and we don't go with, the girls that do.(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.