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Thread #37342   Message #2770794
Posted By: GUEST,Another Girl Scout
21-Nov-09 - 06:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins: White Coral Bells/White Choral Bells
Subject: RE: Origins: White Coral Bells
I learned "White Coral Bells" as a Brownie in Day Camp,Hills and Dales Park,Dayton,Ohio,1952. For the rest of my scouting days (to 1961)it was a standard campfire song.
Also, on the subject of the Guide's song,there's a third verse I learned in Girl Scout Camp (Camp Whip-Poor-Will Hills,Morrow,Ohio)in 1953.

"Who are these,a-singing around the fire?
They'll be happy to have your company,
If that is your desire.
Fun is on the way
At the sunset hour of day,
With a song to sing,a tale to tell,and many a tune to play.
They are Guides,all Guides,
And in unexpected places,
You'll see their friendly faces,
And a ready hand besides.
There's not much danger,
Of finding you're a stranger,
For Commissioner or Ranger they are Guides (double clap here),
All Guides."

Thank you for this wonder thread on these old Scouting songs. I adored being a Scout and my memories of the singing in camp and meetings are such happy ones. I,too,went to Camp Manzanita in the Angeles Crest Forest outside LA (1959)and still have the small paperback song book you could buy in the store there.

-Elsa-