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Thread #77412   Message #1381426
Posted By: JohnInKansas
18-Jan-05 - 01:07 PM
Thread Name: Scout Songbooks Index PermaThread
Subject: RE: Scout Songbooks Index PermaThread
A site I found more or less by accident some time ago.

Pack 86 Songs gives lyrics for quite a number of songs. Some are obviously "Generic Cub Scout Material" and quite a few are claimed as "original compositions by Clare Mansfield." A copyright is claimed for the originals, but permission is given for non-profit (Cub Scout) use.

The "list of songs" at the top of the page apparently shows only the ones by Mansfield(?). Highlight, Copy, Paste Special – Unformatted Text gets about 97 pages of lyrics. There are a few notes interspersed that indicate sources for some individual songs. Some, but not all, give a "To the Tune of: " notation. A few songs indicate possible links to "music" and/or "midis" but I haven't checked those out.

I can't really judge how "valuable" these lyrics may be, but someone with more recent Scouting contact might find something useful there.

John