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Thread #103890   Message #2121324
Posted By: Joe Offer
07-Aug-07 - 10:38 PM
Thread Name: Songbook Indexing: Oak Publications
Subject: Index: 101 plus 5 Songs for Camp (Oak)
I got my start singing at campfires, so I've always loved camp songs. Years ago, I heard of an Oak Publications book called 101 Plus Five Songs for Camp [compiled and edited with notes by Mike Cohen on the use of folk songs in a camp music program, 1966]. From that day on, I coveted that book. I dated a woman in the mid-1990s, and I found out she had a copy of THAT book. It almost kept the relationship alive long after it should have died. Later, I was able to find my own copy, so I have no regrets about ending that relationship. Now that I look at the book, I see that most of the songs are far too sophisticated for the style of campfire singing that works for me - but they're good songs. Still, how can you think of camp songs without "The Hole In the Bottom of the Sea" and "The Deacon Went Down"?
-Joe-

Here's the index:

101 Plus 5 Songs for Camp
Sea Chanties, Story Ballads, Work Songs, Animal Songs, Spirituals, Songs for Fun and Nonsense
compiled and edited with notes by Mike Cohen on the use of folk songs in a camp music program
first printing, 1966 - price: $3.95