Staying home? Social distancing? Missing camp? Here’s something that might make you feel just a tiny bit better about all of it: Camp songs. But while these are songs sung in the Rec Hall, we’ve located some “professional” versions. For instance: “Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip” as sung by Eugene Buckley and the Peerless Quartette during World War I… and Pete Seeger crooning “Logger Lover” in 1963… and Hugh Jackman singing ‘Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”… and “The Happy Wanderer” as performed by The Chardon Polka Band.
Sure, they’re not necessarily sung the way we belt them out these days (in lyrics and/or style). For instance, it seems that the wind and rain the night before jumbled billboards even more than we suspected. And who knew there could be a whole narrative to “The Itsy Bitsy Spider?” But still, a smile will certainly creep across your face. Click on a song to find a YouTube link to sing along with.
The Little Bird Song (Way Up in the Sky)
