Songs of Camp

Ed Badeaux, song leader and stringed instrument instructor at Camp Killooleet in Hancock, Vermont, recorded these summer camp songs on site in 1958. Counselors and groups of counselors performed, while the campers themselves provided the unabashed enthusiasm and informality that typify summer camp singing. Badeaux’s banjo and guitar (and Bob Stein's guitar) further enhanced the musicality of the renditions. The 18 songs in this collection are a mix of traditional camp and well-known popular and folk songs, including spirituals. Liner notes provide background information about camp songs, the recording, and the song lyrics.

Ed Badeaux also recorded Sounds of Camp: A Documentary Study of a Children's Camp for Folkways Records (FW06105).

Track Listing

101	Sipping Cider Thru a Straw Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:30
102	Crawdad Song Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:14
103	Bay of Mexico Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:23
104	Summer's Almost Gone Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	01:55
105	Counselor Wrestle Blues Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:01
106	Hill Was Steep and Tall Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:10
107	The Ship Titanic Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:06
108	You Can't Get to Heaven Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	03:34
109	Passing Through Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	03:10
201	Go Tell It on the Mountain Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	01:47
202	Mary Had a Little Baby Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	01:30
203	Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:24
204	Hole in the Ground Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	03:20
205	Brandy Leave Me Alone Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:08
206	Pretty Little Miss Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	01:03
207	Apples, Peaches, Cherries Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	02:30
208	Wimoweh Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	01:53
209	Cool Water Firesiders, Mike Sherker, Ed Badeaux	03:27