The 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).