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