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).

Track Listing

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