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Showman
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Music
Have your Webelos select their favorite song, by their favorite band. But instead
of making a music video to with the song.., have them write and present a puppet
show instead!
The WEBELOS SHOWMAN SONG To the tune of: When Johnny Comes Marching Home,
Again
The Webelos are working on Showman, today
Hurrah, Hurrah
We're singing, dancing and writing a play
Hurrah, Hurrah
A talent show you will surely see,
With Webelos actors, just like me
And we'll all have fuuu-nnn
Working on Showman today.
The Webelos are working on Showman, today
Hurrah, Hurrah
We're building a puppet stage, today
Hurrah, Hurrah
For a funny play, that debut's today,
The show's a success, they all say.
And we'll be staaarrrss
Working on Showman today.
FOLK MUSIC
Folk music is as old as man himself. And primitive man probably sang folk songs,
keeping time by clapping his hands. As long as there have been people, there have
been folk songs. Many of our folk songs were brought here long ago by people who
left Europe to escape persecution or to seek a fortune in the new world.
Traditional folk songs are those passed on by word of mouth. Often the words and
sometimes the music change over the years. Just as folk singers comes from many
different backgrounds, the American folk tune is a mixture of different cultures
and music styles. You can hear the sea chantey "Blow the Man Down", the French
Canadian tune "Alouette", a railroading song "I've Been Working on the Railroad"
and a Negro spiritual "When the Saints Go Marchin' In". Folk songs can be as old
as "Greensleeves", a 400-year old English ballad - or as new as today's folk singers.
The unamplified guitar is to the folk singer what a bus is to a bus driver. But
folk singers also play other instruments such as the banjo, lute, or mandolin.
Make a Band with these Instruments:
Tambourine - made by stretching upholstery plastic tightly between a pair of embroidery
hoops. Painted bottle caps are fastened to the sides with thin wire. Decorate
the top with markers or paints.
Bongo Drums - made from cardboard tubing from carpets and such. Make the head
from more upholstery fabric. Stretch tightly and secure.
Washtub bass - made from a washtub turned upside down and a broom stick. Attach
the broom stick to the washtub bottom. Run a heavy rubber band from the top of
the broom stick to the edge of the washtub bottom. Vary the sound by stretching
the rubber band back and forth while strumming.
Spoons - made from two tablespoons and a small block of wood. Fasten the spoons
bowl-to-bowl with the wood, about 1/2 inch thick, between the handles. Fasten
them at the handles. The spoon bowls should have a small amount of space between
them.
Play the spoons by holding them in one hand and striking them between the other
hand and the thigh.
Add a cheap harmonica and you've got a great band. Don't worry too much about
the sounds and being in tune, the singing will probably drown out the music anyway!
A Scout from Texas (Tune: Yellow Rose of Texas)
For all the boys from Texas attending Philmont. This is your song. Keep up the
tradition!
You can tell a Scout from Texas
You can tell him by his walk
You can tell a Scout from Texas
You can tell him by his talk.
You can tell a Scout from Texas
You can tell him by his smile
You can tell a Scout from Texas
You can tell him by his style.
You can tell a Scout from Texas
You can tell by this and such
You can tell a Scout from Texas
But you can not tell him much.
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