Camp Songs Short Classics

Singing around the campfire is an enriching experience for all campers. The lyrics to some shorter classic camp songs are here on this page. These songs are short, sweet, and always fun to sing.

My Wild Irish Rose

My wild Irish rose
The sweetest flow'r that grows
You may search everywhere
But none can compare
With my wild Irish rose

My wild Irish rose
The dearest flow'r that grows
And some day for my sake
She may let me take
The bloom from my wild Irish rose

 

A-Tisket, A-Tasket

A-tisket, a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I lost it
I lost it, I lost it
On the way I lost it
A little girl picked it up
And put it in her pocket

Four Leaf Clover

I'm looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before
One leaf is sunshine
The second is rain
Third is the roses that grow in the lane
No need explaining, the one remaining
Is somebody I adore
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before

On Moonlight Bay

We were sailing along on moonlight bay,
You could hear the gentle voices singing
They seemed to say...
You have stolen my heart; now don't go 'way
As we sang love's old sweet song
On moonlight bay...on moonlight bay.
 

Did You Ever See A Lassie?

Did you ever see a lassie
A lassie, a lassie
Did you ever see a lassie
Go this way and that?

Chorus:
Go this way and that way
And this way and that way
Did you ever see a (lassie/laddie)
Go this way and that?
Did you ever see a laddie
A laddie, a laddie
Did you ever see a laddie
Go this way and that?
 

IMPORTANT: We do not claim to have written any of these camp song lyrics. It’s very difficult to track the origin of the traditional camp songs. Many of the older songs are part of the public domain and we are unable to know if any are copyrighted. If you feel a song included here has infringed on a copyright, please let us know.