For a while now, I've had one of those crazy camp songs stuck in my head.
Actually, only parts of one particular song are stuck in my head. Several parts - and none of 'em go together exactly. When I try to recall the song, The Duppster looks at me like I've lost my head.Does anyone remember a song that starts like this: "Oh, I went to Peter's flowing springs, where the. . . ."
Then the chorus, which I've never seen in writing, is similar to: "oh, eee, ah, oh, eee, ah, cah tiki, oh, eee ah eee ay. . . " or something crazy like that.
Help! Does this ring a bell for anyone?
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2 comments:
The version I heard was: OH! An Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high. When along came a cuckoo bird, interrupting his cry, "Oh, lee ah. Oh lee ah ca ki ah; oh lee ah cuckoo <repeat 4 times)."
It goes on to have a grizzly bear, dinosaur, roadrunner, St. Bernard, and a host of other critters interrupt the yodeler.
Does that sound familiar?
I remember it somewhat like Angie's version...but the part that seems most vivid is the "call" part...oh lee ah ca ki ah...oh lee ah cuckoo...
I love thinking back on old rhymes, songs, etc that are familiar to me when I was a kid... (as you can see from my last post)
Blessings & aloha!
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