Camp Granada
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Here's old Camp Granda by Allen Sherman for all us old guys...
Camp Granada (Allan Sherman)
Hello (G) Mudda, Hello (D Fadda)
Here I (C) am at Camp Gra(G)nada
Camp is (D)very enter(C)taining
And they (Em) say we Ill have some (D) fun if it stops (G) raining
I went (G) hiking with Joe (D) Spivey
He dev(C)eloped poison (G) ivy
You re(D)member Leonard (C) Skinner
He got (Em) ptomaine poisoning (D) last night after (G) dinner
All the (G) counselors, hate the (D) waiters
And the (C) lake has alli(G)gators
And the (D) head coach, wants no (C) sissys
So he (Em) reads to us from (D) something called (G) Ullyses
Now I (G) don't want, this should (D) scare ya
But my (C) bunkmate has mal(G)aria
You re(D)member, Jeffrey (C) Hardy
They are a(Em)bout to organ(D)ize a searching (G) party
(Am) Take me (Em) home, oh Mudda Fadda
(Am) Take me (Em) home, I hate Granada
(C) Don t leave (G) me out in the forest (F) where
I might get (C) eaten by a (Em) bear
(Am) Take me (Em) home, I promise I will (Am) not make (Em) noise
Or mess the house with (C) other (G) boys
Oh please don t make me (F) stay
I've been here (C) one (F) whole (Em) day - stop-
Dearest (G) Fadda, darling (D) Mudda
How is my (C) precious, little (G) brudda
Let me (D) come home, if you (C) miss me
I would (Em) even let Aunt (D) Bertha hug and (G) kiss me
Wait a (G) minute, it stopped (D) hailing
Guys are (C) swimming, guys are (G) sailing
Playing (D) baseball, gee that is (C) betta
Mudda, (Em) fadda, kindly (D) disregard this (G) letta
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