Road Trip Sing-a-long Songs #3 Quiz

Answer: sing

"Oh, de doo-da day, Oh, de doo-da day. Camp Town ladies sing this song, Oh, de doo-da day".
A camp town, many years ago, was tents pitched in a large area that looked like what we call a city today. It was shelter for the hard-working men that were laying the railroad tracks at that time. A man named Stephen Foster, whom many called the "the father of American music", wrote "Camptown Races" in 1850.

Answer: teapot

"When I get all steamed up, hear me shout, just tip me over and pour me out!"
"I'm a Little Teapot" was written as a nursery rhyme, but someone clever put music to it and it became a song. Before you pour out hot tea, or any other hot liquid, ask an adult to help. You can easily burn yourself, even from the steam!

Answer: dog

"With his ears cut short and his tail cut long, oh where, oh where can he be?"
"Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" is a children's favorite sing-a-long song. You can repeat this short song and be creative by using other words, such as another animal or a word of your choice.

Answer: south

"Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well my fairy Fay. For I'm going to Lou'siana for to see my Susyanna, sing, polly wolly doodle all the day".
"Polly Wolly Doodle", was published in a songbook in 1880. Dan Emmett is credited for writing this tune.

Answer: mountain

In the song, "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain", each verse has a different arrangement of phrases, such as, "She'll be driving six white horses when she comes". The next verse, you will sing, "Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes". Although there are more verses to this song, you may try to come up with some of your very own. That would be fun!

Answer: peanuts

Let me root, root, root for the home team, if they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, at the old ball game".
Did you know that Jack Norworth, the man who wrote "Take Me Out to the Ballgame", had never been to a baseball game when he wrote the song in 1908? This one hundred-year-old song is now one of the most popular songs to sing in America.

Answer: Danny

"But come ye back when summer's in the meadow. Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow. 'Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow. Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so".
"Danny Boy", set to the tune of "Londonderry Air", is a very beautiful song. Written by Frederick E. Weatherly, the well-loved ballad made an amazing journey across the ocean from Ireland to America, and other countries of the world. We should thank the Irish for sharing it with us.

Answer: sleeping

"Morning bells are ringing! Morning bells are ringing, Ding, dong, ding. Ding, dong ding". Today, in America, we know this song as, "Brother John". The song was originally written in French, and is called, "Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques".

Answer: sea

"Bring back, bring back. Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me!
Bring back, bring back. Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me!"

You can use the same tune to sing a modern version with these words.
"Last night I programmed my computer. A thunderstorm started outside. A lightning bolt hit the main cable; now all of my floppies are fried!"

Answer: Lou

"Skip, skip, skip to my Lou. Skip, skip, skip to my Lou. Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, skip to my Lou, my darlin' ". For the next two verses, you will sing,
"Cat's in the cream jar, ooh, ooh, ooh", then, "Can't get a red bird, a Jay bird will do".

Our road trip is over and we've had some fun. I hope you don't think that you are done. Keep learning and singing, I ask of you please, and the next trip you take, will be a breeze! Thanks for playing my quizzes.

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