1. Being a Guide With You
– Judy Barker. 1
2. Guide Law Song – Brandis Purcell 2
3. Guide Marching Song
– Mary Chater. 2
4. I Am One Voice – Don Eaton. 3
5. I Can Make a Difference – Dorothy Lind. 3
6. Let Me Call You Sister (Tune of "Let me Call you Sweetheart") 3
7. Let’s Get Together Now
– Brandis Purcell 3
8. Lu-La. 4
9. Music Is Fun
– David Asplund. 4
10. On My Honour
– Cindy Dasch. 5
11. One World (2-Part Round) 6
12. Our Cabaña Song (Canción de Nuestra Cabaña) - Mexico. 6
13.
Our Chalet Song – Joseph Bovet. 7
14.
Pax Lodge Song – Julie Felix. 7
15.
Sangam Song – Comdr. Japheth. 7
16.
Sister Guides (Tune of "Edelweiss") 8
17. Sisters in Guiding – Jane Darby. 8
18.
Sister, Sister
19.
The Images of Guiding – Myra Slind. 9
20. The World Song –
Gavin Ewart. 9
21. Who’ll Come A-Scouting – (Tune: Waltzing Matilda) 9
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Some
of my Guiding favourites:
1.
Being a Guide With You – Judy Barker
We'll have a good time,
singing a song,
Learning new things
as we travel along.
Well it's such a lot
of fun being a Guide with you.
Make some good
friends, try something new,
I'm doing new things
I never thought I could do
And it's such a lot
of fun being a Guide with you.
Being a Guide
means being a friend,
Working together until
the day's end,
Laughing along, singing
a song, sharing a dream or two.
The future is
ours; it's just round the bend
I know I'm prepared
and I've got a friend
And it's such a lot
of fun being a Guide with you.
Being a Guide
means lending a hand
And being a Guide means
taking a stand.
Spreading goodwill all
over the land.
Making our dreams come
true.
I'm singing it
loud, I'm singing it clear,
'Cause I've got a message
I want you to hear
And it's such a lot
of fun being a Guide with you
Oh yeah, being a Guide:
Well it's ever so much
fun being a Guide with you.
2.
Guide Law Song – Brandis
Purcell
I challenge myself with the Guiding
Law
To be honest and true
To be wise in the use of resources
I have
To respect myself and others
too
To know and to use my gifts and
skills
To protect our common world
Live with courage and strength
And to share in the joys
Of the Guiding sisterhood!
Chorus:
They are Guides, all Guides
And in unexpected places
You'll meet their friendly
faces
And a ready hand besides
And there's not much
danger
Of finding you're a
stranger
For Commissioner or
Ranger
They are Guides, all
Guides
Who are these? Swinging
along the road,
With a pack on the back,
a song in the heart, to ease the load?
It is one hundred years
or more since they crowded through the door,
And they're coming along
as gay and strong as ever they came before
Who are these?
Living beneath the sky
While the simmering
sun, the pattering rain, the clouds pass by
They will dine beneath
the boughs and their leader always vows
That they're never afraid
of wasps and hardly ever afraid of cows
Who are these?
Sitting around the fire
They'll be happy to
have your company if that is your desire
And the evening will
be gay at the sunset of the day
With a song to sing
and a tale to tell and many a tune to play
Who are these
leaving the beaten track,
They are climbing high
to the open sky and they won't turn back
You may join them where
you will for the gate is open still
And the Guides of today
can find their way to the path across the hill
Final
Chorus:
They are Guides all
Guides
At this moment you will
find them
With one hundred years
behind them
And a steady heart besides
For in need or danger
They're friends with
every stranger
And as Brownie, Guide
and Ranger
They are Guides - all
Guides!
I am one voice and I am singing
I am one voice and I am singing
I am one voice and I am singing
I am not alone.
We are two voices we are singing
We are two voices we are singing
We are two voices we are singing
We are not alone.
We are a hundred voices singing
We are a hundred voices singing
We are a hundred voices singing
We are not alone.
We are a million voices singing
We are a million voices singing
We are a million voices singing
We are not alone.
I am one voice and I am singing
I am one voice and I am singing
I am one voice and I am singing
I am not alone.
5.
I Can Make a Difference – Dorothy Lind
I can make a difference, yes I can;
I can be a friend and lend a hand;
I can make a choice and take a stand,
And I can change the world! Oh,
I can make a difference; yes I can;
I can be a friend and lend a hand;
I can make a choice to take a stand,
And I can change the world!
You can make a difference, yes it’s
true;
You can choose the things you say
and do;
You can help the earth and people
too,
And you can change the world! Oh,
You can make a difference, yes it’s
true;
You can choose the things you say
and do;
You can help the earth and people
too,
And you can change the world.
We can make a difference if we try;
We can work together, you and I;
We can do our part so by and by
We can change the world! Oh,
We can change it;
Yes, we can change it.
6. Let Me Call You Sister (Tune
of "Let me Call you Sweetheart")
Let me call you sister
I'm a Girl Guide too.
Let me hear you whisper
All the Guide Laws through.
Keep your Girl Guide Promise,
In your heart so true,
Let me call you sister,
I'm a Girl Guide too.
7.
Let’s Get Together Now – Brandis Purcell
Come along with me to a place I
know,
Where the grasses bend, where the
breezes blow.
Where the lake is smooth and the
maples grow,
It’s a gift for me and you.
On a village green underneath the
sun,
We will live and laugh ‘til
the day is done,
And the joys we share there with
everyone,
Will be ours the whole day through.
Chorus:
Let’s get together now, we’ll show each other how,
We’ll make this dream reality.
And if it is to be, I know it’s
up to me.
Let’s sing a song of harmony.
When the stars come out and the
moon in bright,
We will sing our songs by the campfire
light.
With the welcome rest of a peaceful
night
We’ll begin the day anew.
‘Oh, this friendly world is
a dream!’, you say;
But with hearts and hands we will
find a way
To a better world, and a better
day;
It begins with me and you.
Lu la le lu la le lu la lu la lay
Lu la lu la lu la lu la lu la lay
Lu la le lu la le lu la lu la lay
Lu la lu la lu la lay
This is a good “international”
song. It can be sung several times, one of the groups calling out the name of a different country each time. The singing is
softer or louder depending on whether the country is far or near.
9.
Music Is Fun – David Asplund
Music is fun! Let’s sing together.
Come on along and sing with me!
Let yourself go, Feel the rhythm.
Join in harmony.
Music is fun, the singin’
is easy.
Come on along and you will hear
Melodies ring. Sing that music,
Join in harmony.
Stand up! Stand up and be counted.
We’ll sing this happy song.
Stand up! Stand up and get started,
Come on and sing along.
I love rhythm and harmony.
Sing that melody.
I love jazzy rhythm.
Come and groove with me.
I love rhythm and harmony.
Sing that melody.
I know you will want to sing along
with me!
We’ll sing! We’ll sing
in the morning.
The song begins with you.
We’ll sing! We’ll sing
in the evening,
And all the whole day through.
Music is fun! Let’s sing together.
Come on along and sing with me!
Let yourself go, Feel the rhythm.
Join in harmony.
Music is fun, the singin’
is easy.
Come on along and you will hear
Melodies ring. Sing that music,
join in harmony.
Join in harmony. Join in harmony.
Join in harmony.
MUSIC IS FUN!
10.
On My Honour – Cindy Dasch
Chorus:
On my honour I will try
There's a duty to be done and I say "aye",
There's a reason here, for a reason above
My honour is to try and my duty is to love
No one needs to know my name
If I hurt someone, then I'm to blame
If I help someone, then I've helped me
And that's the way that it should be
I've tucked away a song or two
If you're feeling low, there's one for you
If you need a friend, then I will come
There's plenty more where I come from
Come with me where a fire burns bright
We can even see better by its own light
We can find more meaning in a campfire glow
Than we’ve ever found in a year or so
We've a promise to always keep
And sing "Day is Done" before we sleep
We’re Girl Guides together and when we're gone
We'll still be a-trying and a-singing this song.
A plea for one world is heard in many different lands.
This is a plea of a world that is hungry for peace.
Let all men come together
Let all men come together
Striving to make the world better,
Pledging their lives to peace.
'Neath the grand Sierra Madre
On a plain in Mexico,
Lies our beautiful Cabaña,
Where Girl Scouts and Guides go.
Oh, come then to see the mountains,
The cactus and sunny skies;
Hear the cricket in the evening
And see the white moon arise.
When you see the warm red roofs
You think of hearts that glow with
cheer
And the walls of sturdy stone work
Stand for friendship so dear.
Each day there is filled with laughter,
Each evening is filled with song,
And our stay in Our Cabaña
Gives us memories life-long.
When we go to Our Cabaña
We will find ourselves at home;
There's a greeting smile so friendly
And a handshake so warm.
So come now to Our Cabaña
World friendship to increase,
And carry to your homeland
International peace.
13. Our Chalet Song – Joseph Bovet
High up, high on the mountain
We founded Our Chalet
High up, high on the mountain
We founded Our Chalet
Its sloping roof and wide
Will shelter us without a care
And each and every Guide
Shall find a welcome there
High up, high on a mountain
We'll go to Our Chalet
High up, high on a mountain
We'll go to Our Chalet
Our simple life is free
Our hearts are light
Our songs are gay
We ever shall remember
The joys of Our Chalet
High up, high on the mountain
We founded Our Chalet
High up, high on the mountain
We'll go to Our Chalet
And this its dedication
Shall never fail nor be undone
Each race, each creed, each nation
Beneath its roof are one
14. Pax
Lodge Song
– Julie Felix
Chorus:
We wish you love. We wish you light.
We
wish you colors soft and bright.
We
wish you light. We wish you love
We
wish you peace on the wings of a snow white dove.
And
with our sisters by our side
We
learn to lead, we learn to guide.
We
clear the path, we pave the way
To
peace on earth, to a brighter day.
Sometimes
the road is hard and long,
And
yet together we are strong.
And
as we weave life’s tapestry
Each
color blends in harmony.
Wherever
we wander, wherever we roam.
Pax
Lodge will always be our home.
A
place where strangers soon are friends.
I’ll
meet you there, where the rainbow ends.
The symbol of oneness, Sangam is
our pride
Where love and affection don't change
like the tide.
Regardless of color, religion or
creed,
To spread benevolence, we're sowing
the seed.
Guides of all nations, together
we stand,
In good will and friendship, united
our band.
To help the weak and aged, we make
ourselves strong.
To gain inspiration, we always sing
this song.
Sangam, O Sangam.
Symbol of oneness.
16. Sister
Guides (Tune of "Edelweiss")
Sister Guides, sister Guides
We are thinking about you
'Round the world flags unfurled
Always ready to greet you
Promise and Law may we aim to keep
Standards higher and higher
In this way may we say
May God's blessing surround you.
17.
Sisters in Guiding – Jane
Darby
I haven't met you personally,
But one glance confirms
a friend I see;
For behind the trefoil
and the smiles,
Lies strong ideals linking
hearts and minds,
That banish time and
miles.
Chorus:
You are my sister in Guiding,
You're a friend I can
confide in,
No matter if you're
a diff'rent race,
Young or old, from some
far place,
As sisters in Guiding
we share a secret drive,
To make this world a
better place in which to be alive.
From around the world
we throng,
Eight million people
can't be wrong,
Guides are found in
many lands,
You're never far from
a friendly smile
And willing, lending
hands.
So we travel
on together
Through the bright and
stormy weather,
Striding forth in work
and game,
We are joined by the
Guiding spirit,
The world is ne'er the
same.
Sister, sister walk with me
I’ll walk with you if you’ll walk with me
I’ll walk with you if you’ll walk with me
Sister won’t you walk won’t you walk with me.
Sister, sister sing with me
I’ll sing with you if you’ll sing with me
I’ll sing with you if you’ll sing with me
Sister won’t you sing won’t you sing with me.
Sister, sister camp with me
I’ll camp with you if you’ll camp with me
I’ll camp with you if you’ll camp with me
Sister won’t you camp won’t you camp with me.
Sister, sister remember me
I’ll remember you if you’ll remember me
I’ll remember you if you’ll remember me
Sister don’t forget don’t you forget me.
19. The Images of Guiding – Myra Slind
When I think back to days gone by,
my heart plays a merry tune
Of dancing ‘round the toadstool
ring and campfire nights in June.
Chorus:
The images of Guiding are precious, clear and strong.
I keep them ever close to me, carried
in a song.
There are time that I remember well
from Guiding days and yet
I know no matter what I do, I never
will forget.
On my honour and my promise true,
I go from day to day,
I do the best that I can do; my
Guiding leads the way.
20.
The World Song – Gavin
Ewart
The
way is clear as we march on and see our flag on high
Is
ever furled throughout the world for hope shall never die
We
must unite for what is right in friendship true and strong
Until
the earth in its rebirth shall sing our song, shall sing our song
All
those who loved the true and good
Whose
promises were kept
With
humble minds whose acts were kind
Whose
honour never slept
These
were the free and we must be
Prepared
like them to live
To
give to all both great and small
All
we can give, all we can give.
21.
Who’ll Come A-Scouting – (Tune: Waltzing
Matilda)
Once
a mighty soldier, beloved by his fellow men
Under
the shade of the flag of the free
Took
some boys and trained them,
Made
them strong and brave and true,
Who’ll come a-Scouting, a-Scouting with me?
Keep
on a-working, never a-shirking,
Carry
out the rules as he wanted them to be,
And
we’ll sing as we out our shoulders and our brains to work,
Who’ll
come a-Scouting, a-Scouting with me?
Soon
the little band grew, swelling great in number,
Through
other countries, one, two, three,
Then
around the world it spread,
Stronger,
ever stronger,
Who’ll
come a-Scouting, a-Scouting with me?
Keep
on praying, keep on saying,
If
we work hard enough, then we’ll stay free.
And
we’ll sing as we put our shoulders and our brains to work,
Who’ll
come a-Scouting, a-Scouting with me?