The Battle Of Kookamonga:Homer And Jethro.
#14 in 1959.
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#1.
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In nineteen and fifty-nine we took a little hike,
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with our scout master down to Lake Oneeganite.
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We took a little pizza and we took some saurkrauts,
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and we marched along together till we heard the Girl Scouts.

CHORUS:
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We are the boys from Camp Kookamonga.
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Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways.
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We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together.
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But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze.

(And I was mad because me mother sent me up here, ha-ha-ha.)

#2.
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Well, we crept up to the water and we see the girls a-swimmin.
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There musta been a hundred of them pretty young women.
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They looked so fine even birds forgot to sing..
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we lay down in the Poison Oak and didn't say a thing.

(Hey will one of you fellas scratch my back?)

CHORUS:
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We are the boys from Camp Kookamonga.
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Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways.
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We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together.
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But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze.

INTERLUDE:

#3.
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Well, our counselor said we could take them by surprise,
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if we didn't say a word till we looked them in the eyes.
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We kept real still and we had our eyes a-glued..
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we saw how they were dressed..they were swimming in the..
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welllll, now...

CHORUS:
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We are the boys from Camp Kookamonga.
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Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways.
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We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together.
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But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze.

#4.
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Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles.
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They ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
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They ran so fast even we couldn't catch them,
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and we can even hike all the way to Buffalo.

(Hey, fellas wait for me!)

#5.
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Well, we ran right after them till everyone was pooped..
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so, we rested for a moment and our forces we regrouped.
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Then we saw the girls behind some evergreens,
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captured by a company of United States Marines.

(Aww! Those big guys get everything.)

CHORUS:
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We are the boys from Camp Kookamonga.
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Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways.
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We learned to make sparks by rubbing (girls)sticks together.
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But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze.

#6.
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Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles.
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They ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
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They ran so fast even we couldn't catch them,
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and we can even hike all the way to Buffalo.

OUTRO:
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A-rootie-toot-toot, A-rootie-toot-toot..
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ahhh, we are the boys from the Boy Scout troop.
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We don't smoke and we don't chew..
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and we don't go with, the girls that do.(Fade.)


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.