AboutAmy Tennant Expertise I can answer most questions about church music, both choral and congregational. I can also answer questions about music ministry and worship arts. I probably can't tell you who sings that great Christian song you just heard on the radio - call the radio station or check their website.
Experience I have been in the music ministry for more than 15 years, leading in both traditional and contemporary services in a number of different denominations.
Education/Credentials BA in vocal music performance with an emphasis on sacred music
Expert: Amy Tennant Date: 6/25/2008 Subject: find lyrics for old camp song
Question In the 50's I went to a camp where the following song was song, but i only remember parts of it. Can you supply the rest of the words?
Old folks, young folks, everybody come. Please to check the chewing gum and spitballs out the door and you'll hear the Bible stories like you never heard before. Adam was the first man, Eve was his spouse. They got together in paradise and started keeping house. (I forget the next line, but they were "kicked out" and started raising Cain. Then there was a verse about God contracting out the building of the earth to the masons, but they all got drunk and had to fill it up with dirt. There are several more silly verses. Thanks for your help, Marie O
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Answer I'm guessing this is one of those "folk songs" that get passed around and words get changed slightly, and verses get added or deleted. Here's what I found online:
Adam was a gardener
And Eve, she was his spouse,
They lost their jobs by stealing fruit
And went to keeping house.
There it was a quiet one
And peaceful in the main,
Until they had a baby boy and
Went to raising Cain.
Young folks, old folks,
Everybody come.
Come on o'er to our place
And make yourself at home.
But please check your chewing gum
And razors at the door,
We'll tell you Bible stories
That you never heard before.
Esau was a farmer of a
Wild and woolly make;
His daddy gave him half the farm
And half to Brother Jake;
But Esau saw that his title,
It wasn't very clear,
So he sold his half to Brother Jake
And said he didn't 'keer.'
Young folks, old folks,
Everybody come.
Come on o'er to our place
And make yourself at home.
But please check your chewing gum
And razors at the door,
We'll tell you Bible stories
That you never heard before.
Daniel was a smartypants who
Wouldn't obey the King;
The King got mad and said he wouldn't
Stand for such a thing;
He chucked him down a manhole
With lions underneath,
But Daniel was a dentist, and
He pulled the lions' teeth.
Young folks, old folks,
Everybody come.
Come on o'er to our place
And make yourself at home.
But please check your chewing gum
And razors at the door,
We'll tell you Bible stories
That you never heard before.
Jonah was an emigrant,
So tells the Bible tale;
He bought a one-way ticket on
A trans-Atlantic whale;
But the whale's interior
Was cramped, at very best,
So Jonah pressed the button -- and
The whale, he did the rest.
Young folks, old folks,
Everybody come.
Come on o'er to our place
And make yourself at home.
But please check your chewing gum
And razors at the door,
We'll tell you Bible stories
That you never heard before.
