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For other uses, see Campfire songs (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Bonfire (song).
"Camp Songs" redirects here. For the song “Campus”, see Campus (song).

Camp songs or campfire songs are a genre of songs traditionally sung around a campfire. Since the advent of summer camp as an activity for children, these songs have been identified with children's songs, although they may originate from earlier traditions of songs popular with adults.[1][2] The tradition of singing around a campfire has existed for centuries.[2] It has been suggested that a good campfire song will have "either a rousing chorus (that everyone can sing along with), or a pattern of repeated lyrics (that everyone can sing along with)".[3]

References

  1. ^ James Harley Marsh (ed.). "Songs and Songwriting". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Irene Maddox, Rosalyn Cobb, Campfire Songs: Lyrics and Chords to More Than 100 Sing-Along Favorites (2011), p. xi.
  3. ^ Jerry Silverman, Campfire Songbook (2016), p. 3.

See also

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