Today's Camp song is called Mountain Dew. The video I picked for you is hard to understand at points but it shows a real Boy Scout camp sing along and I thought you would enjoy seeing all of the boys singing, clapping and having a good time.
The words to the chorus are -
They call it that good old mountan dew,
And them that refuse it are few.
I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug
With that good old mountain dew.
Culture Connection
Mountain Dew is the name of a soft drink in the United States. It's bright green in color and in the video you can see some boys carrying around a big cut out picture of a green soda bottle. However, the Good Old Mountain Dew in the song refers to moon shine or homemade, illegal alcohol. You can read all of the lyrics to this song here.
You might be wondering why they let kids sing a song about illegal alcohol. Is it a good idea? Most people think it's a fun song to sing and don't take it very seriously. After all kids play video games about stealing cars and shooting people but they don't go out and do it. What is your opinion?
This song comes from traditional mountain folk music and uses words and grammar that we don't generally use in every day conversation things like
"them that refuse it..." means to say no to something.
"hush up my mug" means to be quiet.
"mountain dew" means moonshine or illegal alcohol brewed in a still at home.
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