SONGS

Cubstruction
Cub Scout Roundtable Leaders’ Guide

Tune – Alouette

Chorus

Cubstruction, we build with Cubstruction
Cubstruction, it’s how we build our world
First you take a block of wood
Then you cut it down to size
Block of wood – Down to size
OOOooohhh

Chorus

Next you take the right size nail
Then you hammer carefully
Right size nail –carefully
Block of wood – Cut to size
OOOooohhh

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Now you take a big paintbrush
Then you paint it very nice
Big paintbrush – Very nice
Right size nail –carefully
Block of wood – Cut to size
OOOooohhh

Last we put our name on it
Then we know that we a re done
Name on it – WE ARE DONE!

Taps for Cub Scouts
Tim, Cubmaster, Pack 65, Haddonfield, NJ
Tune: "Taps"

I heard this when I visited Tim’s Pack and had to get the words to share with everyone CD

Sun of gold, sky of blue
Both are gone from the sight, day is through.
Do your best, then to rest,
Peace to you.

Toolbox Song
Baltimore Area Council
Tune: I’m a Little Teapot

I’m a pair of pliers just because,
Here is my handle here are my jaws

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 Keep me in your toolbox bright and new
Take me out and I’ll work for you.

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I’m a coping saw that’s strung too tight
Pull me then, push me to use me right.

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I’m a big strong hammer, a mighty tool
Hit the nails only, that’s the rule.

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I’m a happy C-clamp, tell you what I do
I eat board sandwiches filled with glue.

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I’m a handy wood plane, give me a try
I can help you out if your door’s too high

Wood Working Is Fun
Greater St. Louis Area Council
Baltimore Area Council
Tune: Jingle Bells

Saw on wood, Hammer nails,
Wood working is fun!
We’ll get this project done on time
With the setting sun!

Stain the wood, Putty the nails,
Lets give a big hooray!
Now this project is done on time,
Let’s go out and play!

Don’t You Like to Saw
Baltimore Area Council
Tune: I’ve been working on the railroad

I’ve been sawing on this piece of wood.
All the live long day,
I’ve been sawing on this piece of wood,
Just to pass the time away.

Can’t you see the saw dust flying
Rise up so early in the ‘mom.
Can’t you see our leader shouting,
Not on my wood floor!

Don’t you like to saw,
Don’t you like to saw,
Don’t you like to saw,
More, more, more, more!

Don’t you like to saw,
Don’t you like to saw,
Even if it’s on the floor!

My Cub Scoutmobile
Alapaha Council
Tune: On Top of Old Smokey

One Saturday morning
My granddad and I
Went down to the woodpile
To get some supplies

Some long boards, some short boards,
A few thin ones too
Four wheels and a gear shift
We’re practically through

Some paint and a good seat
Completes our fine car
Now on to the race track
Where the Cub Scouts compete

Zoom! Down the roped off street
Cub Scouts dressed in blue
All had a real great time
We hope you did too!

Pinewood Derby Song
Baltimore Area Council
Tune: “Camptown Races”

Cub Scouts all join in the song, Doo-Dah, Doo-dah!
Pine car track is mighty long, Oh, do-dah day!

Chorus:

Going to run so fast, going to get ahead,
Bet my money on a blue pine car, Somebody bet on the red.

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Red cars, blue cars, green and gray, Doo-Dah, Doo-dah!
Running on the track today. Oh, doo-dah day!

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Pine wood cars have lots of class, Doo-dah, doo-dah!
Even though they don’t use gas, Oh, doo-dah day!

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They’re the pride of all the lads, doo-dah, doo-dah!
Build by Cub Scouts and their dads, Oh, doo-dah day!

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This song is a classic but could be updated.  I googled  “Pinewood Derby Song” to see if someone had rewritten the chorus to eliminate the word bet and couldn’t find one.  If you come up with a new chorus, please send it to me.  Thanks   CD

Pound the Nail
Greater St. Louis Area Council
Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Pound, pound, pound the nail,
Pound it right on through!

If you miss and pound your thumb,
Then it will turn true blue!

Pinewood Derby Car
Greater St. Louis Area Council
Tune: I've Been Working on the Railroad

I've been working for the Derby,
Planning my racing car.
All the family's been helping,
My car should be the star!

Can't you hear the crowds a cheering
As we win the prize?
Pinewood Derby time's exciting
For all the Cub Scout guys!

Whacked My Thumb
Greater St. Louis Area Council
Baltimore Area Council
Tune: Jimmy Crack corn or The Blue Tailed Fly

When I was young I went to play
In father's workshop one fine day
I took a hammer, some wood and nails
And tried to make some kitchen scales.

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Whacked my thumb and I don't care
Hurt real bad, but I don't care
Whacked it good, but I don't care
The feelings gone away

I tried to hang a picture frame
Sent to me by Aunt Jane
To hang the picture, I was dumb
I swung the hammer, and smashed my thumb

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One day I tried to make a boat
Worked real hard so it would float
I nailed my fingers to the bow
I'm bandaged to my elbows now

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I joined the local Cub Scout pack
I learned to make a neat tie rack
A little skill was all it took
They had instructions in the book

New Chorus :

I missed my thumb, I learned to care
I missed my thumb, I wouldn't dare
I missed my thumb, my thumbnail's bare
The feelings here to stay