Bar of Soap

The Q Fambly Campout 2009 is but a memory now, and I'll be giving that a bit of a jog by posting a page dedicated to the weekend on my other site - 'twill be up in the next coupla days. (It's about time I get some new content there!) Meantime, I've been ruminatin' as to how we didn't really do much singing around the campfire this year. I suppose we were feeling rather - ah, how shall we say - mortal this year. Deep loving thoughts prevailed.

All the same, those campfire songs... This one is just about my favorite, and tonight the only verses I could remember were "tweety bird" and "fishy". After googling the song, I managed to research and develop (some of the lyrics I saw were rhythmically problematic) a full eight verses! The last three verses are new to me. It also seems to me that there might be a verse about a duck (ducky)? If someone knows it, please share!

(Sung to the same tune as "If You're Happy and You Know It") Here ya go:

O I wish I were a little bar of soap (bar of soap)
I wish I were a little bar of soap (bar of soap)
I’d slippy and I’d slid-y over everybody’s hidey
O I wish I were a little bar of soap

O I wish I were a little tweety bird (tweety bird)
I wish I were a little tweety bird (tweety bird)
I’d sit up on the steeple and I’d spit on all the people
O I wish I were a little tweety bird

O I wish I were a fishy in a brook (in a brook)
I wish I were a fishy in a brook (in a brook)
I’d swim around so cutie and without my bathing suity
O I wish I were a fishy in a brook

O I wish I were a little mosquito (mosquito)
I wish I were a little mosquito (mosquito)
I’d buzzy and I’d bitey under everybody’s nightie
O I wish I were a little mosquito

O I wish I were a little can of beer (can of beer)
I wish I were a little can of beer (can of beer)
I’d go down with a slurp and I’d come up with a burp
O I wish I were a little can of beer

O I wish I were the root of a tree (of a tree)
I wish I were the root of a tree (of a tree)
I’d stick up on the trail and then flip you on your tail
O I wish I were the root of a tree

O I wish I were a hungry little goat (little goat)
I wish I were a hungry little goat (little goat)
I’d crunchy and I’d munchy right through ev’rybody’s lunchie
O I wish I were a hungry little goat

O I wish I were a little spotted cow (spotted cow)
I wish I were a little spotted cow (spotted cow)
I’d give milk out of my udder and then churn it into butter
O I wish I were a little spotted cow

And for your viewing pleasure, here's a (small) perversion of the song - enjoy!