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I know there were at least two verses! I think I'm remembering the second verse but not the first. And the verses had slightly different tunes as well.

Chorus:
C     G     C   C  C   D   E
Dirt, dirt, top of the mountain
C     G     C  C   C  C   G
Dirt, dirt, bottom of the sea
C     G     C   C C   E
Dirt, dirt, got a bad name
D    C  C C    D     E  F  D  C
When it became known as property

Verse (2?)
E     E   C     C     G  G  G  C
Don't eat dirt, don't wanna do that
E E   E  C    C   C  G  G   C
I did it once and it tasted bad
C   C  E     E  E  E   C    C    C G  G G   C
But at least it didn't come from a chemical lab
C    E    E  E   C    C  C    GG C
Like some of the food in your TV ads.
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Because that Discovery channel ad that took this song is making me nostalgic and sad.

I love the mountains
I love the rolling hills
I love the flowers
I love the daffodils
I love the fire's glow
When all the lights are low
Boom de yada, boom de yada, boom de yada, boom de yada
Boom de yada, boom de yada, boom de yada, boom de yada
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( Gualalalala! )

( Everywhere We Go )

( Let Me See You Stand Up )

( Tarzan )

( Flea Fly Floe )

( The Chicken Song )

A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut,
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut
Mc Donald's, Mc Donald's,
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut

( Pile of Tin )

( I'm a Nut )

Junior Birdman
Up in the air, Junior Birdman,
Up in the air, upside down.
Up in the air, Junior Birdman
... I forget the last line

Desperado
There was a big bold man, a desperado
Way down Triple Creek the state of Colorado
When he hit that town like a wild tornado [rhyme with previous]
Everybody round him went AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Late Last Night
Late last night, when we were all in bed
Old Mother Hubbard left a lantern in the shed
And when the cow kicked it over, she winked her eye and said,
"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!"

FIRE, FIRE
WATER, WATER
SAVE MY BABY, SAVE MY BABY
JUMP, LADY, JUMP!

One Bottle of Pop

One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop,
Three bottles of pop, four bottles of pop,
Five bottles of pop, six bottles of pop,
Seven bottles of pop, POP!

Don't throw your junk in my backyard,
My backyard, my backyard,
Don't throw your junk in my backyard,
My backyard's full!

Thunderation
Thunder, thunder, thunderation
We're the Y Camp Generation
When we sing with determination
It creates a great sensation!

Down by the Banks
Down by the banks of the Hanky-Panky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
With an eep! ipe! ope! op!
Leaps off a lily and a - KER-PLOP!

Other songs I need to add when I remember:( more songs! )

Rounds
Love, love, love, love
All things shall perish

Music Alone Shall Live

All things shall perish from under the sky,
Music alone shall live
Music alone shall live
Music alone shall live, never to die.

German:
Himmel und Erde müssen vergeh'n,
Aber die Musici,
Aber die Musici,
Aber die Musici bleiben besteh'n.

French:
Tout doit sur terre mourir un jour,
Mais la musique
Mais la musique
Vive toujours.

The Animal Fair

I went to the animal fair,
The birds and the beasts were there.
The big baboon, by the light of the moon, was combing his auburn hair.
The monkey, he got drunk, and sat on the elephant's trunk.
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,
And what became of the monk, the monk, ... (the monk is repeated while half repeat the rest of the song, then switch)
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Hey Yunga

Chorus:
E   C# C#  B-C# C# C#  B-C# #C   #C
Hey yunga, ho-o yunga, hey  yung yung
E   C# C#  B-C# C# C#  B-C# #C   #C
Hey yunga, ho-o yunga, hey  yung yung

Verse:
C#  B-C#  C# C#  B-C#-C#
The Earth is our mo-ther
C# C#   C#   E    C# C#
We must take care of her
C#  B-C#  C# C#  B-C#-C#
The Earth is our mo-ther
C# C#   C#   E    F# C#
We must take care of her

The sacred ground we walk upon
With every step we take
The sacred ground we walk upon
With every step we take.

Repeat Chorus

Verse 2:
The Sky is our father
We must take care of him, etc.

This is often done with the below:

Wearing My Long Tail Feathers
C#  C#  B  C#   B    C# D#
Wearing my long tail feathers 
E  D# C#
As I  fly
C#  C#  B  C#   B    C# D#
Wearing my long tail feathers 
E  D# C#
As I  fly
B C# C#  B C#
I circle around
B C# C#  B C#
I circle around
D#  E   F#     D#-C# B-C# C#
The bound'ries o-of  the  earth
D#  E  F#  D#-C# B-C# C#
The planet of    my   birth


There were at least three other Native American songs that we would sing, but I've forgotten them at the moment.

Edit: Remembered one of them! And it's used as a leadin to Wearing:

Air I am
Fire I am
Water and Earth and Spirit I am.

Remembered one more!

We all fly like eagles
Flying so high
Circle 'round the universe
On wings of pure light
Oh-ho, witchy ai oh
Oh witchy ai eh
Oh-ho, witchy ai oh
Oh witchy ai eh


And there was at least one more with that circle theme, but I'm blanking right now.
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