okstatecowboy 10 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I was looking for info on old camp song and found my way here. Some of my fondest memories are of scouting. Especially Charles Sommers Base in Ely, Minnesota. I know probably everyone here is a gung-ho scouter, but just in case, speaking from experience, GET YOUR EAGLE! I made it to Life and lacked one merit badge and my Eagle project making it all the way, and work, sports, and girls got in the way. Or at least that was the way I saw it then. Anyway, if you didn't get it the first time, GET YOUR EAGLE! There are so many resources now to help you get it there is no reason not to. Oh yeah, and one other thing: does anyone know the lyrics to "The German Orchestra?" It starts out something like "Ich bin ein musicale/ blah-blah-blah-blah blah... Spielen der viola (echo)... etc." Any help would be appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzy Bear 12 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Welcome OK, We have posted on your topic of life long Lifers and Eagles and such. You might want to do search and give us your story. OGE most likely will give you the words to the German O. song. The first time I heard it, our CSE stood up and lead it. I still think of him any time it is even mentioned. He died several years ago but him leading that song is still funny. FB Link to post Share on other sites
EagleInKY 14 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Welcome to the forum. I can't help you with the song. I've got a German employee I can ask next week if you haven't got an answer by then. Link to post Share on other sites
ozemu 10 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Welcome. Old Grey Eagle is indeed your most likely man for the song. Never heard of it myself. There are a few Scouts in here and quite a few Venture Scouts too. ...and about the Eagle. In my view the journey is more important than the destination. Are you proud of what you did in getting to within one badge of Eagle? Also our most useful lessons are often the most painful. Reads like you got a lot of use out of getting one badge short. Well done regardless. Link to post Share on other sites
okstatecowboy 10 Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 Thanks for all the replies, and yes, the journey, I think, is half of the prize. The goal is the other half. I will not say that everything that ever happened in my scouting experience was positive or that everyone I met was someone I would choose to be friends with, but I would say there was a lot more positive than negative in both of those matters, and even in the negative situations I learned something. Still, it would have been nice, no, very nice to be able to say I am an Eagle scout. But I think my experience has helped more than one young man make the decision to "git 'r done." Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I really have to thank you all for not putting any pressure on me over this, I do have an English version of what okstatecowboy describes Leader: Das is the German music, from the father land! All: Das is the German music, from the father land! Leader: Ikspeil on the viola! All: Ikspeil on the viola! Vio vio vio la, Vio vio vio la, Vio vio vio la, Vio vio vio la, hey! Make hand motions to simulate the instrument being played during the chorus. Additional Verses: Piano: Plinkity plinkity plink plink plink Trumpet: Dat da da dat da da dat dat dat Tuba: Umpa umpa umpa pa Bagpipes: Waa waa waa waa waa Audience: Clap clap clap clap clap Conductor: (make motion of baton) Link to post Share on other sites
Eagledad 2779 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Hey there brother, is that a hint of orange I see in your post? Barry OSU Class of 82 Flying Aggie President 1980 Link to post Share on other sites
okstatecowboy 10 Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 OGE, Thanks! With your help and BabelFish, I have gotten most of the lyrics down I think. What's making it so difficult is we sang it in German at Camp Fred Darby. Scott Moffett (sp?) was the music leader, and a very good one, and I suspect he also took German in high school. So basically what I'm working with here is a 25 year old memory of a song I didn't know the language it was sung in. For the record, here's what I have so far: Leader: Ich bin ein musicale vom der Vaterland! (unknown word) SPIELEN! Orchestra: (unknown word) SPIELEN! Leader: Spielen der viola! Viola Section: Spielen der viola! Vio- Vio- Vio-la! Vio-la! Vio-la! Vio- Vio- Vio-la! Vio- Vio-la! Hey! Repeat with oompapa, bagpipes, twangers (played like juice-harps), then the whole orchestra. Again, thanks for the help, and if any old eastern Oklahoma scouters remember going to Darby and singing that song and can provide any more insight, I'd appreciate it. Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I have to congratulate you okstatecowboy, you used a viola and didnt promote violins (This message has been edited by OldGreyEagle) Link to post Share on other sites
okstatecowboy 10 Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 Eagledad, Yeah, for better or worse I bleed orange. The Alamo Bowl was hard to take, but I'm looking forward to a great basketball and wrestling season. It looks like you graduated a couple of years before I got to OSU though. I started in the fall of 84. But I'm sure you and I know some of the same people. I was very involved in a variety of groups. And OGE, yes, even a few of us Okies know the difference between a viola and a violin. lol But in all honesty, I was just using the terminology Scott Moffett used in the song, hence oompapa instead of tuba. Link to post Share on other sites
CA_Scouter 11 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 OK, you Deutsch challenged scouters, here is a rough translation: Leader: Ich bin ein musicale vom der Vaterland! English:I am a musician from the Fatherland. (unknown word) SPIELEN! English: Play! Orchestra: (unknown word) SPIELEN! English: Play! Leader: Spielen der viola! English: Play the violin! ...and I played the accordian for 6 years in my youth, so I can oom-paa-paa with the best of 'em. Guten Abend! ( good night! ) :-) Link to post Share on other sites
okstatecowboy 10 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 I thought it was Guten Nacht. Ah well, as I said, I don't know much German. And as for the (unknown word), the more I think about it, the more I think it sounded like Leader: Inkoff spielen. (I know Inkoff is not right, but does that even sound like a German word that a conductor would use to tell his orchestra to play?) Orchestra: (responds) Dumkoff spielen. (And that sounds very much like "dummy" or "idiot" in German, which I can't imagine an orchestra responding to the conductor with that word.) Anyway, it's been fun getting corresponding with other scouters. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
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