Surprised this song from 1963 isn't already on the website!If it is many apologies!
Verse 1
G D G
Hello muddah hello faddah here I am at Camp Grenada
D C G D G
Camp is very entertaining and they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining
D G
I went hiking with Joe Spivey he developed poison ivy
D C G D G
You remember Leonard Skinner he got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner
Verse 2
D G
All the counselors hate the waiters and the lake has alligators
D C G D G
And the head coach wants no pansies so he reads to us from something called Ulysses
D G
Now I don’t want this should scare ya but my bunkmate has malaria
D C G D G
You remember Jeffrey Hardy they're about to organise a searching party
Bridge
Am Em
Take me home oh muddah faddah
Am Em
Take me home I hate Grenada
C G F E
Don’t leave me out in the forest where I might get eaten by a bear
Am Em
Take me home I promise
Am Em
I will not make noise or mess the house
C G F E
With other boys oh please don't make me stay I've been here one whole day
Verse 3
G D G
Dearest fadda darling mudda how's my precious little bruddah
D C G D G
Let me come home if you miss me I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me
D G
Wait a minute it's stopped hailing guys are swimming guys are sailing
D C G D G
Playing baseball gee that’s better muddah faddah kindly disregard this letter
