Hail, Hail, Scouting Spirit

DESCRIPTION: "Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit! Best in the Land; Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit! Loyal we stand. Onward and upward we're treading, Always alert to make Scouting ready, We are prepared. Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit! Hail, Hail, Hail!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1997 (BoyScoutSongbook1997)
KEYWORDS: nonballad campsong
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 166, "Hail, Hail, Scouting Spirit" (notes only)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, p. 67, "Hail! Hail! Scouting Spirit" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Hero" (tune, according to Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
NOTES [23 words]: Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs lists 13 collections of this, which is fairly high, so I'm indexing it, but I really doubt it's traditional. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.3
File: ACSF166L

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