Camp Fire Law, The

DESCRIPTION: "Worship God -- Seek beauty, give service, and nowledge pursue. Be trustworthy ever, in all that you do. Hold fast onto health, and work glorify, and you will be happy in the law of the Fire."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsNThings)
KEYWORDS: nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 167, "The Camp Fire Law" (notes only)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsNThings, p. 81, "Campfire Law" (1 text, 1 tune)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsPopularEdition, p. 52, "Camp Fire Law" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton" (tune)
NOTES [38 words]: This song argues that we should have a keyword "moralizing." Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs reports a very high number of collections (35), but I strongly doubt it was voluntarily sung by anyone except your 97-year-old maiden aunt. - RBW
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File: ACSF167C

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