Cookie, Cookie

DESCRIPTION: "Cookie, Cookie, Listen while we sing to you. Cookie, Cookie, You're a part of camp life too. Anyone can make a bed and anyone can sew, But it takes our cookies (to make camp go). So Cookie, Cookie, Listen while we sing to you."
AUTHOR: Music: Bob Carleton
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: food nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 251, 263, 265, 319, 535, "Cookie, Cookie"/"Cookie" (notes only)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ja-Da" (tune)
SAME TUNE:
Waiter, Waiter ("Waiter, waiter, won't you wait on me") (Harbin-Parodology, #260, p. 65; Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 23)
Onions ("Onions, onions, O-U-N-I-O-N-S") (Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p.8)
NOTES [45 words]: Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 265. says that this was sung to the tune of "Ja Da" (also called "Jada"), hence the music attribution; "Ja-Da" words and music by Bob Carleton, was published in 1918 and became a significant hit when recorded by Arthur Collins in 1919. - RBW
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