G for Generosity (Girl Scout Pep Song)

DESCRIPTION: "She wears a G for generosity. She wears an I for interest, too. She wears an R for real sportsmanship. She wears and L for loyalty. She wears an S for her sincereity.... She wears an O-U-T for outdoor life, outdoor life. And that Girl Scout is Me!"
AUTHOR: Melinda Carroll? (source: various web sites, but others dispute this)
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: wordplay nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 482, "Girl Scout Pep Song" (notes only)
NOTES [147 words]: This is another of Averill's cononundrum. She does not clearly identify this song, and does not list it in her online index. It is not "Pep (The Peppiest Camp)," because she has 39 instances of that song, and just 7 of this. Searching for "Girl Scout Pep Song" consistently turns up "G for Generosity" under some title or other, but often with some other lyrics added to make it more of an actual pep song, e.g.,
Hooray for Girl Scouts!
Hooray for Girl Scouts!
Someone's in the stands cheering,
Hooray for Girl Scouts!
1 2 3 4, who we gonna cheer for?
Girl Scouts, that's us!
So it's not entirely clear to me what Averill means.
The earnestness of the song did at least inspire parodies:
She wears a G for chewing bubble gum,
She wears an I for ickiness,
She wears an R for real loud sportsmanship....
That third line seems to be a particularly good fit for this sort of pep song. - RBW
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File: ACSF482P

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