Category: Songs
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| Tune | See video below |
| Type of Song | Repeat-After-Me, Actions, Yells, Chants, and Cheers |
| Actions | See lyrics below |
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Lyrics
I said a boom chicka boom
I said a boom chicka boom
I said a boom chicka boom
I said a boom chicka boom
I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom
I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Alright
Alright
One more time
One more time
Valley Girl style
Valley Girl style
I said, like, a boom chicka boom
I said, like, a boom chicka boom
I said, like, a boom chicka boom
I said, like, a boom chicka boom
I said, like, a boom chicka totally chicka totally chicka boom
I said, like, a boom chicka totally chicka totally chicka boom
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Alright
Alright
One more time
One more time
Janitor style
Janitor style
I said a broom sweep-a broom
I said a broom sweep-a broom
I said a broom sweep-a broom
I said a broom sweep-a broom
I said a broom sweep-a mop-a sweep-a mop-a sweep-a broom
I said a broom sweep-a mop-a sweep-a mop-a sweep-a broom
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Alright
Alright
One more time
One more time
Star Wars style
Star Wars style
*To the tune of the Imperial March*
Boom boom boom chicka boom chicka boom
Boom boom boom chicka boom chicka boom
Boom boom boom chicka boom chicka boom
Boom boom boom chicka boom chicka boom
I said “no Luke, I am your father”
I said “no Luke, I am your father”
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Alright
Alright
That’s it.
That’s it
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Camp Songs 
At camp Thunderbird in Chesterfield Virginia, we did it like these: I said a c.a.m.p, I said a c.a.m.p, I said camp Thunderbird is the place for me and we also did: I said a cheeseburger and fries, I said a cheeseburger and fries, I said a cheeseburger and fries with a milkshake for the side, the final one we learned was I said a YMCA, I said a YMCA, I said a Y to the M to the C to the A. I love camp
awsome job!
I said a cheese burger and fries i said a cheese burger and fries I said a cheese burger and fries i said a cheese burger and fries I said a cheese burger and fries with a milkshake on the side i said a cheeseburger and fries with a milkshake to the side. That is what we did at Camp Thunderbird
No joke, I wrote this cheer in 1966 when I was Head Yell Leader at U. S. Grant High School in Van Nuys, California. As originally written, the cheer started as Racka-Chicka-Boom. Following graduation, I worked for the summer at Stanley Ranch, a Woodcraft Rangers organization camp for kids, and introduced Racka-Chicka-Boom around a campfire. A number of years later, I sang it at a family Y camp gathering. Since then, I have seen the evolution of the lyrics, but the basic call and response, repeated 3 times, has remained the same. I do want to note that between each verse there is a bridge which makes it specific to the school or camp or whatever. For example, originally the first bridge is: (still call and response)
I said a riff raff row
I said a riff raff ree
U. S. Grant ( or Stanley Ranch or Family Y Camp)
Have mercy
A-ha
O yea
One more time
One more time
So long as the last word of the second line (ree) rhymes with the last word of the fourth line (mercy), you can make up anything (rile = moving in style; or rests = you’re the best) and so on. Fresh ground for more creative versions of Racka Chicka Boom or, as it has evolved to, Boom Chicka Boom.
Woah your practically a legend to me as a Girl Scout…. this is a classic!! 😀
My favourite verse is
Like a mathematician!
I said a 2 + 2
I said a 2+2
I said a 2 plus a 20 plus a 20’s 42
I said math is hard
But that’s okay
I said one more time
At camp Cristina which I an all outdoor camp it is like a jungle so at the amphitheater we all go and do camp songs and sprit checks to win the sprit stick and it is so much fun
Valley Girl Style
I said , like call me on my cell
(repeat)
I said like call me on my cell
(repeat)
I said like call me text me call me text me call me on my cell
(repeat)
O huh
(repeat)
O yeah
(repeat)
Here are another couple of additional verses that I have in my bank:
ASTRONAUT STYLE:
I said to the moon to the moon!
I said to the moon to the moon!
I said to the moon-a, take a rocket, take a rocket to the moon!
FLOWER STYLE:
I said a bloom-chicka-bloom!
I said a bloom-chicka-bloom!
I said a bloom-a-chicka-blossom-chicka-blossom-chicka-bloom!
MOTORCYCLE STYLE:
I said a vroom-chicka-vroom!
I said a vroom-chicka-vroom!
I said a vroom-a-pop-a-wheelie-pop-a-wheelie-pop-a-vroom!
CAVEMAN STYLE:
Me say boom-chick-boom!
Me say boom-chick-boom!
Me say boom-chick-rock-chick-rock-chick-boom!
NICK JUNIOR STYLE (aka MR. ROGERS STYLE)
Can you say a boom-chicka-boom?
Can you say a boom-chicka-boom?
Can we all say a booma-chicka-rocka-chicka-rocka-chicka-boom?
Good job!
You’re all my friends!
But that’s the end.
flower style
I said a bloom chicka bloom (repeat)
I said a bloom chicka bloom! (Repeat)
I said a bloom a chicka blossom chicka blossom chicka bloom!
A favorite from S4TL in front of about 180 people! Love my yellows reds and whites!
Valley girl style:
I said like a boom chicka boom
I said like a boom chicka boom
I said like a boom, chicka my hair, chicka my nails, give me some room!
Astronaut style:
I said a zoom chicka zoom
I said a zoom chicka zoom
I said a zoom, take a rocket, take a rocket to the moon!
I just went to camp for a week at camp wahsega for 4-h and we did this song 10000000000 times and other chants that are on this website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For StarWars we did “I said a zoom chicka zoom, I said a zoom chicka zoom. I said a Luke I am your father come to the dark side.”
I just did a science camp and I sang the longest boom chicka boom version of the song EVER MADE! In from of 160 people!
this is not the right one
Hi Sienna! As you probably know, every camp has a different version of every song! This is a version that I’ve found on several different sites and that I have been taught by many different people. We’re working hard to include other versions of the songs that we already have on our website but it’s a time consuming job. If you could be more specific about why you feel this version is not quite right that would be super helpful and we’ll be sure to include your alternate version right away! If you prefer, you can send your version to campsongs1@gmail.com.