Camp Grenada
Camp Grenada Lyrics
Hello muddah, hello faddah
Here I am at Camp Granada
Camp is very entertaining
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.
I went hiking with Joe Spivy
He developed poison ivy
You remember Leonard Skinner
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.
All the counselors hate the waiters
And the lake has alligators
And the head coach wants no sissies
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses.
How I don't want this should scare ya
But my bunkmate has malaria
You remember Jeffrey Hardy
They're about to organize a searching party.
Take me home, oh muddah, faddah
Take me home, I hate Granada
Don't leave me out in the forest where
I might get eaten by a bear.
Take me home I promise I will not make noise
Or mess the house with other boys.
Oh please don't make me stay
I've been here one whole day.
Dearest faddah, darling muddah,
How's my precious little bruddah
Let me come home, if you miss me
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.
Wait a minute, it's stopped hailing.
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing
Playing baseball, gee that's better
Muddah, faddah kindly disregard this letter.
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GRANADA! Camp Granada, bleeeck!
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh. I am back at Camp Granada.
And I'm writing you this letter just to say my compound fracture's getting better.
No one here knows where my trunk is and my bunk is where the skunk is.
And this year the food's improving 'cause the little black things in it are not moving.
Our camp nurse is quite a swimmer. She says swimming makes you slimmer.
Her name's Mrs. Balagreeni. Have you ever seen a whale in a bikini?
All our bathrooms have such thin doors. Gee, I wish they'd move them indoors.
We're all tired of Mother Goose here. So next Friday night they're having Lenny Bruce here.
Let me stay, oh Muddah, Fadduh. Let me stay, I love Granada.
Every night the camp fire's really keen. Oh mom, please send some unguentine.
Let me stay, out here in mother nature's land and tip-toe through the tulips grand.
To leave would be a shame. Besides, I'd miss the poker game.
Please don't worry, Fadduh, Muddah. I'll take care of little brother.
He plays ball here and he rows here and I hope they teach him how to blow his nose here.
He wakes up at half past six and goes directly to the quick sand.
He was lonely, now he's better. He's like all of us except his bed is wetter.
Information About Camp Grenada
‘’Camp Grenada’’ is better known as "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)". The song is a parody that complains about conditions at Camp Granada and is based on actual letters, song writer, Allan Sherman received from his son Robert while he was at summer camp. The song was released in 1963.
The melody is taken from Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from the opera "La Gioconda"(Mona Lisa).
This novelty song received the Grammy Award in 1964 for Best Comedy Performance and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 staying there for 3 consecutive weeks.
The music was also used in Disney's "Fantasia", where it was played as Lady Hippos were dancing the Ballet.
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User Comments Camp Grenada (70)
By Anne from Nova Scotia on 29 November 2008
I started singing this to my 9 year old twin girls this afternoon when we were out for a walk in a local park. I've only ever known the first couple of lines. We will have a blast singing this together tomorrow!
By Victoria from Longrove,ia on 2 December 2008
i luv thiz song, itz halarius. we r doing thiz song 4 a skool play! i havnt ceen the vid yet, though.
By Luke from Blaland on 6 December 2008
i'm making a letter to the people in Iraq based on this
By Mimi from Herndon, Va on 18 December 2008
We pulled the lyrics to this song up in my English class recently. It was lots of fun.
By Clara from Sb, Ca on 20 December 2008
the song is cool why did u play (w/ charlie Chaplin) in the "malaria" part be sleeping w/ a kiddo? just asking
By Jane from Doe on 2 January 2009
This song is so cool! I like the sequal lyrics, I'd never heard it before!
By Maya from Des Moines Usa on 28 January 2009
I luv this song! It is going to be in our music program! GO SEP RAMS!
By Julie from Houston on 25 February 2009
they didnt even let me see it! how rude! but i bet it was cool!
By Molly from United States on 25 February 2009
Hello Muddah! I Think this is funny!
By Tony's Mother from Atlanta, Ga on 14 March 2009
In about 1961 my son was 4 or 5 years old and he made a record of this song. He died last year and now this record has been made into a CD. Words cannot express how precious this is to me now.Thank you
By Victoria from Cananada on 15 March 2009
I love this song, it was sung on my fav. show 7th heaven
By Rachel from Pittsburgh on 27 March 2009
This song is the best.I might sing it in our school talent show.
By Temp from Nsw on 1 April 2009
it is so cool me and my friends cant stop singing it
By Pie-man from Vancouver, Canada on 15 April 2009
Awesome, except the video doesn't work... =(
By Kenneth from Alliston, Ontario, Canada on 1 May 2009
Do any of you have the music for keyboard for this amusing song?
By Peter from Paderborn Germany on 7 May 2009
Still one of my all time "you must not hide in the basement to laugh" favorite songs.
By Karly from Australia on 21 May 2009
It's so cool this song! Reminds me of when I went to camp only forget the last verse! Only joking! An all time favourite!
By Andrew from Australia on 2 June 2009
i am only 10 i just came back from camp cooriemugle we were around a camp fire singing al sorts of songs but this one was my favourite! I LOVE THIS SONG!
By Victoria from Gainsville,florida on 25 June 2009
this song is hilarious!(that means its funny!)
By Hank from Hurstville Australia on 9 July 2009
I'm absolutely thrilled to find this. Last time I heard this was when I was knee high to a grasshopper back in the early 60's, Now I'm the grasshopper and I can introduce it to my little ones.
By Charlie from Daytona Beach, Fl on 7 August 2009
Some opld folks are going to sing this at their mission camp for the youngsters!
By Maryterwilliger from Cheshire Ma United States on 1 November 2009
I like the song "Camp Granada" because it's funny! It has funny words like ... Muddah and Faddah the name Granada!
By Carolyn from Pinehurst, Texas on 11 November 2009
Every time my daughter and grandkids get together, we sing this song. This Christmas at Church, I will sing it to our Sunday School.
By Jen from Nevada on 19 November 2009
My dad sung this to me last night and I thought the lyrics were so funny that I had to look up the lyrics and when I did me and my dad started singing it over and over again I love this song!
By Lee from Morton Grove, Usa on 21 November 2009
I'm 53 and when I hear this song on the radio I can see myself young again in the kitchen of our cottage on Bluff Lake. What great memories!
By Sabrina from Usa on 1 February 2010
We sung this song in my middle school chorus! :D
By Mahdi from Benghazi,libya on 13 March 2010
I love this song so so much. I think that the person who created it is smart.we used songs like this in my indigenous language.
By Billy from Ocsa,usa on 29 March 2010
Man I wish it was easier to make a parody of this song but I can't get anything to ryhme with lanoche.
By Amanda from Brisbane on 1 April 2010
Simple, yet pretty different tothe original. Short but sentual. It was pretty funny - both of the songs.
By Annabeh from Ny on 19 April 2010
OMG! I LOVE THIS SONG! I am going to camp for the very first time this summer, which is the reason I looked up this song, now my friend and I can't stop singing it!
By Vada from Birmingham Alabama on 22 April 2010
my dad looked this song up because I asked him to!hahaha it soooo gewd!
By Andrea from Texas, Usa on 28 April 2010
Many people don't know this, but Allan Sherman's lyrics were inspired by his own son's miserable letters home from camp. There are interviews online with Robby (Robbie?) Sherman that discuss the song. Sherman released the sequel about 1964.
By Shelley from Edmonton, Canada on 31 July 2010
Sang this to my 11 year old grandson tonight. He had never heard about it before and thinks it is so funny. I haven't heard this on the radio in years, such a shame.
By Adam F from Mongolia on 14 October 2010
OMDZ best song ever it made a brown stain in ma boxers :D my mommy told me off :( i also jizzed:D
By Tifany from United States on 15 October 2010
It is so funny .I am searching this song on the computer again so i can sing it again and again. :D
By Nikki from United States on 27 October 2010
I use to sing this song in 1st grade! I love it!
By Philip from United States on 29 November 2010
I am 66 now. It has been so long I can't remember the tune (at least not all of it.) Can anyone help? Phil pj4305@gmail.com
By Brittany from United States on 2 December 2010
My friend, Arianna, fist sung this song to me at school! I love it so much; it's HILLARIOUS! :)
By Jeff from United States on 7 January 2011
There's a rumor going around that some musician named his rock band after the kid who got ptomaine poisoning last night at dinner; not after some gym teacher. Time line fits, anyway.
By John from Australia on 31 January 2011
What about... Men counslors hate the lady waiters,they even call them hot tomaters? YES OR YES!
By Sean from United States on 4 March 2011
Jeff, that would correct. A band called Lynyrd Skynyrd...
By Lola from United Kingdom on 24 March 2011
jeez i cant stop laughing! LOL LOL LOL IT A CLASSIC
By Justin Beiber from Australia on 6 April 2011
Hey guys i reckon this is just too good. i mite use this in my nxt song
By Michael from China on 8 July 2011
I remember having this song on an album when I was a kid. Loved it then & love it now!
By Ellen from Australia on 1 September 2011
Was browsing through some songs to sing to my toddler grandson. Used to sing this when I was a kid. It still is a 'feel good' song. Thanks Bus Songs for posting it.
By Janet from United States on 30 October 2011
Brings back alot of laughs, remember Good old days when songs were funny & clean. Loved it. :-)
By Roxas from Japan on 29 November 2011
WOAH lol too funny im never going to simmer cant Ahahaha
By Amy from United States on 22 January 2012
My dad used to sing this to me and my sisters when we were young- I'm so glad I found the lyrics so that we can sing past the first two verses
By Sara from Iran, Islamic Republic Of on 12 February 2012
i have lots of memories from this song! i'm glad i could remind them all!
By Matt from United States on 1 March 2012
im in my school`s band and we`re playing "dance of the hours", the music that the song lyrics are put to. our conductor told us about the song so i couldn`t resist finding out what the lyrics were. ITS HALARIOUS!
By Cathy from United States on 8 March 2012
I am trying to change lyrics to customize the song to our church camp and use as a puppet presentation for the children at church...the idea is to try to excite them to go to church camp. Anyone creative and can help me with a few lines that would follow the melody but be different words? thanks
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By Lindsay from Quincy on 12 November 2008
this is hilarous im making songs in school based on this