Camp Wiganishie    Al Simmons    

I was paddling a canoe against the wind on Caddy Lake in

Manitoba. The canoe was full of my three young sons and a picnic lunch. It was so much work that I imagined that the canoe was in a river of glue.  I then started to wonder what sort of a camp would have such a sporting event.  I knew it would be a very strange place so I thought up a name that rhymed with "something's fishy."  We then researched the name to make sure it didn't mean anything in a foreign language.  We found out that in Gibberish it means: "A summer resort where the weird and the wonderful run rampant."

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There's a spot that I love

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That's deep in the wood

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I remember it from my child hood

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Just follow the trail

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Past the fallen oak tree

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That's where you'll find, Camp Wiganishie

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But they say:

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Something's Fishy at Camp Wiganishie. 

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I don't believe it's true.

FC

Can't wait to get to Camp Wiganishie,

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I know what I'm gonna do.

F C7

Whatcha gonna do at Camp Wiganishie?

F C7

Whatcha gonna do at Camp Wiganishie?

 I'm Gonna:

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Pitch my tent

G7 C7

in the wet Cement

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Paddle my canoe

G7 C7

Down the river of glue

But they say:

FC

Something's Fishy at Camp Wiganishie.

D7 G7

I don't believe it's true.

FC

Can't wait to get to Camp Wiganishie,

G7 C7

I know what I'm Gonna do.

I'm Gonna:

Stick my fishing pole

Through my button hole

Catch a trout

In the sauerkraut

Pitch my tent

In the wet Cement

Paddle my Canoe

Down the river of Glue

But they say:

FC

Something's Fishy at Camp Wiganishie.

D7 G7

I don't believe it's true.

FC

Can't wait to get to Camp Wiganishie,

G7 C7

I know what I'm Gonna do.

I'm Gonna:

Water ski

In a Cup of tea

Do the breaststroke

In the egg yoke

Stick my fishing pole

Through my button hole

Catch a trout

In the sauerkraut

Pitch my tent

In the wet Cement

Paddle my Canoe

Down the river of Glue

But they say:

FC

Something's Fishy at Camp Wiganishie.

D7 G7

I don't believe it's true.

FC

Can't wait to get to Camp Wiganishie,

G7 C7

I know what I'm Gonna do.

F C7

Something's Fishy at Camp Wiganishie?

F C7

Something's Fishy at Camp Wiganishie?

(Repeat)

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But I'll be here with you (You. You. You.)