If your kid is going to summer camp play him this song before.

From the wonderful Allan Sherman , his cult song Hello Faddah Hello Muddah in a 1963 performance. I added the lyrics below .

Allan  Sherman was such an unique performer and talented artist, cheeky warm and funny. Check him out on youtube and look for some of his live performances on TV.

http://youtu.be/wc8CrnWXj_4

here are the lyrics for you to sing along to :

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 Spivey,
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Lennard Skinard,
He got ptomain 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’.

No, 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 all my toys.
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 stopped hailing.
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing.
Playing baseball, gee that’s better.
Muddah, faddah, kindly disregard this letter!