Mingo Cheers

YMCA Camp Piomingo

Deep in the Woods

[Hand-clap rhythm: Boom boom clap boom boom-boom clap] [Hand-clap solo, then all together.] Deep in the woods, back through the trees Welcome to Mingo, everybody freeze! [hand-clap rhythm] Creek, we just slammed the door Take a step back, you dont want no more [hand-clap rhythm] Cherokee, go ride a horse Were Mingo men, the best of course [hand-clap rhythm] Shawnee, you dont run this show There are monkeys in Mingo Whered the bears go? [hand-clap rhythm] Deep in the woods, back through the trees Welcome to Mingo, everybody freeze!

Get Ripped, Get Shredded, Get Cut

[In the style of Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose. Each time through, add a new body part to flex.] Get ripped, get shredded, get cut And flex to the jams Get your whole body flexin And start with your hams Your hams*, 2, 3,4 [*glutes, abs, bis, tris, pecs, neck]

I Wanna Talk To Mingo

I wanna talk to Mingo Fly me to the moon and were going bling bling-o Cause its hard being 7 to 15 Mingo: So fresh and sooooo clean

Harry Potter

[hit table, four claps, hit table twice] HAH (this line four times) Get a little rowdy, get a little low We are the mighty men of Mingo Were coming up strong and were coming up fast A terrible shadow do we cast The boys are ready and were going to war Gonna cheer like weve never cheered before [hit table, four claps, hit table twice] M! [hit table, four claps, hit table twice] I! [hit table, four claps, hit table twice] N! [hit table, four claps, hit table twice] G! [hit table, four claps, hit table twice] O! [hit table, four claps, hit table twice] MINGO!

Hip Hop

Hip hop, Mingo rocks Let me that left foot drop BOOM! Shake it up, shake it up. [this line four times] Were so fresh and so clean Let me see that shoulda lean LEAN! Shake it up, shake it up. [this line four times] When youre walking around camp Listen for that Mingo Chant M-I-N-G-O! [this line four times] Now that we are done with that Listen up while we recap BOOM! Shake it up, shake it up LEAN! Shake it up, shake it up M-I-N-G-O! Mingo is the place to go!

The Family

When I arrive at Piomingo, where do I go? I follow the road back to Mingo When I wake up in the morning, what do I say? Im proud to be a Mingo man today When I wake up in the morning, what do I do? I put on my shirt and my close-toed shoes When I go to sleep at night, what do I recite? I pray to the Lord to keep the family tight

Superman
[repeater] I dont know but I think I can Whoop the booty of Superman See me and Superman, we got in a fight I hit him with a left and I hit him with a right I hit him in the head with some Kryptonite I hit him so hard I broke his brain Now Im dating Lois Lane I dont know but I think I can Whoop the booty of Batman See me and Batman we got in a fight I kicked him with a left and I kicked him with a right I broke his jaw with my right heel Now Im driving the Batmobile The other day I saw the flash He challenged me to a hundred yard dash You shoulda seen the look on his face Cause that sucka got second place So if youre lookin for a hero Call on the men who live in Mingo

Monkeys

There are monkeys in Mingo And we dont care Cause we are funky in Mingo Were just like bears We are big and strong And make lots of noise BOOM shak-a-laka we are NOT little boys I said a BOOM shak-a-laka shak-a-laka shak-a-laka Shak-a-BOOM shak-a-laka shak-a I CANT HEAR YOU [Repeats three times. Replace I CANT HEAR YOU with ONE MORE TIME at the end of the second time through.]

We are Mingo
[repeater] We are Mingo

And we like to party* Party hardy* Party hardy* all night long Go left, go left, go left right, get on down [All together] Now stop, recover, beat your face The Mingo boys are gonna rock this place Say what? Check it out, check it out. Say what? Say smooth, so dang smooth. DANG RIGHT! [Repeats four times. Replace * with Boogie Woogie, Disco Wisco and Tango Wango.]

What Were All About

[Repeater. Chorus goes first and after every verse.] Chorus: M to the I to the N-G-O! We are the mighty men of Mingo Listen up now while we shout Im bout to tell yall folks what we all about Verses: 1. Were Mingo, were original, we dont take no tracks from the radio 2. Were Mingo, were so fly, gonna be a Mingo man til the day I die 3. Were Mingo, were the real deal, we cheer the loudest at every meal 4. Were Mingo, were the very best, so go on back to your bunks and rest

Zombies

[Bell rings: ding, ding, ding-ding, ding, ding-ding, ding-ding, ding-ding] Chorus [Gregorian, ascends until last note, when it descends]: Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Shawnee buried us last night [hit table] Now youre gonna watch us rise [hit table] From the graveyard hear our cries [hit table] Now youre gonna fear our bite [hit table] Chorus [same Gregorian chant]: Zo-o-O-Om-bieeees [this line four times]

Dont Mess

[Usually a Cherokee cheer. Usually repeated three or four times] Dont mess, dont mess Dont mess with the best Cause the best dont mess Dont fool with the cool Cause the cool dont fool Dont mess, dont mess [Unit]: the best

Dynamite

[usually repeated three times] Whos dynamite? [unit]s dynamite! And when you mess with dynamite It goes tick, tick, tick, tick BOOM! dynamite! Ba-ba-ba-BOOM! dynamite! Hold on, wait a minute, put a little BOOM! in it!

Give a Yell

Give a yell! Give a yell! Give a good old-fashioned yell! And when we yell, we yell like this and this is what we yell! Alabam! Alabam! Alabamiego, San Diego Horcus Porcus, kiss my torcus Shish kumbah, shish kumbah [Mingo: Mingo, Mingo, rah rah rah! Shawnee: Shawnee, Shawnee, rah rah rah! Cherokee: Cherokee, Cherokee, rah rah rah! Creek: Creek, Creek, nah-nah-nah nah nah!]

Hey You Unit

[Big mess hall cheer. Usually one half against the other.] [Start call and response] Hey you unit on the other side Weve got a unit thats backed by pride We are the best without a doubt Weve got that spirit so shout it out [End C&E]

[steady handclap rhythm: slap, clap, slap, slap, clap] SHOUT! SHOUT IT OUT! OH SHOUT SHOUT SHOUT! SHOUT IT OUT! SHOUT! SHOUT IT OUT! OH SHOUT SHOUT SHOUT! SHOUT IT OUT! One more time! [repeats from beginning] [Start C&E] Weve got spirit, yes we do, weve got spirit, how bout you? Weve got spirit, yes we do, weve got spirit, how bout you? [End C&E] We got it all [Hey!] We got it all [Hey!] We got it all [Hey!] We got it all [Hey!] WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? What-What-What-What-What-What-What? We got spirit! Yeah, yeah! We got spirit! We got [breaks off into each units cheer just once. Then repeats from Weve got spirit]

Pioneer Cheer

Rice Krispies Snap, crackle and then they pop We are Pioneers and we will never stop We yell real loud all up in your face If youre not a Pioneer, you should know your place [Shawnee:] Were from Shawnee and we yell real loud [Mingo:] And were from Mingo and we stand real proud I know what youre thinking And I know how it seems But trust us outback: This is not a dream So if youre not listening, I think you should Cause were P united and it feels so good! OOOHHH!! P united and it feels so good! OOOHHH!!

Poof Be Gone

Poof, be gone Your breath is too strong Wait, come back I got a tic tac Not to be mean, but you need some Listerine Not a sip, not a swallow But the whole dang bottle

Thunderation

[Repeats, louder each time] Thunder! Thunder! Thunderation! Were the [unit] delegation When we fight with determination, we create a great sensation.

Made for the Mingo Boys of 2012 by Patrick Haertel.

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