Where does that song come from...?

[bcholmes]

When I was a kid, I spent some summers in a day camp. Camp Saredaca. Each morning, Monday to Friday, a bus would come around and take me to the camp. And we'd start the morning singing the Saredaca song:

Saredaca, Saredaca, Saredaca true
Saredaca, Saredaca, Saredaca true
I love the mountains
And the sky so blue
I love exploring
Through the bushes too
I love to live
And live to love
For all these wonderful things...

Saredaca, Saredaca, Saredaca true
Saredaca, Saredaca, Saredaca true...

It's almost the same tune as the Discovery Channel / xkcd tune that's been making the rounds. I wonder where that tune originates...? Until now, I've only ever known it as the Saredaca song.

Comments

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I learnt it as a child at school, it was a traditional song to teach to kids learning piano; it's Heart and Soul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_and_Soul_%28song%29), which oddly doesn't mention the Discovery Channel version. I should fix that.

Lyrics and a midi file here: http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/heartsoul.htm

[elissaann.livejournal.com]

I learned it as a Girl Scout, as a "traditional song".

I love the mountains,
I love the rolling hills,
I love the flowers,
I love the daffodils.
I love the fireside
When all the lights are low.
Boom dee a da, boom dee a da
Boom dee a da, boom dee a da

[angilong.livejournal.com]

Yep, I learned it as a Camp Fire girl.
Only difference is "fountains" instead of "flowers" (which makes more sense to me, as it rhymes with "mountains").

[secretsoflife.livejournal.com]

i learned it in Guides as "flowers"

[angilong.livejournal.com]

Ah, here:
http://play.rhapsody.com/thecountdownkids/theultimatekidssongcollection101favoritesingalongs/ilovethemountainsboomdeeahda?didAutoplayBounce=true

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

The day camp near us growing up was Camp Sadaka, for Saltfleet [township] Day Camp. We never went there because it cost money and my mother thought it was dumb. We went to Playground instead.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Saredaca stood for "Sarnia Recreational Day Camp".