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THIS COLLECTION is intended to provide a comprehensive song-book suitable for use in communal singing situations such as children's summer camp, Christian camp, and community get-togethers. The songs include many of the traditional campfire favourites as well as a wide selection from many other genres like folk, Christian, traditional, regional, novelty, pop, holiday songs and lots more.
Most of the songs listed mention artist, vocalist or composer names, however, this should not be taken to mean that they are an accurate version of the piece as performed or composed by the named person. Also the keys and chord sequences chosen may also vary considerably between versions by different artists. Some of these songs are in the public domain or traditional categories, but many are not, and should you wish to use them as a basis of a performance or for any non-personal study purpose you are advised to contact the copyright holders (where available, copyright info has been included with the song).
These transcriptions are made by many different individuals from all over the world for their own research and instruction, and as such are liable to great variation in interpretation and opinion. They are being shared on this site for educational purposes only, please see our copyright page for more info.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
Most of these songs consist of lyrics with chords marked and should be suitable for use with instruments such as Guitar,Ukulele, Banjo or Mandolin etc.
IMPORTANT
Many of the songs, particularly those including tablature, extend to several screens. To avoid slow to load pages only the first page is displayed, in these cases you will need to DOWNLOAD the PDF file to see all the song pages.
Should you need version of the song, for printing (without banners or adverts) an PDF file is available for downloading by the link at the bottom of the song pages.
For Campfire song books and sheet music to buy check the Campfire songs collection at Sheet music Plus
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