I've Tied Every Knot (with Apologies to Johnny Cash)

I wrote this song because there wasn't a great scouting song about knots. Lyrics coming soon. Thanks to Mac Stringfellow for helping me perform it at the Pack 365 meeting last night!

I was makin' my way along the dusty Camp Tom Wooten track
When along came some cub scouts hiking southbound with some heavy packs
"If you're going to Camp Tom Wooten, Sir, with us you can stroll"
So I got in step behind them and we hiked on down the road
They had a rope all knotted up, and they asked me if I'd take a look
And I told them, "Boys, I've tied every knot in your handbook!"

I've tied every knot, man
I've tied every knot, man
It's roping skills I've got, man
Pioneering badge I've taught, man
Of lashings I know a lot, man
I've tied every knot

I've tied the...
Overhand, the square knot, the sheet bend, the sheepshank,
The tautline, the half hitch, the granny knot, the figure eight
The Butterfly, hunter's bend, ashley bend, the zeppelin bend,
The slipped sheet, double sheet, carrick bend, surgeon's bend
The oysterman's stopper, the heaving line, the monkey's fist
Wall knot, Crown knot, Matthew Walker, Noose that's slipped

I've tied the...
Sheer lash, transom knot, square lash, parcel tie
Diagonal lash, chainstitch, cleat hitch, and Marlinspike
The clove hitch, round turn, cow hitch, anchor hitch
The trucker's hitch, barrel sling, rolling hitch, timber hitch
The stevedore, dropped loop, interlocking overhand,
Backsplice, buntline, I made a braid with three strands

I've tied the...
Reef knot, slipped reef, fisherman's, bowline loop
Surgeon's knot, water knot, back-up bend, crown loop
Bowline in the bight, and the honda knot, loop & hitches,
Butcher's knot, constrictor knot, turk's head, boa constrictor
Rope Grommet, crown sennit, ocean plait, angler's loop
Coxcombing, marling, I even tied a hangman's noose!

Oh, I've tied every knot

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Scouting
• Knots
• Johnny Cash
• Parody