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A warm-up song with stretches to help scouts loosen up for the day ahead.

This song has movements.

Recordings

• None available – Sung to tune of Down By The Station

Lyrics

Fighting the battle of the morning limbering,
It was a fight to see the scouts in action.
Scouts! To the action!
Right arm. <Wave Right Arm Around>

Repeat adding one part each time and waving it around until the whole body is waving.

Parts:

• Right arm
• Left arm
• Right leg
• Left leg
• The hips
• The head
• The tongue

History

Sung to the folk melody of “Down By the Station,” the lyrics are a mock-heroic parody the daily fight to wake up and get moving. It likely originated in the early 20th-century physical education movement, where “limbering up” was the standard term for exercise. The song is designed to release morning tension and get scouts up and active.

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