I Wanna Wake Up in the Morning

I Wanna Wake Up In the Morning

Tune
This song was written to the tune of "Where the Morning Glories Grow"

Music: Richard Whiting

Lyrics: Ray Egan & Gus Kahn - 1917

Popularized by Bing Crosby - 1976

Usage
Typically used as a breakfast song or to wake campers.

Song
Lyrics:

I wanna wake up in the morning, at a camp on Mica Bay

Where the sun comes creepin’ into where I’m sleepin’

And the songbirds say “Hello” (“Hi!”)

I wanna roam out on the hillside, where the rustlin’ breezes blow

I’m going back to Sweyolakan, it’s the best camp that I know.

Sweyolakan, Sweyolakan

See our camp on the map, best in all the state perhaps.

Sweyolakan, Sweyolakan

Boost her, build her, raise her, praise here,

Sweyolakan!

Music
[Music needed]

History/Trivia
"Our CIT group, ‘69-‘70 were the ones that added “Hi” after “the song birds say hello. On a whim we started standing up and waving to each other as we sang the song. It caught on quickly. As I remember we did it as a joke probably during breakfast. People were a little stunned but then it caught on the more we did it." - Ann Frankel

Alternative/Former Lyrics
Numerous variants of this song adapt it to different US states and their state flower, fruit, etc.

Links to Outside Sources
[Example of singing needed]