From the playing fields of Charterhouse
To the English countryside
You found the world around you
So wonderful and wide

Through India you wandered
On military campaigns
But the seeds of thought were sown
On the vast African plains

Here's to you Baden Powell
The founder of it all
So many million young folk
Have answered to your call

And the pleasures of the outdoors
You showed to everyone
Will be sung of around the campfires
For centuries to come

In the year of 1908
You wrote the book of code
That all our youth should follow
As they go along life's road

You took your wild adventures
With nature and its truth
And put them into knowledge
To hand down to our youth

Here's to you Baden Powell
The founder of it all
So many million young folk
Have answered to your call

And the pleasures of the outdoors
You showed to everyone
Will be sung of 'round the campfires
For centuries to come

And as all the young folk gather
From many distant lands
They salute you, they respect you
As they do their fellow man

And the nations of this great world
Would live in harmony
If they met in peace and spirit
Of a Boy Scout Jamboree

Here's to you Baden Powell
The founder of it all
So many million young folk
Have answered to your call

And the pleasures of the outdoors
You showed to everyone
Will be sung of 'round the campfires
For centuries to come

Here's to you Baden Powell
The founder of it all
So many million young folk
Have answered to your call