Wood Badge Song - Back to Gilwell (SHAC 12-4 Staff)

This is the official Wood Badge song, "Back to Gilwell", as sung by the amazing staff of SHAC 12-4 at the close of the course's 2nd weekend, at Kuester Lodge at Camp Strake just north of Houston, Texas in the fall of 2012.
"Make it so!"

[@RandyGross-qu6fs]

An awesome time in our lives. My wife and I were woodbadge staff for three years and it was some of the greatest time in our lives!

[@reneeparker7475]

I worked my ticket 18 years ago. The best experience in my life was Wood Badge. May we all find our own Gilwell.

[@rodgamble6946]

This staff has some great vocalists. Job well done!

[@NosretepEvad]

Thank you very much!

[@collegedave100]

Just finished my ticket and looked up the song lyrics and found this. What a treat. Chills. Gilwell will forever be a happy place.

[@davepeterson8743]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Over the years I staffed a couple different Wood Badge courses. This one was definitely a special one for me. Congrats on finishing your ticket. Back to Gilwell!

[@jasondalton6111]

Just finished weekend 1 and missed hearing this every day. Looked this up and was so happy to hear the great harmony. I'll try to take this to weekend 2!

[@CptZephyr]

My heart is full of such happiness and longing to go back to Gilwell!

[@madbear3512]

I have been a boy scout since I got my arrow of light in 2012. I was in cub scouts since 2007. Now I'm eagle out. I love this song it reminds me of summer camp At the end of the camp on Sunday we all sing a song around a camp fire. Telling stories and giving short plays. An good times.

[@ewq123ify]

Same joined cubs in 2006 eagled out 2014

[@DirtyDave7]

Going through my old scout book and found this. Couldn't think of the tune though. Thank you to everyone! Songs were my favorite part of scouting

[@jenniebay82]

My husband just finished going to week 1 and he has this song in his head. I figured it's payback since I went to wood badge first. I told him this song is catchy

[@user-nb3jx5gd5o]

Good music

[@Wix86]

This brought back so many memories. Hello from Troop 40, west Tennessee Area Council, Cobra Patrol!

[@fjckfam]

Never heard anyone doing the Woodbadge song this nice

[@brianmcgahey756]

Good voices. Love this song. Sounds like practice and arrangement.

[@jaynebrandonundefined1973]

Best version EVER ever!!

[@TheArgon14]

When I was a staffer at Aspen Ridge, we used to shout the part “Old and Feeble” while looking at the camp director lol

[@NosretepEvad]

:-D

[@jeffbwilliams23]

Beavers RULE!!

[@JerryJaraLlanos]

Emotivo, grandioso.

[@wallymack7269]

Owl Patrol, C-11L-94, Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch, Walsenburg, Colorado!

[@pd417]

Brings back some great memories. Fox Patrol…..W4-51-21

[@PhoenixwayNet]

AWESOME, thank you.

[@madbear3512]

I had this song in my head for ever. And yes I'm a boy scout. So don't ask

[@gladyscastaneda8485]

Que hermoso recuerdo. Yo tomé mi primer curso de insignia de madera a los 16 años. Regrese muchas veces para actualizarse Y ahora tengo 53. Ya retirada del movimiento activo. Pero scout y Guía de corazon. Abrazos desde México.

[@NosretepEvad]

Muchísimas gracias. Que bueno conocer a otra "scouter" de Wood Badge. Cuál mascota es Ud? Yo soy un oso. Saludos desde Texas.

[@gladyscastaneda8485]

@@NosretepEvad Hola. Gracias por tu opinión. Yo he elegido diferentes personajes de el libro de la selva. He sido Haty, Van-tha, Darsy, Rashini.

[@gladyscastaneda8485]

Saludos desde Veracruz, México.

[@fishlovme]

Fox!

[@paulklein2940]

I used to be an Eagle...BTG!

[@davepeterson8743]

Back to Gilwell indeed, my eagle brother!!

[@saulojao]

Wow! Great voices, singing a great song! A left handshake of this "brother in scarf" from Brazil (Cuckoo, on my Wood Badge formation).

[@belindasiosan7094]

Back to Gilwell happy land 🇵🇭 I used to be a KAB Scout.

[@kristybennett1019]

I used to be a fox

[@gregkrabach2829]

Sounds like you have 4 part harmonies here. Did you have SATB sheet music by chance?

[@davepeterson8743]

Sadly no. Not quite sure how we were able to do that. A number of the staffers are pretty darn good singers and just did it by ear. I think by the time we sang this final time at the close of of the course, we had figured out what worked together and what didn't.

[@Robert-hj3tt]

Owl SR-29 1994. TAC

[@alexandertrampe7714]

....happy land...

[@sarahaegeum3645]

❤

[@thomasconner9194]

Gillwell 2005 Bob White patrol

[@ranelldacus9654]

I used to be a Buffalo

[@timothyfinnegan5181]

We had a Raven on staff, but that is still no Bobwhite!

[@jerryrusinko1219]

Everything else is just prey to an EAGLE.

[@phpnewb]

as an Eagle, I definitely will use that. ;-/

[@karenrich9092]

I'm an Eagle, too. Class of 2001, Golden Empire Council. My son, a Life Scout at the time, was upset because he said that girls couldn't be Eagles. It's really different now.

[@andersoncatuaia]

🇦🇴

[@terrenceboylanjr]

I used to be a Bear!

[@ericpullen524]

A Good Ole Bear too!

[@donwilson4357]

I used to be a Fox..,

[@rubend.torres7795]

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