Back in December, 2002, Wanderlost was standing in his kitchen when someone started singing "Feliz Navidad". Inspired by both the spirit of Christmas and caching, he and his crew put a new twist on the standard carol by singing "Police Stop My Car", which became "Police Nabbed My Cache". It was then that he headed to the forums and posted the asked for assistance. "Needless to say we had to post it here to get help finishing the song. So please do your worst!"
Cachers rose to the occasion, not only in aiding Wanderlost, but by creating additional new carols based on old traditionals, all with a caching theme. The thread appeared to be dead shortly before the Christmas of 2002, only to be resurrected in November of 2003. Apparently, any carol was fair game, as traditional fare such as "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly" became "Deck the Fields with Loads of Caches", by carleenp, and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was transformed into bug&snake's "Ruddy-Bob, the Redneck Cacher".
"Caching in a Winter Wonderland"
By Claire Delavigne, aka Planet
(Sung to the the tune of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland")
Satellites searched.
Are you cachin'?
We're hiding things
In a fashion.
A beautiful park,
We'll hunt on a lark,
Cachin' in a winter wonderland.
Gone on its way has the Where's George.
Here for a stay is the Travel Bug.
He'll tell you his goal,
His mission unfolds,
Cachin' in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we get good reception,
And we yell out when the cache is found!
Hope the hider asked somone's permission
Before he placed his cache upon the ground.
Later on, we'll conspire,
As we sit by the fire,
About where we'll hide,
The next cache with pride,
Cachin' in a winter wonderland.
"Silver Tags"
By Brandon Hafeli, aka Dinoprophet
(Sung to the tune of "Silver Bells")
Got a package, straight from Groundspeak
Off the UPS truck.
In the box are my new travel bug tags.
Just need something to attach to
And a goofy nickname,
Oh, I hope that they don't disappear.
Silver tags, silver tags,
Don't lose the serial number.
Log the goal, let it go,
Soon it will be on its way.
"Rudolph, the Red-faced Newbie"
By Dave O'Connell, aka The Leprechauns
(Sung to the tune of Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer)
There was Markwell and Fuzzy and Web-ling and Mopar,
Brdad and Planet and Jamie and ClayJar.
But do you recall...
The newest geocacher of all?
Rudolph, the red-faced newbie
Had a brand new GPS
And when he went out caching
The tracklog was a friggin' mess.
All of the other cachers
Laughed at him in forum flames.
They didn't think poor Rudolph
Could play the geocaching game!
Then one foggy Christmas eve,
Santa came to say:
"Your Garmin has a bright back light,
So won't you lead my sleigh tonight?"
Now all the cachers loved him,
As they shouted out with glee,
"Rudolph the red-faced newbie
Made geocaching history!"
"Here We Go Caching"
By Tom Kaye, aka Black Dog Trackers
(Sung to the tune of "Here Comes Santa Claus")
Here we go caching!
Here we go caching!
Right down a wintry lane!
The GPSr and all the gear
Are loaded for the game!
Wheels are spinning, gears are singing,
We are a scary sight!
Coords are in an' we've checked them twice.
We're gonna find the cache tonight!
Here we go caching!
Here we go caching!
Right down a wintry lane!
The cache is a box that's filled with toys,
Hey, we're all just kids again!
Grab your coat, put on your gloves.
Don't forget the flashlight!
The pointer's turning, we're almost there,
We're gonna find the cache tonight!
"The Twelve Days of Caching"
By J. Keller, aka Beach Buddies
(Sung to the tune of the "The Twelve Days of Caching")
On the Twelfth day of caching, my true love gave to me:
Twelve satellite signals,
Eleven ammo boxes,
Ten thorny bushes,
Nine water bottles,
Eight urban micros,
Seven streams a-crossing,
Six ticks a-crawling,
Five geo-coins!
Four travel bugs,
Three flash lights,
Two CITO bags,
And a 5/5 I still can't find!
"Oh, Caching Night"
By Larry Hazeltine, aka Team GPSaxophone
(Sung to the tune of "Oh, Holy Night")
O caching night! The satellites are shining.
It is the night of the Geocaching hunt!
Long lay the world in map and compass pointing
Till he appear'd and the soul felt His worth.
A thrill of hope the caching world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and 4-star cache!
Fall on your knees,
Oh look for the treasure;
Oh night divine,
Oh night when cache was found,
Oh where flashlight,
Oh where, Oh where's my car?
"I'm Writing in a Wet Logbook"
By Brandon Hafeli, aka Dinoprophet
(Sung to the tune of "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas")
I'm writing in a wet logbook,
My latest geocaching find.
Of the other finders
There's no reminder;
I hope they logged this cache online.
I'm ripping through the whole logbook
With ev'ry single word I write.
May your ca-ches stay watertight
And may all your Ziploc bags close right.
"I Cached Upon a Midnight Clear"
By Claire Delavigne, aka Planet
(Sung to the tune of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear")
I cached upon a midnight clear,
That glorious moon so bold.
With satellites orbiting 'round the earth,
My reception would never grow cold.
Caches on the earth, hidden far from men,
And women and children too.
The world in solemn stillness lay,
While I tried to get first finder from you.
I searched through rocks and leaves and snow,
Looking for the elusive cache.
I looked up above, around, and below,
To find where it had been stashed.
A piece of cake, I told myself,
I really must find this thing.
So I poke the ground with my hiking staff,
Until I hear ammo can ring!
"Silent Night, Caching Tonight"
By Dave O'Connell, aka The Leprechauns
(Sung to the tune of "Silent Night")
Silent night, caching tonight.
All is calm, my backlight's bright.
An ammo box virgin, it's not been defiled.
To be first to find it, I'll stumble for miles.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Just one more smiley face please.
We at Today's Cacher applaud the ingenious efforts of these wannabe-lyricists. However, we can't be held responsible if you never hear "Oh, Christmas Tree" in the same light again.
