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This song is about speed. Repeat faster each time.

Printable Music

• Oh! MacTavish is Dead by Songs for Teaching

Recordings

• YouTube – Issy Richardson
• YouTube – Scoutadelic

Lyrics

Oh! MacTavish is dead
And his brother don’t know it.
His brother is dead
And MacTavish don’t know it.

They’re both of them dead
And they’re in the same bed,
And neither one knows
That the other is dead!

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References:

• “McTavish Is Dead!.” ScouterLife, 26 June 2018, http://www.scouterlife.com/songbook/2018/6/26/mctavish-is-dead. Accessed 8 May 2025.
• “USSSP: Songs – McTavish Is Dead.” Usscouts.org, 2024, usscouts.org/songs/mct.asp. Accessed 8 May 2025.