This is a Repeat and Answer Song. This song has movements – see recordings to learn the traditional movements.
Printable Music
Recordings
- Spotify – Melinda Carol
- YouTube – GSUSA
- YouTube – Cub Scout Tunes by Amy
- YouTube – The Learning Station
Lyrics
Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver, the other is gold.
A circle is round, it has no end.
That’s how long, I will be your friend.
A fire burns bright, it warms the heart.
We’ve been friends, from the very start.
You have one hand, I have the other.
Put them together, we have each other.
Silver is precious, gold is too.
I am precious, and so are you.
You help me and I’ll help you
and together we will see it through.
The sky is blue. The Earth is green
I can help to keep it clean
Across the land, Across the sea
Friends forever we will always be
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References:
- Make New Friends. Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., my.girlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-vtk/local/aid/meetings/D14DP04/Making-New-Friends-Song.pdf. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
- “Make New Friends – Lyrics.” Scoutsongs.com, 2025, http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/makenewfriends.html. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
- “Make New Friends (but Keep the Old): Song Lyrics and Sound Clip.” Songsforteaching.com, 2025, http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/makenewfriends.php. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

