Actions:
Big: Make a big circle over your head with your arms.
Carabao: Hold fists against forehead with index fingers extended like horns.
Mountain: Hold hands in front to form the shape of a mountain.
Long Long Ago: Hold hands together and then slowly draw them apart - sort of "fish story" style.

The carabao (pronounced : karabou similar to "about") is a water buffalo, the National Animal of the Phillippines. I found this song on a Japanese Scout song web page but it probably is of Phillippine origin.

It has all the ingredients of a good Cub Scout song: lively tune, lots of repetition and it makes no sense whatever.

THE BIG CARABAO

Tune

The big carabao came down from the mountain
Long long ago
The big carabao came down from the mountain
Long long ago
Long long ago, long long ago
The big carabao came down from the mountain
Long long ago

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