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To remember this primary school song?

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funnytimes1 · 02/01/2024 18:34

Sorry, this is a bit random and pointless and possibly a bit of a niche memory! But it suddenly popped into my head earlier today!

im 25 and went to primary school between 2003-2010 so not even that long ago, but I remember singing songs in the assembly and one of them stuck in my mind so clearly I can still remember it word for word.

‘if you’re feeling sad and weary and you’re down in the dumps there’s something you can do…
don’t be grumpy
don’t go on and on
don’t be grumpy
don’t go and spoil the fun’

obviously hindsight is a wonderful thing and it’s not fair to put 2024 standards on something from 20 years ago but wow that hasn’t aged well very at all! The motto of the song (as i remember it anyway so maybe wrong) was that if you’re sad you shouldn’t talk about it and bring other people down, probably not the best mental health message to send to kids and I imagine it’s not sung too often anymore!

not even sure what the point of this post is sorry!

(and on a more cheerful note- does anyone else remember a song called build up?? And another about a chicken or Easter chick or something like that? That was the best assembly tune!!! 🤣)

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babybythesea · 02/01/2024 19:12

The one I found myself singing in the car the other week was:
Love is something if you give it away,
Give it away, give it away.
Love is something if you give it away,
You end up having more.

Its just like a magic penny,
Hold it tight and you won’t have any,
Lend it spend it and you’ll have so many,
They’ll roll all over the floor, for…

Back to the start.

SteamingTangerine · 02/01/2024 19:09

Thank you for posting that @Clarinet1. We used to sing it at my primary school but I've been unable to remember past the first two lines and would google it on and off without success!

Sneezein3 · 02/01/2024 19:07

@funnytimes1 So proud 🙂

Mumoftwo1312 · 02/01/2024 19:06

I don't know that one, but at primary school we sang one that went...

When you go into a sweet shop
And you buy a sticky sweet
Don't take the paper off
And throw it in the street!
Find a bin, find a bin
Find a bin, find a bin
Find a bin and put it in!

I've never heard it since and no one I sing it at has heard of it. But it was an excellent, toe tapping number

Clarinet1 · 02/01/2024 19:03

One I’ve only ever heard at one of my primary schools was:
At half past three
We go home to tea
Or maybe at quarter to four
And ten pairs of feet
Go rushing down the street
And knocking at the old front door
There’s rough and tumble
Clatter and Noise
Brothers and sisters
Girls and boys
Baby in the carrycot
Tucked by the stove
A little bit of worry
And a lot of love!

Createausername1970 · 02/01/2024 19:03

BabyofMine · 02/01/2024 18:50

I’ve gone full circle and believe sometimes when I’m feeling down in the dumps I really do make myself feel better by “pulling my socks up” and getting on with it. I would have thought that a disgusting suggestion at one point, but putting on a smile, and faking it, a lot of the time actually makes me feel better. Not sure the song would bother me that much tbh.

Sometimes you can talk yourself out of a gloom, but its definitely possible to talk about something to point that you have talked yourself further into the gloom, especially if you keep reiterating and dwelling on the same couple of incidents.

Sometimes there comes a point where you have to say to yourself "FFS Create, get a grip and get on with it"

But I wouldn't say that to anyone else, just before anyone jumps on me from a great height. Buts its OK to say it to myself.

Squirrelsonthescaffolding · 02/01/2024 19:00

Was ‘Build up’ the one by Fischy Music, if you google you can see a YouTube clip

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funnytimes1 · 02/01/2024 18:56

BabyofMine · 02/01/2024 18:50

I’ve gone full circle and believe sometimes when I’m feeling down in the dumps I really do make myself feel better by “pulling my socks up” and getting on with it. I would have thought that a disgusting suggestion at one point, but putting on a smile, and faking it, a lot of the time actually makes me feel better. Not sure the song would bother me that much tbh.

That’s a good point to be fair!

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funnytimes1 · 02/01/2024 18:56

Sneezein3 · 02/01/2024 18:53

I’m a spring chicken, yellow and small,
my feathers are fluffy and they’re keeping me warm….

Haha, that’s the one!!!

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Sneezein3 · 02/01/2024 18:53

I’m a spring chicken, yellow and small,
my feathers are fluffy and they’re keeping me warm….

TheLogicalSong · 02/01/2024 18:51

I think there is a difference between being 'grumpy' and talking to others about your poor mental health. 'Grumpy' implies an unpleasant manner of speech.

BabyofMine · 02/01/2024 18:50

I’ve gone full circle and believe sometimes when I’m feeling down in the dumps I really do make myself feel better by “pulling my socks up” and getting on with it. I would have thought that a disgusting suggestion at one point, but putting on a smile, and faking it, a lot of the time actually makes me feel better. Not sure the song would bother me that much tbh.

ShoesoftheWorld · 02/01/2024 18:47

Chick chick chick chick chicken, lay a little egg for me
Chick chick chick chick chicken, I want one for my tea
I haven't had an egg since Easter
And now it's half past three
So
Chick chick chick chick chicken
Lay a little egg for me

Is that what you mean by the chicken one? 'm just about old enough to be your mother and I remember that one at primary school.

We did 'Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile' - similarish message, but a song from WWI, when getting on with it was kind of essential.