Anyone in their 50s remember this from primary school??

[ICanSeeClearlyNowLorraineHasGone]

I’m 58 and I remember putting on a play in primary school all about the wooden horse of Troy.

It had songs - it might have just been a series of songs now I think of it but there could have been spoken parts too.

Im assuming it wasn’t just our school but nobody I’ve ever met seems to remember it.

Only asking because the songs have been known to lodge themselves in my brain as ear worms from time to time 😁

No, but we had one about a woman called Babushka which was to do with salt, and a horrendous one called Hastings Rock.

No , I'm a similar age but we didn't do that one. I do remember doing Gilbert and Sullivans "Pirates of Penzance" at Primary school. I was in the chorus and had to wear cut off jeans and a stripey t shirt.

Yes we did one with the Trojan Horse. Just for one year. It was a combination of pupil actors and shadow puppets. And (my claim to fame 🤣) this extravaganza was produced by our english teacher at the time - Mr Philip Pullman!

I am 59, don't remember that one but think that at my primary the teachers wrote (at least) one or two themselves. One was a nativity show that started with a song to the tune of Eye level "o come along, come along, listen to my song I will tell you a story true"
Another had a song that started "when I was a baby cannibal on my mother's knee" and went on about being heir to the tribal crown..
As I write this one about Dick Whittington is starting to bubble up.

One that was bought in at middle school was "The Noah Jazz". I don't remember much about it now but a 3am in a couple of days one of the songs might come back to me.

We did Jonah Man Jazz and Hip Hip Horatio, same composer I think. Also something about chickens in a farmyard? I came on the thread to say I didn't remember your Trojan Horse one, but that lyrical quote 'Paris you're a rat' has completely rung all the bells. I can hear the tune.

I don’t remember that song.
I remember this one. Proper show tune,

R A M E S E S
Is he the greatest?
Yes, yes, yes.
He’s Rameses, you’d better do what he says
He’s Rameses, he’s the one to obey
He’s Rameses, get down on your knees he’s the top man in the land.

Who do we adore?
Rameses!
——————-? (I’ve forgotten this line)
Who’s the one you cry for?
Who’s the one you die for?
Rameses, yeah, Rameses!

Meek as a kitten and mild as a lamb
Samson bound in chains
Soft as a mitten and tender as ham (?)
Something something
Oh what a tragedy
All because of a female snare
Lost his head when he lost all his hair
Walked right into the tigers lair
Samson bound in chains.

I had no idea that was all up there until I saw your post!

We did one about Jonah and the Whale as well which had a really catchy song about how sinful Niniveh City was!

Who’s a bit bionic?
super super sonic,
Rameses!
Rameses!

One about Samson and Delilah too- such strong memories of the songs!

Jonah Man Jazz! Loved that one.

Was that Rooster Rag?

His name was Chanticleer
such a handsome fellow he was Chanticleer
monarch of them all
his name was Chanticleer
red and black and yellow feathers
see him standing crowing on the wall

and the hens chorus "every time we lay an egg we think of yoooooou..."

does anyone else remember Twigwidge? He was I think an extra-terrestrial in tree-like form, and there was a Bonfire Night episode as well as the Christmas one, which reliably comes back to me every year
"loo ra lee, loo ra lee; Twigwidge carol of the Christmas tree"

Yes! And 'Among those hens there was a very beauty/She was fair, her name was Pertelote.' I'd forgotten about the egg laying song .

Oh gosh yes

oh what a tragedy boom boom

Nineveh city was a city of sin
The jazzin' and the jivin' made a terrible din
Beat groups playin' a rock and a roll
And the Lord when he heard it said
'Bless my soul'

That'll be my earworm now !

”Nineva city was a city of sin, the jazzin’ and the jivin’ what a terrible din, beat groups playing rock and roll and the lord when he heard it said bless my soul”. Quite of lot of the words and music taking up valuable space in my brain!

When Miss Delilah goes a wandering along the street, there isn't anyone that anyone would rather meet
And pass the time or have a chat with, every man's a willing captive cos she is so sweet
lovely Delilah has a string or two or three or four to every bow
She doesn't give her approbation but she don't say no

@ICanSeeClearlyNowLorraineHasGone I remember the Trojan Horse one, one song I still have in my head is “Ulysses, draw up a plan” and one about Paris stealing his (Agammemnon’s) daughter and taking her over the water. I’m sure if I put my mind to it I can remember more.

Hors de combat! (still don't know what it means) :)

Samson, cut that hair, you want to be with it but you're really a square

Be guided by that golden rule

Something something

You should play it cool

For she is pretty she is witty she has big brown eyes
And several features quite remarkable in shape and size
And that's exactly where they say the fatal fascination lies

(now was that really appropriate?!)

Oh yes! Love these..

When Jonah went into the sea he closed his eyes and prayed… oh lord I’m very sorry that your word is disobeyed….

something about treading water….

Ha… found this

Oh please do!!

Random lyrics from different songs I remember from it..

“I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts.
I would never trust them, it must be a trick…

A muffled tiny rattle comes from deep
within… followed by a hollow bonk”

“Ulysses - something something… we’re gonna build a horse of wood, a monster horse of wood”

People arguing what to do
with the horse now they’ve seen it..

”Burn it all up!”
”NO!”
”Take it into the city!”
”Leave it where it is!”

If only you will come and save me
I will do as you command
Instead of treading water
Let me tread upon the sand

Samson was a hero in the days of old
A servant of Lord, he'd made him bold
With the jawbone of an ass he turned them on and thennnnnn
Slew a thousand men (Mr Wilcox then did the descending steps on the piano from Hit the Road Jack)

Or summat like that, anyhow.