For those of you who were at Primary School in the 80's

[Tequilamockinbird]

Would you like to reminisce with me about school assemblies?

DH and I were talking about the 'Come and Praise' book, and singing remembering the songs.

Does anyone else remember songs such as Autumn Days and Cross over the road my friend? Which others were there?

weevilswobble, I now feel like I should have a calf length pleated skirt on, with black patent leather court shoes and a satin blouse (our choir teacher always wore that!)

I loved Colours of Day!

There is a green hill was written to illustrate the words of the creed, ?Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried.? Mrs Alexander begins the first verse by painting a picture. As a skilled teacher she knew that her first task was to capture a child?s imagination. In the second line she originally wrote ?without? a city wall, but changed it to ?outside? to remove any ambiguity.

Just remembered another one which I don't think has been mentioned

I'd like to build the world a home, and furnish it with love...

Of course we all sang 'and furni SHIT with love'

We didn't sing that one all that often though, wonder why!

What about number 72 in Come and Praise?

Every word comes alive, when it's written or read
There is life in a word, when it's sung or said
But there can't be a living word
Never seen or never heard
Only when it gives its life to tongue and pen
(or something like that!)

If we were allowed to choose, I'd go for that one of number 4, Autumn Days. :)

The golden cockerel
Crows in the morning
Wake up, children
Welcome the day.
God's bright sun is
Riding the heavens
Chasing sleepiness away.
Father
Gladly we greet you
Here come
Running to meet you
Please be
In us and near us
Hallowing our work and play.

Anyone remember this?

Bilblio You are my HEROINE!!

I was beginning to think I had imagined that song in all its goose moose burgery madness. We sang it every harvest festival. Over the last couple of years I have googled and searched, but could find no lyrics and now here you are confirming it's existence, source cited, lyrics in full and lo I can find it on youtube . Now I must order the songbook and teach it to my children.

Tequila the shit one is "I'd like to teach the world to sing"

It's no wonder I can't remember what day it is when my brain is storing hymns from decades ago

An amusing and nostalgic thread.

I've just remembered that our headteachet, Mr Small, went through a phase of getting us to sing some more unusual songs at assembly.

We learned "Lily the Pink", "I'm the Urban Spaceman" and "Sound of Silence" amongst others

Altogether now:

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'llllllllllllllllll drink a drink a drink, to Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink.
The saviour of the human ra-aa-ace

I have just informed DH that we need to TTC so that I have a LO to teach these songs too. His face is a mixture of and

Wow, that's a blast from the past. Lily the Pink was the very first song I learnt at school. You didn't go to Penhryn Street in Liverpool did you?

Another brilliant one which I loved. Nobody's mentioned this so it could be a local one?

When you hear some music playing and it has a catchy beat,
And something in the rhythm makes you want to tap your feet,
Then your fingers want to snap and your hands start to clap,
Oh this is quite outrageous, it’s too contagious!
I can’t stop, I can’t stop moving.

1. I can’t stop tapping my feet no, I can’t stop tapping my feet

No, I can’t stop tapping my feet while the music’s playing that beat. Tap, tappety tap, tappety tap, tappety tap, tap. Tap, tappety tap, tappety tap, tappety tap.

1. Oh, I can’t stop snapping my fingers, etc.

1. Oh I can’t stop clapping my hands no, etc.

Oh I can’t stop tapping my feet no, I can’t stop tapping my feet
No, I can’t stop tapping my feet while the music’s playing that beat.

I know that one Tequila but only because it's taught at the school I currently teach at.

I also used to like "At half past 3 we go home for tea, or maybe at a quarter to 4, and 10 pairs of feet go running down the street and in at their own front door..."

No, I was at school in Bristol.

So many of the songs on here I had forgotten about!

I loved Lord of the Dance and all the special havest songs
"We plough the fields and scatter, the good seed on the land"

Ah memories of bringing tins of peas to school!

Grumpygils Yay someone else who remembers the Super Supper March. :o Even the people I went to school with thought I was mad and having wierd cravings. Apuskidu is well worth buying, most of the "funny" songs are in there, Lily the Pink, Wombling Song, Grandfather's clock.
Apuskidu is well worth buying, most of the "funny" songs are in there, Lily the Pink, Wombling Song, Grandfather's clock.

ChuffMuffin We sang The Lightening Tree in school choir. In fact somewhere, probably at Mum's I have a load of the sheets of songs we sang. I never wanted to throw them away.

Yay! I've just found the words to Walking the Bulldog

I love this thread so much, my sister and I have been phoning each other all day and belting these songs out to each other! Another one we loved was

Sing, sing a song,
Sing out loud,
Sing out strong,
Don't worry if you're not good enough
For anyone else to hear
Just sing, sing a song

We sang "We plough the fields and scatter" at my brother's wedding. My SIL's family are very religious but we aren't. "We plough the fields and scatter" was the only hymn my brother could really remember that he liked.... and they got married in September so the minister weaved it into the service talking about harvest, and planting a garden together. :o

Oh and another one, did anyone else sing this?

I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside

I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield...

I don't remember the rest of the words!

muminthecity I remember that one! Everyone at my school would really shout the "Sing it loud"

And I ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study for war no moo-ooo-ore

Went to a CofE primary. No fancy OHP, we had year 6 holding up gant sheets of paper with the words on

Lots of memories on here, has made me smile. It's been a long day, so thank you all:)

This is a fantastic thread OP!! I'm only 22 so went to primary in the 90's but we had come and praise and I remember so many of these.
I'm another one who giggled at 'I was cold, I was naked'
Little Donkey is one of my favourite Christmas songs, I actually sang it all the way home from work the other day because the radio wasn't singing anything I liked and I was feeling christmassy
Away in a manger - I always thought the cattle were glowing Jesus had some special powers for that one.
All the fun ones, who's the king of the jungle etc (wobble wobble is my gave part!) I know from Girls Brigade.
School assemblies were a little more serious, loved colours of day, one more step, think of a world.
I really want a hymn book now!!

Miss, Miss can I play the recorder? I was inour school Recorder Guild - favourite was treble, I played descant, treble or bass. Got my Grade 4 (proud emoticon) :)

I loved it when I was allowed to stand in as projector monitor. My favourite song was "last night I had the strangest dream, I' ever dreamed before" but whenever I mention it to anyone they didn't sing it at their school. Did you?

...I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war?