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?

Ok 3 in the special 'I found the Grandfather's clock song very sad' club now........ - any more?

ohh and "when jesus walked in galillee"

yy, but being Catholic we had "Hymns Old and New"

"cross over the road my friend, ask the Lord his strength to send, his compaaaassion has no end. Cross over the road."

Haul Haul Away gives me the heebie geebies as I remember being dragged out of assembly shortly afterwards and given the bollocking of my life

Walk with me oh my Lord, Bread of Heaven (Welsh), and one that went "sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?"

Actually I'm surprised some of the Catholic dirges didn't give us nightmares...

I remember one which I've googled for countless times and can't find anything, I'm sure I didn't dream it!

When Jesus walked in Galilee
All of the people came to see
What God intended them to be
And how they ought to live

Or something like that! Anybody else remember that or did I actually dream it?'

£25?!

I know enough teachers...perhaps I can "borrow" one.

:) :) :)

Just remembered Go tell it on the mountain and Who put the colours in the rainbow.

what about kookaburra sits in the something tree
merry of the bush is he.....

or was that brownies?!

Its waaarrrrter, waarter of lif.....

When a knight won his spurs.
Cross over the road

Oh the memories this thread is bring ingback.

does anyone remember the really freaky one that went

"i was cold i was naked were you there, were you there?
i was cold, i was naked were you there?
and the creed and the colour and the name don't matter were you there?"

I don't think we ever sang hymns at my school. I vaguely remember my teacher having a guitar covered in Greenpeace stickers.

We sang stuff like Nowhere Man, Yellow Subermarine, Sloop john B and Lady Madonna. I can remember crying in assembly singing Bright Eyes just after I'd watched Watership Down for the first time!

tequila see my post just before yours! lol

'When I needed a neighbour, were you there, were you there?
When I needed a neighbour, were you there?'

• And so on.

with traditional sniggering at 'I was cold, I was naked, were you there.....' Because clearly naked was a Very Rude Word......

ASByatt I remember My Grandfather's Clock too (and I enjoyed your daaaaahhs!)

We also had a songbook in Music (not for assembly) that had "When I'm 64" and "Bright Eyes".

cjbartlett, that was brownies, Old gum tree.

Colours of dirge more like... I hate that song!

Yes Tequila, that was the London one!

Also that Kookaburra song.. Anyone?

thisisyesterday - yes indeed, crosspost!

Was song 1 'Water of Life'?

The one I really hated was 'there's a man for all the people', and we always used to be berated for not singing 'pi-pul', according to how the notes should go.

Thisisyesterday, thank you, I was beginning to think I was going mad

CJBartlett, you beat me to it :)

ASByat

'it was bought on the the morn of the day that he was born and was all ways his pride and joy
'till it stoppedshortnever to go again, when the old man died.....'

used to have me in floods!

thisisyesterday, I remember that one, cross over the road my friend, ask the lord his strength to lend!

cupofbrownjoy

i was just trying to think of the tremble one! it used to make me and my friend cry!

there was a bit about being there when they nailed him to a tree?

We had a projector, they even drew pictures up the sides!

I used to love assembly! Remember all of these, one of the regulars was "he's got the whole world"