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?

[chocoroo]

thisisyesterday Oooh, no, don't remember that one. We just performed for our poor parents. It was all very high pressure though. There were official videos and everything.

Who just mentioned a Christmas song? It sounded vaguely like one we used to sing:

And the Angels sang for him on Christmas morning
And the Angels sang for him, as the day was dawning
Little Jesus lying in a manger
Little Jesus lying in a manger
Not a proper place for a king of all the world.

Add in Wise men coming to him () and Sheperds doing something too. Might be the same one...

[ASByatt]

Isn't 'Praise my Lord the King of Heaven' a standard hymn though?
trying to remember if we had that at our wedding....
...Is it bad that I can't remember????

[thisisyesterday]

waswondering that's autumn days :)

my friend and I made up a new one called "summer days" and they made everyone sing it lol

[purplepidjinawoollytangle]

Tequila it's something like that from a TA job I had a couple of years ago [accidental thief]

"There was Sue, Sue, doing a massive poo, in the stores, in the stoooooores..."

[cjbartlett]

ha ha probably but standard hymsn aren't allowed much in schools these days

[Tequilamockinbird]

Another one I loved was

Shine Jesus Shine, fill this land with the Father's glory. Blaze spirit blaze set the world on fire. Flow river flow...

[MissTinaTeaspoon]

That's it feedthegoat! Thanks, although it's in my head now!

[ASByatt]

'cos I'm leeeeeeaaaaving
On a jetplane!
Don't know when I'll be back again.........'

Erm - that was something that we used to sing, I'm not flouncing

[CupOfBrownJoy]

did anyone sing at xmas

we three kings of orient are
one in a taxi one in a car
one on a scooter
with a big hooter
wearing a ladies bra

???

poetic genius, whoever thought of that

[AWimbaWay]

thisisyesterday, I quite like quartermasters store, my sister and I used to harmonise it in the car. My dad would try and drown us out with the radio.

[RhinoKey]

We did Jonah too - I still love singing the main song and my DC's love it.

Jonah, Jonah, listen to me Jonah
listen while i tell you of a plan i have in mind,
A city, dancing, dancing and romancing
All to obviously to virtue must be blind.
Take my warning, early in the morning
As early as you feel inclined

Shout to the people, Shout from every steeple
Tell them the churches bells have chimed
Tell them to stop their laughter,
Or in the great Here-After
Whats to come is all too sure

For i will smight them, ad infinitum
If they will not turn to me once moooooooore

We also did 'How the bee became'

[choppychopster]

Ah, you see I hadn't remembered that was "If I Were a Butterfly" LetThereBeRock. I especially liked the bit about fuzzy-wuzzy bear with fuzzy-wuzzy hair, accompanied by much head rubbing and messing up of the french plait I'd nagged my mum into doing that morning.

[thisisyesterday]

we always used to sing shine jesus shine at my nana's cchapel


my fave at church though was

I heard a thousand trumpets sounding out His Glory,
Telling the story how He came to earth to die;
I heard a million voices praise the name of Jesus,
Singing in God's choir in the sky.

[ASByatt]

CupOfBrown

Surely it was a playtex bra??????

[Helo]

I led assembly yesterday and we sang Autumn Days, love it! Nothing has actually changed in 20 years, marvellous.

[Eglu]

I loved the Jonah songs. I'm sure there were a few.

[LetThereBeRock]

I remember Bind Us Together. It was a bit of a dirge,though perhaps that was just because of our terrible singing. I seem to remember that there were two versions.

We sang hyms almost exclusively in my first primary,Catholic school,but a music teacher came once a week to teach us more traditional songs, and we had music class once a week where we sang some fun songs.

I feel old now.

[wannabemum24]

Any one familiar with this one:
"cauliflowers fluffy and cabbages green" etc, and then something about broad beans are sleeping in their blankety beds!! I loved that song!!!

[AWimbaWay]

purplepidjinawoollytangle, we used to say a worn out bra!

[SamsungAndDelilah]

Badger Girl!!!! and Dark Towers too. But especially Badger Girl.

And the village with three corners.

And
Daisys are my silver, Buttercups my Gold
These are all the treasures that we have and hold.

[CombineArvester]

WimbaWay and Purple Pidjin

Oh you'll never get to heaven
In a Webber's Bus
Cos a Webber's Bus
Is full of rust

I did NOT know such a tuneful melody had spread outside the west countreeee

[GreenEyesandNiceHam]

Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us,
 Born as one of us, Mary?s son ?
Led out to die on Calvary,
 Risen from death to set us free;
Living Lord Jesus, help us see you are Lord.

My mum used to sob listening to us sing that^^