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?

Ninevah city was a city of sin
The jazzing and jiving made a terrible din
People playing the roll'n roll
And the Lord he said well, bless'a my soul

The people wouldnt listen, danced night and day
No time to work, No time to play
They went on dancing, by day and night
And the Lord he said well, this aint right

The Lord he pondered a subtle plan,
He looked around for a righteous man,
Saw Jonah sitting 'neath pineapple tree
And the Lord he said, thats the man for me.

A righteous man, that i can trust
To raise this city from out the dust
The man thats sitting 'neath the pineapple tree
Im certain, sure, sure, sure, he's the man for me.

Yes,Fuzzy Wuzzy was always the highlight.

We had the Glaswegian version of We Three Kings,Cup.

Which went something like,

We Three Kings of Georgie Square
Selling knickers a penny a pair
They're fantasic
They're elastic,(something elastic anyway)
Only a penny a pair.

We used to sing

We Three Kings of (insert home village name) Sqaure
Selling women's underwear
So fantastic
No elastic
Wear them if you dare

What about song 6 in the Come and Praise book, which had the line "you nourish it with rain" - I remember my school always loudly singing the "nourish it" bit because it sounded like swearing!

Was there one something along the lines of 'he gave me eyes so I could see.......God made me'? It's a bit vague

Something like that anyway.

On a wagon, bound for market, lies a calf with a mournful eye.
High above him, flies a swallow, winging clearly through the sky.
How the winds are lauging, they laugh with all their might.

Laugh and laugh the whole day through and half the summer night.

Donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, don.

Donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna don.

The poor calf goes on to be slaughtered.

Cheery little number that was.

I was in Primary school from mid 70s to early 80s. We had a bunch of hippies I think, as I remember singing loads of Beatles, Everly Brothers, Simon and Garfunkel and whoever wrote Little Boxes.

Oh and House of the Rising Sun. Good wholesome stuff for 8 year olds!

I remember a weirdy beardy man coming in to school with his rainbow guitar strap and singing more unusual hymns. The one that springs to mind is 'who's the king of the swingers (oo oo), who's the king of the seas (wobble wobble wobble), who's the king of the universe and whos the king of me, I'll tell you, J E S U S is, he's the king of me. He's the king of the universe, the jungle and the sea'

How is that still with me??? Does anyone else remember that or have I outed myself?

Dp and I are loving this thread and singing along . It's amazing how much you remember from so long ago .

Little Donkey anyone? On the dusty road?

Shut de door, keep out de devil
Shut de door, keep de devil in de night
Shut de door, keep out de devil
Light a candle every ting's alright!

We used to do this in rounds!! Ah, simple times

Loganberry you can remember the song numbers? I'm impressed

what about poor old Michael Finnegan begine gain and is whiskers on is chinergan

Slightly off-post, sorry, but did you watch 'the way we used to live' or something like that?

I remember someone dying of cholera....

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, how lovely are you branches?!

wasn't sure whether that was a question or a statement.

He gave me eyes so I could see, the wonders of the world. Without my eyes I could not see, the other boys and girls.
He gave me lips so I could sing and tell it to the world. I've got to tell it to the word, He made me.

There's probably another verse about other vital organs as well.

Now in my little garden, now promise you won't laugh. I haven't any flowers and I haven't any grass, but la de da de da de, la de da de da, da de da daaaa. [another line here] One potato, two potato, three potato, four, five potato, six potato, seven potato more. Repeat.

As for Sing Hosanna, woe betide anyone who slipped in an extra "for Kings" at the very end!

FrillyMilly I LOVE THAT ONE! totally remember it! Totally made my day (ESP the wobble wobble bit!)

Come and praise songbook £14 on amazon

The Wise Man built his house upon the rock
The Wise Man built his house upon the rock
The Wise Man built his house upon the rock
And the rain came tumbling down.

The rain came down and the floods came up
The rain came down and the floods came up
The rain came down and the floods came up
And the house upon the rock stood firm.

The foolish man built his house upon the sand
The foolish man built his house upon the sand
The foolish man built his house upon the sand
And the rain came tumbling down.

The rain came down and the floods came up
The rain came down and the floods came up
The rain came down and the floods came up
And the house upon the sand fell flat!

Bonkers20, that's it, it's all coming back now!

Did anyone do 'Walk In The Light'?

It went something like 'He binds us all in unity,walk,walk in the light. I'm not sure if it's a Catholic thing or not.

I loved Autumn Days :)

There was a nice one called May Time which I can remember bits of

"Sing a song of May Time
Sing a song of spring
Flowers are in their beauty
Birds are on the wing
May Time
May Time
God has given us May time
Thank him for his gift of love
Sing a song of spring"

Infants were taught songs (presumably reading levels not great) and juniors used the OHP. And occasionally worn out hymn books that were red and blue mottled pattern.

There was a radio programme we had on Thursday mornings maybe for assembly.

I remember one about water..

"Have you heard the raindrops
Dropping on the rooftops
Have you heard the raindrops
Dropping on the ground
Have you heard the raindrops
Dropping in the somethings
Swimming to the rivers all around

There's water
Water of life
Jesus gives us the water of life
There's water
Water of life
Jesus gives us the water of life

Nobody can live who hasn't any water
Where the ground is dry then nothing much grows
Jesus gives us life if we drink the living water
Sing it so that everybody knows

There's water etc"

And harvest ones

The farmer comes to scatter the seed
Scatter the seed
Scatter the seed
The farmer comes to scatter the seed
Over the field so brown

Up come the green shoots peeping through
First one by one
Then two by two
Up come the green shoots peeping through
Under the sky so blue

God sends the sun
God sends the rain
Over again
Over again
God sends the sun
God sends the rain
Over the field so brown"

There was more than that (went on for years as I remember)

I always thought it was "I am the Lord of the dance settee"

How cool would a dance settee be?!

Tequila! You're making me cry! The ones you remember have sooo hit a soft spot with me.
Its something about being transported back to a purer and simpler version of yourself, when life was vibrant and new and big and freeeeee! (i think)

I liked:

Walk with me oh my Lord
Through the darkest night
And brightest day
Be at my side oh Lord
Hold my hand
And guide me on my way.

Sometimes the road is long
And there are times i fall
But you are always there
To help me when i call
Etc

(Celebrational Hymnal)

LetThereBeRock Little Donkey is my all time favourite "got a heavy load, got to keep on pushing onwards...." My husband always knows I'm Christmassy when he hears a few bars of this sung exceptionally badly.