Any Mumsnetters over 40 remember this old school song?

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It was a harvest festival song...all I can remember is

"Now here are fine apples"

Or something...

The apples are ripe, the plums are red?

I don't remember that being part of it but could have forgotten...do you remember any more Betty?

Just found a blog post with the words! angalmond.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-fruit-and-vegetable-song.html

The only other one I can think of is Autumn Days. We were always singing that at my CofE school

Cauliflowers fluffy
And cabbages green
Strawberries are sweeter
Than any I've seen
Beetroot purple and onion white
All grow steadily day and night.
The apples are ripe, the plums are red
Broads beans are sleeping in a blankety bed.

I bet its not that one now I've typed it out!

I’m so glad somebody other than me knows this song. I’m not 40 yet but this was my favourite harvest festival song from school and I was disappointed they didn’t sing it at dd’s harvest festivak

It's still being sung around here. My DGCs sung it at their C of E school's harvest festival service. I will also now be singing it for the rest of the day

That's not the one I'm thinking of...glad others have had a memory though!

Mine might have been in the Come and Praise book.

Did you have a good relationship with this hymn?

The only other one I can think of is Autumn Days. We were always singing that at my CofE school.

‘Jet planes meeting in the air to be refuelled...’

So I mustn’t forgeeeeeeeeeeeeet.... No I mustn’t forgeeeeeeeeeeeet

That Come and Praise book makes me shudder a bit.

Is it this one - a vague memory!

Now here are ripe apples for you and me,
We eat them to make us grow strong
And now we are glad
and say thankyou to God
and sing him our harvest song

Crafty Oh my GOODNESS! That's it!! Thank you!

I also found this link...it has the contents of that hymn book "Come and Praise!"

Michaelmas Daisies?
www.fanpop.com/clubs/singing/forum/post/5557/title/forgotten-childrens-songs

Glad I could help! Can't remember any more of it, and Google isn't cooperating.
Think I still have my copies of Come and Praise - 1 and 2!!

@hullaballoonie that one! Everyone had to whisper 'shhh!' after singing the final line before the song ended. Which usually turned into a competition as to who could do the loudest, spittiest 'shhh'.

HI, I was just googling the same thing to find a song i rememebr singing at primary school in 1980 for harvest festival and it went like this: uicy green apples for you and me..we eat them to make us grow strong ......la la la la la ....la la la al ..... and sing in our harvest song ......... Is this the same one you used to sing? Certain words i forgot but theones i rememebr i have put there ..i rememebr the melody of it though 100% , Sonia