If I were a butterfly I'd thank you lord for giving me wings....
can't remember the rest, but there was a line that said....
If I was a Fuzzy wuzzy bear, I'd thank you lord for my fuzzy wuzzy hair!
If I were a butterfly, I’d thank you Lord for giving me wings
If I were a robin in a tree, I’d thank you Lord that I could sing
If I were a fish in the sea, I’d wiggle my tail and I’d giggle with glee
But I just thank you father for making me, me
For you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me, me
If I were an elephant, I’d thank you Lord by raising my trunk
If I were a kangaroo, You know I’d hop right up to you
If I were an octopus, I’d thank you Lord for my fine looks
But I just thank you Father for making me, me
For you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me, me
If I were a wiggly worm, I’d thank you Lord that I could squirm
If I were a fuzzy wuzzy bear, I’d thank you Lord for my fuzzy, wuzzy hair
If I were a crocodile, I’d thank you Lord for my great smile
But I just thank you Father for making me, me
For you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me, me
.....gosh this is great! so many of my favourites in here...I used to love assembly...this would be in the 70s.
Has anyone mentioned 'He who would valiant be'.
"He who would valiant be
'gainst all disaster
let him in constancy
follow the master
there's no discouragement
shall make him once relent
his first avowed intent
to be a pilgrim..."
Our headmaster used to play the piano sometimes and he would pound the notes really hard when he played to this hymn!...as if he was a maestro or something! lol
........I had to google it to get the full words....I just luv this hymn so much:
He who would valiant be ’gainst all disaster,
Let him in constancy follow the Master.
There’s no discouragement shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.
Who so beset him round with dismal stories
Do but themselves confound - his strength the more is.
No foes shall stay his might; though he with giants fight,
He will make good his right to be a pilgrim.
Since, Lord, Thou dost defend us with Thy Spirit,
We know we at the end, shall life inherit.
Then fancies flee away! I’ll fear not what men say,
I’ll labor night and day to be a pilgrim
I love that christmas song - Gabriels message....? is it?
The school favourite -
FOOTBALL CRAZY
You all know my big brother and his Christian name is Paul
He's lately joined a football club for he's mad about football.
He's got two black eyes already and teeth out from his gob
Since Paul became a member of that terrible football club
Chorus
He's football crazy, He's football mad.
The football it has taken away the little bit of sense he had
And it would take a dozen servants to wash his clothes and scrub
Since Paul became a member of this terrible football club.
The first match that he played at, I was there myself and saw
Two turf sods for goalposts and a tin can for a ball
The Lord Mayor he was there, himself, and Lords and Ladies grand
And Paul got an orange box and made a Hogan stand
Chorus
In the middle of the field one afternoon the captain said to Paul
Would you kindly take this place kick since you're mad about football
And he took 40 paces backwards and shot off from the mark
And the ball went sailin' over the bar and landed in New York
Chorus
His wife she says she'll leave him if Paul doesn't keep
Away from football kicking at night time in his sleep
He calls out, “That's a fifty,” and other things so droll
Last night he shot her out of bed and swore it was a goal
Does anyone remember getting a little pamphlet and singing along to a radio programme? (and I'm not THAT old)
Oh and for the Glaswegians amongst us "The Jelly Piece Song"?
The Jeely Piece Song
Bizarrely, this is one of the most popular pages on my site! If you came here from a search engine, please have a nosey about my site before you leave! (click on "Home" above). Please also see my other Adam McNaughton poem.
I'm a skyscraper wean; I live on the nineteenth flair,
But I'm no' gaun oot tae play ony mair,
'Cause since we moved tae Castlemilk, I'm wastin' away
'Cause I'm getting' wan meal less every day:
Oh ye cannae fling pieces oot a twenty story flat,
Seven hundred hungry weans will testify to that.
If it's butter, cheese or jeely, if the breid is plain or pan,
The odds against it reaching earth are ninety-nine tae wan.
On the first day ma maw flung oot a daud o' Hovis broon;
It came skytin' oot the windae and went up insteid o' doon.
Noo every twenty-seven hours it comes back intae sight
'Cause ma piece went intae orbit and became a satellite.
On the second day ma maw flung me a piece oot wance again.
It went and hut the pilot in a fast low-flying plane.
He scraped it aff his goggles, shouting through the intercom,
"The Clydeside Reds huv goat me wi' a breid-an-jeely bomb."
On the third day ma maw thought she would try another throw.
The Salvation Army band was staunin' doon below.
"Onward Christian Soldiers" was the piece they should've played
But the oompahman was playing a piece an' marmalade.
We've wrote away to Oxfam to try an' get some aid,
An a' the weans in Castlemilk have formed a 'piece-brigade'.
We're gonnae march to George's Square demanding civil rights
Like nae mair hooses ower piece-flinging height.
I've been having fun trying to remember all the songs we sung in primary school in the 80s. I've counted 34 so far but I'm sure there are loads more and I'd love to hear your lists!
What songs did/do you sing? Or which songbook? What words did you change deliberately?
Here are all the ones I can remember…
Christian songs:
• All Things Bright And Beautiful
• Morning Has Broken
• We Plough The Fields And Scatter
• Lord of the Dance
• He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
• Give Me Joy in My Heart (Oil in my Lamp) (Sing Hosanna)
• Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
• Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
• Kum Ba Yah
• This Little Light of Mine
• Amazing Grace
• Think of A World Without Any Flowers
• The Animals Went In Two By Two Hurrah!
• Who Built The Ark?
• Rise and Shine And Give God His Glory (Children of the Lord)
• This Train Is Bound For Glory
• Keep Me Travelling Along With You
• The Family of Man
• Praise Him, Praise Him, All The Little Children
• Stand Up, Clap Hands, Shout "Thank You Lord"
• The Journey of Life (Will You Ride, Ride, Ride)
• Hand Me Down (That Silver Trumpet Gabriel)
• Apusskidu
• Were you there?
• The Ink Is Black The Page is White
Non Christian:
• I Can Sing A Rainbow
• A Little Peace (by Eurovision winner "Nicole")
• He's Football Crazy, He's Football Mad
• Little Boxes (Made of Ticky Tacky)
• Puff the Magic Dragon
Does anyone remember…?
These are vague, and Google doesn't seem to have any record of them. Am I mad… in a coma… or did you sing them too? Let me know:
"Thank you for waking me this morning
Thank you for this and every day
Thank you that my cares and worries
You can take away"
or one that goes:
"Lord of the Galaxies, Cosmic Realities
Planets and stars we sing your praise"
or one that goe:
"All over the world.
Everywhere.
Where the [something]
And where the [something else].
And the green, green giant, goes to [dah]
And [dah dah something, something else]
And slowly, slowly, slowly
Somebody's house is made!" (what an odd song!)
and then there's one that I can only remember one line: "And it's turning the world upside down." Ring any bells?
Please share your memories of assembly, or songs you loved/hated. And in particular please let me know if you sung any of the songs on my list, or have any more! I am becoming obsessed now!
Well done, all of those, I remember too and one about blind people...
While I kneel and pray by candlelight,
I close my eyes and day turns into night,
And often I wonder what my life would be,
If by creation, my eyes could not see...
The moon, the stars, the mountains capped with snow
A tree in bloom, the sun that helped it grow,
Oh Lord hear this prayer I'm singing,
For those in darkness living,
Never to see candlelight.:(
.....another one of my all time favourites....happy memories of school assembly made all the more happy for remembering how the headmaster would tear a strip off the piano like some virtuouso when he accompanied our singing to hymns like these lol.......fantastic!!
All Creatures Of Our God And King Hymn
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!
Refrain
O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou rushing wind that art so strong
Ye clouds that sail in Heaven along,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou rising moon, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!
Refrain
Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
Make music for thy Lord to hear,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
That givest man both warmth and light.
Refrain
Dear mother earth, who day by day
Unfoldest blessings on our way,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
Let them His glory also show.
Refrain
And all ye men of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and on Him cast your care!
Refrain
And thou most kind and gentle Death,
Waiting to hush our latest breath,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou leadest home the child of God,
And Christ our Lord the way hath trod.
Refrain
Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!
We only ever had hymns in assembly but at school camp we sang ' Alelluja I'm a bum' , The Manchester Rambler and these two
Never let your braces dingle dangle
never let your braces dingle dangle
one old sport, he got caught and went right through the mangle, mangle
Through the mangle he did come
like a strip of linoleum
Now he sits in Kingdom come
singing never let your braces dingle dangle:o
and
Be kind to you webb footed friends
a duck may be somebody's mother
They spend all their time in the swamp
Where the weather is always domp:o
You may think that this is the end
Well it is:p
A miserable hymn that we used to sing.......harmless enough until we get to the chorus:
Verse 1:
I saw the grass, I saw the trees,
And the boats along the shore.
I saw the shapes of many things
I had only guessed before.
And I saw the faces of men more clearly
Than if I had never been blind:
The lines of envy around their lips
And the greed and the hate in their eyes:
Chours:
And I turned away,
Yes, I turned away, For I had seen the perfect face
Of a real and proper man: The man who brought me from the dark
Into light—where life began.
That bit certainly goes some way to explaining the way some of the boys turned out!
Does anyone remember getting a little pamphlet and singing along to a radio programme? (and I'm not THAT old)
Oh and for the Glaswegians amongst us "The Jelly Piece Song"?
The Jeely Piece Song
Bizarrely, this is one of the most popular pages on my site! If you came here from a search engine, please have a nosey about my site before you leave! (click on "Home" above). Please also see my other Adam McNaughton poem.
I'm a skyscraper wean; I live on the nineteenth flair,
But I'm no' gaun oot tae play ony mair,
'Cause since we moved tae Castlemilk, I'm wastin' away
'Cause I'm getting' wan meal less every day:
Oh ye cannae fling pieces oot a twenty story flat,
Seven hundred hungry weans will testify to that.
If it's butter, cheese or jeely, if the breid is plain or pan,
The odds against it reaching earth are ninety-nine tae wan.
On the first day ma maw flung oot a daud o' Hovis broon;
It came skytin' oot the windae and went up insteid o' doon.
Noo every twenty-seven hours it comes back intae sight
'Cause ma piece went intae orbit and became a satellite.
On the second day ma maw flung me a piece oot wance again.
It went and hut the pilot in a fast low-flying plane.
He scraped it aff his goggles, shouting through the intercom,
"The Clydeside Reds huv goat me wi' a breid-an-jeely bomb."
On the third day ma maw thought she would try another throw.
The Salvation Army band was staunin' doon below.
"Onward Christian Soldiers" was the piece they should've played
But the oompahman was playing a piece an' marmalade.
We've wrote away to Oxfam to try an' get some aid,
An a' the weans in Castlemilk have formed a 'piece-brigade'.
We're gonnae march to George's Square demanding civil rights
Like nae mair hooses ower piece-flinging height.
I love that song! and I'm not even Glaswegian...we did it in like p4 LOL
You all know my big brother and his Christian name is Paul
He's lately joined a football club for he's mad about football.
He's got two black eyes already and teeth out from his gob
Since Paul became a member of that terrible football club
Chorus
He's football crazy, He's football mad.
The football it has taken away the little bit of sense he had
And it would take a dozen servants to wash his clothes and scrub
Since Paul became a member of this terrible football club.
The first match that he played at, I was there myself and saw
Two turf sods for goalposts and a tin can for a ball
The Lord Mayor he was there, himself, and Lords and Ladies grand
And Paul got an orange box and made a Hogan stand
Chorus
In the middle of the field one afternoon the captain said to Paul
Would you kindly take this place kick since you're mad about football
And he took 40 paces backwards and shot off from the mark
And the ball went sailin' over the bar and landed in New York
Chorus
His wife she says she'll leave him if Paul doesn't keep
Away from football kicking at night time in his sleep
He calls out, “That's a fifty,” and other things so droll
Last night he shot her out of bed and swore it was a goal
Chorus
Chorus
We did a different, scottish version...
started like: You all ken ma wee brother, his nam' is Jock McGraw...
Autumn days, when the grass is jewelled
And the silk in a chestnut shell
Jet planes meeting in the air to be refuelled
All these things I love so well
So I mustn't forget
No, I mustn't forget
To say a great big thank you
No, I mustn't forget.
Clouds that look like familiar faces
And winter's moon with frosted rings
Smell of bacon as I fasten up my laces
And the song the milkman sings.
So I mustn't forget
No, I mustn't forget
To say a great big thank you
No, I mustn't forget.
Whipped-up spray that is rainbow-scattered
And a swallow curving in the sky
Shoes so comfy though they're worn out and they're battered
And the taste of apple pie.
So I mustn't forget
No, I mustn't forget
To say a great big thank you
No, I mustn't forget.
Scent of gardens when the rain's been falling
And a minnow darting down a stream
Picked-up engine that's been stuttering and stalling
And a win for my home team.
So I mustn't forget
No, I mustn't forget
To say a great big thank you
No, I mustn't forget.
Autumn Days!!!! Best song EVAH.
Although, for my years...
Shoes so comfy though they're worn out and they're battered
And the taste of apple pie.
I thought this lyrics was 'Shoes so comfy that they're worn out and battered, and they taste of apple pie...'
I thought it was kind of funny that shoes could taste like that
"Bel-la-sig-no-
O-o-o-o-
O-o-o-o-o-o-raa" which went through two octaves. Lots of the boys went "Reeaagh" instead of "Raaww" ( Waterford accent !), he wasn't too pleased.
That and Sean O'Duibhir a'Ghleanna, a song in Irish, don't ask what it was about.
In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty....
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheel barrow
through the streets broad and narrow.....
That song used to frighten me when I was small... I can't remember why now - did she die at the end and come back as a ghost?
Yeah she did.
I wonder why that was a school song anywhere, though. Seems a bit odd to me. Even apart from the ghostly element of it.
Did any of you have the "come and praise" book in assembly,
It was sort of a mottled blue and white with faint pictures of children singing on. Quite old fashioned looking.
We are talking early to mid 80s here
Ha ha,yes we had them in the mid 80s too!.
Hymn number 65 was 'when I needed a neighbour'. I can remember because the whole school would always giggle like mad at the bit when you had to sing the frightfully naughty lyric "I was cold I was Naked".:eek:
Another souce of amusement was at the end of the courus of 'Sing hosanna' where its supposed to finish "sing hosanna to the king" and the infants would always accidentally carry on and add "of kings" on to the end of it. Ah the good old days!.:D
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If I were a butterfly, I’d thank you Lord for giving me wings
If I were a robin in a tree, I’d thank you Lord that I could sing
If I were a fish in the sea, I’d wiggle my tail and I’d giggle with glee
But I just thank you father for making me, me
For you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me, me
If I were an elephant, I’d thank you Lord by raising my trunk
If I were a kangaroo, You know I’d hop right up to you
If I were an octopus, I’d thank you Lord for my fine looks
But I just thank you Father for making me, me
For you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me, me
If I were a wiggly worm, I’d thank you Lord that I could squirm
If I were a fuzzy wuzzy bear, I’d thank you Lord for my fuzzy, wuzzy hair
If I were a crocodile, I’d thank you Lord for my great smile
But I just thank you Father for making me, me
For you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me, me
We used to sing this when I was at infants school back in the early 70s. It's really simple, but is one that I remember well.
Glad that I live am I
That the sky is blue
Glad for the country lanes
And the fall of dew
After the sun the rain
After the rain the sun
This is the way of life
Till the work be done
All that we need to do
Be we low or high
Is to see that we grow
Nearer the sky
Has anyone mentioned 'He who would valiant be'.
"He who would valiant be
'gainst all disaster
let him in constancy
follow the master
there's no discouragement
shall make him once relent
his first avowed intent
to be a pilgrim..."
Our headmaster used to play the piano sometimes and he would pound the notes really hard when he played to this hymn!...as if he was a maestro or something! lol
He who would valiant be ’gainst all disaster,
Let him in constancy follow the Master.
There’s no discouragement shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.
Who so beset him round with dismal stories
Do but themselves confound - his strength the more is.
No foes shall stay his might; though he with giants fight,
He will make good his right to be a pilgrim.
Since, Lord, Thou dost defend us with Thy Spirit,
We know we at the end, shall life inherit.
Then fancies flee away! I’ll fear not what men say,
I’ll labor night and day to be a pilgrim
Brill!! do they still sing it in schools??
I wish I could sing it everyday!!
Oh yes. At my Primary school, if we were good we were allowed to sing the Rupert the Bear chorus as an extra at the end.
The school favourite -
FOOTBALL CRAZY
You all know my big brother and his Christian name is Paul
He's lately joined a football club for he's mad about football.
He's got two black eyes already and teeth out from his gob
Since Paul became a member of that terrible football club
Chorus
He's football crazy, He's football mad.
The football it has taken away the little bit of sense he had
And it would take a dozen servants to wash his clothes and scrub
Since Paul became a member of this terrible football club.
The first match that he played at, I was there myself and saw
Two turf sods for goalposts and a tin can for a ball
The Lord Mayor he was there, himself, and Lords and Ladies grand
And Paul got an orange box and made a Hogan stand
Chorus
In the middle of the field one afternoon the captain said to Paul
Would you kindly take this place kick since you're mad about football
And he took 40 paces backwards and shot off from the mark
And the ball went sailin' over the bar and landed in New York
Chorus
His wife she says she'll leave him if Paul doesn't keep
Away from football kicking at night time in his sleep
He calls out, “That's a fifty,” and other things so droll
Last night he shot her out of bed and swore it was a goal
Chorus
Chorus
Oh and for the Glaswegians amongst us "The Jelly Piece Song"?
The Jeely Piece Song
Bizarrely, this is one of the most popular pages on my site! If you came here from a search engine, please have a nosey about my site before you leave! (click on "Home" above). Please also see my other Adam McNaughton poem.
I'm a skyscraper wean; I live on the nineteenth flair,
But I'm no' gaun oot tae play ony mair,
'Cause since we moved tae Castlemilk, I'm wastin' away
'Cause I'm getting' wan meal less every day:
Oh ye cannae fling pieces oot a twenty story flat,
Seven hundred hungry weans will testify to that.
If it's butter, cheese or jeely, if the breid is plain or pan,
The odds against it reaching earth are ninety-nine tae wan.
On the first day ma maw flung oot a daud o' Hovis broon;
It came skytin' oot the windae and went up insteid o' doon.
Noo every twenty-seven hours it comes back intae sight
'Cause ma piece went intae orbit and became a satellite.
On the second day ma maw flung me a piece oot wance again.
It went and hut the pilot in a fast low-flying plane.
He scraped it aff his goggles, shouting through the intercom,
"The Clydeside Reds huv goat me wi' a breid-an-jeely bomb."
On the third day ma maw thought she would try another throw.
The Salvation Army band was staunin' doon below.
"Onward Christian Soldiers" was the piece they should've played
But the oompahman was playing a piece an' marmalade.
We've wrote away to Oxfam to try an' get some aid,
An a' the weans in Castlemilk have formed a 'piece-brigade'.
We're gonnae march to George's Square demanding civil rights
Like nae mair hooses ower piece-flinging height.
Well done, all of those, I remember too and one about blind people...
While I kneel and pray by candlelight,
I close my eyes and day turns into night,
And often I wonder what my life would be,
If by creation, my eyes could not see...
The moon, the stars, the mountains capped with snow
A tree in bloom, the sun that helped it grow,
Oh Lord hear this prayer I'm singing,
For those in darkness living,
Never to see candlelight.:(
All Creatures Of Our God And King Hymn
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!
Refrain
O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou rushing wind that art so strong
Ye clouds that sail in Heaven along,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou rising moon, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!
Refrain
Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
Make music for thy Lord to hear,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
That givest man both warmth and light.
Refrain
Dear mother earth, who day by day
Unfoldest blessings on our way,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
Let them His glory also show.
Refrain
And all ye men of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and on Him cast your care!
Refrain
And thou most kind and gentle Death,
Waiting to hush our latest breath,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou leadest home the child of God,
And Christ our Lord the way hath trod.
Refrain
Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!
Never let your braces dingle dangle
never let your braces dingle dangle
one old sport, he got caught and went right through the mangle, mangle
Through the mangle he did come
like a strip of linoleum
Now he sits in Kingdom come
singing never let your braces dingle dangle:o
and
Be kind to you webb footed friends
a duck may be somebody's mother
They spend all their time in the swamp
Where the weather is always domp:o
You may think that this is the end
Well it is:p
Verse 1:
I saw the grass, I saw the trees,
And the boats along the shore.
I saw the shapes of many things
I had only guessed before.
And I saw the faces of men more clearly
Than if I had never been blind:
The lines of envy around their lips
And the greed and the hate in their eyes:
Chours:
And I turned away,
Yes, I turned away,
For I had seen the perfect face
Of a real and proper man:
The man who brought me from the dark
Into light—where life began.
That bit certainly goes some way to explaining the way some of the boys turned out!
I love that song!
We did a different, scottish version...
started like: You all ken ma wee brother, his nam' is Jock McGraw...
You don't say?! :rolleyes:
I'm 17, I remember singing it about 10 years ago.
Well, you know the old saying, that the devil doesn't have all the best tunes!
Onward Christian soldiers
and
O Jesus i have promised
Autumn Days!!!! Best song EVAH.
Although, for my years...
I thought this lyrics was 'Shoes so comfy that they're worn out and battered, and they taste of apple pie...'
I thought it was kind of funny that shoes could taste like that
"Bel-la-sig-no-
O-o-o-o-
O-o-o-o-o-o-raa" which went through two octaves. Lots of the boys went "Reeaagh" instead of "Raaww" ( Waterford accent !), he wasn't too pleased.
That and Sean O'Duibhir a'Ghleanna, a song in Irish, don't ask what it was about.
Yeah she did.
I wonder why that was a school song anywhere, though. Seems a bit odd to me. Even apart from the ghostly element of it.
Ha ha,yes we had them in the mid 80s too!.
Hymn number 65 was 'when I needed a neighbour'. I can remember because the whole school would always giggle like mad at the bit when you had to sing the frightfully naughty lyric "I was cold I was Naked".:eek:
Another souce of amusement was at the end of the courus of 'Sing hosanna' where its supposed to finish "sing hosanna to the king" and the infants would always accidentally carry on and add "of kings" on to the end of it. Ah the good old days!.:D
lucky you put it in brackets, i couldnt guess what it was.