As I was a walking one morning in spring
I met with some travellers on an old country lane
One was an old man the second a maid
The third was a young boy who smiled as he said
CHORUS
With the wind in the willows and the birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie
We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine
To share on our journey with all of mankind
So I asked them to tell me their names and their race
That I might remember their kindness and grace
My name it is Joseph this is Mary my wife
And this is our young son who is our dear life
CHORUS
So I sat down beside them with the gay flowers around
We ate from our mantle spread out on the ground
They told me of people of prophets and kings
And all of the one god who knew everything
CHORUS
We are travelling to Glaston down Englands green lanes
To hear of mens troubles to hear of mens pains
We travel the wide world over land over sea
To tell all the people how they can be free
CHORUS
So sadly I left them on that old country lane
I know that I never shall see them again
One was an old man the second a maid
The third was a young boy who smiled as he said
CHORUS
If we all behaved ourselves, we were allowed to sing it at the end - it was the school favourite!
Wow memories on that thread! This was my favourite along with I vow to thee my country!
I have now found the lyrics (believe it or not they came from a similar thread in some other forum)…
Funny though. I remember the tune pretty well, but I can't remember the tune to the main "Everybody's building" bit. Can anyone somehow describe it? Notes would do (I'm a musician). Or just tell me where the rests were.
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And when the Savior came that way,
he looked up in the tree,
And said 'Now Zaccheus you come down
cos I'm going to your house for tea!'"
As a child, I always had the image of Jesus Christ sitting in a dining room with a cup of tea in his hand eating sandwiches.
Ah, that was a lovely Alan Bennett-ish image!
Here's an idea of the chorus of the building song: Hope this makes sense....
C C C C D / F /
F F F F G / A /
A A A A Bflat A G F G / G / C.../ / /
D D D D C / A /
B flat A G F D / C /
Can't remember the last bit, but I hope that gives the gist!:)
I don't suppose it was "Come Ye Thankful People, Come"? That's quite a sombre autumn song, although I don't remember singing it in school much.
No, after a little googling I've managed to confirm that the song might actually be called "Look for signs that summer's done". It starts off something like
Look for signs that's summer's done
Winter's drawing near
See the fields all bare and brown
Turning of the year
I don't think it is actually a bleak or depressing song, it's just that it evokes those type of images and memories for me. If anyone knows where I can find the complete lyrics it would be great.
Court of king caracterus? :P
I also remember a song about someone finding a peanut.
Oh that peanut song was torture - just made up of successive one-line verses repeated over and over. Didn't really think it was an assembly song though, more the kind of thing the kids used to sing to kill time on long, boring coach trips back from days out.
Same goes for King Caractacus - I like the song, but it reminds me too much of 'cool' college student gays (read: fat, overcompensatory dress-sense/hairstyle, ****-hag in tow) having their moment of glory at the end of the night in bars and clubs, by being the only ones able to do the whole bloody routine (same goes for the Blockbusters theme tune).
No, after a little googling I've managed to confirm that the song might actually be called "Look for signs that summer's done".
Can't find the lyrics, but it features in the song book "Someone's Singing, Lord" ( here or here.) This book had loads of "classics"! And you can buy it (with CD) for £16.99!
Full listing of the book…
"Someone's Singing, Lord" song book:
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 And Zero
A Little Tiny Bird
All The Flowers Are Waking
All Things Which Live Below The Sky
At Half Past Three We Go Home To Tea
Can You Count The Stars?
Come, Let Us Remember The Joys Of The Town
Father, We Thank You For The Night
For All The Strength We Have
Give To Us Eyes
God Bless The Grass That Grows Through The Crack
God Who Put The Stars In Space
Hands To Work And Feet To Run He Gave Me Eyes So I Could See — Ah, I remember that one ("I've got to tell it to the world… he… made… me!")
Hurray For Jesus
I Danced In The Morning
I Have Seen The Golden Sunshine
I Love God's Tiny Creatures
I Love The Sun
If I Had A Hammer
I'm Very Glad Of God
In The Early Morning
It Fell Upon A Summer Day
Jesus' Hands Were Kind Hands
Kum Ba Yah
Little Birds In Winter Time
Look For Signs That Summer's Done
Look Out For Loneliness
Lord, I Love To Stamp And Shout
Milk Bottle Tops And Paper Bags
Morning Has Broken
Now Jesus One Day
O Jesus, We Are Well And Strong
O Lord! Shout For Joy!
Over The Earth Is A Mat Of Green
Praise To God For Things We See
See How The Snowflakes Are Falling
Stand Up, Clap Hands, Shout Thank You, Lord
The Farmer Comes To Scatter The Seed
The Flowers That Grow In The Garden
The Golden Cockerel
The Ink Is Black, The Page Is White
The Journey Of Life
The Sun That Shines Across The Sea
Think Of A World Without Any Flowers
Think, Think On These Things
This Is A Lovely World
To God Who Makes All Lovely Things
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
We Have A King Who Rides A Donkey
We Praise You For The Sun
We're Going Home
When A Knight Won His Spurs
When I Needed A Neighbour
When Lamps Are Lighted
When The Corn Is Planted
Who Built The Ark?
Who Can See The Great Wind Blow?
Who's That Sitting In The Sycamore Tree?
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Morning Has Broken
etc
Plus we had to learn carols off by heart in the junior school. In the seniors we got hymn sheets. :rolleyes: But that's the Grange School in Hartford for you perhaps!
You're talking one of the top independent schools in the country, with a tough record on discipline and standards so high that they expect a good few people to get to Oxbridge, and that the former head of Business Studies and Economics lost his job because ONE person failed A level Business Studies.
You're talking one of the top independent schools in the country, with a tough record on discipline and standards so high that they expect a good few people to get to Oxbridge, and that the former head of Business Studies and Economics lost his job because ONE person failed A level Business Studies.
If I had a hammer...
I'd hammer in the morin',
I'd hammer in the evenin',
All over this land.
I'd hammer out danger!
I'd hammer out warning!
I'd hammer our love, between, my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land!
what about this one i cant remember it all but here goes
what shall we do today to keep our bedroom tidy
come along surprize me whatll we do today
we will pick the pens and paper and will put them in a box that is what we will do today
Does anyone remember the one about the man who built his house on the hill and the other on the sand and then the floods came and the man whose house was on the sand was washed away? It was something like that and I can barely remember it.
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!
We sang that!
I loved the Autumn Days song (just looked it up on YouTube, and I couldn't stop smiling!)
I used to like singing Lord of the Dance, Keep Me Travelling Along With You, and He's Got The Whole World In His Hands too.
I remember we sang hymns in assembly (Morning Has Broken, Spirit of God etc) - incidentally Spirit of God is the same tune as the Skye Boat Song isnt it?
Try singing:
Spirit of God as strong as the wind
Gentle as is the dove
Give us your joy and give us your peace
Show to us Jesus' love
I remember "When a Knight Won His Spurs" too but have forgotten the proper words - damn you Alan Ahlberg!
But also folk tunes (Streets of London, Jamaica Farewell), perhaps even Morningtown Ride by The Seekers
I remember singing The Orinoco Kid by Mike Batt (I think!) at some Wild West show we put on and some American ballad about a dying cowboy.
I dont believe in God though so it felt odd at times having to sing stuff I didnt believe in.
And looking back I do think one had quite a sinister image -
I was cold I was naked
Were you there? Were you there?
:eek: Maybe we didnt sing those words, can't remember.
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!
This was banned from my school as everybody started singing 'He's got the whole world in his pants':o.
I went to a Welsh primary school so wondering if any other Welshies had to sing these -
Ffrindiau, Ffrindiau
Diolch
Diolch Wnawn O Dduw I Ti
Molwch
Nadolig Llawen Iawn I Ti
Braf Yw Bwyta
Calon Lan
And the favourite, Pe Bawn I
Pe bawn i, yn iar fach yr haf,
Diolchwn i ti am gael hedfan yn iaf,
etc
And then the chorus with the hand gestures!
"Wel fe roddest ti wen, ac fe roddest ti gan,
Fe roddest ti Iesu, a calon lan,
Ond diolch, diolch o Dduw am gwneud fi yn fi!".
Nowadays in our secondary school assemblies, we don't have any songs, Welsh or English but whenever we're going anywhere on a bus, we always sing -
"Everywhere we go-o (everywhere we go-o)
People wanna know (people wanna know)
Where we come from (where do you come from?)
Who the f**k we are (who the f**k you are)
So we tell them! (so we tell them)"
and then we just shout the school name repeatedly until we get told off by the teachers, who were secretly joining in
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing
Onward, the sailors cry
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye.
2. Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
Thunder clouds rend the air
Baffled our foe's stand on the shore
Follow they will not dare.
3. Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head.
4. Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field.
5. Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men
Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again
BTW I grew up in West London
That's the tune I sang too! Only the words were
Spirit of God as strong as the wind
(or something like that).
I remember the Going To The Zoo song sung by Julie Felix (well actually when I was little I didnt know it was Julie Felix on tape!) and the Sing a Rainbow song.
But IMO our school sang the wrong words - it should be:
Listen with your eyes
Listen with your eyes
And sing everything you see
You can sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow Sing along with me
But our school sang "Sing a rainbow too" in place of that line, so it didnt rhyme I always wanted to say "You're doing it wrong! :mad:
I remember we sang hymns in assembly (Morning Has Broken, Spirit of God etc) - incidentally Spirit of God is the same tune as the Skye Boat Song isnt it?
Try singing:
Spirit of God as strong as the wind
Gentle as is the dove
Give us your joy and give us your peace
Show to us Jesus' love
I had completely forgotten about this one. Only after reading the lyrics to the tune of the Skye Boat Song did it come back to me! Another one for my list, thanks!
I saw a YouTube comment about school songs so typed it in Google and this thread came up!
I remember "Children Go Where I Send You" or something like that (The Seekers recorded that one as I found out much later).
Comments
Wow memories on that thread! This was my favourite along with I vow to thee my country!
Callie
Ah, that was a lovely Alan Bennett-ish image!
Here's an idea of the chorus of the building song: Hope this makes sense....
C C C C D / F /
F F F F G / A /
A A A A Bflat A G F G / G / C.../ / /
D D D D C / A /
B flat A G F D / C /
Can't remember the last bit, but I hope that gives the gist!:)
The Rainbow Song
The Magic Penny
If You're Happy And You Know it, Clap Your Hands. This version is a little different that the one we sang at school.
No, after a little googling I've managed to confirm that the song might actually be called "Look for signs that summer's done". It starts off something like
Look for signs that's summer's done
Winter's drawing near
See the fields all bare and brown
Turning of the year
I don't think it is actually a bleak or depressing song, it's just that it evokes those type of images and memories for me. If anyone knows where I can find the complete lyrics it would be great.
I also remember a song about someone finding a peanut.
Oh that peanut song was torture - just made up of successive one-line verses repeated over and over. Didn't really think it was an assembly song though, more the kind of thing the kids used to sing to kill time on long, boring coach trips back from days out.
Same goes for King Caractacus - I like the song, but it reminds me too much of 'cool' college student gays (read: fat, overcompensatory dress-sense/hairstyle, ****-hag in tow) having their moment of glory at the end of the night in bars and clubs, by being the only ones able to do the whole bloody routine (same goes for the Blockbusters theme tune).
Can't find the lyrics, but it features in the song book "Someone's Singing, Lord" ( here or here.) This book had loads of "classics"! And you can buy it (with CD) for £16.99!
Full listing of the book…
"Someone's Singing, Lord" song book:
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 And Zero
A Little Tiny Bird
All The Flowers Are Waking
All Things Which Live Below The Sky
At Half Past Three We Go Home To Tea
Can You Count The Stars?
Come, Let Us Remember The Joys Of The Town
Father, We Thank You For The Night
For All The Strength We Have
Give To Us Eyes
God Bless The Grass That Grows Through The Crack
God Who Put The Stars In Space
Hands To Work And Feet To Run
He Gave Me Eyes So I Could See — Ah, I remember that one ("I've got to tell it to the world… he… made… me!")
Hurray For Jesus
I Danced In The Morning
I Have Seen The Golden Sunshine
I Love God's Tiny Creatures
I Love The Sun
If I Had A Hammer
I'm Very Glad Of God
In The Early Morning
It Fell Upon A Summer Day
Jesus' Hands Were Kind Hands
Kum Ba Yah
Little Birds In Winter Time
Look For Signs That Summer's Done
Look Out For Loneliness
Lord, I Love To Stamp And Shout
Milk Bottle Tops And Paper Bags
Morning Has Broken
Now Jesus One Day
O Jesus, We Are Well And Strong
O Lord! Shout For Joy!
Over The Earth Is A Mat Of Green
Praise To God For Things We See
See How The Snowflakes Are Falling
Stand Up, Clap Hands, Shout Thank You, Lord
The Farmer Comes To Scatter The Seed
The Flowers That Grow In The Garden
The Golden Cockerel
The Ink Is Black, The Page Is White
The Journey Of Life
The Sun That Shines Across The Sea
Think Of A World Without Any Flowers
Think, Think On These Things
This Is A Lovely World
To God Who Makes All Lovely Things
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
We Have A King Who Rides A Donkey
We Praise You For The Sun
We're Going Home
When A Knight Won His Spurs
When I Needed A Neighbour
When Lamps Are Lighted
When The Corn Is Planted
Who Built The Ark?
Who Can See The Great Wind Blow?
Who's That Sitting In The Sycamore Tree?
I sang all these in school. I'm surprised I'd forgotten "The Magic Penny" (Love is Something If You Give It Away). we sang that one all the time.
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Morning Has Broken
etc
Plus we had to learn carols off by heart in the junior school. In the seniors we got hymn sheets. :rolleyes: But that's the Grange School in Hartford for you perhaps!
"Weh-weh—wa—Waaaaaah!"
Mr Bronston: "DANNY KENDAAALL!"
[cue flying sausage on a fork]
lol
You're talking one of the top independent schools in the country, with a tough record on discipline and standards so high that they expect a good few people to get to Oxbridge, and that the former head of Business Studies and Economics lost his job because ONE person failed A level Business Studies.
There were two of these - 'Time and Tune' and Singing Together'.
Every Easter without fail, we used to sing songs from a musical (I think) called Jerusalem Joy. Anyone heard of that? The first song began:
Jesus rode a donkey into town
Many folk turned out from miles around
What a sight to see
A man to set men free
Riding on a donkey into town
Great thread, btw. The memories!
I'd hammer in the morin',
I'd hammer in the evenin',
All over this land.
I'd hammer out danger!
I'd hammer out warning!
I'd hammer our love, between, my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land!
Do-do-doo-doo...Do-do-doo-doo....
Onward, the sailors cry
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye.
2. Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
Thunder clouds rend the air
Baffled our foe's stand on the shore
Follow they will not dare.
3. Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head.
4. Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came, silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field.
5. Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men
Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again
BTW I grew up in West London
what shall we do today to keep our bedroom tidy
come along surprize me whatll we do today
we will pick the pens and paper and will put them in a box that is what we will do today
or something like that
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!
We sang that!
I loved the Autumn Days song (just looked it up on YouTube, and I couldn't stop smiling!)
I used to like singing Lord of the Dance, Keep Me Travelling Along With You, and He's Got The Whole World In His Hands too.
We sang 'When I'm 64' too.
Try singing:
Spirit of God as strong as the wind
Gentle as is the dove
Give us your joy and give us your peace
Show to us Jesus' love
I remember "When a Knight Won His Spurs" too but have forgotten the proper words - damn you Alan Ahlberg!
But also folk tunes (Streets of London, Jamaica Farewell), perhaps even Morningtown Ride by The Seekers
I remember singing The Orinoco Kid by Mike Batt (I think!) at some Wild West show we put on and some American ballad about a dying cowboy.
I dont believe in God though so it felt odd at times having to sing stuff I didnt believe in.
And looking back I do think one had quite a sinister image -
I was cold I was naked
Were you there? Were you there?
:eek: Maybe we didnt sing those words, can't remember.
Sorry for bringing this thread up!
This was banned from my school as everybody started singing 'He's got the whole world in his pants':o.
Ffrindiau, Ffrindiau
Diolch
Diolch Wnawn O Dduw I Ti
Molwch
Nadolig Llawen Iawn I Ti
Braf Yw Bwyta
Calon Lan
And the favourite, Pe Bawn I
Pe bawn i, yn iar fach yr haf,
Diolchwn i ti am gael hedfan yn iaf,
etc
And then the chorus with the hand gestures!
"Wel fe roddest ti wen, ac fe roddest ti gan,
Fe roddest ti Iesu, a calon lan,
Ond diolch, diolch o Dduw am gwneud fi yn fi!".
Nowadays in our secondary school assemblies, we don't have any songs, Welsh or English but whenever we're going anywhere on a bus, we always sing -
"Everywhere we go-o (everywhere we go-o)
People wanna know (people wanna know)
Where we come from (where do you come from?)
Who the f**k we are (who the f**k you are)
So we tell them! (so we tell them)"
and then we just shout the school name repeatedly until we get told off by the teachers, who were secretly joining in
That's the tune I sang too! Only the words were
Spirit of God as strong as the wind
(or something like that).
I remember the Going To The Zoo song sung by Julie Felix (well actually when I was little I didnt know it was Julie Felix on tape!) and the Sing a Rainbow song.
But IMO our school sang the wrong words - it should be:
Listen with your eyes
Listen with your eyes
And sing everything you see
You can sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow
Sing along with me
But our school sang "Sing a rainbow too" in place of that line, so it didnt rhyme I always wanted to say "You're doing it wrong! :mad:
The thread hasn’t been replied to in over two years! There are probably teenagers on here who are nostalgic about this thread from their “childhood”!
I have very early (1808) Children's Hymn book. It is full of stirring stuff like,
For some unaccountable reason this hymn seems to have fallen by the wayside.
I remember "Children Go Where I Send You" or something like that (The Seekers recorded that one as I found out much later).