I left primary school only 8 years ago, but when I think it seems much longer than that!
I have fond memories from both of my primary schools, also did the old 'sing different lyrics and see if the teacher notices'. I remember we had a 'singing assembly' on a Thursday, where we would be tought and rehearse songs to be sang in the Friday/Monday assembly, which would be the more formal assemblies broke up into different segments by songs. This thread has sure brought back some memories!
THIs song was sung every friday along with other war time one's but cant for the life of me remember them
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile,
While you’ve a lucifer to light your ****,
Smile, boys, that’s the style.
What’s the use of worrying?
It never was worth while, so
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile.
And yes i was in primary school in the 80's not 40's lol
You'd think wouldn't you? But I'm a music teacher in a primary school where what used to be 'hymn practise' once a week is now called 'singing assembly' (taken by any member of staff, not by me) and they sing these songs with the backing CD:
The kids even call them cheesy! It's such a shame that all these lovely old hymns and songs will be lost.
Yes, we use those "Songs for every assembly" books too, and we have "singing assembly" too. And, just like in your school, it used to be taken by the music co-ordinator and now we all take turns using the backing CDs.
I do agree with you, some of the new songs are OK but some are very cheesy, and it's a shame that great old songs and hymns are not used - especially sad when it's down to the PC brigade "don't sing any songs mentioning Jesus in case you upset the Muslims" etc.
When I was a wee titch in primary school in the 1960's we sang a funny little song, which stayed with me all this time. Frustratingly though, I could never remember the ending. If anyone has heard of it, or can find reference to it, I'd love them forever.
Wouldn't it be funny if mice ran after cats
Wouldn't it be funny if birds were blind as bats
Wouldn't it be funny if the honey made the bees
and what a sight would be to see the snakes fly through the trees
Wouldn't it be funny if the fields and trees were blue
Curious and funny if a cow went down with flu
Wouldn't it be funny if the sky above was green
and in below two valleys ran a mountain inbetween
If all this happened what a funny world would be
Land would be all water, dry would be the sea
People would be walking on their hands and not their feet
Sugar would be be bitter and the juice of lemon sweet
I don't know that one, but it did remind me of a similar one we did when I was wee.
Wouldn't it be funny if the sky was green,
And the grass such a lovely shade of blue.
If cats went woof, dogs miaow,
and the birds in the trees went moo.
Oh, what a laugh, what a giggle, what a laugh
Wearing shoes upon your hands.
We'd be walking around with gloves upon our feet
In Topsy-Turvy land.
Think of the things that we could do,
You could be me and I could be you,
Let's listen to the flowers sing,
We could see all kinds of things.
Oh, what a laugh, what a giggle, what a laugh
Wearing shoes upon your hands.
We'd be walking around with gloves upon our feet
In Topsy-Turvy land.
I also remember the jeelie piece song...
I'm a skyscraper wean, I live on the nineteenth flair,
But I'm no gaun oot to play ony mair,
Since we moved to Castlemilk, I'm wasting away,
Cause I'm getting one less meal every day.
O 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 and ninety-nine to one.
On the first day my maw flung out a piece o' Hovis brown.
It came skyting oot the winda and went up insteid o' doon,
But every twenty-seven hours it comes back into sight,
Cause my piece went into orbit and became a satellite.
One the second day my maw flung me a piece oot once again.
It went and hit the pilot in a fast, low-flying plane.
He scraped it off his goggles, shouting through the intercom:
The Clydeside Reds have got me wi' a breid-and-jeely bomb!'
One the third day my maw thought she would try another throw.
The Salvation Army band was staunin' doon below.
Onward Christian Soldiers was the piece they should have played,
But the oompah-man was playing a piece-on-marmalade.
We've wrote away tae Oxfam to try and get some aid,
And a' the weans in Castlemilk have formed a "Piece" brigade;
We're going to march to George's Square, demanding civil rights,
Like Building Nae Mair Hooses Over Piece-Flinging Height!'
I don't know that one, but it did remind me of a similar one we did when I was wee.
Wouldn't it be funny if the sky was green,
And the grass such a lovely shade of blue.
If cats went woof, dogs miaow,
and the birds in the trees went moo.
Oh, what a laugh, what a giggle, what a laugh
Wearing shoes upon your hands.
We'd be walking around with gloves upon our feet
In Topsy-Turvy land.
Think of the things that we could do,
You could be me and I could be you,
Let's listen to the flowers sing,
We could see all kinds of things.
Oh, what a laugh, what a giggle, what a laugh
Wearing shoes upon your hands.
We'd be walking around with gloves upon our feet
In Topsy-Turvy land.
Hey Jo, wow the two songs are very similar, what with hands and feet swapped around, green skies, and blue grass, although your birds mooed and my cows had flu!
You'd think wouldn't you? But I'm a music teacher in a primary school where what used to be 'hymn practise' once a week is now called 'singing assembly' (taken by any member of staff, not by me) and they sing these songs with the backing CD:
My music teacher in Primary school was the best. She was called Ms Morris and she used to get the whole school to sing a mixture of new and old songs. I went to Primary in mid 1990s as you can tell from some of the songs:o:o
Maybe its because I'm Londoner
The theme to Titanic
5,6,7,8- Steps
We are the world Where have all the flowers gone
Kumbaya my lord
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
In his hands, he got the whole world
This Little Light of Mine
There once was a man named Michael Finnegan Memories all alone in the moonlight
Catch a falling star We will meet again
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
KINGSTON TOWN
The songs in bold used to make me feel sad when I was young but I still loved singing them.
There is a lot more songs but I can't remember them all. But sing along to songs was one of the best memories that I kept from Primary School.
It is a shame if schools don't do it.
I loved this song below:
KINGSTON TOWN
Harry Belafonte
Down the way, where the nights are gay,
and the sun shines daily on the mountain top,
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
and when I reach Jamaica I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
Sounds of laughter everywhere,
and the dancing girls swing to and through.
I must declare my heart is there,
thou I've been from Maine to Mexico.
But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
At the market you can hear,
ladies cry out while on their heads they bear,
acky rice, salt, fish are nice and the rum is fine any time a year.
But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
Down the way, where the nights are gay,
and the sun shines daily on the mountain top,
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
and when I reach Jamaica I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
Sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
Love it, we sang all of these as well! I remember we had wee actions for the spring chicken song and everything.
"reach up, jump up, give your friend the thumbs up! It's another new day" (or something like that )
We did those too . We used to put our arms to the side and flap them like we were chickens . And on the "reach up" song, when it said thumbs up, we were made to turn around and give someone next to us a thumbs up! I was once sat next to a teacher and poked her in the eye!
We did those too . We used to put our arms to the side and flap them like we were chickens . And on the "reach up" song, when it said thumbs up, we were made to turn around and give someone next to us a thumbs up! I was once sat next to a teacher and poked her in the eye!
Yup, we did all those actions! Lol at the teacher, that would've been genius to see!
Haha I just tried listening to them, those kids have such posh accents, soo different to how they sounded at my school I think we did all the ones in that book, apart from the vaguely religious ones. We must've had the other books too though, cos I recognise some from them too.
I did that Jamaican farewell too I love this, basically reliving primary school.
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I have fond memories from both of my primary schools, also did the old 'sing different lyrics and see if the teacher notices'.
That's the one!
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile,
While you’ve a lucifer to light your ****,
Smile, boys, that’s the style.
What’s the use of worrying?
It never was worth while, so
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile.
And yes i was in primary school in the 80's not 40's lol
Yes, we use those "Songs for every assembly" books too, and we have "singing assembly" too. And, just like in your school, it used to be taken by the music co-ordinator and now we all take turns using the backing CDs.
I do agree with you, some of the new songs are OK but some are very cheesy, and it's a shame that great old songs and hymns are not used - especially sad when it's down to the PC brigade "don't sing any songs mentioning Jesus in case you upset the Muslims" etc.
Lavender Blue
Dilly dilly
Lavender Green
I will be King
Dilly dilly
You will be Queen
one about Norman a Zebra at the Zoo ? he escaped and ran to waterloo??
The coca cola song?? ermm i dont remember the words
One about a woman who lost her way and didnt know where to roam? she may have dillyed and dallyed on the way???
When Im 64
I saw a mouse - where? there on the stair
My grandfathers clock?
All on the ohp in various coloured pens oh yes primary school was good
When I was a wee titch in primary school in the 1960's we sang a funny little song, which stayed with me all this time. Frustratingly though, I could never remember the ending. If anyone has heard of it, or can find reference to it, I'd love them forever.
Wouldn't it be funny if mice ran after cats
Wouldn't it be funny if birds were blind as bats
Wouldn't it be funny if the honey made the bees
and what a sight would be to see the snakes fly through the trees
Wouldn't it be funny if the fields and trees were blue
Curious and funny if a cow went down with flu
Wouldn't it be funny if the sky above was green
and in below two valleys ran a mountain inbetween
If all this happened what a funny world would be
Land would be all water, dry would be the sea
People would be walking on their hands and not their feet
Sugar would be be bitter and the juice of lemon sweet
Wouldn't it be funny if the sky was green,
And the grass such a lovely shade of blue.
If cats went woof, dogs miaow,
and the birds in the trees went moo.
Oh, what a laugh, what a giggle, what a laugh
Wearing shoes upon your hands.
We'd be walking around with gloves upon our feet
In Topsy-Turvy land.
Think of the things that we could do,
You could be me and I could be you,
Let's listen to the flowers sing,
We could see all kinds of things.
Oh, what a laugh, what a giggle, what a laugh
Wearing shoes upon your hands.
We'd be walking around with gloves upon our feet
In Topsy-Turvy land.
I also remember the jeelie piece song...
I'm a skyscraper wean, I live on the nineteenth flair,
But I'm no gaun oot to play ony mair,
Since we moved to Castlemilk, I'm wasting away,
Cause I'm getting one less meal every day.
O 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 and ninety-nine to one.
On the first day my maw flung out a piece o' Hovis brown.
It came skyting oot the winda and went up insteid o' doon,
But every twenty-seven hours it comes back into sight,
Cause my piece went into orbit and became a satellite.
One the second day my maw flung me a piece oot once again.
It went and hit the pilot in a fast, low-flying plane.
He scraped it off his goggles, shouting through the intercom:
The Clydeside Reds have got me wi' a breid-and-jeely bomb!'
One the third day my maw thought she would try another throw.
The Salvation Army band was staunin' doon below.
Onward Christian Soldiers was the piece they should have played,
But the oompah-man was playing a piece-on-marmalade.
We've wrote away tae Oxfam to try and get some aid,
And a' the weans in Castlemilk have formed a "Piece" brigade;
We're going to march to George's Square, demanding civil rights,
Like Building Nae Mair Hooses Over Piece-Flinging Height!'
That one always made me laugh, it's great.
Hey Jo, wow the two songs are very similar, what with hands and feet swapped around, green skies, and blue grass, although your birds mooed and my cows had flu!
Wait for it to grow
Dooooon't disturb it...."
And "I'm aaaaa spring chicken..."
"Wake up wake give yourself a shakeup, get your body moving".
We used to sing nearly all of those :eek: Thank, they bring back soo many memories.
Love it, we sang all of these as well!
"reach up, jump up, give your friend the thumbs up! It's another new day"
Maybe its because I'm Londoner
The theme to Titanic
5,6,7,8- Steps
We are the world
Where have all the flowers gone
Kumbaya my lord
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
In his hands, he got the whole world
This Little Light of Mine
There once was a man named Michael Finnegan
Memories all alone in the moonlight
Catch a falling star
We will meet again
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
KINGSTON TOWN
The songs in bold used to make me feel sad when I was young but I still loved singing them.
There is a lot more songs but I can't remember them all. But sing along to songs was one of the best memories that I kept from Primary School.
It is a shame if schools don't do it.
I loved this song below:
KINGSTON TOWN
Harry Belafonte
Down the way, where the nights are gay,
and the sun shines daily on the mountain top,
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
and when I reach Jamaica I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
Sounds of laughter everywhere,
and the dancing girls swing to and through.
I must declare my heart is there,
thou I've been from Maine to Mexico.
But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
At the market you can hear,
ladies cry out while on their heads they bear,
acky rice, salt, fish are nice and the rum is fine any time a year.
But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
Down the way, where the nights are gay,
and the sun shines daily on the mountain top,
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
and when I reach Jamaica I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
Sad to say,
I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
We sang that one too at a sort of Carribean themed (?) show the class put on one year. I like that song.
We did those too
Here's the link.
http://www.outoftheark.co.uk/products/assembly-songbooks/songs-for-every-assembly.html
You can listen to a sample of them too!
Yup, we did all those actions!
Haha I just tried listening to them, those kids have such posh accents, soo different to how they sounded at my school
I did that Jamaican farewell too