Songs from Primary School

Bradfordlass -
At Eastertime the angels said,
That Christ is risen from the dead!
At Eastertime, at Eastertime,
How glad the world at Eastertime!

I remember singing hymns in the assembly like morning has broken. And all things bright and beautiful.

Yes lemon grove I still sing this at nursery every day with my kiddies.

I remember that skipping song and
The Big Ship Sails on the Ally Ally Oh

And the skipping songs, one I remember:
On a mountain stands a lady
who she is I do not know
all she wants is gold and silver
all she wants is a nice young beau
I wish I could remember the rest!

Thanks Chewbacca. I will listen to it.

LEMONGROVE Hail Queen of Heaven ,The Ocean Star

I admit I had to go find my old school hymn book to get it

You can listen here Greenfinch

youtu.be/NJdH5MczsXs

Time and Tune!. That's the one Granulation.
I've been trying to think of the name. We had the words to the songs printed in a booklet and sang along to the music on the radio. I can't remember what any of the songs were though.

Oh gosh, I remember nearly all these songs, but then I have always loved singing. I have been in choirs since I was about 9 and today I spent a very enjoyable day at a Come and Sing event.

^ “As I went down to Strawberry Fair, Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies.” Could anything be more joyful?^

Spot on Granny70s

Won’t it be sad when these sweet songs are sung no more? Our grandchildren don’t know them for sure.
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I could remember the tune but not the words. Now I can sing it again

Thanks Chewbacca. That really takes me back. Lovely words.

Those words still conjure up a warm crowded school hall with the heady scents of the flowers in it.

Marianina:

O'er the ocean flies a merry fay,
Soft her wings are as a cloud of day,
As she passes all the blue waves say:
"Marianina, do not roam,
Whither, whither is your home,
Come and turn us into foam,
Marianina, Marianina,
Come, O come and turn us into foam!"

Yes Buffy we sang Green Grow The Rushes O, I really liked that one.
What was the hymn called ( Catholic ) that had the words,
‘Star of the sea, pray for the wanderer, pray for me’ in it?
Sung in May or June, lots of flowers etc.

I sang most of these songs, though we didn’t do Marianina. Perhaps I’m too old (born 1940). I loved singing at school, and was affected for my whole life by those early songs and hymns. I have always sung in choirs, some very good ones.

The words mattered a lot to me as well as the tunes. I used to love the verse in When a Knight Won his Spurs, “Though back into Storyland giants have fled/And the knights are no more and the dragons are dead.” So dramatic and sad!

All those lovely folk songs from The National Song Book - they are part of our heritage and the history of our country. I find it very sad that my children learnt none of them. The Ash Grove is one of the loveliest - Llwyn On, Anniebach? Is that right? Strawberry Fair is another I remember with affection - “As I went down to Strawberry Fair, Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies.” Could anything be more joyful? I remember them all.

I loved most hymns, especially My Song is Love Unknown and St Patrick’s Breastplate. As for carols.....where to start?

Rushes

Can anyone remember, Green Grow the Rushed O?
Also someone mentioned the song with the chorus: Hey down, ho down, Derry Derry down.
I seem to remember it started: The Keeper did a hunting go and under his cloak, he carried a bow.

I don’t know any of your songs Bradfordlass in fact I can’t remember many except hymns at school and repetitive songs in the playground

We used to go to the Falkirk festival for primary school choirs, and I can still remember Grasshopper Green and Oh Can Ye Sew Cushions?

My record brought tears to my eyes when I played it on my stepfather’s record player. The sweetness of children’s voices, earnestly singing ... slightly younger than my grandson is now, a year or two older than my granddaughter..

Gosh, 60y ago.

Oh witch oh witch she lives in a ditch and combs her hair with a hickory switch ????

From around 1968- 1970 ?

Oh, paddyanne, these were all my favourites. I can still shed a tear at memories of the holiday hymn, and bringing flowers of the rarest to crown the statue at the May Procession!

Not sure if these are the right words but I loved

“Glad that I live am I ... that the sky is blue.”

“Glad for the country lanes and the fall of dew ...”

I also loved ( probably no longer politically correct )

Over the the sea are some little brown children, father and mother and baby dear

And

Lord of all hopefulness..... ( reminds me of primary school ) and still brings tears to my eyes .