Old childhood songs

Old Zip Coon
There was once a man with a double chin
And he played all day on the violin
And he played all night and he played in tune,
But he wouldn’t play anything but . . .

Oreo Hey ho, away we go, donkey riding, donkey riding, hey ho, away we go, riding on a donkey.
Where you ever in Quebec, stowing timber on the deck.etc. etc. (Sorry, can't remember any more. )
What a lovely thread this is. My lifelong love of folk music dates from 'singing together ' at primary school.

It's beautiful, MusicGirl.
I'm sure i could fall asleep to it, it's so gentle.

We should really pay homage to Cecil Sharp and his passion for collecting a lot of the wonderful folk songs on this lovely thread.

I'm sure I'm not on my own remembering being in primary school in the 50s...out would come a big radio speaker, the song sheet booklets would be passed around the class and we'd have an hour singing our heads off to
Dashing away with the smoothing iron or The Lincolnshire Poacher or Soldier Soldier won't you marry me alongside many of the others mentioned. I seem to think it was broadcast on a Friday morning but not 100% sure.
Happy days!

Nannee49 Hear hear for Cecil Sharp, plus Vaughan Williams and Delius👍

Give me a home amongst the gum trees
With lots of plum trees was written in the 1970s and my kids used to sing it along with the kookaburras sits in the old gum trees.
I remember the Big ship sails on the Alley alley Oo, London 1950 s. Plus R Whites ginger beer goes off pop with a penny on the bottle when you take it to the shop - skipping game.

Little Dolly Dreams tried to ride a bit..

A bit naughty but fun

I loved Singing Together! Douglas Combes was the man behind the programme and suggested little practical projects for the classes, just incase the class teacher wanted to tie it into a class project. If he’s still alive, he would be in his 80s now, what a gifted musician he was!
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I can't remember singing together.

rubysong

Oreo Hey ho, away we go, donkey riding, donkey riding, hey ho, away we go, riding on a donkey.
Where you ever in Quebec, stowing timber on the deck.etc. etc. (Sorry, can't remember any more. )
What a lovely thread this is. My lifelong love of folk music dates from 'singing together ' at primary school.

Was it:
Were you ever in Quebec, Stowing timber on the deck
Where there's a king in a golden crown, Riding on a donkey. ...

Padine

I loved Singing Together! Douglas Combes was the man behind the programme and suggested little practical projects for the classes, just incase the class teacher wanted to tie it into a class project. If he’s still alive, he would be in his 80s now, what a gifted musician he was!
🎵🎶🎵

I remember listening to the Singing Together BBC radio programmes for schools. There was "Rhythm and Melody" and "Time and Tune".

All our teachers were able to play the piano and we used to practise and learn the songs between broadcasts.

This a lovely thread, lots of happy memories, some of these I sing now to my grandkids.
Does anyone remember the pull out songbooks from the middle of women’s magazines during 1960’s? I used to love them.

This thread has made me smile.
My favourite song when I was young was The Lollipop Tree sung by Burl Ives. I just imagined having one.
Good job I didn’t, I would have false teeth by now!

Oh dear Oreo I remember those songs too. Must go and lie down in a darkened room.
( lie/lay ?)

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This thread brought back happy memories of a record (LP) that I remember having when I was a young child in the 60s. I did a Google search and, hey presto, there it was! Does anyone else remember Wally Whyton?

Yes Minibookworm I remember him. We had that same LP when I was a child 😄

PamelaJ1
That immediately made me think of On The Good Ship Lollipop.

You're clearly not of an elderly age like wot I am Missadventure

Probably not, Nanneee49
If is any consolation, i feel about 100.

Wally Whyton and Pussycat Willum
Burl Ives - The Lollypop Tree and The Big Rock Candy Mountain

Oh! The memories.

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo,
How about you, you, you?
You can come too, too, too......

I went to the animal fair
The birds and bees were there
The old raccoon by the light of the moon was combing his auburn hair
The monkey went kerplunk
Fell over the elephant's trunk
The elephant sneezed, fell down on his knees,
But what became of the monk-ey, monkey, monkey....

Love this thread.
So many memories.
I loved singing many songs but a firm favourite from morning assembly was ‘All things bright and beautiful’.

We must have had a teacher from Manchester because we often sang
Farewell Manchester.
sadly I depart
Tear drops bodingly
From their prison start
I forget the rest except for Ever dear, Manchester my home at the end

We didn’t have the schools radio music programmes at my school, but if ever I was off school, or had a holiday when the programmes were still on, I listened to them and joined in eagerly.

My father used to sing “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine” to me. My mother would never have been that sentimental! I loved it.