What songs do you remember having to sing at school?


The earliest one that i remember is

"Let's go fly a kite"

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite
And send it soaring

Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite
Let's go fly a kite!


that was all the way back in grade 1, for some reason it has stuck in my mind.

"This is the song that never ends
Yes it goes on and on my friends
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was

And they'll continue singing it forever
just because ..."

3 is a Magic Number from Schoolhouse Rock

I remember singing alot of folksongs and some comedy folksongs.

Two I kinda remember were:

Down in the valley
The Valley so low
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow
Hear the wind blow, dear, hear the wind blow
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.

Roses love sunshine, violets love dew
Angels in heaven know I love you
Know I love you, dear, know I love you
Angels in heaven, know I love you.

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And some song based on the Pied Piper story:

(We sang this as the "villagers" - I was the "baker")

rats oh oh we've got rats
they're driving us bats
oh oh rats

(Baker)
Rats came in my pastry shop
eat my pies and rolls
First the doughnuts they devour
now they're eating holes.

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Now why would I remember this 30 odd years later, I have no idea.

"Rufus Rustus Johnson Brown,
Oh what you gonna do when the rain comes down
Oh what ya gonna do and what ya gonna say
If you can't pay the rent 'till the rain goes away

C- thats the way it begins
H- is the next letter in
I- you're in the middle of the word
C- you've already heard
K- now you're roundin' the bend
E- you're nearin' the end
C-H-I-C-K-E-N
That's the way you spell CHICKEN!"

Cross over the road

Who put the colours in the rainbow?

Those two I remember distinctively.

I remember in middle school we had a cool music teacher that would let us sing "rock" songs, even though they were 70s rock songs that we really hadn't heard, hey it sure beat singing silly folksongs.

Some I remember singing:

American Bandstand theme

and Eagles songs:
The Best of My Love
Already Gone

and once we sang
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band  
but we had to change the lyrics "Black panties with an angel's face" to "Black candies with an angel's face" because a parent protested.  ;D

I remember in middle school we had a cool music teacher that would let us sing "rock" songs, even though they were 70s rock songs that we really hadn't heard, hey it sure beat singing silly folksongs.

When I was in Grade 5, my teacher would often bring out his guitar and sing us folk songs.  It was pure torture  ;D

B-I-N-G-O and Bingo was his name-O  :D  Probably about 1st or 2nd grade. . . . . . I hope  :-\\

Rockin' rollin' riding
Out along the bay
All aboard for Morning Town
Many miles away.

Rubbish song.  ;D

The farmer in the dell
The farmer in the dell
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer in the dell

The farmer takes a wife
The farmer takes a wife
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer takes a wife

The wife takes a child
The wife takes a child
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The wife takes a child

The child takes a nurse
The child takes a nurse
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The child takes a nurse

The nurse takes a cow
The nurse takes a cow
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The nurse takes a cow

The cow takes a dog
The cow takes a dog
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cow takes a dog

The dog takes a cat
The dog takes a cat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The dog takes a cat

The cat takes a rat
The cat takes a rat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cat takes a rat

The rat takes the cheese
The rat takes the cheese
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The rat takes the cheese

The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cheese stands alone  :\'( 

Four little freckled frogs

Down by the banks of the hanky-panky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
With an Eep, Iip, Oop, Op
Jump off the lily with a
KERPLOP!!




Erin :)

Down by the banks of the hanky-panky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
With an Eep, Iip, Op, Oop
Jump off the lily with a
KERPLOP!!




Erin :)

When I was younger, I went to summer day camp, and the kids used to chant this, especially while in the swimming pool; like an elimination game. Whoever was pointed to upon the word "Plop" was out of the game. Except I think the last line was "Jumps off the lily with an oomp-KERPLOP!!" :D

We sang all the patriotic songs.. God Bless America, My Country Tis Of Thee, Yankee Doodle, etc...

Plus we sang Tie A Yellow Ribbon in 3rd grade when the iran hostage thing was happening.

In kindergarten I can remember singing this song:

Bluebird, bluebird, through my window
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired.
Take a little girl and tap her on the shoulder,
Take a little girl and tap her on the shoulder
Take a little girl and tap her on the shoulder,
Oh Johnny I am tired.
;D

I guess back then I never realized it made no sense. :-[

What songs do you remember having to sing at school?


The earliest one that i remember is

"Let's go fly a kite"

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite
And send it soaring

Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite
Let's go fly a kite!


that was all the way back in grade 1, for some reason it has stuck in my mind.



That song is from the movie "Mary Poppins". :)

  The theme to "The Greatest AMERICAN Hero" .. "Believe it or not"?  and I hated the show, but the song wasn't so bad.
  Heart light--Neil diamond for the E.T. movie.
  "high hopes"
  Feliz Navidad--Jose Feliciano  Sung during the Christmas program when you could still call it that w/out offending half the student population.
we had singing once a week for 5 years! I know there were more.

When I was in 4th grade my class sang a "California" rendition of "Jingle Bells"; I can remember most of the words to it.

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name is my name too
Whenever we go out
The people always shout
There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
la la la la la la la

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name is my name too
Whenever we go out
The people always shout
There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
la la la la la la la



oh gosh....Vaughn makes me sing that one ALL the time!! LOL! ;D




Erin :)

We sang:

When I'm 64 - The Beatles

and

Jack was every inch a sailor


weird.... I know!!!!

I remember in 1st grade, the class got up on the stage (I can't remember what the occation was for) and we sang a French song about a bird who kept losing her feathers. "Tois plume, duex plume, un plume, plume, plume. Il a chant a plume, ma mere, Il a chant a plume".  (Don't know if I got the lyrics right or not-but that is how I remember it. If anyone knows this song, I would be grateful if you could give me the exact lyrics.)







Cat

I remember in 1st grade, the class got up on the stage (I can't remember what the occation was for) and we sang a French song about a bird who kept losing her feathers. "Tois plume, duex plume, un plume, plume, plume. Il a chant a plume, ma mere, Il a chant a plume".  (Don't know if I got the lyrics right or not-but that is how I remember it. If anyone knows this song, I would be grateful if you could give me the exact lyrics.)


I don't think I know that song... unless it's "Alouette".  I don't remember all the lyrics to it but it has something to do with plucking feathers from a bird.





Cat

I don't think I know that song... unless it's "Alouette".  I don't remember all the lyrics to it but it has something to do with plucking feathers from a bird.



No, it wasn't "Alouette". I know that song. (Well, with my broken French that is  :-\\ )




Cat

No, it wasn't "Alouette". I know that song. (Well, with my broken French that is  :-\\ )




Cat


Wow I goofed that post up ^^^  I accidentally posted inside your quote.  Sorry about that. :-[

Wow I goofed that post up ^^^  I accidentally posted inside your quote.  Sorry about that. :-[




NP. We all have done that at least once.  ;)






Cat

"This is the song that never ends
Yes it goes on and on my friends
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was

And they'll continue singing it forever
just because ..."

In the words of Gerald Ford...
"It could go on, and on and on,
or someone must write the end to it."

We sang:

When I'm 64 - The Beatles



GASP! You got to sing... THE BEATLES????!!?!?!?!

lucky... I had to stick to those dumb songs like... 3 Is A Magic Number

Since I went to a Christian school during my early years, I had to sing lots of Christian songs.

"Kumbaya" (I think that's how it's spelled)
"This Little Light of Mine"

Those are the ones that stand out most.

I disticntly remember having to sing this one.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again  ::)

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When Johnny comes marching home again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give him a hearty welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we'll all feel gay,
When Johnny comes marching home.

Blah, blah, blah..............

grade one: The Candy Man Can with me performing the solo intro with the unknown verse..

otherwise:

Song Sung Blue
Bally Lena(sp?)
Making Our Dreams Come True{Laverne & Shirley theme song}
La Cucaracha
Hungry Hungry'hungry hungry i am hungry ..table table here i come..i could eat a goosemoose burger...'..sketchy from there 30 yrs later..go figure  :o ;D]

I disticntly remember having to sing this one.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again  ::)

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When Johnny comes marching home again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give him a hearty welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we'll all feel gay,
When Johnny comes marching home.

Blah, blah, blah..............


My daughter has this song on a CD of kids songs.  Except one of the lines has been rewritten to mdoernise it

"And we'll all feel gay"  is now "And we'll all feel fine"

Hungry Hungry'hungry hungry i am hungry ..table table here i come..i could eat a goosemoose burger...'..sketchy from there 30 yrs later..go figure  :o ;D]


Hmmmm . . . I vaguely remember that one. I'm off to get some lyrics.

My daughter has this song on a CD of kids songs.  Except one of the lines has been rewritten to mdoernise it

"And we'll all feel gay"  is now "And we'll all feel fine"




LOL  That was smart to rewrite that line.  I remember snickering at that line when we had to sing it. ::)  Heck, who am I kidding....I still do.

From what I understand, that song was written during the Civil War.

"If you're gonna be my salty dog, I'll be your candyman"