Old childhood songs

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.

That’s it! Many thanks for remembering this, brings back happy memories.

What a lovely thread this is 🥰

Green grow the rushes oh
Green grow the rushes oh
Kiss her quick and let her go
Never mind the weather
If the wind don’t blow.

Or
I’ll sing you one oh
Green grow the rushes oh

The keeper would a-hunting go,
and under his cloak he carried a bow,
All for to shoot at a merry little doe,
among the leaves so green-o!
Jackie boy!
Master!
Sing ye well?
Very well!
Hey down,
ho down,
derry derry down,
among the leaves do green-o!
To my hey down down!
To my ho down down!
Hey down,
ho down,
derry derry down,
among the leaves do green-o!

The first doe he shot at he missed, the second one he trimmed, he kissed,
The third one went where nobody wist among the leaves so green-o!
Jackie boy! Master! .....

The fourth doe she did cross the brook, the keeper fetched her back with a hook,
Where she is now you may go and look, among the leaves so green-o!
Jackie boy! Master! .....

The fifth doe she did cross the plain, the keeper fetched her back again,
Where she is now she may remain, among the leaves so green-o!
Jackie boy! Master! .....

I read something recently that "Puff the Magic Dragon" was a song written about smoking cannabis? I remembered some of the words and the tune and looked up the lyrics , I suppose it might have been but I am sure Peter, Paul and Mary didn't have that interpretation of it. It's surprising how harmless songs/ lyrics from the past get interpreted these days yet seemed innocent at the time but perhaps it was our innocence.

Let's go hunting said Risky Rob
Let's go hunting said Robin to Bob
Let's go hunting said Daniel and Joe
Let's go hunting said Billy Barlow

I've been to Harlem
I've been to Dover
I've travelled this wide world over
Over, over three time over
Drink all the brandywine and turn the glasses over
Sailing east, sailing west
Sailing over the ocean
You better look out when the boat begins to rock
Or you'll lose your girl in the ocean

And so it goes on.

Lovely post 😊

Daisy Daisy I still sing to my lovely grandaughter called Daisy.

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.

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

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

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....

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

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

Oh! The memories.

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

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

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

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

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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?

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

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!

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.

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.

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. ...

I can't remember singing together.

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!
🎵🎶🎵