Your favourite morning assembly hymn! (or other non-denominational school song)

[madamv]

I like them all still....

All things bright and beautiful was at my wedding....

 

[The Groke]

Number one in our school was
Lord of the Dance
I would vote for it given the chance.
A great one to sing,
really enjoyed the line
"its hard to dance with the devilonyourback"

I danced in the morning
When the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon
And the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven
And I danced on the earth,
At Bethlehem
I had my birth.

Dance, then, wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said he

I always liked "soft refreshing rain" from
ALL GOOD GIFTS

We plow the fields and scatter the good seed on the land..
But it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand..
He sends the snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain...
The breezes and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain...


GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
This one would bring up the energy levels!

Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain,
That Jesus Christ is born.

SING HOSSANA
there was always one kid who sang "of kings"
again at the end of the chorus

Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising,
Give me joy in my heart, I pray,
Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising,
Keep me praising 'till the break of day.

Refrain:
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
Sing hosanna to the King of kings!
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
Sing hosanna to the King.

"I was cold I was naked , were you there were you there?
always brought giggles to the assembly.

All good ones I should have included in me poll.

Top work fella.

 

[joevsimp]

inagaddadavida honey
dont you know that a lo-ve you

 

[Meltingpot]

I also like "Little Boxes," though we didn't sing it at school.

 

[Looby]

and 'one more step along the world we go'

'one more step along the world we go through the good times and the bad I will keep travelling along with you....'


Any songs that you could shout really....

I loved that one.

'and it's from the old I travel to the new, keep me travelling along with you.'

I feel like a good old sing song now.

 

[Melia]

gosh...all these songs i now remember and are bringing back memories of being in primary school!

 

[subversplat]

Whole world in pants for me Or "Sing Hosanna", but I thought "Hosanna" was a girl and everybody wanted her to sing

 

[joevsimp]

I loved that one.

'and it's from the old I travel to the new, keep me travelling along with you.'

I feel like a good old sing song now.

i thought that was the one. didn't click right away

 

[Looby]

Whole world in pants for me Or "Sing Hosanna", but I thought "Hosanna" was a girl and everybody wanted her to sing

 

[Strumpet]

@ this thread.

My favs were -
Lord of the Dance
Go Tell it on the Mountain

Always loved shouting those ones out.

 

[Brockway]

Lord of the Dance and At the Name of Jesus.

"At the name of Jesus
every knee shall bow
every tongue confess him
King of Glory now." etc

Vile lyrics of course but a good tune.

 

[DJ Squelch]

I like the "one more step along the road I go... and its from the old I travel to the new". My sis had it at her wedding and it bought back memories.
Morning has broken is a classic though.

Our head mistress used to play the German national anthem as we were walking out of assembly for some bizarre reason.

 

[DJ Squelch]

I used to think that Kumbyah was Come by car when I was at Primary School, I remember thinking "But I walked to school?"

Surely the standard school boy lyrics to this song were "Comb my arse my lord, comb my arse". That was what we all sang anyway.

 

[boohoo]

I liked Jerusalem and To be a Pilgrim. We use to sing each line of all things bright and beautiful backwards -much more interesting.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

I liked Jerusalem and To be a Pilgrim. We use to sing each line of all things bright and beautiful backwards -much more interesting.

To be a pilgrim is shite. Badly flowing overly pious crap.

Jerusalem is much the same when it comes to internal logic in the lyrics, but somehow it's made it into the same category as Bon Jovi in student discos, beloved by all but no one knows why.

 

[boohoo]

To be a pilgrim is shite. Badly flowing overly pious crap.

Nooooo..don't say that!!!

Did you know many of the Victorian hymns based their tunes on drinking songs (onward christian soldiers is a one example).

And the Star Spangled Banner is to the tune of a drinking song.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Nooooo..don't say that!!!

Did you know many of the Victorian hymns based their tunes on drinking songs (onward christian soldiers is a one example).

And the Star Spangled Banner is to the tune of a drinking song.

It was my school's hymn, the only benifit of this being not having to sing it more than three times a year (end of year and practices for it). I despised that song.

But I thank you for the musical trivia.

 

[boohoo]

my school had a song:

St Matin through the fields did pass
when snow lay white one candlemas
and saw a poor man lean and old
half naked in the bitter cold
his heart was pierced with pities pain
he cut his duffle cloak in vain
and clothed that beggar to his gain
saint martin in the field

( we use to sing the last line -St Amen in the moo)

It went on for about five verses about being good school girls. We sang it at least twice a year.

 

[The Groke]

gosh...all these songs i now remember and are bringing back memories of being in primary school!

Wasn't exactly that long ago for you though eh?

 

[nadia]

even aged six I hated all the songs. when I was at first and middle school we would all get hauled in for hymn practice. It was probably so the teachers could all do something else. the whole thing was just torture, especially after ages of sitting cross legged you had pins and needles and couldn't feel your feet

 

[blossie33]

Men of Harlech.
Although not in Wales, 75% of our teachers at my junior school were Welsh and we often sung it in morning assembly.

 

[Cloo]

I loved 'I vow to thee my country' and 'Lord of all hopefulness' - beautiful old tunes.

I was most pissed off when they started phasing out the hymn book of nice old tunes and replacing it with attempting-to-be-down-with-da-kidz 'pop' hymnbooks full of songs about the ozone layer etc.

Honestly, I do believe it would do more for kids to expose them to some lovely music than to try and be all 'relevant' but having shit tunes.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've only ever heard the first 5 and I probably know more hymns than a lot of you on here

Where's For those in Peril on the Sea?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I like them all still....

All things bright and beautiful was at my wedding....

God, I HATED that song

 

[dweller]

Lord of all hopefulness

I'd forgotten about that one,
it used to send shivers up my spine that one

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,
be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,
your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day

 

[joevsimp]

Where's For those in Peril on the Sea?

methinks you mean "Eternal father" that lines in the chorus

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

methinks you mean "Eternal father" that lines in the chorus

I knew I was wrong, just not thinking. Sang that regularly as we lived in Southend and supported the lifeboats

 

[Andy the Don]

Anything from Hymns Ancient & Modern..

 

[spoone]

40 days and 40 nights, 40 men in itchy tights


( we modified that one 8) )

 

[Roadkill]

All Things Bright and Beautiful, mainly 'cos of the sheer number of rude versions you could get away with singing from the top juniors' bench at the back of the hall.