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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 22 Sep 2020 04:22

I listened to music on the radio at school too (in the mid 1950's)
The nun would bring the radio into the classroom, (from wherever it "lived")
I now remember

The Skye Boat Song
Molly Malone
The Lonely Ash Grove
(possibly) Strawberry Fair (or was it some other Fair?)
maybe Widdecome Fair (Uncle Tom Cobbley)
Michael Finnegan.


Must have been quite a few more, however they were repeated often.

Can anyone remember a Story Time (not listen with mother) that was for schools?

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 22 Sep 2020 09:25

Scarborough Fair
http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/683.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVV_8mJosE

BBC3 used to have a sing along on Friday mornings and some schools
used to participate.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 22 Sep 2020 09:41

You've got me there Tess. We never had Story Time so I know nothing about that.

Going back even further - Golden Slumbers is probably the earliest song I learned at school (infants) and I still remember the words. I used to sing it to my children and grandchildren when they were very young. Ooh, what they had to put up with! :-D

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 22 Sep 2020 09:56

Just caught up and listened to The Linden Tree (The London Chorale Society) that Rollo mentioned earlier.

What was really noticeable about it was that they sang in the way we were taught in senior school - to elongate the vowels rather than rest on the final 'd', 'n' 't' or any consonant. (We had a strict taskmaster.)

It's funny how certain things stick in your brain. I still sing in that way - even though I can't sing for toffee apples - or so I'm told. ( I don't believe 'em! )

I just hope that those around me appreciate my efforts. ;-)

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