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Religious songs on tape in primary school

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  • 17-11-2007 6:00am
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    Ruu_Old
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    I was just chatting to a friend about those catchy religious songs on tape in primary school. Remember *cheesy midi sounds*'...there was Judas Issscccaarrrrriot, there was Thomas and thats the lot!' *beat* to help us name the Apostles. Anymore that ye can think of?


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    cornbb
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    The words "Zacheuss was a greedy little maaaan..." pop into my head for some reason.


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    Mrs. MacGyver
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    I have that tape at home from when i was teaching RE in Swords. Its from the 'children of God' religious textbook series. I remember Zacchaeus was a greedy little man who cheated all the people in the land..... niow my mind has gone blank as to the other songs. That one is going to be in my head all day now!


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    squishywishy
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    The apostles song is still on the current programme in primary schools. Think its the Alive-0 CD for 2nd class. was teaching it to a class and thinking back to my own school days, its funny how some things never change


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    Holmer
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    [sings] "harrum bay, harrum bay, harrum bay, let's pull together...."

    Was just reminiscing about those songs the other day and wondering if they were still in circulation...can't believe the apostle song is still in there, but it is a catchy number I suppose!


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    Photi
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    Mrs. MacGyver wrote: »
    Zacchaeus was a greedy little man who cheated all the people in the land.....

    And when the rent they couldn't pay, he would take their farms away and the furniture and everything they had..

    I can't quote Shakespeare but I remember this..


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    ctrl-alt-delete
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    I remember one that went...

    "far away in Kenya where people are so poor, found that with a little help they could do much more"

    Thats all i remember :)


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    Rockee
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    ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »
    I remember one that went...

    "far away in Kenya where people are so poor, found that with a little help they could do much more"

    Thats all i remember :)

    Haha, yep that was part of the 'Harumbay (lets pull together) song. Fair play everyone I remember every little segment of religious songs mentioned so far. :D


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    s8n
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    has anyone got these on CD or tape they could "share"


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    TheDriver
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    robo
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    Oh wow...do they still play these songs?
    "Bind us together Lord, Bind us together Lord..."


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    krankykitty
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    There was another one which I can't quite remember whether it was from Religion class or Bosco (!) . It went:

    You've got to listen, you've got to hear, so use your ears, use your ears, you've got to listen, you've got to he-e-ear, so that's what ears are for, so listen!

    The verse went something like this:
    I hear Mum call me when it's time for tea and I answer mum I'm coming, when you hear a sound and its all around blah blah..


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    DarkJager
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    I remember changing the lyrics of some religious song to "He's got the whole world, up his ass"...talk about a world of trouble and an hour long visit to the prinicpals office!!!! :D


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    Ruu_Old
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    s8n wrote: »
    has anyone got these on CD or tape they could "share"

    My Mam has been a primary school teacher for many years and probably has sometime we can use, will find out. :)


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    Firetrap
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    Ah yes, where would we be without singing nuns who made us learn these naff songs :) Thankfully I've forgotten most of them but the story of the Good Samaritan is still in my head. We also had to sing prayers like the grace before and after meals. We also had some song we sang in the mornings before class began and maybe another one in the evening.


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    iguana
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    In the bible I'm supposin',
    that the people they were chosen,
    and they didn't know what to do - ooo
    So they sang to god in glory,
    to send a hero of the story,
    and set them free to make their dreams come true - oo!

    So they bundled up their wagons,
    and prepared to make a start.
    They trundled through the Red Sea with the waters wide apart,
    the chariots of Pharaoh thought they'd capture all the slave,
    But     something something something they were gobbled up by waves.

    Mmmm - mmmm

    We're off to the promised land they land of milk and honey,
    slavery is over,
    and the fields are full of clover,
    and the skies are warm and sunny.
    We look to the sky at night,
    to lead us in our journey,
    God will lead us carefully,
    and will give us rest,
    under a guiding star.


    Don't think that's quite right though, I'm sure Moses' name is in there somewhere.


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    Fast_Mover
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    squishywishy wrote: »
    The apostles song is still on the current programme in primary schools. Think its the Alive-0 CD for 2nd class. was teaching it to a class and thinking back to my own school days, its funny how some things never change

    Yup, Term 1, Lesson 7: Jesus-The one who calls...lol, don't ya just love the naff voice that comes on before the songs!:D
    Just did this lesson four weeks ago with my class..Brought me back to my own primary school days when I doing it aswell..love the song I must admit..so damn catchy:o

    There was Peter and Andrew ,James and John, with James the less and his brother Jude. There was Philip and Bartholomew, there was Simon and Matthew too. There was Judas Iscariot, there was Thomas and thats the lot!:)


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    Fast_Mover
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    Firetrap wrote: »
    ...but the story of the Good Samaritan is still in my head. We also had to sing prayers like the grace before and after meals.
    The story I remember most from Primary School is Zacchaeus.

    Btw..do these bring back memories for you?!:D

    Grace before meals: Bless us oh lord as we sit together, bless the food we eat today, bless the hands that made the food, bless us oh lord, Amen.

    Grace after meals: Thank you god for the food we have eaten, thank you god for all our friends, thank you god for everything, thank you oh god, Amen.


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    Firetrap
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    I can remember the tunes to them and all :D That's what I get for going to a school full of singing nuns. They used to stick melodies to everything. We had a tune for Our Father and did actions and everything to it. A bit like the Macarena really.


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    Mrs. MacGyver
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    The other one i remember was 'the animals went in two by two, hurrah, hurrah'. It was to do with Noah's ark and i learn;t in around senior infants in the early 80's. Can anyone remember it?

    I found the full words here but i could only remember the tune and the first line!

    The animals went in two by two, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in two by two, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in two by two, the elephant and the kangaroo
    And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.
    The animals went in three by three, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in three by three, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in three by three, the wasp, the ant and the bumble bee
    And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

    The animals went in four by four, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in four by four, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in four by four, the great hippopotamus stuck in the door
    And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

    The animals went in five by five, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in five by five, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in five by five, they warmed each other to keep alive
    And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

    The animals went in six by six, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in six by six, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in six by six, they turned out the monkey because of his tricks
    And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

    The animals went in seven by seven, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in seven by seven, hurrah! hurrah!
    The animals went in seven by seven, the little pig thought he was going to heaven
    And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.


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    squishywishy
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    s8n wrote: »
    has anyone got these on CD or tape they could "share"

    That could be arranged ..........:rolleyes:


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    squishywishy
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    Fast_Mover wrote: »
    Yup, Term 1, Lesson 7: Jesus-The one who calls...lol, don't ya just love the naff voice that comes on before the songs!:D
    Just did this lesson four weeks ago with my class..Brought me back to my own primary school days when I doing it aswell..love the song I must admit..so damn catchy:o

    There was Peter and Andrew ,James and John, with James the less and his brother Jude. There was Philip and Bartholomew, there was Simon and Matthew too. There was Judas Iscariot, there was Thomas and thats the lot!:)

    Isnt it just the best song though!!
    the kids love it....seems ipods and playstations hasnt bashed the 90's out of the children!!! lol!!!


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    s8n
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    squishywishy wrote: »
    That could be arranged ..........:rolleyes:

    ooohhhhhh


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    MW
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    Anyone remember this one:

    Growing up...Growing up to be,

    A caterpillar grows to be a butterfly

    And a seed grows up to be a flower,

    Fish grow fins to blah blah!!

    Also I loved Harambay..let's pull together.

    Did your teachers make you do the thing where each row would start a song at a different time and it would sound deadly, we were better than the Harlem Gospel Choir when we got going.

    We also had a song for our Confirmation and it was 12 pages long. And it was soooo boring!!

    It was something like this:

    Rejoice heavenly powers...sing choirs of angels (can't remember any of the rest)


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    jb91
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    iguana wrote: »
    In the bible I'm supposin',
    that the people they were chosen,
    and they didn't know what to do - ooo
    So they sang to god in glory,
    to send a hero of the story,
    and set them free to make their dreams come true - oo!

    So they bundled up their wagons,
    and prepared to make a start.
    They trundled through the Red Sea with the waters wide apart,
    the chariots of Pharaoh thought they'd capture all the slave,
    [B] But[/B]     something something something they were gobbled up by waves.

    Mmmm - mmmm

    We're off to the promised land they land of milk and honey,
    slavery is over,
    and the fields are full of clover,
    and the skies are warm and sunny.
    We look to the sky at night,
    to lead us in our journey,
    God will lead us carefully,
    and will give us rest,
    under a guiding star.


    Don't think that's quite right though, I'm sure Moses' name is in there somewhere.

    Until water gushed upon them :D

    Remember it from 6th class


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    mental07
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    Fast_Mover wrote: »
    Grace before meals: Bless us oh lord as we sit together, bless the food we eat today, bless the hands that made the food, bless us oh lord, Amen.

    Grace after meals: Thank you god for the food we have eaten, thank you god for all our friends, thank you god for everything, thank you oh god, Amen.
    We used to sing them! Though the tune was about as tuneful as 'My Lovely Horse'.

    I would absolutely LOVE to hear these songs again!


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    mental07
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    Oh I am a farmer man
    I do the best I can
    Growing things for everyone
    I am a farmer man.


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    Endasaurus
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    Zaccheus was a very naughty man or something?!


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    Ponster
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    MW wrote: »
    Anyone remember this one:

    Growing up...Growing up to be,

    A caterpillar grows to be a butterfly

    And a seed grows up to be a flower,

    Fish grow fins to blah blah!!

    Ahhh, I remember that one :D


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    Firetrap
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    How about this. I think we sang it in the morning when we came in.

    Oh my God you love me
    You are with me night and day
    I want to love you always
    In all I do and say

    I try to please you father
    Bless me through the day
    Ahhhh Men


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    evil_seed
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    i remember that apostles 1. "there was peter and matthew, james & john, with james the just and his brother jude, there was philip & bartholamew, simon and andrew too, there was judas iscariot, there was thomas and thats the lot"

    I'll be singing that all day now


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