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Does anyone else have old songs they learnt from their Grandparents? I remember when I was a little girl, long journeys from Hampshire to Devon(My Dad's birthplace) Grandad used to sing to us to keep us amused. We used to have such fun and I still remember most of those songs today. That was about 35-40 yrs ago. I have now taught my own Grandchildren who love to sing these old songs. One they really like is:

My Grandfather's Clock.

Lainey

One I remember may not be considered suitable by some! 'Does the driver want to wee wee, does the driver want to wee wee, does the driver want to wee wee, if he does we do too.' This should be robustly sung to Battle Hymn of the Republic tune.

Have just googled My Grandfather's Clock and it seems the Everly Brothers did a version of that song.

The other songs my Grandad taught me were:

Foogy Foggy Dew

Quarter Master Stores

Rickety Tickety Tin

Rattlin Bog

Great Memories!

Most of these songs were musichall songs Wish we had something like it now, with songs you could sing with. I can recite My Grandfathers clock, right through!

As kids if we went on a coach trip we all invariably sang O The Drivers Got The Wind Up

Can't remember any more of it lol

A good old bus trip singalong was ..."she'll be coming round the mountains" ....yes she will :O))

my old mans a dustman
he wears a dustmans cap
he wears godblimey trousers
and lives in council flat,

blimey charlie you got me singging yer,

another i used to sing (must of picked up from grandparent)

Auntie mary
had a canary
up the leg of her draws

when she was sleeping i was peeping



well need tell you the rest, th ink its more for a mischievous little lad than a grandaughter

grandaughter thinks this songs hillarious

Singing Yi Yi Yipee Yipee Yi

etc

Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed

my lovely Dad taught me lots of songs, rhymes and limericks - none suitable for a public forum!!!!!

lol
david my granddad used to sing them too,

grandaughter likes yipee yipee eye

she becoming round the mountain when she comes
" " " "

singing i will if you will so will i

Oh yes, "She'll be coming round the mountain" was so cheerful and guaranteed to get everyone joining in.

Lainey

Old MacDonald was good too, along with Ten Green Bottles

and There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Show me the way to go home we used to sing on coach trips/Sunday school outings etc.
And the quarter masters stores we used to sing on the school bus.

My Grandfather's clock I used to be able to play on the piano (with one hand!!) Mum had all the sheet music to the songs then (50s) and often played that one with Dad singing.

Another one was After the Ball was over.

She'll be comming round the mountain
Spurting like a fountain
She'll be comming round the mountain when she comes


I thought the Aunty Mary had a canary up the leg of her drawers was my Dad mocking Catholics

Granddad sang:

Hold the fort for I am coming
In a donkey cart
????????
Donkey let a fa*t

Can't remember all the words

I bought a little book at car boot called " The pensioners Song book " it contains sweet Mollie Malone / She ll be coming round the mountain / By yon bonny banks / Theres a tavern in the town /Goodnight ladies / John brown s body / and last but not least my mother-in- laws favorite The Old Rugged Cross / Also one sung to the tune of Onward christian soldiers onward ,Old age pensioners Stand up for your right . Rally round our banner ; Membership is Might: ; we will fightfor justice we have waited lo ng ; Come , lift up your hearts and voices ; I the triumphant song / raise your standard high for a higher pension 'Sound the battle cry , Not thr typical outing songs But just thought i would put my twopennarth in

My grandma used to sing to us .Soldier, Won’t you Marry Me?

I've just looked the words up and they bring back lots of memories. Does anyone else know this song?

Soldier, soldier, won’t you marry me with your musket, fife and drum? Oh no sweet maid, I cannot marry you for I have no hat to put on. So off she ran to her grandmother’s chest and she brought him a hat of the very, very best and the soldier put it on.

Solider, soldier, won’t you marry me with your musket, fife and drum? Oh no sweet maid, I cannot marry you for I have no coat to put on. So off she ran to her grandmother’s chest and she brought him a coat of the very, very best and the soldier put it on.

Soldier, soldier, won’ t you marry me with your musket, fife and drum? Oh no sweet maid, I cannot marry you for I have no trousers to put on. So off she ran to her grandmother’s chest and she brought him a pair of trousers of the very very best and the soldier put them on.

Soldier, soldier, won’ t you marry me with your musket, fife and drum? Oh no sweet maid, I cannot marry you for I have a wife of my own.

I learned a lot of those songs at infant school like Soldier soldier, etc

One I remember my Dad singing to me, and he wasn't really a singing man if that makes sense, was You are my Sunshine. I have the feeling I was his pride and joy till my brother was born when I was just two, and then he was the apple of father's eye doing the garden with him etc and I was relegated to the woman's work of helping clean the house and wash up etc.
My only grandparent lived miles away and I only saw her a few times in my life, suppose I spent 3 months with her in total at the most.

LIzx

When my brothers and I were small children my Father used to sing I'll Take you Home again Kathleen as a lullaby