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Songs learnt from Grandparents!
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Luckylainey | Report | 9 Oct 2009 21:18 |
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Oh yes, "She'll be coming round the mountain" was so cheerful and guaranteed to get everyone joining in. |
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***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust*** | Report | 9 Oct 2009 20:24 |
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lol |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 9 Oct 2009 20:23 |
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my lovely Dad taught me lots of songs, rhymes and limericks - none suitable for a public forum!!!!! |
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David | Report | 9 Oct 2009 20:22 |
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Show me the way to go home |
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David | Report | 9 Oct 2009 20:21 |
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Singing Yi Yi Yipee Yipee Yi |
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***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust*** | Report | 9 Oct 2009 20:15 |
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my old mans a dustman |
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Mauatthecoast | Report | 9 Oct 2009 20:06 |
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A good old bus trip singalong was ..."she'll be coming round the mountains" ....yes she will :O)) |
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David | Report | 9 Oct 2009 20:00 |
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As kids if we went on a coach trip we all invariably sang O The Drivers Got The Wind Up |
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 9 Oct 2009 19:26 |
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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! |
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Luckylainey | Report | 9 Oct 2009 19:00 |
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Have just googled My Grandfather's Clock and it seems the Everly Brothers did a version of that song. |
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Lancashire Witch | Report | 9 Oct 2009 18:44 |
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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. |
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Luckylainey | Report | 9 Oct 2009 18:30 |
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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: |
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