Reacting to and singing the ENTIRE original ‘Come and Praise’ book

[@Poppysox1956]

This is brilliant James. I hadn't heard of you but listened to the Two Mr P's podcast today and am hooked. I was a teacher and once in a lesson when I was moving between tables in the class a boy said "What's a dance settee? Now I knew these kids so well and could tune into them like my own but I was clueless. "Where did you hear about a dance settee Daniel?" We sang it in assembly "I am the Lord of the dance settee".

[@beebsblue]

I really enjoyed singing along to these. I hadn’t heard them for 30+ years but still remember all the words! Thank you for the excellent renditions

[@amorelle111]

I still have my blue copy! Water of Life was my favourite... BANGING!

[@boredsund]

Wow. The memories. The most envied job in junior school - using the headmaster's pen to point at the words on the OHP screen... I'd forgotten most of these songs even existed!

[@beaudoz3603]

I wish I still had my 'Come and Praise' book.. I love every song.

[@garybarry9365]

I just bought the beautiful bastard off Ebay 😂

[@Polysixchick]

so many classic bangers I haven't heard since I left school! "Whole world in his pants", "Piss perfect piss" and "Lord of the farts said he" were the alternative versions we sung in assembly, lol!

[@JamesBPartridge]

That's brilliant. Whole world in his pants is a club classic

[@Polysixchick]

@@JamesBPartridge Totally, I think every kid in the land sung that version, we also laughed at the "I was cold I was naked" line as well, we also had an alternative for Lord of the Dance which was "Dance, dance wherever he shall be, I am the Lord of the damp settee..." lol!

[@loum9977]

Wow. I had no idea how many of these I remembered the tune AND the words! Clearly primary school had an impact on me 😂 only about 30+ years ago 😂 thanks!

[@mindexplode5599]

Thanks for this, my husband chose Lord of the dance for our wedding and the whole congregation sang loud and proud, I went to Catholic primary so had different songs, nice to hear you reference one today x

[@JamesBPartridge]

Love this!

[@user-yq7oq5ry1h]

Oh my goodness, I’m so glad I came across this…..wonderful! It takes me back to a childhood of loving singing assembly songs and also 14 years as a Primary School teacher. I have books 1 and 2 somewhere; I’m going to search them out and get singing! Thank you so much.

[@DavidMiller.93]

I remember the first time I sang "O praise ye the Lord" I was about 10 and it was the final hymn/song at our school harvest festival assembly/service in our local parish church and in the third verse that goes "O praise ye the Lord, all things that give sound, each jubilate chord re-echo around, LOUD ORGANS HIS GLORY FORTH TELL IN DEEP TONE" at the words "Loud organs" the organist crescendo went from FORTÉ to FFFF and now everytime I hear it and the organist word paints like that, I get shivers down my spine. The best time since was at Ely Cathedral a couple of years ago and with their huge LOUD organ.... well you know what I mean, amazing isn't the word!!!

[@TheMetroSexuals]

I'm shocked to see 'Be Bold, Be Strong' by Morris Chapman not in the hymn book. Great job James. Hearing you perform some of these on the Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show brought a tear to my eye and a smile on my face.

[@JamesBPartridge]

So glad you heard the broadcast and that you enjoyed the video! Yes,I don't think that's in C&P1, I'll check the second half...

[@rocksteady1676]

Man, you just took me back to primary school. I don't know how I even stumbled on your video but thank you for the flashbacks 🍻👊

[@JamesBPartridge]

ah that's awesome, thank you for watching!

[@mstc72]

Brings back many memories,At the Name of Jesus is one of my all time favs

[@Poppysox1956]

I loved that one too, a definite banger

[@alistairdarby]

Loved the Mr Bean reference! My wife and I remember singing all of these in the late 80s at school! (I was in the midlands, she was in London) This needs bringing back into schools for kids. To unite the country!!!

[@miina7776]

I love the concept of this idea! Very refreshing and insightful context James! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this! 👏 As a former choir/ music student myself, I must say, 'All things bright and beautiful' ( perhaps the second version as I'm sure is commonly practised by most! haha has to be my all time fave!) although I love the different variations explored! Keep up the awesomeness Mareena :)

[@JamesBPartridge]

Thanks so much Mareena!!

[@martinfairchild4376]

This was the nostalgia I needed today - So many bangers!!

[@dostuffgirl5001]

This is a vid I never knew I needed! We always used sing up. Love your voice all these songs sound awesome!

[@JamesBPartridge]

Thank you! I really enjoyed singing through it

[@Sophie-ib9jl]

Just heard you on Radio 2 so listened to this…what a fantastic trip down memory lane, just sang my heart out!

[@JamesBPartridge]

Woohoo! Thanks for listening and glad you enjoyed 😃 some big tunes here

[@prbsnoop1974]

Sydney Carter is the King of primary school bangers

[@jennyst]

I like hearing them fast as that's how we sang them in primary school, instead of slow and boring as some churches do

[@angelacooper2661]

By Jove, I do remember the Come and Praise songbook. Words edition is blue and music version is orange. My era was 1977-1981 junior school and I am an amateur string player in an orchestra, so my musical memory is very good. I also have perfect pitch!

[@JamesBPartridge]

That's brilliant! I've got the words only edition too

[@anthonystill2712]

I recall the Vicar searching the Come and Praise book for one that he knew and giving up whilst the Methodist Minister played the tunes on his giutar as the school sang along. This book was a God send as it met our assembly.s need to be lively and thoughtful. Great Book, great songs and hardly any we did not like. It was the song book of A service for Schools with Geoffrey Wheeler and it went on tour with the programme regular outside broadcasts. When it came to York and the programme was being recorded I recall being asked to stop singing as the teachers voixes were too loud!

[@clareg6927]

I sang these songs when I was at school Thank you for helping me remember my childhood sadly I am disabled now and I also suffer with memory loss and these songs remind me of my school days

[@svartmetall48]

Number 29 - from the darkness came light was my absolute favourite as a kid!!! So offended. The transition from the minor verse to jubilant major chorus was fantastic!

[@harryatters9852]

Definitely remember 2nd version of All Things Bright ... LOVE THIS VIDEO

[@gemmi1]

Oh I thought "cauliflowers fluffy" was in it 😩

[@user-fd5kw2ec5u]

When i left primary school even the cool kids were stealing this hymn book! My school sang all the bangers happy happy happy days❤ then it was onto high school where we just got moaned at every day 😂😂😂

[@clairemitchell318]

you should continue with said judas to mary - i love singing that one!!! i do love a dirge though ;) - i sing it straight after when a knight won his spurs and if you love lord of hopefulness then check out be thou my vision, pretty much same tune - van morrison does a lovely version

[@essexguy68]

I remember from primary school Stand up clap hands, shout thank you lord.

[@jennyst]

I'd love a full version of more of these bangers

[@emilysgottalent4806]

Oh yes water of life! I have never heard of that song before until I heard you sing it live on tik tok. It's so beautiful

[@JamesBPartridge]

Love that one too!

[@theboxoman1]

I sang Judas and Mary in an Easter play when I was about 5. I Absolutely Loved It! I got so excited when you started to play it but ohhh well! Still love the video

[@JamesBPartridge]

Ah sorry!! Big Sydney Carter fan either way though

[@laurenbocutt7480]

Anyone else change the lyrics of kum ba yah to cucumber... my friends and I still sing it that way now

[@JamesBPartridge]

Hahaha

[@zenbabytots7961]

This is the funniest and most emotional video ever! Bringing it all back! But hilarious comments !!

[@JamesBPartridge]

Ah thanks so much! I. had a lot of fun making this 😃

[@ctown4072]

Love Autumn Days 🩷

[@danwoodvine5900]

Thanks for this!

[@teaformulamaths]

I don't think England is Christian enough to sing these anymore but I loved these

[@Poppysox1956]

Well he got young people singing them at Glastonbury and Edinburgh festival,and people you probably weren't Christian enough go to his live shows,I wanted to see him but anywhere I can get to is sold out,so you are wrong about that

[@teaformulamaths]

@Poppysox1956 Okay, I will be more specific. Primary schools don't advocate to have these books and sing Christian songs like they did when I was a kid. My primary school used these, but now abandoned, like many other schools due to a lowering of the % of those who are Christian in the country. I didn't say kids wouldn't enjoy singing them, if presented. These songs are great and, as he says, bangers!

[@user-fb5sj7rl6f]

your sight reading is amazing!

[@winterv3vo]

There's a couple of these I completely forgot about, such as he made me. You always bring back some memories :)

[@winterv3vo]

I completely forgot about Thank you, Lord! Probably last sang that around year 2. Wow.

[@winterv3vo]

On Hymn 35, it is the German national anthem-but, they probably chose this tune because of another christian hymn called 'Glorious things of thee are spoken', which also has the same tune

[@winterv3vo]

On light up the fire, I remember how everyone always said 'fire' so loud. And on Sing Hossana, the teachers originally allowed us to clap to the beat of some of the verses. Eventually got so chaotic and they banned it 😂

[@winterv3vo]

I always thought 'if I had a hammer' was by Paul, peter and Mary. Never knew it was a primary school song.

[@JamesBPartridge]

@@winterv3vo that was one that definitely brought back the memories for me!

[@thomassturge1274]

No.60 I Listen, And I Listen, was my fave primary school song.

[@graybomusic]

47 and 55 took me back to younger dayz👍

[@bryony1235]

I loved that so much! I remember lots of those from Primary School and Sunday School! Is there any chance you could do Come and Praise 2? It has bangers like “from the Tiny Ant”

[@JamesBPartridge]

I was going to do come and praise 2 but I only a few songs from it! Tiny Ant is one of the ultimate classics though

[@tiffanysbreakfast305]

We also used to sing "The Streets of London" but it wasnt in this book 🤔

[@owenmcardle6414]

Can we pleeeease have a sequel for C&P2? The Building Song is a favourite of mine, mainly because our primary school got an extension when I was there and so we sang it quite a lot during the building work!

[@JamesBPartridge]

It also has From the Tiny Ant which is one of the best school songs! There are also LOTS of songs I’ve never heard of though 😅 maybe in the Easter holidays I’ll record a sequel!

[@lyndseymarris5642]

Is C&P 2 the green version? So much nostalgia...

[@dostuffgirl5001]

I knew the second all thing bright and beautiful.

[@thomassturge1274]

Thank you for doing this. Now do the senior school (secondary school) hymn book.

[@mrrandomperson3106]

I've got a music copy of the combined 1 and 2 edition! Lucky find in a charity shop about ten years ago. I'm surprised you didn't mention the other tune for All Things B&B in there, it's a lovely folk-style tune that I've never seen published anywhere else.

[@louisecooper2580]

Used come and praise hymnbook in 🏫🙏 school my favourite hymn is Autumn days the cover of the big come and praise your holding is the same as my new come and praise hymnbook got it of eBay

[@shazzybabez]

Lost and found was a banger

[@MarkieC1990]

Wow, that brought back some junior school assembly memories 😂

[@cherylchernowski1345]

LOVE THIS! IS there an e-copy for Music teachers to revive this in schools? I'm in the Cayman Islands....shipping is impossible!

[@JamesBPartridge]

Ooh Im not sure! There is a newer version of Come and Praise you can get as a PDF but it's not the original...

[@MrMaxKeane]

We want that 4hour video

[@skippybottom5567]

This is what we need ! See you on tik tok

[@pamelaslack2336]

We used 'Someone singing Lord' and Carol Gaily Carol. Some of the songs were the same.

[@Clockwise26]

Just discovered you from Vanessa’s show, thank you for the memories

[@radicalrad77]

You're a banger James,🥰

[@user-wd6kq2nr3h]

I remember this book so well. We had Hymn practice instead of assembly once a week 😂 my only thing is I can’t sing For the Beauty of the Earth with any tune other than the John Rutter version!

[@mrleney9904]

Join with us no. 30 is so a banger. Also Judas to Mary is great!

[@deborahgyton4825]

Yes is my favourite

[@emmat2086]

YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!

[@JamesBPartridge]

WHoop!!

[@Daimo83]

You sing these better than the bag of cats the BBC brought in to make a recording. I would really love it if somebody could organise an event to sing these.

[@JamesBPartridge]

I've got a whole tour singing through the songs, if you fancy it!

[@MarkieC1990]

I think we need come and praise 2 next 😎

[@JamesBPartridge]

I was thinking of doing that! There aren't as many big tunes but still could be worth doing it

[@MarkieC1990]

I’d be all in, appreciate the work you put into the videos as well, takes some skill to sight read like you do 👏🏻👏🏻

[@benjaminthomasholton963]

You did The Best Gift dirty, my man. It's a TUNE.

[@JamesBPartridge]

hahaha so sorry dude!!

[@benjaminthomasholton963]

@@JamesBPartridge No worries, man. In the spirit of Come and Praise, I forgive you.

[@tonyallen2810]

My friend Stephen, who is a bear, got me this book a year or two ago.

[@bryony1235]

No.36 God is Love is the tune of the Christmas carol Personent Hodie! It has both Latin and English versions: Personent hodie voces puerulæ Laudantes iucundė qui nobis est natus, Summo Deo datus, & de vir-vir-vir, & de vir-vir, & de virgineo ventre procreatus. On this day earth shall ring with the song children sing to the Lord, Christ our King, born on earth to save us; him the Father gave us. Refrain Id-e-o-o-o, id-e-o-o-o, Id-e-o gloria in excelsis Deo! Hope that helps it ring some bells for you! 😊

[@sholtorock5904]

This must be an earlier version of Come and Praise - not only does it have songs I’m not very familiar with, but even the cover looks different: I’ve always remembered the books having red covers.

[@JamesBPartridge]

Interesting! Yes, it is the original publication of Come and Praise here. They re-did them with red covers, similar to the one I'm playing from actually

[@angelacooper2661]

I am fifty two and so remember the blue Come and Praise songbook at junior school, between 1977 and 1981. My musical memory is very good, as I have perfect pitch!

[@jamescorbett5729]

Can I go back to Primary School and have another go at life please?

[@JamesBPartridge]

🥺 ❤

[@xStarblazer]

I feel like there was a different version of this book because we had the blue and another colour one. Weird even as kids we made fun of the cover saying that the boy on the back left is erm doing something to the happy boy on the front left. When we were in infant school.

[@JamesBPartridge]

I think that's the words only edition. I have that one too!

[@winterv3vo]

There was this song in primary school song I sang, I haven't met anyone else who knows it. One of the lines is 'Thank you Jesus, thank you Lord, for loving me so much, I know I don't deserve anything'. Do you know it? That's probably not word for word, but it's one of the ones I remember the best.

[@winterv3vo]

Or 'theres a song of exclamation'?

[@kathrynredgers5000]

I recognise the words in your first post - I think it's I'm Special (by Graham Kendrick)

[@winterv3vo]

@@kathrynredgers5000 thanks

[@jennyst]

I disagree on 14, that's a banger for me

[@jamesanderson1096]

Please tell me which song starts with “when Jesus heard that his very good friend called Lazarus had died……”

[@katietaylor5092]

What is the exact piano book for it, would you be able to link it as I'm desperate to get it

[@JamesBPartridge]

www.wob.com/en-gb/books/colin-evans/come-praise-the-complete-music-words/9780563345817?gclid=Cj0KCQjw6pOTBhCTARIsAHF23fJkANifZHdJHloWKYNQ6yqwie0lppJLU9GbQ68bF2Nu0OP6xUvFQCQaAtarEALw_wcB

[@JamesBPartridge]

This is the one!

[@radicalrad77]

Rupert the Bear 😂🤣

[@angelacooper2661]

I am old enough to remember Rupert the Bear and the theme tune, which sprang to mind when I learnt it. In fact, I had a Rupert annual!

[@thomassturge1274]

@@angelacooper2661 I still have the 7” single. I’m 52 now and I still like the Rupert The Bear song.

[@radicalrad77]

Hey James! Is the sparrow song not in this book? Hundreds of sparrows thousands and millions... Thought it was a come and praise song?

[@hlord5999]

I remember these lyrics!

[@radicalrad77]

@@hlord5999 it's number 15!!

[@JamesBPartridge]

@@radicalrad77 It's at 13 minutes in

[@Gmackematix]

Not as easy to find by skimming through the titles. The title is God Made Me with no mention of sparrows.

[@user-cx2rx4uh1z]

Do you have guess how I feel song by David Stoll ? Think it’s in the second book

[@prbsnoop1974]

We had "Come & Praise" and another hymn book "Someone's Singing Lord" - our school sang a different version of "All Things Bright and Beautiful" to the two you sang here, ours was very....bouncy...jaunty....for want of a better word. Maybe that was in SSL? Do you know this version? Or was it a Mrs D'Aft exclusive?

[@prbsnoop1974]

That's Dayarft NOT Daft (Bucket)

[@mrleney9904]

Er, the Best Gift and Lost and Found you didn't do justice to (to be fair this is a long singing task for you!). The verse of Best Gift was the best part

[@catherinepowell588]

I can't remember the name it's a song with a sheep and it goes lost lost lost and found thats what the bible said 🎶

[@Andyssea]

Remember it well in the 70s and 80s

[@user-yq7oq5ry1h]

Oh my goodness, I’m so glad I came across this…..wonderful! It takes me back to a childhood of loving singing assembly songs and also 14 years as a Primary School teacher. I have books 1 and 2 somewhere; I’m going to search them out and get singing! Thank you so much.

[@deborahgyton4825]

Yes is my favourite