TOP 20 Primary School Assembly Bangers. Nostalgia unlocked. (TikTok compilation)

[@Jamie_Smith.]

Adding an extra “of kings” at the end of ‘Give Me Oil In My Lamp’ and pissing off the teacher! 😂

[@tescomealdeal9901]

Holy shit I remember doing that, legendary

[@JamesBPartridge]

Only legends did this 😏

[@Chas-u1v]

Amazing how many people claimed this comment

[@janvierr9906]

Missing: If I were a butterfly, I'd thank you Lord for giving me wings!

[@OliverSteadman]

It’s on his other one in the same playlist (songs 40-31). Along with Michaelmas Daisies and other bangers.

[@elizbedumb]

But I’d just thank you father for making me me…

[@codebanani]

YES OMG

[@LeePrice86]

Made me cry this 🤨 Didn't realise I was so happy at primary school and missed it so much. 👍🏼

[@JamesBPartridge]

Good times! 🥲

[@waynevernon5079]

Shine Jesus Shine was the Banger of of all times... Assembly and Sunday School 💕💕💕🙏🏾👊🏾👌🏾

[@JP-sm1zv]

I wholeheartedly agree

[@christianhalstead1437]

@@JP-sm1zv same

[@haannguyen4402]

7 is a banger

[@RaeWetherillMusic]

Autum Leaves. Always my favourite. Those are some serious feels there ❤️

[@Wingedartistcwolf]

That was always my favourite song to sing in primary school!

[@scottharrison4628]

@@Wingedartistcwolf yeah my fav too

[@s.a7711]

Primary school was lit damn I miss those days stress free and a better world back then no work just vibes 😔 Primary school 2006-2015 😢

[@ameliabarrett3255]

Cauliflowers Fluffy and cabbages Green and he's got the whole world in his hands are such bangers so popular aswell

[@JetDom767]

Ahh memories of First School between 1999-2006 adding an extra "Of Kings" at the end of 'Give me Oil in my Lamp' and getting barked at by the headteacher......the nostalgia

[@Mr_CoolGamer-]

Have shared this with all my friends and my sisters. Had forgotten most of them but could still sing the chorus as soon as I heard them. 80s primary school and middle school 🥰

[@JamesBPartridge]

Love it!!

[@merseyrail-kt8tr]

@@JamesBPartridge you should play brendan o'hara movement and learning I like climbing trees for apples song and the humming song from that album on piano

[@tubsaims4053]

OMG YES ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL!! I remember learning this off by heart.

[@JamesBPartridge]

Tune!

[@JayKhwaja]

One thing I can't forget that makes me cry 😢 is early learning and how effective and resourceful it truly was to carry us all through later life after. When I think about the age of innocence, I'd relive in a heartbeat, considering how sad and mundane life has gotten as I grew up. Im so grateful and honoured to have lived through the 80s, not to mention how well ahead times like that truly were. I feel terrible for the later generations to have missed out on such poignant times that are very much missed to this day. What upsets me most is how early learning has become convoluted when it should remain basic and simple, which is what made it all the more fun and challenging in the first place.

[@haannguyen4402]

Todays kids only know screens

[@markhartshorn3476]

Happy memories of singing these during assembly.

[@ClareFlack]

My gosh hearing these takes me back to being at school

[@clutteryfluttery6391]

0:18 you have awakened 20 year old memories that I didn't even know were dormant. Incredible what a few bars of a song can do.

[@JamesBPartridge]

Loved that one!!

[@heyheyo0o]

Colours of day used to make me cry in assembly!

[@elsummers6757]

Shine Jesus Shine is so nostalgic, every time I hear it I try rlly hard not to cry :')

[@bunny_bubbles612]

Omg nostalgic!

[@millie_1234-k2x]

I remember lord of the dance, he’s got the whole wide world in his hands and all things bright and beautiful and who put the colours in the rainbow and we used to read the lyrics of the board! Good old days

[@EdwinaLondon]

Why am feeling emotional?? ❤️💜 Assembly was the absolute best!!!

[@nicolagandy5934]

#5...absolute belter. Nothing like a sweaty room of 200 small children competitively screaming "THANK YOU" into each others' ears first thing in the morning. Teachers: you legends.

[@ollyislands1048]

Man this put a massive smile on my face, absolute bangers from my primary days in Cambridge England in the 80s. Thanks for this brother!

[@JamesBPartridge]

Ah that’s great! Glad it put a smile on your face. Where are you based now?

[@timhodgins6031]

I was in school in Cambridge in the 80's, I wonder if it was the same school at the same time? Mayfield

[@ollyislands1048]

@@timhodgins6031 Stapleford :)

[@jamesdoran387]

loved these singing all together in assembly felt like part of something at the start of each day

[@heyheyo0o]

I haven't smiled this much in a long time, thankyou mate

[@ALTnOtes]

I’m adding ‘I like the flowers’ tysm

[@rosalinepolat1068]

I’m in year 6 and cauliflowers fluffy was always our assembly banger during harvest fest

[@scottharrison4628]

wonderful the memories these bring back! as well as childhood memories I taught in primary schools and was amazed how important and effective school signing was for many kids for many reasons ...

[@LibertyCountyRoleplay_ERLC]

Omg!!!! I just unlocked treasured memories. One primary school hymn i remember was "when i needed a neighbour"

[@JamesBPartridge]

One of my favourites too!

[@sholtorock5904]

I remember these songs so well from my primary school back in the '00s - I had no idea singing hymns in assemblies was so universal. (For the record I am an atheist now, having been one since I was six. I'm twenty now, so that's only five years of my life in which I was a Christian!) My favourites are "Who put the colours in the rainbow" (catchy music) and "One more step along the world I go" (I like the lyrics), and of course "This little light of mine" (an all-round classic!) One song I'm surprised you didn't include was that one that goes "Peace, perfect peace, is the gift (?) of Christ our Lord" (is that how it goes?)

[@timhodgins6031]

That's an early age to claim atheism... It's great hearing how many hymns and Christian-based songs were included in schools. I'm 41 now and don't have kids so don't know if kids still have these songs in school, but it was a lovely reminder of days gone by, and plus, to know that the seed of the gospel was planted in so many young lives all over our land. Thankfully, even though we made decisions to turn our back on God, he doesn't forsake us and keeps the door open to us if we should choose to return to him. Grace.

[@sholtorock5904]

​@@timhodgins6031 Seems very unlikely. It'd take something incredible for me to come back. When I was six, it wasn't just a temporary "I'll try atheism for a few months and see how it feels", it was a proper "I've committed my life to atheism and I'm never coming back to Christianity". I just felt like God didn't care about me even though I was told that he did. Funny thing is, I've always been fascinated by the Bible and the stories and lessons within its pages. (I can't really decide on a favourite because there's a lot of parts that I like.) Also can somebody tell me what that hymn is, I really need to convince myself that I haven't accidentally made it up!

[@deanmoncaster]

I was brought up in a Coe school and was also a chorister and noticed the flaws in Christianity at an early age too. I was even told to stop asking questions by the elder people because I was poking holes in Christianity. However the song you're looking for is this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXW6kmuljNpkpLM It's not my fave rendition but as soon as I saw your words I started singing it to myself

[@deanmoncaster]

@@sholtorock5904 just in case my previous message doesn't get highlighted to you. Here is a direct at!

[@deanmoncaster]

@@timhodgins6031 other than a book that says it is true because it says it is true, and other people that claim they know things solely because they read the same book that claims it is true. Do you have any evidence or actual reason as to why you believe in something that is so plainly created in the minds of men to explain phenomenon that they couldn't explain when they weren't knowledgeable enough to know what actually caused it?

[@Accal1a]

I just sang along to all of this...#11, #9, #7, #5, #2 - LEGENDS. Thank you for this.

[@lindampofu7151]

South African primary school in the early 2000s had me singing most of these and it was beautiful 😂😂 shocked I still remember the lyrics!

[@OliverSteadman]

Same here. Some of them sound great tho and I wish had been brought to SA. Michaelmas Daisies for example (in his other video from same playlist)

[@FelineFurKin]

These are lovely and you’re adorable.

[@JamesBPartridge]

Thank you! ❤️

[@Gunnhfran2]

I could never forgot morning has broken because my mum used to sing it at the top of her lungs when waking us up for school... and would keep singing until we were both up and getting dressed

[@wattschris992]

The best song is its the springs upon the mountains makes the rivers of the plain

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

Haha brilliant. I know every single one! We got a born again Christian headteacher and then sang all of these.

[@Tiny-One]

Finally!!! I always knew that I wasn't going nuts when I remembered singing "From The tiny ant" - I've been trying to find a rendition of this for years!!!

[@rebeccasparkes]

Omg this bring back so many memories

[@arlenbone1384]

Autumn Days was one of my favourites for the 'hogs and dogs and frogs' and 'bats and rats and cats'

[@SamuelLee-gw6wr]

I may try to do DWE bangers in the future. That was the tool which built up my English at a young age, and tons of ppl in HK/TW use it over the years. I know #1 should definitely be this one: Look up, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the sky is blue There's not a cloud in the sky, it's a beautiful day for a picnic! Some other bangers: Who who who took the peanuts Flour sugar milk and butter, eggs 1 2 3 Will rank them soon. Thanks for your inspiration!

[@mytearsricochet1331]

I remember being in primary school and we all hated the singing assemblies and now we would give anything to go back

[@JamesBPartridge]

Me tooo

[@ginner33dg]

We had Autumn Days, Give Me Oil In My Lamp, and One More Step Along The World I Go as the hymns at our wedding 😂

[@jetblack749]

There was this one song my primary school had and it started with something like "I woke up this morning and what did I see" and then I think it mentioned a bird in a tree not too sure

[@dominicpowis9166]

Life is a wonderful thing I think it was called Woke up this morning what did I see , Buds and blossoms and the birds in the trees , With a stretch and a yawn and a scratch of my head , Life is a wonderful thing I said Life is a wonderful thing Lyrics from memory 20 years ago so very wrong likely

[@AmelGagroo-d1q]

I’m really obsessed with this guy

[@jamescorbett5729]

Lord of the Dance! Water of Life! (Maidstone, Kent, 1970s)

[@nyeti7759]

Such a nostalgic collection! Did you ever sing "When a Knight Won his Spurs"?

[@JamesBPartridge]

Yes, I did! I actually made a second edition of this going from 21-40 and included that one in there 😃

[@timhodgins6031]

@@JamesBPartridge Yeah, it number 26

[@thehoneybadger1223]

We did 18, 16, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 3, 2 and 1 lol, there were a bunch of others too, now a lot of kids sing stuff in the top 40

[@dominicpowis9166]

My god Is so big and come all ye faithful our school loved

[@McLeanAmy]

Two minutes and twenty-two seconds of the happiest memories I've ever known! Thanks so much for this upload!

[@JamesBPartridge]

So glad!!

[@mollywaygood2790]

You just took me back to my childhood

[@alialioxenfreee]

WATER OF LIFE!!! The past few years I have been convinced I made that up - but thank you for affirming I haven’t gone that mad 😂🙏🏻❤️

[@katyandmilly]

Oh my god, you are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much x 😄

[@siphs]

This is the most accurate list I’ve seen 🔥🔥 The only one missing is “Lord I lift your name on high” 😂

[@JamesBPartridge]

I don't know that one 😱

[@tee3835]

Lord I love to sing your praaaises!

[@deanmoncaster]

Never heard of it.

[@lttledeano8547]

Absolute bangers mate!

[@ClaireAustin-k3e]

There was another one with the lyrics ‘guess how I feel…sometimes’. Don’t know the exact title but I remember that one well! 😊

[@deanmoncaster]

If I had a hammer!! I liked your list, I knew all of the top ten apart from your number 1. Never heard of it. I also had a gf, we bought the come and praise books as adults and learnt the ones we used to sing.

[@JamesBPartridge]

Oh that's awesome! I've got the mini Come and Praise book as well as the big one with all the sheet music in it too. Funny you didn't know Shine Jesus Shine, that was the biggest anthem back at school! I actually never sang If I had a hammer but I know a lot of people love that one!

[@deanmoncaster]

@@JamesBPartridge see likewise, I'm surprised you don't know if I had a hammer. It was huge round me in Lincolnshire and my ex gf in Manchester. I am a trained classical chorister so I had a lot of singing time 😁

[@harryatters9852]

This is everything

[@LittleRichard1988]

Colours of day was one of my favorites but everyone who went to primary school or goes to primary school should know One more step.

[@stargirlpuffy]

I know all of them except the very last one, absolute bangers! (C of E school in the 90's btw)

[@tom19tj]

One more step along the road was our schools 'leavers song'. Only ever sang as the final song in the final assembly for the year 6s as they were about to leave for the last time. God damn that feels like a lifetime ago...

[@JamesBPartridge]

Brings a tear to the eye!

[@C4twen]

I have a feeling that my sons primary school does the same. I remember they sang it at one of the assemblys for the year 6 leavers. My son left year 6 during lockdown, so he didn't get a leavers assembly.

[@Sarahp88]

Love it, I sung most of these 🙂 along with.......I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts and knees up mother brown !!!

[@JamesBPartridge]

Brilliant! Some classic there 😃

[@ddempsey9642]

@@JamesBPartridge Seriously lovely voice hiding away in there. Some opera would be nice, Gilbert and Sullivan??? Loved this tho mostcsongs after my time. I was actually looking for the carols sung at school, The First Noel/Nowell...

[@patersonprod4620]

The top ten made me feel so happy and sad

[@sholtorock5904]

Also, did some of these come from the "Come and Praise" songbook? I remember that book well

[@JamesBPartridge]

Yes, a lot of these are from the Come and Praise songbook!

[@markhansolo8636]

I remember we did all this at my Primary School which I attended from 1995-2002. Also I wanna point out how strict it was. I kid you not during my time there it was like National Service.

[@VictoriaBeadle-ut8xq]

Total nostalgia❤

[@Whos_Bacon]

I loved conkers back then :)

[@xxgalaxygirlxx775]

20 13 and 14 is just👌

[@jameshill9854]

Absolute bangers 😂

[@backedup39]

I half remember mumbling through a few of these in primary school. But then came secondary school where we had supposedly inspirational talks which no one took any notice of except the few of us that went through a Christian phase which didn't last long.

[@OOOOO0000OOOO3]

We sang one more step at my leavers' assembly, and I swear, I could barely sing it with how much I was crying.

[@JamesBPartridge]

I'm so sorry that's sad! 🥺

[@davesmad4646]

I live in Scotland and I used to sing these songs at church only and that was rarely as I was always on violin

[@dianabraithwaite4154]

Reminds me of primary school in the 70’s.

[@MajorGrooves]

I think I know them all except the #1 (Primary school in Scotland in the 1980s)

[@HeatherHawthorne-f6l]

I am sooooo old. These songs are mainly from my teaching career. I can't remember what we sang.. hymns probably. I know my brother had, 'at the name of Jesus' at his wedding,' remembered from school. The one that goes pom, pom, pom, pom...... We sang 'Shine Jesus shine' in church in the 1980s. It was a cutting edge worship song. What a fun clip. I sang conkers yesterday, visiting a Primary School!

[@anyamaytrewhella1960]

11 was my favorite song :)

[@chloecross7962]

i remember some of these from church (Sunday school) and some i don't know where ik them from 😂

[@fairydustsparkle5956]

My Lighthouse? And there's a song that halfway through changes into afrikaans

[@jjswin]

Colours of day! Love.

[@JamesBPartridge]

It’s a great tune!

[@jjswin]

@@JamesBPartridge Did you ever do Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace? Or 'Jubilate'?

[@AndrewThiriot]

Thanks. Fantastic bunch of songs.

[@hollyh5057]

Omg all these songs 😢

[@henster25929]

One more step along the world is mine and my grandpas song 😊

[@PaulB-17]

Oh Yes memories alright! Also Onward Christian soldiers, Morning has broken and The Golden Cockerel. Early 70s Southampton.

[@mollyyy1336]

3 is the only one I did at school

[@itzzkevinrblx9145]

I remember Conkers, Cauliflowers Fluffy, The tongue twister POPACATTAPETAL, the tongue twister betty botter, Autumn Days, and ofc God Save The Queen

[@thomaschilds8781]

Where are: 1. You can build a wall around you 2. Love is something if you give it away 3. When a knight won his spurs

[@justforthevids6638]

Cauliflower fluffy, cabbages green, strawberry’s sweeter than any I’ve seen. Beetroot purple and onions white, all grown steadily day and night! The apples are ripe the plums are red the broad beans sleeping in their feathery bed

[@jamesBFC1887]

The autumn days one is iconic

[@JamesBPartridge]

It's an absolute anthem

[@joelherbert3298]

Please can you do a video of 30-21 too?!?!

[@JamesBPartridge]

Genuinely might have to with the number of bangers I missed out!

[@charlotteharris2236]

Anyone else remember the machine they’d show the lyrics on? And a pupil would be picked to do it?

[@JamesBPartridge]

The overhead projector and OHP monitor!

[@brynsims]

Superb! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@Amber-md8ut]

I don’t know what hymns I’ve been singing in primary school but barely any of these lol (and it was a Catholic school too!) (3. 2, 1 are the only ones I know)

[@christinetolley494]

Can you remember a song called when god lights a fire he don't need no matches let it burn ? We been to a funeral yesterday of old school friend and sang it but can't find any version anywhere it was amazing to hear it yesterday

[@marierogers4162]

What was that one pancake song. It was like pancake on the buggie, fish tank weird one ik😂

[@zeweirdfrog7830]

It it just me who haven’t heard most of these even though just going into year 7

[@chloeannemccready5588]

God said to Noah there's gonna be a floody floody children of the lo-ooord

[@fishmao3887]

autumn one hit the hardest

[@JamesBPartridge]

Absolutely SLAPS

[@fishmao3887]

@@JamesBPartridge brings back the greatest of memories

[@vina4791]

CONKERS WAS A BANGER

[@Jaisingh-cp4sc]

You have a great voice

[@JamesBPartridge]

Thank you so much!

[@Remy4300]

I miss school

[@QUEENno1fan]

At my school I remember there being a clapping bit in Shine Jesus Shine, after every 'Shine on me' we'd clap 5 times. Anyone else recall this?

[@codebanani]

Yes omg but we fixed it 😅

[@HooDie-Trench-GoTh2022]

Philip Schofield : primary school assembly bangers 😳

[@alexmorrow242]

I went to junior school from 1982-86, and we sang more than half of these. None of the ones that expressly mention Jesus though, as it wasnt a Church school and about half of us were Jewish. Brilliant memories though.

[@ArceneStorms]

I knew 9-10 of them.