Saturday 12th April - Memory Lane

 I was looking for something to write today - because not every day is crammed with interesting events, sometimes the day begins with bubble and squeak, sausages, egg and tomato for breakfast, continues through chicken and vegetable curry, or was it vegetable and chicken curry,  for I bulked out the chicken from yesterday's roast with a bit of onion and a few sticks of celery, and the remains of a yellow pepper and a bit of onion, and finally sardines on toast for supper, with not much happening in between...

my eyes lit upon some tulips, still just about surviving in their vase after 10 days...

and the garden is full of tulips at the moment...

So I went looking for 'Tulips from Amsterdam' on YouTube, but came across Max Bygraves singing 'Gillygillyossenfevverkatzenellenbogen by the sea'

Now I used to have a CD called 'Junior Choice', a compilation of the songs and tunes played on the children’s radio programme of that name, broadcast on Saturday mornings. How I used to love listening to it...

I often played tracks from the CD in my music lessons, and this was a favourite with the youngest children. We used to make up actions and join in with the children on the recording, especially once they could say Gillygillyossenfevverkatzenellenbogen by the sea'.

(There are quite a few 'teaching points' in the song!)

Here's your chance to sing along, with actions if you like...