Anybody remember any of the songs from assembly. I liked Spanish Guitar:

very very old, i think first floor. click clack click clack hear the stixs go marching

Hi Ron, I can remember singing songs from musicals. We sang "My Favorite Things" from Sound of Music and a song about the, " The Nina, The Pinta, The Santa Maria." At least, those are the lyrics I remember. Do you remember any lyrics from "Spanish Guitar" to jog my memory? Linda, are you talking about Zecca's class playing sticks on the stage or a song you remember? Do you guys remember singing Easter songs? "In Your Easter Bonnet? Connie

Spanish Guitar

“When I was a student at (name of a school I can’t recall) I played on my Spanish Guitar CHING CHING. I used to make love to the ladies I think of them still from a far CHING CHING. (THEN one side goes) RING CHING RING CHING RING CHING RING CHING RING CHING RING CHING RING CHING RING CHING CHING. (At the same time the other side goes) RING CHING CHING RING CHING CHING RING OUT YE BELLS O RING OUT YE BELLS O RING OUT YE BELLS RING CHING CHING RING CHING CHING RING OUT YE BELLS as I play on my Spanish Guitar.”

Were those songs played on a Spanish Guitar or on an Autoharp?

I think Spanish Guitar was the name of the song. We sang the RING CHING part

connie,

i thought it was a song, click clack click clack hear the stixs go marching. some kids on stage would have sticks, clicking them together..... i don't know what the heck it was.

I always raised my hand to play autoharp for a year, but alas, never got the nod!
Ron, thanks for the spanish guitar note but I agree with Gary that it might have been an autoharp song.
Linda remembered a song and I wish I knew the title to look it up for all the lyrics-Linda got part of it: "lemonade and cookies, syrup over waffles,carbonated soda, deviled ham on rye...fish and chips and chocolate peppermints are good but don't forget the pizza pie!" It was about going to a carnival?! It was so rhymey that I never forgot it...

con,

it was the carnival of venise (spell)

the other side would sing ring ching ching, ring ching ching ring out ye bells!!!!! hehehehehe while the other sang the carnival of venise how its banners bright appear, delight in all of its pleasures as it comes but once a year. when you come around the carnival you;ll see a lot of tastey dishes you will want to try etc.

No no you are mixing two songs together. With the Carnival of Venice one kid did the "lemonade and cookies, syrup over waffles, carbonated soda, deviled ham on rye...fish and chips and chocolate peppermints are good but don't forget the pizza pie!" part. He stood next to Mrs. Kelly as he did it. Everybody else sang the other parts of the song.
Spanish Guitar starts out just like in my earlier post. There is more to it but I can’t remember.

Linda, Good!! thanks!!

The Carnival of Venice ends like this “ good bye, Wiedersehen sagen, au revoir it means the same wave your hand but do not cry when you say good bye”

Ron,
I googled Carnival of Venice and I'm not seeing lyrics I recognize from Creighton assembly. Listen to a sample MP3. You'd think somewhere on the internet we could find those lyrics!!

I also looked on the net and could not find any. Do you think our teachers made up the words ? I am sure of the lyrics I posted they are burned into my brain!

I remember a song called I love the United States of America. Also there was a song called Halloween oh Halloween, Scariest Night I ever Seen. I remember singing Climb every Mountain and My favorite Things.

All I can remember of Climb every mountain is:

“Climb every mountain forge every stream follow every highway till you find your dream. A dream that will need all the love you can give. Every day of your life for as long as you live.”

And My favorite Things:
“Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes Snow flakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver white winters that melt into springs These are a few of My favorite Things .”

I don't remember any Halloween songs, but I
am glad someone does. How about the song with the words
Santa Lucia? Do you guys remember the girl scouts marching in with the flag to Souza Band Music?

does anyone remember what we sang for graduation 1966, i can't remember.

Probably not but "Let There be Peace on Earth" rings a bell. If we didn't sing it at graduation we must have sang it in assembly.

that was probably it scott. i liked that song

Scott is correct
Let there be peace on earth
And let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth
The peace that was meant to be.
With God as our father
Brothers all are we.
Let me walk with my brother
In perfect harmony.

Let peace begin with me
Let this be the moment now.
With every step i take
Let this be my solemn vow.
To take each moment
And live each moment
With peace eternally.
Let ther be peace on earth,
And let it begin with me.

I got one how about America the Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

Folks: I was there during 58-61 and I recall most of the songs being show tunes "Oklahoma" "Carosel" etc. and patriotic songs. Didn't a group of special students perform on stage with their "bells?" One girl (in particular) I think her name was Donna or Debbie Smith was a good singer and the teachers let her solo. The center piece song she sang was called:
"When You Walk Through A Storm" from Carosel
it continues...
When you walk through a storm keep your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark...at the end of the storm is a golden sky and the sweet silver ...?? Howard Schmerin

Howard I too recall Walk through a storm. That was also the song Jerry Lewis sang at the end of the telethon he held on Labor Day each year.

You’re also correct when you say a lot of them were patriotic songs. I just though of another one remember

YOU’RE A GRAND OLD FLAG.

Check out my profile if you want to see "Entertainment Creighton Style". You might possibly recognize a teacher.

I found some words for the song. I don't think we sang all of them, and some of the words are different but here goes:

Chorus: Ring ching ching, Ring ching ching,

Ring out ye bells, oh ring out ye bells, Oh ring out ye bells.

Ring ching ching, Ring ching ching, Ring out ye bells,

As I played on my Spanish guitar. Ching ching.

When I was a student at Cadiz,

I played on my Spanish guitar, Ching Ching.

I used to make eyes at the ladies,

I think of them still from afar, Ching ching.

I was four years a student at Cadiz,

Where nothing one’s pleasures could mar. (ching, ching.)

And where many a beautiful maid is,

Oh I strumm’d and I played my guitar, ching ching!

Oh, I sang serenades there at Cadiz,

‘til I got an attack of catarrh, ching ching.

Tho’ no more I cold serenadeez

Still I played on my Spanish guitar, ching ching.

When at last the train bore me from Cadiz,

The ladies all wept round the car, ching ching.

Oh, it grieved me to part from those ladies,

But I carried away my guitar, ching ching.

Way to go Ira! It all sounds right but for one thing I remember it as "I used to make love to the ladies"
One thing what school is Cadiz ?

It was, I want to make love to the ladies as we sang it.

Cadiz is a city in Spain.

Howard it goes like this
“When you walk through a storm keep your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark...at the end of the storm is a golden sky and the sweet silver song of a lark” Then there more verse that I can’t remember then it ends with
“you’ll never walk alone you’ll never walk alone “

From "Carousel"

R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein II

When you walk through the storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark

Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

I remember most of the songs that are posted here. How about No Man is an Island and This is my country. This is my country was also the closing song for our graduating class of 67. AH Yes, Mrs Kelly the old piano player. I also played the Autoharp on stage with the others.