MY SONG BOOK
TAPESCRIPT
Introduction

Activity book page 74.

MY NAME IS …..(English traditional song without end)

My name is Bill Foster, my home is in Gloucester,

I work in a textile mill there.

When I walk down the street,

All the people I meet say, “Hello, what’s your name?”

And I say…

Adventure 1

Activity book page 75.

I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING(Irish love song)

I know where I’m going,

And I know who’s going with me.

And I know who I love,

But the dear knows who I’ll marry.

Adventure 2

Activity book page 76.

IT’S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY (Irish folk song)

It’s a long way to Tipperary

It’s a long way to go,

It’s a long way to Tipperary

To the sweetest girl I know.

Goodbye, Piccadilly,

Farewell, Leicester Square!

It’s a long, long way to Tipperary,

But my heart’s right there.

Adventure 2

Activity book page 76.

LONDON’S BURNING(English traditional song)

London’s burning,

London’s burning,

Fetch the engines,

Fetch the engines,

Fire, fire, fire, fire,

Pour on water, pour on water.

Adventure 3

Activity book page 77.

LONG, LONG AGO (English love ballad)

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,

Long, long ago, long, long ago.

Sing me the songs I delighted to hear,

Long, long ago, long ago.

Now you are come all my grief is removed,

Let me forget that so long you have roved,

Let me believe that you love as you loved,

Long, long ago, long ago.

MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED, RED ROSE

O my love is like a red, red rose,

That’s newly sprung in June;

O my love is like the melody,

That’s sweetly played in tune.

As fair are you, my bonnie lass,

So deep in love am I;

And I will love you still, my dear

Till all the seas go dry.

Till all the seas go dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt with the sun;

And I will love you still, my dear,

While the sands of life shall run.

And fare you well, my only love!

And fare you well a while;

And I will come again, my love,

Though it were ten thousand mile.

R.Burns (1759-1796)

Adventure 4

Activity book page 78.

BILLY BOY(parody on love songs)

Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,

Oh where have you been, charming Billy?

I have been to seek a wife,

She’s the joy of my life,

She’s a young thing that cannot leave her mother.

Did she ask you to come in?

Yes, she asked me to come in,

There’s a dimple in her chin.

Did she set for you a chair?

Yes, she set for me a chair,

She has ringlets in her hair.

Can she bake a cherry pie?

She can bake a cherry pie

In the twinkling of an eye.

How old is she?

Three times six and four times seven,

Twenty-eight and eleven.

Adventure 5

Activity book page 79

LOCH LOMOND (Scottish traditional song)

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,

Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,

Where me and my true love were ever won’t to gae,

On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

Oh! Ye’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low road,

And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye,

But me and my true love we’ll never meet again

On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

Adventure 6

Activity book page 80.

LOUDLY PROCLAIM O’ER LAND AND SEA (Welsh historical song)

Loudly proclaim o’er land and sea:

This is the home of liberty.

Tyrants beware!

Ye would but try in vain,

Hallowed rights to curb with your hated chain.

Dearer than life is our love to be free.

Loudly proclaim o’er land and sea:

This is the home of liberty.

Adventure 7

Activity book page 81.

THE WORLD MUST BE COMING TO AN END(Scottish folk song)

I sent her for cheese, oh then, oh then,

I sent her for cheese, oh then,

I sent her for cheese,

But she fell and broke her knees,

Oh the world must be coming to an end, oh then.

I sent her for eggs, oh then, oh then,

I sent her for eggs, oh then,

I sent her for eggs,

But she fell and broke her legs,

Oh the world must be coming to an end, oh then.

I sent her for bread, oh then, oh then,

I sent her for bread, oh then,

I sent her for bread,

But she fell and broke her head,

Oh the world must be coming to an end, oh then.

I sent her for meat, oh then, oh then,

I sent her for meat, oh then,

I sent her for meat,

But she fell and broke her feet,

Oh the world must be coming to an end, oh then.

Adventure 8

Activity book page 82.

SILENT NIGHT (Christmas carol)

Silent night, Holy night!

All is calm, all is bright,

Round yon Virgin mother and child.

Holy Infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace,

Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, Holy night!

Shepherds first saw the light,

Heard resounding clear and long,

Far and near the angel song:

Christ the Saviour is here,

Christ the Saviour is here.

Silent night, Holy night!

Son of God, oh how bright,

Love is smiling from Thy face,

Peals for us the hour of grace.

Christ our Saviour is born,

Christ our Saviour is born.