Glad That I Live Am I
One of the hymns we used to sing in assembly was Glad That I Live Am I. A simple, rather naive little thing. Each time it appeared on the hymn-chart there would be sniggers and snorts of derision.

But I always enjoyed it, relishing its simple message:

Glad that I live am I,
That the sky is blue;
Glad for the country lanes
And the fall of dew.

After the sun the rain,
After rain the sun,
This is the way of life,
Till the work be done.

All that we need to do,
Be we low or high,
Is to see that we grow
Nearer the sky.

I also enjoyed it for another, more personal reason. I used to change the first verse and sing:

Glad that I live am I,
That the sky is blue;
Glad for the country lanes
And for Doctor Who.

But one day Dirty Dolmon overheard this and gave me the mother of all Chinese burns after assembly. Didn't stop me though - I just made sure I sat away from Dirty Dolmon and all the other tuoughs.

Dktr S
(Dr Skagra glorious glargzhem, Sun 16 Jun 2013, 16:34, 4 replies)

That was the first song I remember singing in front of people.
My primary school teacher was the first person (and the only person for a long, long time) to tell me I could sing, and made me sing it in front of the choir mistress. I wasn't allowed to do choir though, as I was only 7, and therefore 'too young'. Miss Allman was fuming, and took it upon herself to teach me as much as she could, encouraging me every step of the way.

Thank you for posting this. It brings back very very happy memories.
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Thy Kingdom come
thy will be done
for doing a ton
up the M1
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The Earth is yours, O God,
you nouriSHIT with rain...
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Pfft!
*smirks*
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