Welcome back to the school hall for this week’s assembly! Settle down and let’s have fingers on lips while I catch you up on my first gigs of the year, playing at a tech conference and going to the press night of the amazing Kinky Boots featuring my younger brother as the lead.

In this week’s Q&A session I uncover a forgotten classic from the Alleluya! song book, teach you some tongue-twisters (give them a go!), recommend some NEW assembly bangers (Conkers, Spring Chicken etc) and discuss the bizarre and slightly disturbing merits of the Stretch Armstrong children’s toy.

Today’s singalong is one of the ultimate primary school assembly classics. It is…Give Me Oil in my Lamp! Or Sing Hosanna depending on your book. You can learn some harmonies or play along with percussion. I’ll briefly explain the song’s origins in African-American spirituals and think about how our singing in school is almost a new folk tradition of its own.

Thanks again for listening and please do send me a comment, send in a question or leave a review if you’ve enjoyed it!

0:00: Intro

2:22: Correction Section

5:08: Weekly Catch Up!

11:37: Q&A Pt. 1: New assembly bangers and learning tongue twisters

17:39: Q&A Pt 2: Show merch and Stretch Armstrong

20:35: Deep dive request: A Better World (from Alleluya!)

24:24: Song of the week: Give Me Oil in My Lamp

36:08: Full singalong!

37:49: Roundup and goodbyes

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