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  • Warm-ups & playground games
  • Songs for early years
  • Songs for KS3
  • Traditional songs
  • Songs from African countries
  • Songs with French words
  • Songs with Spanish words
  • New compositions & arrangements
  • Young composers – We Wrote this!
  • Young Music Leader – BlueJam Arts
  • Young Vocal Leader – Soundwave

Recent Posts

  • Njoho *
  • Nila *
  • Percy the Park Keeper’s song *
  • Place where you earned your name *
  • Polka (les genoux, les mains) *

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  • January 18, 2020January 26, 2022
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Something *

  • New compositions & arrangements

Robin Horton Written for and performed by Oakmeadow Primary School, Wolverhampton, this is a great song with a catchy tune and rhythm.

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  • December 5, 2019January 26, 2022
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On The Golden Sands Of Time – Carol Douglas **

  • New compositions & arrangements

A great song to get the whole class or school singing out, or a chance for a soloist to show what they can do. With full backing track. KEY STAGE 3 & adult

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  • December 5, 2019January 26, 2022
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Old Lady’s Lullaby – Carol Douglas **

  • New compositions & arrangements

This is a lovely folk-style lament with full backing track KEY STAGE 3 & adult

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  • November 16, 2019October 22, 2021
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The Hygiene Gang – Alan Penman & Alan Dunn

  • New compositions & arrangements

Good performance song. KEY STAGE 2. mp3 | mp3 backing

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  • November 6, 2019January 15, 2022
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Give Us Some Time Out *

  • New compositions & arrangements

Carol Douglas Northern songwriter Carol teamed up with Australian Brian Ralston to record this song. Great opportunities for performance here. KEY STAGE 2 to adult .

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  • September 18, 2019October 22, 2021
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Un Sueno Feliz (A Beautiful Dream)

  • Songs with Spanish words

Pilar Marchori Beautiful song with three main phrases, repeating andando, cantando, bailando (walking, dancing, singing). Easy two chord guitar backing. Audio | Lyrics | Audio with backing track

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  • August 20, 2019October 22, 2021
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The Big Ship Sails

  • New compositions & arrangements

Alan Penman and Alan Dunn This is a great backing track for assembly singing or performance and because it is about the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal and a Victorian Singing Game, it fits well into the curriculum. Backing track

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  • August 20, 2019October 22, 2021
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Ball in the Beck

  • New compositions & arrangements

Backing track by Dave Camlin, Alison Scott, Bassenthwaite School. Lively song with percussion and sounds. Backing track | Words

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  • June 5, 2019October 22, 2021
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A Two Grand Wager – Carol Douglas and Brian Ralston

  • New compositions & arrangements

A fantastic song telling the true story of a wager between a workman and the Director of the Bank of England. Lots of scope for a dramatic performance as part of a play or movement piece. KEY STAGE 2 & 3 Audio | lyrics | backing track

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  • June 5, 2019October 22, 2021
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Ain’t gonna let nobody – new arrangement by Sharon Durant

  • New compositions & arrangements

A hip-hop version with backing track. demo mp3 with backing track | score

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  • May 26, 2019October 22, 2021
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Lawenche

  • Songs from African countries

Clapping song from Ghana, West Africa. It’s in the Twi language. Roughly translated it means Let’s clap together, I can see and owl, she’s late, lets keep clapping – contributed by Jane Wheeler. Audio | Audio groove backing track

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Song list

  • Warm-ups & playground games
  • Songs for early years
  • Songs for KS3
  • Traditional songs
  • Songs from African countries
  • Songs with French words
  • Songs with Spanish words
  • New compositions & arrangements
  • Young composers – We Wrote this!
  • Young Music Leader – BlueJam Arts
  • Young Vocal Leader – Soundwave

Recent Posts

  • Njoho *
  • Nila *
  • Percy the Park Keeper’s song *
  • Place where you earned your name *
  • Polka (les genoux, les mains) *
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