We had one music lesson a week at school and our teacher tried his best to teach us music theory and notation. But with a class of nearly thirty boys, he would sometimes give up.

He would issue us with songbooks and play the piano. Those singalongs were the most enjoyable music lessons we had. I don't know how many of us turned out to be singers but I hope it wasn't just me.

P.S. I once got a whacking for singing on the bus. It was worth it.