Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: GUEST,Ryan
Date: 17 Feb 24 - 04:27 AM

Hi Nigel - apologies, I meant to message sooner. Many thanks for your prompt response and for generously sharing your collection ~ what a blast to the past!

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 14 Feb 24 - 04:51 PM

Responded to the above request via email.

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: GUEST,Ryan
Date: 14 Feb 24 - 02:39 PM

Hello Nigel, thank you for your deication to archiving these timeless songs from a bygone and nostalgic lived through by many a British primary school pupil in the 70's-90's. Do you by any chance have these songs saved? I'd love to add them to my own collection for posterity? I can be reached via [e-mail] ~ many thanks.

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 22 - 07:44 PM

My collection of Music Time is now digitised (scanned) so if anyone needs a particular song by email, just PM me.

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Jul 20 - 01:14 PM

So that is it. "Music Time" BBC television broadcasts to schools ran from Autumn 1970 to Summer 1994.
The above list is all the songs included in those broadcasts.
The pupils booklets do not seem to appear on eBay as frequently as "Singing Together" or "Time and Tune". This may be because of a move away from this sort of teaching, or because less books were needed for a television programme than with a radio programme.

As ever, if anyone needs a song from the above I can arrange to transcribe, or to email a scanned version.

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 07:41 PM

Academic year 91-92 repeats year 89-90
Academic year 92-93 repeats year 90-91
Academic year 93-94 repeats year 89-90

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 07:34 PM

Academic year 86-87 repeats year 84-85
Academic year 87-88 repeats year 85-86
Academic year 88-89 repeats year 84-85

Academic year 89-90

1989 Autumn : Tarfa and the Trolls
Housework
The Trolls
The Palace of Ice
Fishing
I can fly
Hail to the Troll King
Put him in a cage
We know it’s Christmas Day
Christmas lullaby

1990 Spring : Pictures at an Exhibition
Bear and the bee
Mango
The minstrel
The green machine
The train
What’s inside?
The moaning blues
By ‘n by

1990 Summer : The Emperor and the Nightingale
In the Emperor’s garden
Pardon me
The Nightingale
That’s just what I was thinking
Send for the court!
Lantern song

Academic year 90-91

1990 Autumn : Cinderella
The kitchen hoedown
What can you hear?
They like to dance
Make a wish
What’s the time?
Party
Ride on
The sounds of Christmas

1991 Spring : The Planets
Outer space
Messages
Come to the fair
Morgan the magician
Voices across the sea
In a parade
Our favourite ride
The old man
King Canute

1991 Summer : Panji and the Buffalo (as previous)

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 07:10 PM

Academic year 84-85

1984 Autumn : Dick Whittington
Saint Bartholomew’s fair
The Street Criers
Supper
The Cook’s Cure
Haul Away
The Sultan of morocco
Turn again Whittington
Past three o’clock
Christmas time

1985 Spring : Háry János
The French Grenadiers
A B C D
Seagull
Josey Brown
The Derby Ram
The Clockmaker
The Clock Shop
Viennese Musical Clock
Gallop. Gallop
Old Texas
The Chicken Song

1985 Summer : Anansi and the Sky God
Talking drums
Work the clay
Palm and cedar
The weavers
The Sky God’s song
The little people
Follow the drum

Academic year 85-86

1985 Autumn : A Gift for the Baby (as previous)
1986 Spring : The Sleeping Beauty (as previous)
1986 Summer : Panji and the Buffalo
The padi-field
The buffaloes
On the road
Monkeys and apes
The shopkeepers
The magic bell
The ceremonial meal

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 06:59 PM

Academic year 81-82

1981 Autumn : A Christmas Journey (as previous)
1982 Spring : Coppelia (1978) (as previous)
1982 Summer : The Big Balloon Show (as previous)

Academic year 82-83

1982 Autumn : The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (as previous)
1983 Spring : Lieutenant Kije (as previous)
1983 Summer : The Evening Star (as previous)

Academic year 83-84

1983 Autumn : A Gift for the Baby
Gotta build a house
Barnacle Bill
The dingle dangle scarecrow
African work song
Pull away me boy
Come to the manger
Three great kings
Do you have a gift?
See what I bring

1984 Spring : The Sleeping Beauty
People who have gardens
Magic spells
Water water
Dumplin’s
Floating
Barnacle Bill
Ring Ding Dong
The poor king
The two pirates
The Emperor and the nightingale (pub. 1989, reprint 1991)
In the Emperor’s garden
Pardon me
The Nightingale
That’s just what I was thinking
Send for the court!
Lantern song

1984 Summer : The Evening Star (as previous)

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 06:49 PM

Academic year 79-80

1979 Autumn : A Christmas Journey (as previous)

1980 Spring : Lieutenant Kije
Kumba yah
Down in the meadow
Zum gali gali
The old cow died
John Smith, fellow fine
Bill Groggin’s goat
Song of the Delhi Tongawallah
He lost his glove
Row, row, row your boat
Michael, row the boat ashore
Wild bird

1980 Summer : The Big Balloon Show (as previous)

Academic year 80-81

1980 Autumn : The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (as previous)

1981 Spring :Lieutenant Kije (as previous)

1981 Summer : The Evening Star
Song of the Karaja
The Evening Star
Our dearest friends
Let me grow you a garden
Dance
Corn and pineapples too

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 06:38 PM

Academic year 72-73 repeats year 70-71
Academic year 73-74 repeats year 71-72
Academic year 74-75 repeats year 70-71
Academic year 75-76 repeats year 71-72
Academic year 76-77 repeats year 70-71

Academic year 77-78:

1977 Autumn : A Christmas Journey
‘Neath the lilac
Three little pigs
The Galloping Major
Dipi du
Wake snake
Oh the wind blew east
Tinga layo
Jennie Jenkins
Sunday morning tune
Every star shall sing a carol
Travelling
See amid the winter’s snow
Wassail song
Orientis partibus
Jesus birthday carol

1978 Spring : Coppelia (1978)
Shoo fly
Old Joe Clarke
Old Smokey
Hushabye Birdie
Gideon’s band
Somebody’s knocking at your door
Zulu warrior
Never argue with a bee
Music of the day
A morning round
Inchworm
Play for Ma Dogoma

1978 Summer : Laughing Bird
Mother Kookaburra’s teaching song
Baby Kookaburra’s song
Budgerigar’s song
Pipe down Jackass!
What is ‘impertinent’?
All the birds of Australia

Academic year 78-79

1978 Autumn : The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Six little ducks
We have caught a big, fat trout
The donkey
‘Taters
Uncle Reuben
Turpin
Cadet Rousselle
O Christmas tree
A La Ru-Ru-Ru
The miracle carol
A Russian carol

1979 Spring : Coppelia (1978) - (as previous)

1979 Summer : The Big Balloon Show
A round of street cries
Street cries
The Muffin Man
Down the Road
Riding in the balloon
One man shall mow my meadow
Strawberry Fair
May morning
William Brown
Cosher Bailey
The Israeli Boat Song
Rolling Home
The Nightwatchman’s Cry

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 06:26 PM

First attempt to catalogue these, using the link above, and the titles they use. Because of frequent re-use of whole shows I find I already have the full run (just one of each).
Academic year 70-71:

1970 Autumn : Peter and the Wolf
Sweet potatoes
What shall I do?
Frog went a’courting
Green grow the rushes
A round of bells
The birds’ carol
A Russian carol

1971 Spring : Travel and Transport
Run, boys, run
Train is a-coming
Goodbye old paint
Canoe song
The blackbird
Song of the Volga boatmen
Ifca’s castle
Louisiana waltz song
Who’s dat yonder

1971 Summer : Spells and Riddles
Cindy
We have planted in our garden
The deaf woman’s courtship
Poor donkey
The man in the wood
What’s little babies made of?
The riddle song (I gave my love a cherry)
The devil’s questions

Academic year 71-72:

1971 Autumn : Animals
Hill an’ gully
The old sow
Stands a lady
My farmyard
Where lie the ox and ass
Mary had a baby
Sussex carol

1972 Spring : Coppelia (1972)   (there are two programmes of this title, identified by first year)
Scraping up sand
A charm for churning
The millwheel
Spin, spin
Lullaby (mockingbird)
The weaver
The loco fireman’s song
The dead horse

1972 Summer : A River Journey
Fisherman’s waltz
Floating down the river
Hunting polka
Echoing horns
Cowboy’s farewell
Joking song
O waly waly
My castle fine

Subject: RE: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 10:52 AM

Subject: Music Time (BBC Schools) - Contents
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Jul 20 - 10:37 AM

Posting elsewhere I noticed that there appear to be missing items for BBC Schools Broadcasts of series which include folk songs.
This is an attempt to correct.

While I'm happy for comments, additions, etc I have an edit key for the thread, so some things may change or get deleted.

Information on Music Time, and the dates of different booklets now found Here
On past experience of losing pages I will be taking a copy of that page.
The page makes clear: Units of Music Time did not always have official titles. The subject of the end-of-term concert or the common theme of the term's listening music is used for want of an official title.