Memory Lane: Sunday School songs
Lately I’ve had nostalgic memories of the Sunday School songs I sang as a child. For years as I was participating in Children’s Ministry regularly I sang lots of them regularly, but the last while I have not heard them. I have great memories of Richard K leading us kids in Kids Church or Wednesday nights – I hope my kids have similar experience, and hope their childhood songs aren’t just confined to “child like” versions of Hillsongs – not that these new fangled songs are bad, I just like the classics!
In no particular order, here’s a list of some favorites I remember – anyone else want to add your favorite?
1. Twelve Men Went To Spy On Canaan
2. Roll the gospel chariot along
3. Please don’t smoke (this song had huge ramifications for the gospel)
4. I’ve got the Victory
5. Deep & Wide
6. Away far over Jordan
7. I May Never March in the infantry
8. If you’re happy and you know it
9. My God Is So Big
10. Zaccheus was a wee little man
Ha Ha, folk songs.
Those songs were the best.
Thanks for the trip.
John
The Colour Song was one of my favorites although the title is not so original!
That’s a good one Pam – not a creative title and if I remember right the actions were hurtin’ too…
We do alot of these songs in our church today although I don’t recognize songs 2,4 and 6.
I’m looking for the name and lyrics to an old Sunday School song with these lyrics in it. Can anyone help?
How deep is the ocean, how wide is the sky?
WIDE, WIDE AS THE OCEAN
High as the heavens above
Deep, deep as the deepest sea
Is my Savour’s love;
I, though so unworthy,
Still I’m a child of his care;
For his word teaches me
That his love reaches me
Ev-’ry’where.
I have trouble at a Fundamentalist Chistian Sunday Schools when I hear about the infinite love of Jesus they describe in this song, and then hear later in the sermon for adults that this love somehow doesn’t reach down to Fundamentalist Muslims.
Paul,
I’m from a Christian church, and am the leader of our children’s sunday school song time of which we sing this song. However, I think your a bit mistaken. As Christians we believe that God’s love DOES reach everyone, everywhere. Be it muslims, christians, catholics, murders, good people, mean people, etc etc etc. It’s not a matter of God’s love not reaching them – Jesus died for ALL, and loves ALL. You might be thinking about salvation where yes, although we don’t know about anyone else, we can say from our perspective they will not go to Heaven as their way of believing you get there is wrong. It’ not about God not loving them, we believe that with all our hearts which is why we preach how important it is to share with them that God does love them, and the correct way God said you get to Heaven. Just wanted to clear that up for you…
Have a nice day! God bless..
Hey you wouldn’t happen to know the lyrics to Stop and Go?
Stop and let me tell you what the Lord has done for me..
The the other part
Go and tell the story of the one who died for me….
We used to have Sign when we sang stop, you held up the red sign, and sang the verse, when time came for the Go, nd tell, you flipped the sign around, and sang
Go and tell the story of the Christ of Calvary…
STOP AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME
STOP AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME
HE FORGAVE MY SIN AND HE SAVE MY SOUL
HE CLEANSED MY HEART AND HE MADE ME WHOLE
STOP AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME
GO AND TELL THE STORY OF THE CHRIST OF CALVARY
GO AND TELL THE STORY OF THE CHRIST OF CALVARY
HE WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS, HE WILL SAVE THEIR SOULS
HE WILL CLEANSE THEIR HEARTS, HE WILL MAKE THEM WHOLE
GO AND TELL THE STORY OF THE CHRIST OF CALVARY
WE SING THIS SONG IN CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP
GOOD NEWS CLUBS IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I AM A
GOOD NEWS CLUB BIBLE TEACHER. I ALSO WRITE MELODIES
FOR BIBLE VERSES AND PRODUCE A CD FOR THE CHILDREN
TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO LEARN THEIR MEMORY VERSES.
YOU CAN LISTEN TO A FEW OF THE VERSES ON OUR WEBSITE,
WHICH IS: CEFofSFV and click on MEDIA. YOU WILL FIND
ME THERE SINGING SOME OF THE VERSES. I ALSO HAVE RECORDED
SOME CEF SONGS ALSO. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CD, LET ME KNOW,
AND I WILL SEND ONE TO YOU.
I’m in Costa Mesa and trying to find a source for those song “board books”. Any ideas.
I remember a bible song, a rocket song and others, would Love to see what’s available.
Thanks.
Sorry Mark-Anthony – I don’t actually know that one.
A friend is looking for the second verse of ABCDEFG Jesus died for you and me.
She (and I) remember there was a second verse and you did the alphabet backwards. Anyone remember that?
ZYX and WV
God is watching over me
UTSRQPO
Jesus loves me this I know, that’s so
NMLKJ and I
I will meet Him in the sky
HGFE
God has promised my
DCBA
I’ll be with Him someday
Thanks for the alphabet song,
Her is GO
Go and tell the story of the Christ of Calvary
Go and tell the story of the Christ of Calvary
He will forgive your sins He will save your soul
He will cleanse your hearts He will make you whole
Go and tell the story of the Christ of Calvary
And another verse WATHC
Watch and be ready for the Lord may come today
Watch and be ready for the Lord may come today
He will come some day in the clouds for me
To take me home to eternity
Watch and be ready for the Lord may come today
Sorry for the spelling errors in the post.
Here is GO (is the first line)
And another verse WATCH (is the beginning of the second part)
I have been looking for a song I sang as a child which was over 50 years ago. The lyrics are:
Love one another,
Love one another,
This is the happy way,
Love one another.
another verse is:
Serve one another,
Serve one another,
This is the happy way,
Serve one another.
Any ideas as to where I can find this song?
Anyone know the lyrics to “Two Little Fishes and FIve Loaves of Bread? I’m teaching the story tomorrow and I know the kids would love to hear the song too. I can’t seem to find it anywhere on the internet
Thank you, Sara. I thought I was going CRAZY! No one else seems to remember that song. I know I used to sing it, but cannot remember the lyrics! I am a Sunday School teacher myself now and would love to find the lyrics to teach my little ones.
Anybody know the lyrics to the song about the spies,
something like “Twelve went down to spy on Canaan,
Ten were bad and two were good.
What did they see when they got to Canaan?”
…and I forget the rest…
maybe… “Some saw giants 10 feet tall,
some saw ……….
some saw the Lord who ruled it all
And some were bad and two were good.”
Twelve men went to spy on Canaan, Ten were bad and two were good.
What do you think they saw in Canaan? Ten were bad and two were good.
Some saw Giants big and strong, some saw grapes with clusters long.
Some saw God was in it all, Ten were bad and two were good.
I posted the lyrics as I remember then Terra.