I just remembered I hadn't yet posted about this, though I discovered it about a month ago. Our school and the 10 or 12 other schools that are affiliated with it have a Sing Aloud, Read Aloud book of English songs and rhymes for the lower primary and upper primary students. The idea is that each week, the students learn a new English song or rhyme and practice it at various times in class, on the playground, etc.
Most of the songs for the lower primary kids are typical children's songs like Old MacDonald, Are You Sleeping (aka Frere Jacques), etc. as well as a number that I've never heard before but am finding are amazingly catchy. For the upper primary kids, the selection so far seems to have focused a LOT on Peter, Paul and Mary songs, although today we had the pleasure of singing Westlife's Seasons in the Sun. Anyways, the point of this post is that soon after I received my personal copies of the Sing Aloud, Read Aloud books, I was flipping through the lower primary one and found the Farmer in the Dwell. Ohh yeah. Thousands of kids all over Hong Kong are going to be singing about the Farmer in the Dwell. Heeheehee. Tell me that doesn't make you chuckle.
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I love seasons in the sun!
That was the first video I saw of Westlife and I have been a fan since.
But credit where it's due:
"Seasons in the Sun" had been written in French in 1961 under the title of "Le Moribond" (The Dying Man), by Belgian poet-composer Jacques Brel. In 1964, it was translated into English by Rod McKuen and recorded by Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio.
BTW, there is some asian boy band that sings a version of the song now too, and it is horrible.
Ah.. that is probably why they selected it. Some teacher is probably a huge fan of said boy band and demanded it be included.
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