We were very lucky, last week, to be able to work with our favourite folk group, the Young'uns, via Zoom.
We have been part of a wonderful project with Historic England, which has enabled us to gain access to a great lot of resources about our own local history. We've had our own adviser to support us in finding out more about our local area, and, of course, also Brian Boulton who is our very own Archivist. So all these resources combined helped us to gain lots of songwriting material. The project culminated in a day's songwriting with the Young'uns. They wrote entirely collaboratively with each class, so what you hear is the children's own words placed into a wonderful song, sung by Sean and David from the Young'uns.
Click below to play it — we're absolutely delighted with it, and hope you are too!
Sarah Gallagher, Headteacher
Snape Song - Longboat Journey Through time
We'll sing you the story of Snape
See the watchful curlew climb
See Saxons, soldiers, suffragettes
On our longboat journey through time
Benedictine monks with robes as black as night
Hear the bells ringing, psalms they're singing
Scribing holy words by flickering candlelight
On our longboat journey through time
We'll sing you the story of Snape
See the watchful curlew climb
See Saxons, soldiers, suffragettes
On our longboat journey through time
See our school being opened in 1905
Garrett sisters speak, women are not weak
The Suffragette movement is truly alive
On our longboat journey through time
We'll sing you the story of Snape
See the watchful curlew climb
See Saxons, soldiers, suffragettes
On our longboat journey through time
See brave, lost soldiers like Joseph Lee
In the First World War, the horror they saw
A tragic moment of our history
On our longboat journey through time
We'll sing you the story of Snape
See the watchful curlew climb
See Saxons, soldiers, suffragettes
On our longboat journey through time
And now we're back in Snape today
With the river Alde flowing, the tractors towing
Many years we've been away
On our longboat journey through time
Time travel is a thirsty game
To The Golden Key, The Crown and The Plough & Sail
To the pubs of Snape our final aim
On our longboat journey through time
We'll sing you the story of Snape
See the watchful curlew climb
See Saxons, soldiers, suffragettes
On our longboat journey through time
On our longboat journey through time