Crappy middle-school Christmas carols
We we forced to sing some modern Christmas carol no-doubt written by some noncing church-goer who though the traditional ones were outdated and boring. One song simply went, "Were you there when they" + repead ad nauseum. At the end, after several verses of this drivel, the school tosser shouted, "NO!" and was thus given a thorough bollocking by the teachers. In retrospect though, he was right. I wasn't there, nor anyone else in the whole school, the parents in attendance nor anyone else in the church where the performance took place.
( mikeyyy, Wed 1 Apr 2009, 11:48, 3 replies)

you were scammed!
I went to a catholic school, and we sang a hymn which sounds like that - it went 'were you there when they , repeat, repeat verse with different line, but it was definetly an old hymn, and it was about easter - 'were you there when they crucified my lord etc'...... so not just a crap modern christmas carol - also a complete cocking rip-off.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 1 Apr 2009, 15:02, closed)

Crikey...
I (sadly) went to a Catholic primary/high school (N.B. Mandatory religious education gives you more than enough ammunition to become an Atheist), and I vaguely remember bits of that stupid hymn.

'were you there when they nailed him to a tree'
was it the same one with the chorus of 'it makes me wonder' or something equally as dull?

*primary school flashbacks*

AAAAARGH!
(Lythium deals in lead, my friend., Thu 2 Apr 2009, 11:27, closed)

Yeah
That was a really whack hymn to teach to kids... the only verse I really remember is the 'nailed him to a tree' one... aargh indeed
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 2 Apr 2009, 21:17, closed)