Having started fourth grade at a different school, I wasn't sure what to expect from vocal music class. Unlike public school, where class was held in a music classroom, the nun who taught vocal music at private school wheeled a cart of supplies from classroom to classroom. On the first day of class, she told me, "You're new to the school, so I'd like you to sit up front. Children who are new usually aren't used to singing at different schools."
I'm still not sure how this increased visibility was supposed to help my limited singing range, but I gave "Rattlin' Bog" my all, at least. when we sang it. Our class didn't sing it with quite the rapid-fire accelerated pace of The Irish Descendants, but it was the closest we ever came to sounding uninhibited. For that reason, "Rattlin' Bog" sing-alongs are among the few positive memories I have of that class--and the school itself.
