Register for our MEHSA Malaysia Reunion Feb 2nd - 7th 2026
Methodist English High School Song
Methodist English High School,
Proud we are of thee!
Loyal sons and daughters,
We would ever be.
Always united, we each feel the same Reverently we utter thy name, Pledging our lives to bring thee fame Dear old M.E.H.S.
When our School days are finished,
And we're far apart,
Memories we'll cherish
Deep within our heart
Still we shall serve thee with all our might
Keeping thy lamp of knowledge alight,
Striving to make thy future bright, Dear old M.E.H.S.
Refrain (After verse 2 only)
M.E.H.S.
M.E.H.S.
Safe for aye in memory's shrine.
M. E. H. S.
M. E. H. S.
Praise and love be ever thine.
GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK
My Grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,
So it stood ninety years on the floor;
It was taller by half than the old man himself,
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,
And was always his treasure and pride.
But it stopped, short, never to go again,
When the old man died,
Chorus:
Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tock.
His life seconds numbering
tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped, short, never to go again,
When the old man died.
My Grandfather said that of those he could hire
Not a servant so faithful he found:
For it wasted no time, and had but one desire:
At the close of each week to be wound.
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face
And its hands never hung by its side. But it stopped, short, never to go again,
When the old man died.
It rang an alarm in the dead of the night,
An alarm that for years had been dumb;
And we knew that his spirit was pluming its flight,
That his hour of departure had come. Still the clock kept the time, with a soft muffled chime.
As we silently stood by his side.
But it stopped, short, never to go again,
When the old man died.
MY BANJO
Tra, la, la, la, la, My banjo is saying, Tra, la, la, la, la, To sound of my playing
Tra, la, la, la, la, Old friends are the dearest,
Come, my banjo, we'll sing to them all.
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, The dancers are swaying,
Tra, la, la, la, la, To sound of my playing,
Tra, la, la, la, la, Old friends are the dearest,
Come, my banjo, we'll sing to them all.
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la. la, la, la, la, la, la.
JUANITA
Soft o'er the fountain,
Ling'ring falls the southern moon;
Far o'er the mountain
Breaks the day too soon!
In Thy dark eyes' splendour,
Where the warm light loves to dwell.
Weary looks, yet tender,
Speak their fond farewell.
Nita! Juanita!
Ask thy soul if we should part!
Nita! Juanita!
Lean thou on my heart.
When in thy dreaming,
Moons like these shall shine again; And daylight beaming,
Prove thy dreams are vain.
Wilt thou not, relenting,
For thine absent lover sigh?
In thy heart consenting
To a pray'r gone by?
Nita! Juanita!
Let me linger by thy side!
Nita! Juanita!
Be my own fair bride.
MY BONNIE IS OVER THE OCEAN
My bonnie is over the ocean,
My bonnie is over the sea.
Mv bonnie is over the ocean.
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Bring back my bonnie to me, to me, Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me.
Oh, blow ye winds over the ocean
Oh, blow ye winds over the sea,
Oh, blow ye winds over the ocean,
And bring back my bonnie to me.
Last night as I lay on my pillow,
Last night as I lay on my bed,
Last night as I lay on my pillow.
I dreamed that mv bonnie was dead.
The winds s have blown over the ocean,
The winds have blown over the sea,
The winds have blown over the ocean
And brought back my bonnie to me.
ZUM GALI GALI
Hechalutz le 'man avodah;
Zum gali gali gali, Zum gali gali, Avodah le 'man hechalutz.
Zum gali gali gali, Zum gali gali.
Avodah le 'man hechalutz;
Zum gali gali gali, Zum gali gali., Hechalutz le man avodah,
Zum gali gali gali, Zum gali gali.
Hechalutz le 'man hab'tulah;
Zum gali gali gali, Zum gali gali, Hab'tulah le man hechalutz,
Zum gali gali gali, Zum gali gali.
Hashalom le 'man ha'amim;
Zum gali gali gali, Zum gali gali,
Ha' amim le man hashalom,
Zum gali gali gali, Zum gali gali.
VIVE L’AMOUR
Let every good fellow now join in a song,
Vive las compagnie!
Success to each other and pass it along,
Vive la compagnie!
Chorus:
Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour,
Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour,
Vive l'amour, vive l'amour,
Vive la compagnie.
A friend on your left and a friend on your right,
Vive la compagnie!
In love and fellowship let us unite,
Vive la compagnie!
Now wider and wider our circle expands,
Vive la compagnie!
We sing to our comrades in far away lands,
Vive la compagnie!
SARASPONDA
Sarasponda, Sarasponda, Sarasponda,
Ret, set, set!
Sarasponda, Sarasponda, Sarasponda,
Ret, set, set,
Ah-do-ray-oh!
Ah-do-ray-boom-day-oh!
Ah-do-ray-boom-day-ret-set-set!
Aw-say-paw-say-oh!
Boom da, Boom da, Boom da, Boom da, Boom da, Boom da,
Boom da, Boom da, Boom da, Boom da, Boom da, Boom da,
Boom da, Boom da, Boom da, Boom da, Boom da.Boom da.
KOOKABURRA
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra!
Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be!
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra!
Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me!
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra!
Stop, Kookaburra!
That’s not a monkey that’s me!
The Happy Wanderer
I love to go a-wandering,
Along the mountain track,
And as I go, I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back.
Chorus:
Val-deri, Val-dera,
Val-deri,
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri, Val-dera.
My knapsack on my back.
I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun,
So joyously it calls to me,
"Come! Join my happy song!"
I wave my hat to all I meet,
And they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree.
High overhead, the skylarks wing,
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing,
As o'er the world we roam.
Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die!
Oh, may I always laugh and sing,
Beneath God's clear blue sky!
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
Think of all the great things we would do?
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me?
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
Through the door, there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts, the dreams are still the same
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
Beautiful Dreamer, awake unto me
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee
Sounds of the rude world heard in the day
Lull’d by the moonlight have all passed away
Beautiful Dreamer, queen of my song
List while I woo thee with soft melody
Gone are the cares of life’s busy throng
Beautiful Dreamer, awake unto me
Beautiful Dreamer, awake unto me
Auld Lang Syne
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
Chorus
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you'll buy your pint cup!
and surely I'll buy mine!
And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
Chorus
We two have run about the hills,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we've wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.
Chorus
We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.
Chorus
And there's a hand my trusty friend!
And give me a hand o' thine!
And we'll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.
Chorus