TK Band Songs

We had many band songs that we sang and yelled our hearts out for during our TK days. Amongst the few that I remember, our unofficial anthem was the most often sung.

Stand Up And Fight!

Stand up and fight until you hear the bell
Stand toes to toes, trade blow for blow

Keep punching till you make your punches tell
Show the world what you know

Until you hear the bell, the final bell
Stand up and fight real well!

(repeat from top)

Another popular but less frequently sung one was the The TK Band.

TK Band

TK Band is a big, big band
With many girls and boys
Some slide the trombone
Some play the trumpet
Like Louis Armstrong

Some play the baritone
And the clarinet and the horn
And the drums
This is what we do in the band

Come on ye shout
Hurray
Never be proud
We'll always try our b-e-s-t

(repeat from top)

We sang these songs whenever possible. We particularly loved to sing (and later, also play on our instruments) these songs whenever we travelled on the bus. The buses would be so filled with our noise that the teachers who were following the buses would frown at us. But we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless.

There were times, however, when the complaint came from the bus driver and I had to frantically hush-hush the merry-making members. Some members (especially the younger ones) thought I was being prudish because they saw no harm in their 'playing around'. So they didn't like me for this. Luckily, there were more understanding ones amongst us, too, and they helped to 'maintain order' every now and then.

Now I must try harder to recall the other band songs. Be patient, I will remember.