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- Album This song officially appears on the Liverpool Oratorio Official album.
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Song facts
“Not for Ourselves” is the eight track of the second movement – entitled “School” – of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, released in 1991.
II: SCHOOL. 1953. The war baby – Shanty – now 11 years old and at school, celebrates his Liverpool upbringing. With classmates, he skips lessons to “sag off” and sunbathe in the graveyard of Liverpool Cathedral. Sleeping on a gravestone, he dreams of ghosts of the past and the future. One of the ghosts, Mary Dee, is his bride-to-be. Waking and back at school, Shanty and his classmates are taught Spanish in the form of a folk song by their new mistress, Miss Inkley.
“Liverpool Oratorio” liner notes
Last updated on July 10, 2019
Lyrics
BOYS and CHORUS
Not for ourselves,
But for the whole world were we born.
And we were born in Liverpool.
HEADMASTER
Not Birmingham
MISS INKLEY:
Nor Edinburgh.
BOYS
Not Manchester
SHANTY
Or Solihull.
BOYS and CHORUS
Being born where you were born
BOYS and WOMEN'S CHORUS
Carries with it certain responsi..
MEN
Carries with it certain responsi..
MISS INKLEY and HEADMASTER
Carries with it certain responsibilities.
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1991
0:55 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Additional engineer
- John Timperley :
- Balance engineer
- Carl Davis :
- Orchestra conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- John Fraser :
- Producer
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
- Orchestra
- Nic Raine :
- Assistant to carl davis
- Martin Astle :
- Additional engineer
- Tom Leader :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- Ian Tracey :
- Chorus master and master of the choriste
- Jerry Hadley :
- Tenor
- Willard White :
- Bass
- Sally Burgess :
- Mezzo-soprano
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
Selections from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
Official album • Released in 1992
0:55 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Additional engineer
- John Timperley :
- Balance engineer
- Carl Davis :
- Orchestra conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- John Fraser :
- Producer
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
- Orchestra
- Nic Raine :
- Assistant to carl davis
- Martin Astle :
- Additional engineer
- Tom Leader :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- Ian Tracey :
- Chorus master and master of the choriste
- Jerry Hadley :
- Tenor
- Willard White :
- Bass
- Sally Burgess :
- Mezzo-soprano
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
Live performances
“School - Not for Ourselves” has been played in 2 concerts.
Latest concerts where School - Not for Ourselves has been played
Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 29, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 28, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
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