beginning of film - actor christian bale. Suo Gan - performed by the Ambrosian Junior Choir. Soloist James Rainbird.
Lyrics see:
http://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Suo_Gan
This is the group Cut-Out Animation made at the University of Sunderland. It is based on the popular children's poem 'Headmaster's Hymn' from the book 'Please Mrs Butler' by Allan Ahlberg.
The Stowey tune is generally used for Children song of the Nativity [ aka How far is it to Bethlehem ?] words by Frances Alice Chesterton and When a Knight Won His Spurs - words by Jan Struther.
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Uncertain as to what it is but it seems like they are singing in a Japanese film Nobody to Watch over me
http://www.dare-m amo.jp/
NOT to be confused with Steven Geraghty's You Were There which was a song for the PS2 game ICO.