All righty, then… The crew was Me/Linn (Bat Goddess), Susan, Charlie (Charley Noble), Dianne, Hutch, Martha from Gloucester, Tony from Gloucester, Janice (wearing a turkey hat) and Gail D., Jamie from western Mass., Don from the deep south (of Massachusetts), Gail Finn, Bill and Carol from Boston, Dave J., Pete (Peadar formerly of Portsmouth), Justine, Mike M., W.B., and Jeff W. And later a young man named Luke who is living on his boat this winter and had discovered us at the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival in September came in and sang a few. I'd heard on CBC Friday night on the way home from the session that Ron Hynes has died in St. Johns, Newfoundland, then on Saturday heard the news that Danny McLeod had passed away (Friday? Thursday?) Here's what we sang -- 1. Strike the Bell - Tony 2. Crossing the Bar - Martha 3. The Chanteyman - Charlie 4. Lukey's Boat - Hutch 5. By By, My Roseanna - Dianne 6. Fisher Lassies - Susan 7. Johnny, Come Down to Hilo - Jamie 8. Home, Dearie, Home - Linn 9. All Coiled Down - Don (for Danny McLeod) 10. Sonny's Dream - Gail Finn (for Ron Hynes) 11. Navy Hymn/Eternal Father, Strong to Save - Tony 12. Noah Built the Ark/Sitting On the River By the Levee - Susan 13. Astoria's Bar - Martha 14. Roll the Old Chariot - Hutch 15. All For Me Grog - Dianne 16. Ballad of Captain Blanche Leathers - Charlie 17. Johnson Girls - Justine 18. South Australia - Peter H. 19. Rolling To Cairo-Town - Don 20. Nine Times a Night - Linn I told the story of the Durham, NH town report sometime in the 1980s which came in camera-ready so we couldn't do anything about it. There was a chapel often used for weddings that came under the Cemetery Report…which listed how many "weddings were consummated" in the chapel. I want to know if it was in the aisles or on the altar... 21. Bay of Fundy - Tony 22. Old Zeb - Hutch 23. Sugar In the Hold - Jamie 24. High Noon In the Tropics - Charlie 25. The Voyage - Martha 26. Knickerbocker Line - Linn 27. Shawnee-Town - Hutch 28. Saltpetre Shanty - Justine 29. White Squall - Peter 30. Never Turn a Blind Eye To the Storm - Charlie 31. Tiny Fish For Japan - Tony 32. The Jeannie C. - Dianne 33. The Thanksgiving Round - led by Linn, sung by the company STRICTLY TRADITIONAL -- at least at The Press Room for over 35 years 34. Fall Down Billy O'Shea - Hutch 35. With Me Rubber Boots On - Mike (Newfoundland fishing variant of "With Me Pit Boots On" 36. Hills of Isle Au Haut - Martha 37. Tinker, Tailor - Dianne 38. We Are Three Jolly Fishermen - Jamie 39. Jamestown Homeward Bound - Don Discussion of a need for a song parody, "Turkey On a Raft"… 40. Bread and Gravy/parody of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" - Linn 41. Fire On the Mauritania - Jeff 42. Hammers On Stone - Tony I told the story of Newburyport captain Charles Tyng and the kid in the molasses vat in Havana -- I'll post it later after I massage the text from the memoir. The story reminded me very much of "Dead Dog Cider"… 43. Dead Dog Cider - Charlie (who got cross threaded and put it on hold) 44. Isle Au Haut Lullaby - Martha 45. Dead Dog Cider (continued) - Charlie 46. Salt Water Cowboy - Mike 47. Lowlands - Gail Finn 48. Johnny Come Down to Hilo - Justine 49. Tommy's Gone to Hilo - Luke 50. Yangtze River - Charlie 51. Sailor Cut Down In His Prime - Jeff 52. Santiano - Jamie 53. Ben Backstay - Luke 54. Rabbit Has No Tail At All - Mike So I had to follow with the similar song I learned from my Dad 55. The Horse Ran Around With His Foot On the Ground - Linn 56. Nelson's Prayer/Seaman's Hymn - Don and the company I'll post the molasses story later. Linn
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