Mary,

I agree with Seamus on this. My personl feeling is "The Old Man" is a particularily dreadful song. It is equal in badness to "The Voyage" as far as I am concerned. But because we do the song in the band I am in and people wanted it, we recorded the song on our last CD. I reconcile myself with the fact that I don't sing it and it has interesting chord structures.

I am an entertainer and I am hired to entertain. Playing the odd shitawful song is a fair price to pay to do a job I like and get the chance to play a bunch of songs I really like.

Play the song as best you can and try not to throw up on stage.

Don