I've been to many song gatherings with DADGBE, and he usually livens things up quite nicely and he's very supportive and encouraging to us who rely on books. He does a lot to help people learn new songs and get out of their ruts.

Here's the scoop from Sing Out!:

This Fall we have released a 15th Anniversary edition of Rise Up Singing, completely retypeset to make it easier to read, with corrections and track icons to match the Teaching CDs.

The book that's coming out in January is a 9x12 leader's edition. This is just a new edition of the old book, not the all-new book that had been planned. When last I heard, that one was still in the works - but it's been a long time since I've heard anything about that all-new one.

Slumber steeping, Rita? Well, I'd never doubt you, but the Digital Tradition says "slumber sleeping." The lyrics are posted in three messages with "steeping," and in two and the DT as "sleeping." In an informal survey of four songbooks (including Rise Up Singing), only the one published in Germany had "steeping."
I'm sure you're right, Rita - which means I've sung this song wrong hundreds of times since the 1960's. I learned it wrong from Peter, Paul, and Mary - but they and their Website have it right - "steeping." I just listened to the Peter Paul and Mommy CD again.

-Joe Offer-