Excuse me, Charley, that was "Madame Gashay's" ;-) that Bruce did -- the song he learned from me. That was immediately upon his return to the session after ducking out for an hour or so. When he left, somebody made the usual comment about singing all of Bruce's songs while he was gone and I jumped right in and purposely sang "Farewell to Nova Scotia" right away while he was on his way out the door. (I learned it over 25 years ago from Jay Smith, so never sang it at The Press Room when Jay was around -- it was "his" song; after Jay passed away, Bruce started singing it to keep it in the family, so to speak. He beat me to it, so I don't sing it when Bruce is around.) That was followed by Susan Young singing another song Bruce sings, "Caledonia", and Bill Dunlap sang "Grey Funnel Line", also one of Bruce's. All in good fun, so, of COURSE he had to sing one of "my" songs upon his return!

Gina and Bill Dunlap were at the session from Connecticut and Bill Lehrman and his wife from Boston.

The young fellow with the table full of friends who gave us a song will be back. He's with the military in the area and had heard about the session(s) and likes to sing.

Let's see, what did I sing? (I didn't take notes for a change.)
Plum Island National Anthem
Bay of Biscay
Cannery Shed (requested by Susan, but on my mind, too, because of the closing of the last sardine cannery in the country, located in Maine)
The Man Who Waters the Workers' Beer (again, requested by Susan)
Astoria's Bar (requested by Bruce)

And again, I was going to trot out "Sixteen Tons of Herring Roe" using the words (known locally as "Brucing it), but didn't get around to it.

Good session!

Linn