The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139756   Message #3211116
Posted By: Bat Goddess
22-Aug-11 - 06:54 PM
Thread Name: Aug. Shanty Sesion @ The Press Room (NH)
Subject: RE: Aug. Shanty Sesion @ The Press Room (NH)
Here's the playlist --

1. The Girl I Left Behind Me (instrumental) – led by Tom Hall, concertina
2. The Dutchman – Mark Ryer
3. Sailor's Prayer – Linn Schulz
4. Farewell to Tarwathe – Don Hale
5. Hourra les filles – Chris Maden
6. Fire Marengo – Jeri
7. Home, Dearie, Home – Linn
8. Ambletown – Chris
9. Once I Had a Sweetheart – Mark Ryer

(medley of first verses ranging from "I'm Being Eaten By a Boa Constrictor" and Shel Silverstein songs, to "Ain't Gonna Buy No Exxon Gas" by a mother-daughter duo from Chicago.)

10. Henry Martin – Chris
11. Haul, Boys, Haul – Don
12. Shanty In Old Shanty Town (Jerry Bryant) – Linn
13. Mollymauk – Jeri
14. Race of Long Ago – Linn
15. The Mermaid (different tune) – Mark
16. Haul Away, Joe – Chris
17. Oh, Reilly, Oh, Man – Justine Donovan
18. Rolling Down to Old Maui – Mark
19. Farewell and Adieu – Don (the British version but not the minor tune)
20. Three Score and Ten – Linn
21. Clear Away the Morning – Mark
22. Weldon – Chris
23. Chording On An Anglo (parody) – Jeri
24. Hard Times In Old Virginia – Justine
25. Bonnie Barque the Bergen – Mark
26. Grey Funnel Line – Linn & Jeri (with help from the wrong words)
27. Fiddler's Green – Chris

At this point, Bob Frost said he'd join in on the rum verses…

28. Gin Was Mother's Ruin – Linn (yes, there's a rum verse)
29. The Nurse Pinched the Baby – Jeri (and Linn) – (close, but no rum)
30. S-A-V-E-D – Linn ("but he voted R-U-M")
31. Pearls In Her Pants – Mark (I forgot to notice if there was rum in this…)
32. Jamie Louston – Justine (Yeah, I think rum was mentioned…)
33. Sloop John A (parody) – Linn (sorry, no rum)
34. Jamestown Homeward Bound – Don
35. The Jeannie C. – Mark
36. Johnny Come Down to Hilo – Justine
37. Cannery Shed – Linn
38. Noah Built the Ark (Sitting On the River On the Levee) – Chris
39. Peggin' Awl – Justine

Sudden invasion of The Press Room by NH Young Republicans and Ron Paul supporters after lobster bake and straw poll at Rye Harbor State Park...very strange. This is not a hotbed of political conservatism.

40. The Man Who Waters the Workers' Beer – Linn
41. Put It On the Ground – Linn
42. By and By – guy wearing a Ron Paul t-shirt
43. Farewell to Whisky – Tom on concertina; Mark, guitar; Chris, concertina
44. Hanging Johnny – Chris
45. Tommy's Gone to Hilo – Mark (including Tom walking Linn to the car verse)
46. Heave Away, Me Johnny – Don
47. Nelson's Prayer - Mark

dotzit...

Linn