Vic: Unlike the earlier versions, Jon's printed song book was the first to have the musical stave of each song noted, but, Matt, none of the Coppers can sight-read music.

I'm confused. Who wrote the setting shown on this page & who did they write it for? I assumed it was out of The Book - & that they sang from the stave - but I guess not.

Would appreciate information as to how common joining in with the singer now is in the UK

At our local FC (not to be confused with Les's singaround) the problem is the opposite - people are there to be entertained (or else to wait for their turn), and you have to work to get a sound out of them, even on choruses. When John Kelly did "Shallow Brown" I think there were three of us joining in on the refrain - and it's not the most demanding refrain!