Well isn't it funny how these old threads get found again! I've been singing Anderson's Coast for a while over here in the UK (everyone here seems to know it) and Rob and I are starting to work on a version that we can sing together. I really like Nancy Kerr's harmonies, so I want to put some of those in, and Rob wants to do a few chords on the concertina. Those will be pretty basic but should fit in with the harmonies.

Rob asked me where Anderson's Coast was, and about the history, and this has led me to this thread and several others. What really tickled my fancy is that there is a post up there from Eileen Ann Moore about an extra verse she has written. We go to her folk club, the Acorn, regularly as our closest folk club (still an hour's drive away in Minehead) and I have sung the song several times there. I don't think I've heard her sing the extra verse - or indeed the song - since we've been going. Must ask her about that. I wonder if she ever got an answer from John!

Personally I think the song is perfect as it is and I wouldn't want to tamper with it. There was already at least one extra verse originally written and John chose not to include it as he felt it didn't add anything important and the general dramatic effect was better without it. But I think he has also said that he is happy for people to play with it, so who knows?