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Thread #11590   Message #88284
Posted By: Jeri
20-Jun-99 - 05:56 PM
Thread Name: singalong songs
Subject: RE: singalong songs
Emmie, another one is Dark as a Dungeon. I never really thought of this as a good chorus song until I heard Robin and Linda Williams & Their Fine Group (who will be at Old Songs) do this. They closed their set, the concert and the festival with it and brought the house down.

I tried singing before and no one would sing along. I thought it might be because I was too quiet and they were afraid of drowning me out. (That crowd - not bloody likely!) Someone told me I was singing in a difficult key, but if people do harmonies, they can sing wherever they want. I think it was really because I was scared as hell and it showed. They were afraid of messing me up even more than I was managing on my own. My advice (and I'm extremely new to song-leading) is 1) learn the song so you don't even have to think about the next line, and 2) enjoy singing and let it show. People can ignore almost anything - a gravelly voice, singing somewhat off-key, occasionally forgetting lyrics - if you're having a good time singing it.

George Seto, if you're still hanging around, (or anyone else) do you know where I might find the lyrics to Roll the Old Chariots?