June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH

Subject: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Jun 14 - 08:50 AM

This coming Saturday, June 21st, will be both the regular monthly, and the Fifth Annual Barry Finn Memorial Shanty, Forebitter and Ballad Session at the Press Room, Daniel St. in Portsmouth, NH from 3:30 to 7:30 PM.

We're expecting a good turnout, including, perhaps, some of this year's Mysticians and a certain radio folk show host from Worcester, MA.

Please come join us in lifting a song, a pint, a tot in remembrance of our old friend.

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 09:09 AM

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Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Janie
Date: 17 Jun 14 - 08:33 PM

Will be there in spirit!

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: bbc
Date: 18 Jun 14 - 02:04 AM

Always nice to see Barry remembered!

Love,

bbc

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 07:22 AM

Alas, a couple people can't make it, but I'm sure there'll be enough others to lend their voices.

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: maeve
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 09:29 AM

Thinking of you and Tom, of Barry, and of the many friends and admirers of each of you, Linn.

Maeve

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 04:55 PM

Please, if you stop in here, please comment so the thread doesn't drop off. Thanks!

See you Saturday!

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: RTim
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 05:37 PM

Would love to be there, but just too far away!!

Tim Radford

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: maeve
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 07:30 PM

It's tomorrow. Hoping Linn & company have many voices lifted in song.

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: maeve
Date: 19 Jun 14 - 07:31 PM

Drat- It's on Saturday, of course.

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 12:15 AM

But the weekly Friday session is tomorrow, er, later today. (What the hell am I doing here after midnight?!? I should be asleep!)

Nick Noble from WICN will be at both Friday session and Saturday's session.

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 08:36 AM

To the top. It is unlikely I will attend but enjoy!

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 10:25 AM

Mary, I'm beginning to think we'll both need to wear some distinguishing flower in our lapels to recognize each other! It's been way too long. Let me know if there is a good time when you'll be "receiving" (perhaps with Kendall and Jacqui...Deb...) and I'll aim my car to South Portland.

Gawd, I miss you and the rest of the contingent!

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: NbptErnie
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 05:54 PM

Hi Linn,

I'll see you there.

Ernie

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: MMario
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 06:47 PM

Sing a verse or two for 'spaw; will you?

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bert
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 08:11 PM

Can't be there, but here's a shanty .
Sat down for a drink in Liverpool town
HO RO - HO O RO.
When I woke I was outward bound
HO RO HO

For the Congo river we sailed away
HO RO - HO O RO
Bought and paid for a cargo of slaves
HO RO HO

Packed them tighly in the hold
HO RO - HO O RO
and sailed away with our black gold
HO RO HO

Half way across they caught the plague
HO RO - HO O RO
us poor sailors were sore afraid
HO RO HO

We threw their bodies over the side
HO RO - HO O RO
some poor devils were still alive
HO RO HO

For the couple of dollars they paid to me
HO RO - HO O RO
My soul is damned for eternity
HO RO HO

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bupkes
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 08:32 PM

Looking forward to coming up for this!
A few others of the Gloucester gang said they'll be up too.

Marty

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bupkes
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 08:37 PM

And the Summer Solstice happens around 7AM on Saturday, too.
Here's a link about it.

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: JudyB
Date: 20 Jun 14 - 11:55 PM

Charlie and I are planning to be there - and I'm not sure what I'm doing up at this hour either!

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Jun 14 - 10:44 PM

Great singing! What a wonderful session. I'll post the crew and the playlist tomorrow.

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Jun 14 - 02:10 PM

Nick Noble just posted photos at Facebook "Press Room Gang and Clan"...from both the Friday session and yesterday's sea music sing.

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Jun 14 - 03:01 PM

Okay, let's get started on the crew list and what was sung.

Please post corrections and additions -- there were a lot of people there whose names I didn't catch, so help me out, please. And I THINK I got what was sung when I was over talking to a few people I didn't recognize...

The crew: Me (Bat Goddess, Linn Schulz); Nick Noble ("The Folk Revival" on WICN in Worcester, MA); Jeri; Charlie Ipcar (Charley Noble); Judy Barrows (JudyB); Justine Donovan and Steve Smith; Don Hale; Gail Diderickson and her sister; Martha Bowen; Bill Lehrman and Carol Pierson; Ernie Pigeon (NbptErnie); Marty Stock (Bupkes) with a few friends whose names I didn't get); Peter, Audi, and Zinnia Souza; Barry O'Brien; Bill Perry; Peter Bixby; Bruce MacIntyre; Dave Nune; Tami Bill (Ranger1); Jean Pauley; Carol Coronis; Rita Pomerleau; Dave Johnson (author of "Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers"); Bob and Mary Barker (did I get those names right?); Jim and Sandy Tozza; Pamela Owen; Rose Sheehan; and Tyler Buck, Jeff Murdock and Lloyd Allen came in after their Portsmouth Pocket Garden gig. Who did I miss? Oh, and Jaki was our server!!! and kept us all from dying of thirst.

After I welcomed everyone, I let Justine kick off the sing...

1. Away, Rio - Justine Donovan
2. Yangtze River - Charlie Ipcar
3. Help Me To Raise 'Em - Jeri
4. Haul On The Bowline - Ernie Pigeon
5. Coal Black Rosie - Judy Barrows
6. Home, Dearie, Home - Linn Schulz
7. Feeney Brown - Don Hale
8. Whup, Jamboree - Peter Bixby
9. Bye, Bye, My Roseanna - Pete Souza
10. Pay Me My Money Down - Barry O'Brien
11. Stormalong, Stormy, Stormalong - Charlie Ipcar
12. Good Ol' Brig - Ernie Pigeon
13. Mary Ellen Carter - Narty Stock
14. Van der Decken - Audi Souza
15. Johnson Girls - Justine Donovan
16. Ranzo, Ranzo - Martha Bowen
17. Donkey Riding - Peter Bixby
18. Roller Bowler - Ernie Pigeon
19. Haul Away for Rosie-O - Bruce MacIntyre
20. Midwatches - Charlie Ipcar
21. Astoria's Bar - Pete Souza, Barry O'Brien, Audi Souza
22. Rolling Down the Bay to Julianna - Marty Stock
23. Fire Merengo - Jean Pauley
24. Saltpetre Shanty - Don Hale
[I was away from my post during the previous 2 and my faithful scribe Judy filled in]
25. West Indies Blues - Ernie Pigeon
26. Run Come See Jerusalem - Marty Stock
27. Sloop John B - Bill Perry
28. Role the Woodpile Down - Peter Bixby
29. Out On the High Seas - Martha Bowen
30. Day of the Clipper - Nick Noble
31. Long Summer's Day - Jean Pauley
32. All Coiled Down - Charlie Ipcar
33. Maggie May - Linn Schulz
34. London Julie - Justine (and Pete Souza)
35. Alabama John Cherokee - Barry O'Brien
36. Roll the Old Chariot Along - Judy Barrows
37. Northwest Passage - Bruce MacIntyre
38. Edystone Light - Nick Noble and Don Hale
39. Out On the Isis [?] - Martha Bowen
40. Bold Riley - Rose Sheehan
41. Race of Long Ago - Linn Schulz
42. Outside Track - Charlie Ipcar
43. Ye Marner's All - Peter Bixby
44. Whispering Sea - Pamela Owen
45. Jack of Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Find) - Audi Souza
46. Oh, Molasses Rum - Nick Noble
47. Summertown - Bruce MacIntyre
48. Well, Well, Well [not THAT one] - Carol Coronis
49. Sloop John A (Les Barker parody) - Linn Schulz
50. Rolling Home - Pamela Owens, Martha Bowen, and ___( ? )___
51. Erie Canal - Rose Sheehan
52. Haul Away For Barry - Marty Stock
53. Ida Lewis - Justine Donovan
54. Nelson's Prayer - Don Hale and Company

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 Jun 14 - 09:35 AM

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C'mon, guys...if you want to read this, please post so it doesn't fall off the bottom.

Any additions or corrections?!?

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: GUEST,Guest-Dianne
Date: 23 Jun 14 - 12:37 PM

Wow! Sounds like a wonderful session. So sorry I couldn't be there. Thanks for posting the singers and songs Linn.

Dianne

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: maeve
Date: 23 Jun 14 - 01:46 PM

I'll refresh it Linn, just to keep things afloat. These gatherings always sound like fun.

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 Jun 14 - 03:20 PM

If you did Facebook, Dianne, you could see the photos Nick Noble and others have posted. It was a GREAT session!

By the way, at Facebook the photos are mostly at The Folk Revival's page and at "Pressroom Gang and Clan" group -- yes, that's "Pressroom" one word; I didn't set up the group.

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Jun 14 - 09:40 PM

That group is a closed group. I just requested to join it. I hope I pass muster!

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Jeri
Date: 23 Jun 14 - 09:55 PM

HA! I went to add you, and Charlie already had!

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Jun 14 - 10:05 PM

Wow, that was fast! I didn't know who administered the group! In addition to knowing me on Mudcat, Charlie and I have bumped into each other at Mystic.

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 24 Jun 14 - 09:57 AM

Oh, and Jeri, thank you for the consideration! I appreciate it, especially since we've never met.

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 24 Jun 14 - 06:36 PM

Rita Pomerleau set up the group...I don't remember if she's sole administrator or added a bunch of us (mostly from the Friday session) and each of us can add others...

Guess I'll have to ask her...

Linn

Subject: RE: June/BarryFinnMem.ShantySing@PressRoomNH
From: Jeri
Date: 24 Jun 14 - 07:13 PM

I think the group's setup so members can add other members.