Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing

Subject: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 15 Sep 14 - 02:18 PM

Our monthly shanty, forebitter and ballad session will be this Saturday, September 20th, from 3:30 to 7:30 PM at the Press Room in Portsmouth, NH.

This will be a great opportunity to warm up for the 15th annual Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival which will be the last weekend of the month, September 27th & 28th. More info here including the schedule for this year's festival --
2014 PMFF

Nick Noble on WICN in Worcester is devoting most of this Thursday's (September 18th) "The Folk Revival" show to a live session (or as close to a session as we can recreate in the studio) promoting the PMFF. The show is from 7:00 - 11:00 PM Eastern time and can be listened to online by going to --
WICN "The Folk Revival"
and click on "Listen Live Online".

Hope we see you there, both at the shanty sing and at the festival!

Linn

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Sep 14 - 07:04 PM

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Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: maeve
Date: 17 Sep 14 - 06:47 PM

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Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bupkes
Date: 20 Sep 14 - 12:45 PM

I'll be up for a few hours today. Thurs night on Nick's show was a lot of fun!
(I think they rebroadcast it on Sunday.)

Anyhow, see you in a few hours,

Marty

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 20 Sep 14 - 11:42 PM

Quite a session...

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Sep 14 - 07:37 AM

I may not get the crew and playlist posted today -- I've got a lot on my plate.

Linn

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Sep 14 - 12:46 PM

I'll still be here when you do. No rush!

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 09:11 AM

Will post it as soon as I'm at the desktop computer. Couldn't post while Max had Mudcat down for dusting and cleaning, but I keyboarded the list and will cut and paste later this morning.

Linn

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 10:58 AM

Here 'tis --

The crew – me (Bat Goddess, Linn Schulz), Charlie Ipcar (Charley Noble), Jeri, Don Hale, Susan Young, storyteller Lynne Cullen, Ernie Pigeon and Amy, Justine Donovan, Dianne Lavoie, Fred Gosbee and Julia Lane (Castlebay), Bruce MacIntyre, Barry O'Brien with Mike McGuinn and his wife, Peter Hale, Alan Eaton, Marty Stock, Ellen and Dave Hamil with friends and family in tow, Gail Diderickson and her sister Janice, and Dave Johnson. And later Jeff from Cambridge (AKA Cue or Q) joined us. And a little later Claude from Sherbrooke, Quebec, came over to say how much he and his wife were enjoying the session, how it was the highlight of their visit to Portsmouth.

Got a later start than usual while waiting for the jazz folks to get their instruments (big ones, like drum set and bass) packed up and the table area vacated, but we definitely had a quorum when we got started. Started loud and lively and kept the momentum going.

1. Yangtze River – Charlie Ipcar
2. Congo River – Dianne Lavoie
3. Essaquibo River – Susan Young
4. Fire, Fire, Fire (Fire Down Below) – Justine Donovan
5. Lukey's Boat – Ernie Pigeon
6. Home, Dearie, Home – Linn Schulz
7. Haul Away, Joe – Lynne Cullen
8. Heave Away, Me Johnny – Don Hale
9. Rhyme of Charon's Barge – Charlie
10. John Dead – Jeri
11. Rolla Bolla – Bruce MacIntyre
12. Plum Island National Anthem – Linn
13, Brave Boys of Bristol - Fred & Julia
14. Up She Rises – Ernie (from Bob Porter of Newfoundland)
15. Sailor's Prayer [Tom Lewis] – Barry O'Brien
16. Tinker, Tailor – Dianne
17. Cornish Lads – Susan
18. Snap the Line Tight – Peter Hale
19. Juba Ju – Charlie
20. Haul, Boys, Haul – Don Hale
21. The Saltwater's In My Blood – Ernie
22. Backside of Nantucket Point – Linn
23. Saltpetre Shanty – Justine
24. A few more verses from Don Hale
25. More verses from Slav Ho – Ernie
26. Fisherman's Lassie – Susan
27. The Rosabella – Marty Stock
28. Alabama John Cherokee – Barry
29. Three Drunken Maidens – Linn
30. Foggy Banks – Peter
31. Cape Cod Girls – Alan Eaton
32. South Australia – Ernie
33. Marching Inland – Dianne
34. Hell's Pavement – Charlie
35. What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor? – Mike McGuinn
36. Bulgine Run – Bruce MacIntyre
37. Harbors of Home – Linn (I apologize for almost starting to cry during the second verse; I never know when I'll be attacked by tears)
38. Lady Franklin's Lament – Don Hale
39. Brandy-O – Marty
40. Lovers and Friends – Peter
41. When Our Ship Comes Home – Ernie
42. Pleasant and Delightful – Marty
43. Sittin' On the River By the Levee – Susan
44. Bay of Biscay – Linn (Jeri's harmony)
45. Where's the Martin Greigh? – Peter
46. Evening Shadows Fall – Charlie
47. Round the Corn Sally – Barry
48. Maggie May – Linn
49. London Julie – Justine
50. The Music Played So Grand (When I Was a Fair Maid) – Susan
51. All For Me Grog – Dianne
52. Drinking That Wine – Ernie
53. Run Come See Jerusalem – Marty
54. Roustabout Song – Don
55. Way Down In Shawnee-Town – Barry (at least a couple verses)
56. Roll the Cotton Down (Mobile Bay) – Charlie
57. The Voyage Is Finished at Last – Ernie
58. Nelson's Prayer – Don and the Company

As usual, please let me know of any corrections, additions, or other changes or comments.

Thanks, everyone, for coming! It was a grand time!

Linn

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Sep 14 - 09:37 PM

Hey, if you read this, please make a comment so I know it's not being ignored.

Thanks,
Linn

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: GUEST,Don Hale
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 02:27 PM

Linn, of course I, and others, read it with great interest! Re: #8, I learned this version as "All Bound To Go", from the singing of Danny Spooner. Re: #23, Justine was ably assisted by Susan in a duet. Re: #54, I think this was originally named "Rolling And Flowing". I once found some comments about same at dillonbustin.com, but the link no longer works. It's a nice song, whatever it's called. Looking forward to this coming weekend!
                                 Don

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 04:12 PM

You folks are killing me! Sorry I missed it!

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: maeve
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 04:24 PM

Linn, I read the thread every month. I don't comment because it's hard to not say how bitterly I miss such gatherings; just another "No, you can't" for me.

You do a great job with this and other music traditions. Thank you.

Maeve

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Charley Noble
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 05:30 PM

Linn-

You've done a great job of keeping track of the singers and their songs, not to mention making people feel welcome. How you do all that?

Charlie Ipcar

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 09:21 PM

Thank you, all. I take my responsibilities in continuing Tom's promotion of traditional music very seriously. It's nice to be reassured when I'm doing things right. I have a lot to live up to.

Linn

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: RTim
Date: 23 Sep 14 - 10:03 PM

I will just add - I wish I was listed!

Best to all - Tim Radford

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 24 Sep 14 - 10:17 AM

Wish you were, too, Tim. It would be great to have you join us again sometime.

Linn

Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room Shanty Sing
From: GUEST,NbptErnie
Date: 16 Oct 14 - 03:42 PM

Hi Linn,

A bit late, but just noticed that the title of number 57 in the list above is in need of correcting. The name of the song is "The Deepwaterman." I found it on Bob Walser's CD "When Our Ship Comes Home". Bob says, in the CD notes, that he found it in a collection by Joseph McGinnis from the 1920's, and hasn't seen it elsewhere. Bob's CD is really good; I have picked several favorites off it so far ... I think I may have done as many as 5 at our past gatherings in Portsmouth ... and there are more waiting for me to pay them closer attention.

Hope to be up there for the October session.

Ernie