August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing

Subject: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 14 Aug 16 - 02:17 PM

The August Third Saturday of the Month Press Room Shanty, Forebitter, and Foc's'l Ballad Singaround will be happening THIS SATURDAY, August 20th from 3:30 to 7:30 PM, downstairs at 77 Daniel Street, Portsmouth, NH, USA.

It's summer...some regulars are off doing summer things...festivals, vacations, outdoor gigs...but new people arrive and the stalwarts wart their stals -- usually loudly and with a lot of humor. We ALWAYS have a great time whether it's mere dozen of us or the place is packed (which is more likely in the cooler months).

Come help us raise the rafters (which seem to need raising at least once a month) with song. See you there!

Linn

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 14 Aug 16 - 10:06 PM

Sing, sing, sing!

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Aug 16 - 09:46 AM

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Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Aug 16 - 09:49 AM

Nick Noble, host of "The Folk Revival" on WICN, Worcester, MA public radio, and singer of faux maritime songs is planning on joining us. He'll also be at the Friday Press Room trad session.

Linn

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: GUEST,Don Hale
Date: 19 Aug 16 - 12:50 AM

I do expect to be there (after I inspect Pete & Laurette's carpentry handywork in rebuilding their front steps).

                                     Don

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 19 Aug 16 - 09:58 AM

That was a project! How much Guinness was consumed?

See you tomorrow.

Linn

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: GUEST,Don Hale
Date: 19 Aug 16 - 10:55 AM

Linn, it's still in progress, and it's unknown how much Dave H. might have consumed!

                        Don

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Charley Noble
Date: 19 Aug 16 - 12:20 PM

I'm planning to attend. I'm not sure who is riding with me.

Charlie Ipcar

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 20 Aug 16 - 08:44 AM

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Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Jeri
Date: 20 Aug 16 - 02:23 PM

I was planning on it, but I woke up with blown-up sinuses which have turned into swollen sinuses plus a headache. Not worth moving more than I have to.

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Aug 16 - 10:03 AM

We had an energetic, lively, raucous, and bawdy session yesterday, but today I have a rather full plate and it's almost entirely away from home. (All good -- catching up with a friend and later friends and live music.)

So...I won't be able to post the crew and the songs until tomorrow.

Until then...
Linn

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: maeve
Date: 21 Aug 16 - 10:57 AM

Maybe I'll get there someday, Linn. Enjoy your visits and music.

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Aug 16 - 11:14 AM

Hope I'll have some time in between all my running around today to at least get a start on posting Saturday's song list.

If I go to RiRa tonight for a bit, it will be live music for five out of six evenings...

Linn

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Aug 16 - 06:56 PM

Alrighty, then...

The Crew Was -- Me (Bat Goddess, aka Linn Schulz), Nick Noble and his cousin John, Susan Young, Dianne Lavoie, Alan Eaton (for awhile), Ranger1, Charlie Ipcar & Judy Barrows, Dave from Kennebunkport and his friend Kim from Marlborough, MA and their friend Amy, Don Hale, Gail & Jim Finn, Chris Vaughan, Justine Donovan, Carol Coronis, Rita Pomerleau, Gail Diderickson, and Bob Frost (banjo player from the Friday session) who came in for something to eat.

What We Sang --
1. General Taylor - Alan (and Charlie and Dianne)
2. Whiskey-O, Johnny-O - Charlie
3. Gin Is Mother's Ruin - Linn
4. Calton Weaver - Nick
5. Drink To the Laddies [Sue West] - Susan
6. Let the Toast Pass - Dave
7. Bold Riley - Don
8. Sprig of Thyme - Dianne
9. Three Drunken Maidens - Linn
10. Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl - Amy
11. The Country Lad - Charlie (sad story of a country lad seduced by Drink which leads to smashing a sweet Sally Army lass's tambourine)
12. More To Be Pitied Than Censured - Nick (& Linn who supplied the second verse)
13. Boozing - Dianne
14. S-A-V-E-D - Linn
15. Wild Rover - Dave
16. Dead Dog Cider - Charlie
A woman came over from the bar and said the bartender had directed her to me. The next day was the first anniversary of her mother, Betty's, death and she requested an Irish song in honor of her mother. So I sang...
17. Bridget Flynn - Linn
18. Lode Star - Alan
19. Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy - Dave & Dianne
20. Blow Ye Winds In the Morning - Nick
21. Whup, Jamboree - Alan
22. Noah Built the Ark - Susan
23. Roll Out Boys, Heave That Cotton - Charlie
24. Willie Taylor - Gail Finn [boot repair parody]
25. Leaving of Liverpool - Don [aborted due to throat affliction]
26. Bring a Little Water, Sylvie - Carol
27. The Ferryman - Dave
28. Johnson Girls - Justine
29. All For Me Grog - Dianne
30. Nine Times a Night - Linn
31. Song For Ireland - Gail Finn
32. Johnny Be Fair - Amy
33. Female Drummer - Susan
34. The Sea Gets In Your Blood [recitation] - Ranger1 (written while sitting here listening)
35. Paradise Stree (Blow the Man Down) - Dave
36. Full Masted Schooner - Chris Vaughan
37. The Boys of Fairhill - Jim
38. Skye Boat Song - Nick
39. Shantyman, Oh Shantyman - Charlie (what's the real title, Charlie?)
40. Story of the River - Judy
41. Sailor's Prayer [Tom Lewis] - Linn
42. Brandy-O - Justine
43. I Wish I Had Someone To Love Me - Dianne
44. Roustabout Song (Cairo-town) - Don
45. Land On the Shore - Susan & Justine
46. Backside of Nantucket Point - Linn
47. The Yarn of the Nancy Bell (W.S. Gilbert) - Nick
48. Ain't Nobody Gonna Weigh Me Down - Justine
49. Battle of Lake Erie - Gail Finn'
50. Isle of Skye - Chris Vaughan
51. Nottingham Ale - Dave
52. Bottle of the Best - Linn
53. Combing the Mane (Sid Kipper) - Nick
54. Coal Black Rose - Judy
55. Grey Funnel Line - Rita
56. Outside Track - Charlie
57. The Rosabella - Dianne, Don & Charlie
58.Maggie May - Linn
59. Seaman's Prayer/Nelson's Hymn - Don and the Company

That's it. As usual, please let me know of any errors or omissions.

Thanks all for coming!

Linn

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Charley Noble
Date: 23 Aug 16 - 08:25 AM

Wow! What a set of sons!!

Number 11 title should be "The Fatal Glass of Beer."

Number 39 is "The Chanteyman," not to be confused with "The Shantyman" also based on a poem by Cicely Fox Smith. :-)

Charlie Ipcar

Subject: RE: August Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 Aug 16 - 11:35 AM

Re: "The Fatal Glass of Beer" -- that's what I thought... But I asked YOU right after you sang it and "The Country Lad" is what you told me... ;-)

Thanks, Charley, for answering my questions!

Linn