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16 Dec 14 - 10:21 AM (#3686218) Subject: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess The December Monthly Shanty, Forebitter, Ballad, and Annual Seasonal Song Session will be happening this Saturday, December 20th at The Press Room in Portsmouth, NH from 3:30 to 7:30 PM -- and the PMAC kids had their thing last Saturday, so we should be unimpeded from having the full session this year. This annual sea and seasonal song session usually brings out a lot of material not sung the rest of the year. We'll definitely have to do Brian Chadburne's "Shopping Shanty" and, I'm sure, Charlie has a few seasonal songs about traditional Maine weather, etc. It's wide open for songs we only get a short opportunity to sing each year. See you there! Linn |
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17 Dec 14 - 08:31 AM (#3686480) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Hey, group...just a reminder to make a comment when you check in here so the thread doesn't fall off the bottom. Thanks! Linn |
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17 Dec 14 - 09:32 AM (#3686488) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: maeve I'm not a member of the group- but I'll continue to refresh your thread, Linn. |
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17 Dec 14 - 10:45 AM (#3686502) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Sure, you're a member of the group, maeve! Just because you can't get to the shanty sings doesn't mean you're not a member of the group...and a very WELCOME one! Have a happy midwinter holiday season (despite bad memories) and all the best for the coming new year. Linn |
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18 Dec 14 - 08:49 AM (#3686785) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: GUEST,Guest-Dianne A comment. |
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19 Dec 14 - 08:25 AM (#3687087) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: GUEST,Guest-Dianne Another comment. |
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19 Dec 14 - 11:34 AM (#3687146) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess I'll see your comment and raise you a conversation... Linn |
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19 Dec 14 - 09:01 PM (#3687267) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: GUEST,Don Hale Such cogent comments! I'll comment on the conversation tomorrow at The Press Room. Don |
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20 Dec 14 - 11:58 AM (#3687392) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess See you this afternoon, Don! Linn |
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20 Dec 14 - 08:11 PM (#3687461) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Some of us who were not there this afternoon were happily writing out messages on our stack of Christmas cards. Sigh! Humbug! Charlie Ipcar |
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21 Dec 14 - 11:22 AM (#3687563) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Not the largest session, but the pub was quiet so we could sing a few things more difficult in its usual din. And we had a few voices not usually in attendance...Maine storyteller Lynne Cullen, tavern wench Lynn Feingold, balladeer Debra Cowen, which made up for missing some of the usual suspects. Hope it wasn't Jeri's Friday migraine that kept her away. My knee was feeling better but I still had my cane which kept clattering to the floor. AND I got princess parking (unlike last night's ordeal.) More later. Linn |
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21 Dec 14 - 11:52 AM (#3687573) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Thanks for the update, Linn. Charlie Ipcar |
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22 Dec 14 - 08:35 AM (#3687750) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess A little later today, I promise... Linn |
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22 Dec 14 - 12:28 PM (#3687808) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Let's see, I was rather cavalier about writing down who arrived...I hope this list is more or less complete: The crew was me, of course, Emery Hutchins (otherwise known as Hutch), Dianne Lavoie, Dave Nune, Lynne Cullen, Bill Lehrman and Carol Pierson, Lynn Feingold, Peter and Audi Souza and Zinnia, Debra Cowan, Don Hale, and (actually having a meal with friends) Bruce MacIntyre. Jaki was our awesome server. And we sang... 1. Old Zeb - Emery Hutchins 2. Maggie May - Linn Schulz 3. Clear Away the Morning - Dianne Lavoie 4. Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her - Lynne Cullen 5. Lord of the Dance - Peter Souza 6. Three Drunken Maidens - Linn Schulz 7. Come Inside You Silly Buggers - Lynn Feingold 8. Gin Was Mother's Ru-in - Linn Schulz 9. The Nurse Pinched the Baby - Linn (it was a REQUEST!) 10. Banks of Sicily - Hutch 11.Wassail - Don Hale 12. Green Grow the Rushes-O - Dianne Lavoie 13. Children, Go Where I Send Thee - Don Hale 14. If Not For the Whiskey - Dave Nune It's Dave's first leading of a song at The Press Room and the song is one of David Stone's -- and Dave Nune is on the recording 15. Rag Dance Song - Hutch 16. Bottle of the Best - Linn Schulz 17. The Trees Are All Bare - Lynn Feingold 18. The Jeannie C. - Dianne Lavoie 19. Fortune Turns the Wheel - Debra Cowan 20. Lady Franklin's Lament - Don Hale 21.The King - Audi Souza 22. Blood Red Roses - Bruce MacIntyre 23. Bulgine Run - Peter Souza 24. Agricultural Irish Girl - Lynn Feingold 25. McTavish Is Dead - Dianne Lavoie 26. Cushy McCoy - Linn Schulz (at least I tried -- it's been too long) 27. parody of "Molly Malone" - Dianne, I think 28. Shortest ballad - "It was Friday morn when we set sail and we sank to the bottom of the sea" - Lynn Feingold 29. Yea Ho, Little Fish - Peter Souza 30. It All Makes Work For the Working Man To Do - Dianne Lavoie 31. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker - Audi Souza 32. The Wren - Linn Schulz 33. The Roseabella -Dianne & Don 34. The Flowers of Bermuda - Audi Souza 35. Cherry Tree Carol - Lynn Feingold (which I followed with a verse of the version I sing including the line, "And Mary gathered cherries while Joseph stood around...") 36. Astoria's Bar - Peter Souza 37. Black Betty - Dianne Lavoie 38. Jack of Diamonds - Audi Peter Souza 39. Santa Come Back (Shopping Shanty) - Linn Schulz (Brian Chadbourne's -- thanks, Don, for having a copy with you) 40. Oyster Girl - Lynn Feingold 41. The Pox - Dianne Lavoie 42. Lish Young Buy-A-Broom - Linn 43. Hurrah, Sing Fare Thee Well - Don Hale 44. Old Bangum - Peter Souza 45. My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Peter Souza 46. & 47., I think - medley of novelty songs 48. I Wish I Had Someone to Love Me - Dianne Lavoie 49. Fair Annie - Debra Cowan 50. Up the Noran Water (Shy Annie) - Lynn Feingold 51. The Holly and the Ivy - Audi & Peter 52. Cruising 'Round Yarmouth - Linn Schulz 53. Shine Your Buckles With Brasso - Lynn Feingold 54. Down Below - Linn Schulz (Did I mention I talked to Evan Leonard, from whom I learned the song, and he said Sidney Carter wrote it...) Since the Gloucester and other "away" contingent had packed up to leave and we only had less than ten minutes left anyway, we closed with... 55. Nelson's Prayer - the Company led by Don Hale If you spot any errors or omissions, please post them! Happy whatever mid-winter holiday or holidays you choose to celebrate! (I choose all of 'em!) Linn |
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22 Dec 14 - 04:06 PM (#3687873) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: GUEST,Guest-Dianne Thanks Linn, Say, do you know if Dave reads this? He should learn the custom of bringing CD's to sell. Dianne |
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22 Dec 14 - 08:36 PM (#3687951) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ChanteyLass Sorry I missed it--again. |
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22 Dec 14 - 11:33 PM (#3687971) Subject: RE: December Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: GUEST,Don Hale A delightful session, and they had Smuttynose Robust Porter on tap!!! #11: "Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail", from a 1960 Kingston Trio record, "The Last Month Of The Year" (as was "Go Where I Send Thee"). I do go back a while (as I said at the session, I'm a pre-war model). A Merry Merry and a Happy Happy to all! Don |