Anyone is welcome to perform these songs in public without royalties; however, if any of them are recorded or published for profit, the writers/composers expect the usual royalties.

WILLIE-O'S SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!

Willie-O's Song Challenge:  The way the contents of Áine's Mudcat Songbook are ordered, the first song listed is my ballad "1743", because the index puts numbered titles in sequence first, then alphabetizes the rest.  So here's my challenge: write a song about a year or event which preceded 1743 AD, (as far back as 1742 BC actually), entitle it accordingly, and knock me out of the top spot! I dare ya!

001 by Amos

In the year of zero-one 
Harsh cruelty its work had done 
The Romans had their little fun 
On the hill of Calvary

But they had not considered Saul 
And Mark, and Matthew, John and Paul 
And the messages they carried all 
The Empire's end would see

Long after the barbaric knell 
Dispersed the legions half to hell 
Their stories still the monks would tell 
Across the Northern seas

(Left for others to continue as they wish)