Give me a break. I am in my seventies and sing and play guitar every week and try to not repeat songs too often.Therefore i have a choice of using a prompt sheet, previously prepared with big print, or singing the same 10 songs I can remember. I would be criticised in each case. I could, of course, spend the week prior to the club learning the words but I have many more important things to do like taking the dog for a walk, talking to my wife or watching soaps on TV. I have a life!

If you do not want to see us amateurs play go and see Martin Carthy tune a guitar or Bob Dylan forget his words. See non of us are perfect.

By the way at the weekly club I attend all the above crimes are committed and all are forgiven with love because we respect each other and our wish to perform, however inadequate.