Okay... I'm still recovering from my road trip and busy weekend, I think, but here goes... By the way, it was Alan Villiers I was trying to think of...author of Falmouth For Orders. (Which I need to reread one of these days.) The crew was Steve from Gloucester, Bill & Carol who brought Art with them, Don Hale, April & Eric, and Jim & Gail. And we sang -- 1. Plum Island National Anthem - Linn 2. Farewell to Carlingford - Steve 3. Away, Rio - Art 4. Lady Franklin's Lament - Don 5. Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her - Art 6. All Coiled Down - Don 7. Talcahuano Girls - Linn 8. Farewell and Adieu to You, Spanish Ladies - Don 9. Steve added Gloucester Dorymen verses he wrote. 10. Deep River Blues - April 11. Race of Long Ago - Linn 12. Fiddler's Green - Art 13. My Name It Is Dan Dan - Don 14. Paddy Doyle's Boots - Linn 15. Row, Boys, Row (Sally Brown)[not any of the ones you're thinking of] - April 16. The Boys of Fair Hill - Jim 17. Battle of Lake Erie - Gail 18. The Wake Behind the Boat - Steve 19. Te Nervous Wreck of Edna Fitzgerald (Camille West) - Linn (brucing it) 20. Big Bow Wow - Don 21. The Deckhand's Alphabet - Steve 22. Row, Boys, Row (Row against the tide) - Art 23. Cannery Shed - Linn 24. Haul, Boys, Haul - Don 25. Make and Break Harbor (rewritten for Marblehead) - Steve 26. Blow the Man Down - Gail 27. Row, Me Bully Boys ["we'll sing and we'll dance and say good bye to France"] - Art 28. Shantyman Who's Never Been To Sea (Micca) - Linn, aborted because I got the tune cross-threaded 29. Greenland Whale Fisheries - Don 30. Sloop John A (Les Barker) - Linn 31. Darby Ram [yet another version] - Eric 32. That's the Ticket - Gail 33. Constant Lovers - Steve 34. Only a Shanty In Old Shanty Town (Jerry Bryant) - Linn 35. Sailor Is a-Drink-eye-in - April 36. Hieland Laddie - Jim 37. Yangtze River - Steve 38. Madam Gashay's - Linn 39. Shove Around the Jug (Lewiston Falls) - Art 40. Whiskey-O, Johnny-O - Linn 41. Rose of Allendale - Gail 42. Bay of Biscay - Linn 43. Sing And Push About the Pitcher - Art 44. Isle of Hope and Tears - Steve 45. The Weeping Willow Tree - Don 46. Lowlands - Gail 47. Johnny Come Down to Hilo - Art 48. Shake Her, Johnny, Shake Her - Linn (Two songs with women wearing a blue dress) 49. Silver Sea - Steve 50. Sailors Farewell Hymn - Gail 51. Seamen's Hymn - Don and the Company Please let me know of any errors or ommissions... Thanks, everyone, for coming! Linn
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