Thanks to all the replies to this thread, which I hope is seen as a lighthearted one. Keep em coming.

Actually I mentioned the gong as a bit of a joke. Our folk club has always been laid back and very tolerant anyway. I'll come clean and say that I'm a reciter rather than a singer, and as Lanfranc mentioned I usually have the words in front of me.

If I did sing I'd probably forget the verses anyway.