This discussion about how groups of amateur singers get up and sing straight out of this Rise Up Singing book (a copy of which I have never seen but I am familiar with books of that genre)reminds me of a singing session I used to go to. There was this tall thin fellow with a long straggly beard and who clasped a ringbound folder. As soon as a song or tune was over he would stand up and start singing one of his songs. We used to call him (excuse the language) Simon Strangleballs for that is exactly what you would imagine he was suffering from when he was singing. There were a lot of great characters at those sessions. Only a few were good singers but fair play to the rest of them, some of them were far more entertaining.

Please forgive me Simon if you're reading this.

Laoise.