AndyG, thanks for your comments, and Patrish, I'd like to add my encouragement. Having attended a song circle for many years, I'd like to add another observation. The songs which come across with sincerity are those which the singer obviously enjoys enough to have spent some time learning. There is then an opportunity for more interaction with the other people there, as opposed to situations where several people sit with their heads buried in a book reading the words. I'm not opposed to using the written words as a memory aid, and sometimes do it myself.