I'm totally devastated. I missed out on this song circle from it's beginning, and I think the only reason is that I'm not much of a singer and I thought that I wouldn't know any songs to suggest. Now that I've watched the video replay (in my mind) of this wonderful singing, talking, eating and laughing party I know exactly which two pieces to contribute.

But before I do, thanks for all the wonderful songs, but especially for the Piaf song "je ne regrette rien" (I regret nothing) which I have pretty much lived by since I was a teenager.

Also, Ferrara, the song "Mothers, daughters, wives" is sung by, and I'm sure was written by an Australian feminist singer/songwriter called Judy Small. Well worth checking out her stuff if you can find any of it. I've been to lots of her concerts and the aura of the crowd is huge after she starts singing.

So, to my two selections - to be listened to while I pass around some of my cherry, chocolate & walnut cake, my Great Aunt Charlotte's secret recipe - are:

Judy Small's song called "Bridget Evans", about the British women at Greenham Common protesting at a nuclear power site, and then an O'Carolan harp tune called Miss Fanny Poer, or more commonly called Fanny Power. I don't know the words, only the tune, and the reason I'm playing this on the harp is - you need to know that the word "fanny" doesn't mean "butt" in Australia, it means vagina, so whenever I say the name of this tune I say it as if it means "woman power!"

I don't remember all of the words to Bridget Evans, but I will do a search for them when I finally prise myself away from this party, and before I start writing the report which is due tomorrow :-(.

There's a woman in Great Britain, Bridget Evans is her name, and she's out on Greenham Common .......?

And they're fighting for their families, they're fighting for their friends and it won't stop no it won't stop till this nuclear madness ends, till this nuclear madness ends.

The tune of this is very powerful and sounds wonderful when everyone joins in with loud and harmonious voices.

Love to you all, and thanks heaps Helen