The last thing I sang was "The Cruel Ship's Captain" a few weeks ago.

I play tunes in sessions more often. The last tunes I played on Wednesday night were a pair of well-known hornpipes whose names I've forgotten.

I tend to avoid folk clubs these days because so few players in a typical singer-songwriter-dominated singaround know how to accompany traditional tunes. Most of the stuff I play wasn't meant for unaccompanied performance, and playing a melody on my own while ten glaikit guitarists sit there like dumplings isn't my idea of fun.

I think I shall learn to sing "The Battle of Sheriffmuir" in honour of the Scottish Parliament election result. I can't see any of the singer-songwriters mentioned in this thread improving on

   There's some say that we wan
   and some say that they wan
   and some say that nane wan at a', man...