At school in the UK in the fifties I learned things like Bobbie Shaftoe, Oh Susannah and the Wild Colonial Boy. I remember a teacher in the French lessons teaching us "La Mer". Bobby Darin had just recorded it and it was very popular.

But most of all I remember learning "Shenandoah", I loved the song then and over fifty years later I have recently recorded it, singing as part of the maritime group Four 'n'Aft. There are some songs that just don't go away.

Chris