Martha from Gloucester was also there, non-singing.

Small group, but after a slowish start, I think we were able to keep the volume up AND have time to discuss the songs in between, which is a luxury I enjoy.

I sang a couple I didn't intend to and didn't sing a couple I'd planned on singing. Now what was it I DID sing?!? (Random access memory is getting more and more random.)

"Lovely Agnes", Tom Lewis's "Sailor's Prayer", "Home, Dearie, Home", "Sandgate Girl's Lament" (for Gardi), a verse or so of the 1961 or '62 flip side ("Santiano") of the Highwaymen's 45 single of "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore" , "Race of Long Ago" and, while discussing A.L. Lloyd, managed to mostly get through "Little Piece of Wang" -- not actually a sea song. (Hmm...maybe I sing it in C; I'll have to check.)

And just before the session closed, someone from Cape Porpoise whom I hadn't seen for about 10 years showed up -- not to sing (don't know if he does), but to have dinner with hs wife. They're getting back to The Press Room after a long absence and didn't know about th session (or the live jazz which is the afternoon's entertainment before we arrive). I think they'll be around more often.

Linn