I hope this won't count as thread drift. On Saturday 4th. July the Lewes Saturday Folk Club in Lewes, Sussex, UK, has a night with the excellent verse and prose reader Roger Brasier:

'THE DAY WAR BROKE OUT
An evening of humour, nostalgia and pathos to mark the 70th. anniversary of the start of World War Two. Featuring Roger Brasier (Yes! it's That Man Again) and Full Supporting Programme.'

Roger will perform, of course, but we'd like the floor singers to choose songs, tunes or readings in advance and let us know what they've chosen. This means we can put a programme together and you can be sure that what you've chosen won't be nicked by someone else. The music of the First World War has been much researched, but less has been done on the Second World War.

If you'd like to take part, please email me with your choice of music: valmaigoodyear(at)aol.com.

I can tell you for a start that I'm doing Louis Simpson's poem 'Carentan' which is in ballad style, so I've put what I hope is an appropriate tune to it.

Valmai (Lewes)