It's great so many Mudcatters sing walking down the street, in the office etc.   I also agree with those who believe that non-Mudcatters mostly don't.

What I find intriguing is that even some people who seem passionately interested in vocal music still don't sing when they're not at rehearsal or concert. A friend of mine in the Choral Arts society here (we usually sing in the Kennedy Center--so it's a serious group--said that while he was away on vacation for 5 weeks, he did not sing at all--not even in the shower, he said.

I can't imagine even one day without singing.

I sing all the way to the subway and back every workday. It's 4 long songs or 5 short songs to the subway. And going to the subway I sing according to the weather. If it good weather I sing C & W. Misty or rain--Irish. Real blustery--sea songs.   Unless there is something I'm trying to learn--then I sing that. People probably think I have some sort of Bluetooth or something. Lots of people on the street do listen to their i-Pods, etc.

I really look forward to cold and windy weather so I can belt out   "Once more we sail with a northerly gale through the ice and wind and rain" while climbing a steep hill on the way to the subway.   And when I sing "Rolling Home" (John Tams) I may sing the verse about; "The frost is on the hedgerow/ The icy winds do blow..." several times on the hill until I get a real good gust of wind blowing at me.

When I leave work, I always sing "Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie"--the version Joe Hickerson does. 9 1/2 verses, and it gets me from my office to the subway.

For the past couple of weeks I sang "Road to Mandalay", getting ready for the party celebrating my stepfather's 95th birthday--since it's one of his favorite songs.   Problem is folk circles--and I--like the tune Peter Bellamy used. But the rest of the world seems to like the Oley Speaks tune--the one Peter Dawson used for his famous recording.   It was not easy trying to suppress the Bellamy tune in order to learn the other one--took quite a few mornings.   And Dawson only did 2 verses. I was determined to do all 6--but I had to have a chorus the other partygoers could sing.   The poem suffered. But I did it at the party--all 6 verses-- and it was well appreciated.   The other one I sang those mornings-- getting ready for the party-- was "As Time Goes By", especially the verse, from 1931,--what most people know is just the chorus.

I also sing in the stairwells at work, since the acoustics are so good--never take the elevator. As well as when I walk around the building.   I don't sing loud in the building except in the stairwell.

A friend of mine and I have written and sung quite a few parodies for retirements etc. And I get asked to do "Monster Mash" every year, and sing "Blue Christmas" for a Christmas party. After hours I once sang "Goodnight Sweetheart" and "Under the Boardwalk" for a woman who wanted to hear them. Some other people in the office sing bits of songs--but don't seem to sing entire songs. As long as your singing doesn't prevent your co-workers from doing their work, seems to me anybody should be able to sing in the office.   Helluva lot better than radios.