G'day all Mudcatters,

I had enjoyed Mary's posts for some time ... and was wonderful to meet her and George when they came to Australia. We had a great singing session at Margaret Walters' house - and I was stunned by how well she had used existing forms and material to shape up her Gotterdamnerung song.

I regret that I had no hope of learning it properly ... by ear and what I laughingly call my 'memory' ... so I had to cheat and coax out a copy, cheerfully enough sent by Mary, after she and George got home! I'll have to sneak it into one of my Australian Music / song session late some night. Well, she did play her own hand-made copy of our "lagerphone" (amongst the 'blue-clickies' about halfway back up ...) so that qualifies for honorary Australian authorship (by way of Canadian and German inputs)!

My regrets to George ... best hopes for the spirit of Mary ... sadness at all the losses we must endure.

Regards,

Bob Bolton