Dennis the Elder, respect man,I really respect your comments.


Ok now people. We have heard from every manner of folk singer; from serious professional to semi-professional to just the novice and enthusiastic singer who joins in or has a go in an informal singaround. And God bless you all for keeping the folk tradition alive and for singing your hearts out; either in front of a large audience or just in front of the bathroom mirror!

But, do you know, we haven't heard from the SUBJECT of all this debate! - 'The Song' itself!
How does a song itself feel about how it is sung and the attention it recieves to be sung well as it's composer/master intended?
How does it feel about just being sung lightly from a book or by people who take the time and effort to memorise it by heart and take it into their soul and render it to it's perfection?

This is just a thought, but also a CHALLENGE to all the creative song writers out there ( and I am sure there are many) to consider the view point of a song and think of it as a living entity and how it would feel about how it was delivered into the world and how we could do justice to the master who created it.

Also think of a song as a new creation and a new born baby that you wish to bring into the world and which has been born from your own imagination. As you nurture it and feed it with your loving attention and painstaking detail how would that song wish to be sung and remembered?

So I invite you here to become creative and pen some lyrics from the view point of the song itself and how it would wish to be delivered. I encourage you to write a song on this theme and pen your creative inspirations here.

I have created a few song lines already on this theme and will contribute as we go along!

Chris