There were about twelve of us gathered together at the Press Room again yesterday:

Tom, Mark, myself, Vince Morash from Nova Scotia, Bruce, Jeri, Pixie from Nova Scotia, JudyB, Sue Young , Justine, Chris, Marty and Barbara. And there was another fellow who usually just choruses along led a song.

Mark led off with "Rolling Home" followed by:

Bound Away (Charlie)
Fishing Where I'm Not Supposed to be (Vince)
John Riley (Mark)
Dark and Roving Eye (Bruce)
Herring Head (Marty)
Fire Maringo (Charlie)
Haul Away Joe (Chris)
Across the Great Divide by Kate Wolf (Mark)
Ten Stone (Jeri)
Frozen in Frobisher Bay (Vince)
One for the Morning Glory (Bruce)
Coal Brack Rose (JudyB)
Wild Goose Nation (Chris)
Selonica (?) (Sue Young
Waterbound (Marty)
Arthur McBride (Mark)
Mobile Bay (Charlie)
Hoist Your Dory Rory (Vince)
Follow the Herring Home (Bruce)
Hickory Wind (Justine)
Haul Boys Haul (Sue Young)
Haul Away the Nets (Vince)
Three Jolly Fishermen (Chris)
Jack in the Green (Mark)
Tramps or Chantey for Steam (Charlie)
Fire Down Below (Jeri)
Bully in the Alley (Marty)
Sugar in the Hold (Chris)
Running Down to Cuba (Bruce)
A Parting (JudyB)
Run the Rigging Again (Sue Young)
Northwest Passage (Chris)
Lunenburg Fishermen's Monument (Vince)
Farewell to Fishermen (Mark)
Tea Clipper Song (Charlie)
Tickle Cove Pond (Marty)
Early in the Spring (Barbara)
Sally Free and Easy (Mark)
Bantry Girl's Lament (Sue Young)
Pump Shanty (Chris)
Paddy West (Charlie
High Barbary (Barbara)
Jim Jones of Botney Bay (Marty)
Traigli Bay (JudyB)
Henry Martin (Chris)
Song for Gale (Mark)
Pier Head Chorus (Charlie)
Drink to the Laddies (Sue Young)
Pleasant and Delightful (Barbara)
Fiddlers Green (Chris)
West Indies Blues (Charlie)
Outward Bound (JudyB)
Peg and Awl (Justine)
Rose of Allendale (Marty)
Final Trawl (Mark)
Old Moke (Chris)
? (Barbara)
Nelson's Prayer (Mark)

It was quite a workout but a lovely way to spend four hours with old and new friends.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble