Some people have words on paper at our Singarounds and I don't really know what to say.

"Don't"? Realistically that's probably not the best idea. I was at Sale FC once where a performer was very gently chided (chidden?) for using words on a music stand; the result was a tirade about how Some of Us had Busy Lives and didn't have the Spare Time to Learn Songs All The Way Through, which lasted almost as long as the song eventually did. (I wouldn't have minded so much, but they were only doing "When a child is born", in the style of Johnny Mathis. Don't think I've been back to Sale since, oddly enough.)

It's one of those things that are bearable in moderation, perhaps. I don't mind the odd rustle of paper, as long as it doesn't become the norm, and as long as the people who do it don't rely on it excessively ("Lowlands, lowlands -" [pause, rustle] "- away").