All righty, then…
The crew was Me/Linn (Bat Goddess), Susan, Charlie (Charley Noble), Dianne, Hutch, Martha from Gloucester, Tony from Gloucester, Janice (wearing a turkey hat) and Gail D., Jamie from western Mass., Don from the deep south (of Massachusetts), Gail Finn, Bill and Carol from Boston, Dave J., Pete (Peadar formerly of Portsmouth), Justine, Mike M., W.B., and Jeff W. And later a young man named Luke who is living on his boat this winter and had discovered us at the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival in September came in and sang a few.

I'd heard on CBC Friday night on the way home from the session that Ron Hynes has died in St. Johns, Newfoundland, then on Saturday heard the news that Danny McLeod had passed away (Friday? Thursday?)

Here's what we sang --

1. Strike the Bell - Tony
2. Crossing the Bar - Martha
3. The Chanteyman - Charlie
4. Lukey's Boat - Hutch
5. By By, My Roseanna - Dianne
6. Fisher Lassies - Susan
7. Johnny, Come Down to Hilo - Jamie
8. Home, Dearie, Home - Linn
9. All Coiled Down - Don (for Danny McLeod)
10. Sonny's Dream - Gail Finn (for Ron Hynes)
11. Navy Hymn/Eternal Father, Strong to Save - Tony
12. Noah Built the Ark/Sitting On the River By the Levee - Susan
13. Astoria's Bar - Martha
14. Roll the Old Chariot - Hutch
15. All For Me Grog - Dianne
16. Ballad of Captain Blanche Leathers - Charlie
17. Johnson Girls - Justine
18. South Australia - Peter H.
19. Rolling To Cairo-Town - Don
20. Nine Times a Night - Linn
I told the story of the Durham, NH town report sometime in the 1980s which came in camera-ready so we couldn't do anything about it. There was a chapel often used for weddings that came under the Cemetery Report…which listed how many "weddings were consummated" in the chapel. I want to know if it was in the aisles or on the altar...
21. Bay of Fundy - Tony
22. Old Zeb - Hutch
23. Sugar In the Hold - Jamie
24. High Noon In the Tropics - Charlie
25. The Voyage - Martha
26. Knickerbocker Line - Linn
27. Shawnee-Town - Hutch
28. Saltpetre Shanty - Justine
29. White Squall - Peter
30. Never Turn a Blind Eye To the Storm - Charlie
31. Tiny Fish For Japan - Tony
32. The Jeannie C. - Dianne
33. The Thanksgiving Round - led by Linn, sung by the company
      STRICTLY TRADITIONAL -- at least at The Press Room for over 35 years
34. Fall Down Billy O'Shea - Hutch
35. With Me Rubber Boots On - Mike (Newfoundland fishing variant of "With Me Pit Boots On"
36. Hills of Isle Au Haut - Martha
37. Tinker, Tailor - Dianne
38. We Are Three Jolly Fishermen - Jamie
39. Jamestown Homeward Bound - Don
Discussion of a need for a song parody, "Turkey On a Raft"…
40. Bread and Gravy/parody of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" - Linn
41. Fire On the Mauritania - Jeff
42. Hammers On Stone - Tony
I told the story of Newburyport captain Charles Tyng and the kid in the molasses vat in Havana -- I'll post it later after I massage the text from the memoir. The story reminded me very much of "Dead Dog Cider"…
43. Dead Dog Cider - Charlie (who got cross threaded and put it on hold)
44. Isle Au Haut Lullaby - Martha
45. Dead Dog Cider (continued) - Charlie
46. Salt Water Cowboy - Mike
47. Lowlands - Gail Finn
48. Johnny Come Down to Hilo - Justine
49. Tommy's Gone to Hilo - Luke
50. Yangtze River - Charlie
51. Sailor Cut Down In His Prime - Jeff
52. Santiano - Jamie
53. Ben Backstay - Luke
54. Rabbit Has No Tail At All - Mike
So I had to follow with the similar song I learned from my Dad
55. The Horse Ran Around With His Foot On the Ground - Linn
56. Nelson's Prayer/Seaman's Hymn - Don and the company

I'll post the molasses story later.

Linn