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Thread #159478   Message #3780015
Posted By: Bat Goddess
20-Mar-16 - 03:07 PM
Thread Name: March Press Room (NH) Shanty Session
Subject: RE: March Press Room (NH) Shanty Session
Okay...where was I?

The crew was me (Linn), Hutch, Charlie (Mudcatter Charley Noble), Don & Cathy, Ernie & Amy, Susan, Tami (Mudcatter Ranger1), Bill & Carol, Alan, Mike, Dianne, Lucas & a friend whose name I didn't catch, Gail, Janice, Carla, and W.B.

We sang --
1. Whale Bone Cutter - Ernie
2. Cannery Shed - Linn
3. Pierhead Chorus - Charlie
4. Heave Away, Me Johnnies - Don
5. General Taylor -Dianne
6. Plum Island National Anthem - Linn
(short chorus of "Mama Said" -- song I woke up with in my head Saturday morning)
7.Fisher Lassies - Susan
8. River Lea - Hutch
9. Hell's Pavement - Charlie
10. Privateering - Ernie
11. Deep Blue Sea - Mike
12. Bay of Biscay - Linn
13. Pace Egging - Dianne
14. Strike the Bell - Alan
15. Square Rigged Ship - Ernie
16. Lukey's Boat - Hutch
17. Essequibo River - Susan
18. Sing Farewell to Carlingford - Don
19. I Wish I Had Someone To Love Me - Dianne
20. One For the Morning Glory - Mike
21. By the Hush - Susan
22. Captain Jim Rees and the Katy - Charlie
23. Old Zeb - Hutch
24. Atlantic Queen - Ernie
25. Lady Franklin's Lament - Don
26. Song of the Fishes - Lucas
27. Paddy Lay Back - Alan
28. Sailor's Prayer [Tom Lewis] - Linn
29. Ballad of Blanche Leathers - Charlie
30. Noah Built the Ark - Susan
31. Banks of Sicily - Hutch
32. The Jeannie C. - Dianne
33. Lee Fore Brace - Charlie
34. West Indies Blues - Hutch
35. Dogger Bank - Ernie
36. Knickerbocker Line - Linn
37. Whup, Jamboree - Alan
38. Dramamine - Charlie
39. Paddy West - Lucas
40. Sugar In the Hold - Susan
41. Cape Cod Girls - Alan
42. All For Me Grog - Dianne
43. Fall Down, Billie O'Shea - Hutch
44. The Sun and the Moon and Me - Ernie
45. The Man Who Waters the Workers' Beer [request] - Linn
46. Pay Me My Money Down - Hutch
47. Three Score and Ten - Don
48. All Coiled Down - Charlie
49. Good Old Newfie Outhouse - Mike
50. Maid of Amsterdam - Lucas
51. Backside of Nantucket Point - Linn
52. Bully In the Alley - Ernie
53. Nelson's Prayer/Seaman's Hymn - Don and the Company

And in honor of Ranger1's upcoming natal day, a few choruses of the "Viking Birthday Dirge" and "Why Were You Born So Beautiful"...

As usual, let me know of any additions or corrections. Thanks, all, for coming!

Linn