I'm-a-learnin too...

I used to go to open mike nights at a local Irish Pub a lot and finally I learned a song from a Clancy Brothers CD and sang it, naturally and proudly announcing it as an irish song. "The Garden Song" as most of you know is not actually irish but I thought it was because I learned it from that CD. Undaunted I decided to learn another. Certainly a song about "Willie McBride" from the same CD clearly had to be Irish. I made another proud announcment the next month and found out much to my chagrin that not only was it not Irish, it was called "No Man's Land" and not Willie McBride!!! Much of this must be second nature to the tried and true folkie but I was still learning! Finally, before announcing a new song the following month, I asked my friend (the one who was graciously keeping me straight teh rpevious two months) if "The town I loved so well" was Irish. He said yeah but even this time when I made my THIRD announcement, another friend close to the stage said, "Are ya sure?"..... Cracked me up.... So, learning CAN be fun!! I'm not an expert but my friend laughs at me a lot less these days!!!

Frank