Which issues??!! Lordy Nancy, I'm doin' this from memory. I can't even remember what I had for breakfast today, Ha Ha!

Be happy to give you the answers though. here goes:

1.What song was on the cover of the first issue of Sing Out?........"If I Had a Hammer"

#2.What was the later "controversy" about it's lyric?......Lee was asked to make "all of my brothers more gender inclusive. he came up with "all of my siblings". It didn't wash!

#3.What was one of the co-writers' attempt to smoothe things over?.........he came up with "all of my siblings". It didn't wash!

#3.What instrument was Frank Hamilton playing in the picture accompanying the article about the Old Town School of Folk music?......a washtub (actually looked like an oil drum) bass.

#4.Who was "Hoot'n Lil"?......The Toronto "news corespondant"

#5.Most people know that Seeger's 12 string was made my Stan Francis of Liverpool....but what 12 did he play BEFORE that?.....a Mexican one apparently borrowed from Fred gerlach.

#6.Who wrote and sang a song about GARLIC? .....Suni Paz.

#7.One cover featured someone's hands. Who's?......Sleepy John Estes.

#8.What did this magnificent singer and player use for a capo? .....a pencil with an elastic.

#9.One of the world's finest luthiers was on the cover of one issue. Who?.....Grit Laskin

#10.What song from my Folk-Legacy Album "Lifeline" was printed in the magazine? (no it's not a shameless plug! I didn't WRITE the song....but the subject of a current Mudcat thread DID!)....The Birth of Robin Hood....seriously ammended by Alan Taylor

Rick