BS: Twas the night before Mudcat Christmas

Subject: BS: Twas the night before Mucat Christmas 2025
From: InOBU
Date: 17 Dec 25 - 05:24 PM

Twas the night before Mudcat Christmas
And all on the net,
I'd been away for ages,
and I started in to fret...
Where's this one and that one,
and what about thon,
who often had words to
the rarest old song.
Now I'd heard of some losses,
that touched my heart sore,
Spaw and Kev M'Grath,
and I fear there'll be more,
But, well time to check in,
and tell each other what,
the gigs and the gags and
whose been kicked in the butt (Gargole??)
Now come on old friends,
it's your turn to write,
a few lines for the year
before we get tight.

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mucat Christmas
From: Helen
Date: 17 Dec 25 - 06:00 PM

"BS: Twas the night before Mucat Christmas"

You have been away awhile. Is that Moo-cat or Miaow-Cat? LOL

I'm still here and about to celebrate my 29th Mudcat year in May next year. Still trying to flex my ex-librarian muscles, trying to help track down mystery songs, and sadly getting more and more pessimistic about the state of play in Trump's America. And still a Celtic harp music lover, but sadly not playing music with my friends at present.

A merry Miaow-Cat Christmas to you and yours.

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mucat Christmas
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Dec 25 - 06:03 PM

Kind words about friends
Missing Amos, Spaw, and gnu
Mudcat Tavern lives

(haiku)

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mucat Christmas
From: InOBU
Date: 17 Dec 25 - 06:56 PM

Yes, I've been away for awhile. I spent over ten years building the family business into a world wide famous institution, then COVID disaster profiteers took advantage of the closing of venues like mine, so Genie and I were homeless a while, and now trying hard to get back into the real world. I've been trying to find the words to my old song, "Good Bye Aimee Gray" I can't find the bridge anywhere, is the server down, or have I forgotten how to work it??? But, anyway, I hope old and new friends add a few verses to Mudcat Christmas 25 Bless all here...

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mucat Christmas
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 17 Dec 25 - 06:58 PM

I have the tradional Salford Wassail song, as performed around the pubs at closing time by young men dressed in their tradional Wassailant attire of track suits an black balaclavas

Wassail, wassail all over the place
Give us your money or we'll smash your face
Our clubs they are made of oak and of ash
We'll break both your legs if you don't give us cash

All done in the festive spirit of goodwill of course...

:-D

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mudcat Christmas
From: Helen
Date: 17 Dec 25 - 08:38 PM

This old thread refers to a video you posted on Facebook back in 2009: "Good Bye Aimee Gray"

I'm not sure if it helps but it is the only reference from an internet search for

Mudcat "Aimee Gray"

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mudcat Christmas
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Dec 25 - 09:01 AM

Forgot to add - Good to see you again, Lorcan. Hope things are getting better and that you will be able to join us more often in future :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mudcat Christmas
From: Charley Noble
Date: 20 Dec 25 - 04:52 PM

I also check in every once in a while. I'm thinking that I joined around 2003. A lot of my Mudcat mates have passed on but some of us are still around and raising songs at our local pub sings.

I do appreciate the help through the years that members have provided in tracking down the lyrics to song fragments that I've remembered.

Cheerily,
Charlie Ipcar, aka Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mudcat Christmas
From: Helen
Date: 20 Dec 25 - 05:14 PM

Hi Charley, good to see you here again.

I just took the liberty of checking out when you first posted here: 14 April 2001.

(BTW that's not a secret ex-librarian skill because the trick is to click on your name just above one of your posts and then scroll to the bottom of the first page of lists and enter the biggest number (or a few hundred earlier) in the search box. The list then shows your earliest posts.)

Subject: RE: BS: Twas the night before Mudcat Christmas
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 20 Dec 25 - 08:23 PM

‘Twas October 00 when I first wrote a post,
So guess that I’ve been over here longer than most,
I try to look in maybe once, twice a week,
Unless there’s some lyrics I desperately seek.
But sadly my recent posts all are obits
This growing old business brings too many hits
So cheer up, Trish, send out some good Christmas cheer,
I wish you a good one and a Happy New Year.