July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: sciencegeek
Date: 24 Jul 13 - 07:27 AM

oops... just realized spelling is critical in search...

Lyr Add: Wreckers Prayer, The

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: sciencegeek
Date: 24 Jul 13 - 05:21 AM

hi... back home again

sciencegeek aka Chris Setari lol

Charlie Noble added Wreaker's Prayer to lyrics database, so look there

I sang Fear a Bhata, trying not to mangle the gaelic too badly

the other two songs that Mike sang were Rambo Shanty ( his own work) & High Noon in the Tropics (another C Fox Smith poem adapted for singing)...

hope you enjoyed them

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 07:34 PM

Chris, we heard of the threat of your appearance from Nick Noble who was at Friday's session. Sorry, too, that you missed it. Really miss having you live in the vicinity and having you at sessions on a more or less regular basis.

See you soon.

Linn

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: crism
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 04:59 PM

Sorry to have missed it… the move from Florida was hellish (and we're only half done), and at the time of the sing, I was still somewhere in northern Virginia. I'll be at one of the Fridays soon.

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 09:02 AM

Thanks, Don!

Linn

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: GUEST,Don Hale
Date: 21 Jul 13 - 10:53 PM

A couple of notes on a really nice session: #29 should be "the Girls Around Cape Horn". "Rounding The Horn" is a different, slightly more tragic, and more common version. #61: Ernie was the initiator of "Nelson's Prayer", I joined him out of a FIRM sense of tradition.....
I was pleasantly surprised at the number of attendees on a hot July day. BTW, isn't "London Julie" getting really good ?!!
                            Don

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Jul 13 - 07:16 PM

Back again...

37. Codfish Ball - Ernie Pigeon
38. Fisherman's Lassie - Susan Young
39. Round the Corner Sally - Dave Hallowell
40. Sailor's Prayer [Tom Lewis] - Linn Schulz
41. Fisherman's Wife - Justine Donovan
42. Yangtze River - Pete Hale
43. Maid of Quinby Town - Carol Coronis
44. Greenland Whale Fisheries - Don Hale
45. Glass On the Bar - Mike Kennedy
46. Slav Ho [variant of Saltpeter Shanty] - Ernie Pigeon
47. What Does the Deep Sea Say? - Ramona Connelly & London Julie
48. [recognized but couldn't place the title] - sciencegeek
49. Bold Riley - Rose Sheehan
50. Herrin's Heids - Mike Kennedy
51. Fire Down Below - Jeri
52. San Francisco Bay Blues - Ernie Pigeon
53. Essaquibo River - Susan Young and London Julie
54. Northwest Passage - Bruce MacIntyre
55. Phaebus Frigate - sciencegeek
56. North Sea Holes - Ernie Pigeon
57. The Lobster - Linn Schulz
58. Willie Taylor - Carol Coronis & London Julie
59. (I asked Steve to sing a closer to the session:)
      A Sailor's Not a Sailor - Steve Carrigan
60. (But wait, we're not done...)
      Paris Here I Come - Mike Kennedy
61. (okay okay; we HAVE to be official...)
      Nelson's Prayer - Don Hale

Dot's it. Corrections welcomed and encouraged. Your trusty scribe and compulsive archivist does, indeed, screw up. (But not often...;-) I hope.)

Linn

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Jul 13 - 05:04 PM

Okay, the crew included -- Tom (Curmudgeon) and I, Ernie Pigeon (NbptErnie), Bruce MacIntyre, Pete Hale, Don Hale, Susan & Dan Young, Stephen Craft, Bill Dunlap, Colin de la Barre & Olivia Gale (Meridian), Steve Smith, Rose Sheehan, Pamela Owens, Tami Bill (Ranger1) & her nephew Austin (The Boy), sciencegeek & Mike Kennedy, Justine Donovan, Phyllis Sloat-Richards, Alan Eaton (who confirmed the identification of the bugs from my hostas), Nicole Hourihan (Ramona's student), Jeri, Kip Ferguson, Bill Perry, Dianne Lavoie, Dave Hallowell, Barbara Benn, W.B., Ramona Connelly, Carol Coronis and, at the last moment, Steve Carrigan.

1. Isle au Haut - Bruce MacIntyre
2. The Boat Like Gideon Brown's - Ernie Pigeon
3. The Alabama - Bill Dunlap
4. The Wrecker's Prayer - Mike Kennedy (and, Mike, you got away before
    Tom could ask you about the origins of that song)
5. Cornish Lads - Colin & Olivia
6. Roll the Old Chariot Along - sciencegeek
7. New York Girls - Pete Hale
8. My Name It Is Dan Dan - Don Hale
9. Rolling Down To Old Maui - Stephen Craft
10. Nine Times a Night - Linn Schulz
11. Come Along Down [Boarding Party] - Ernie Pigeon
12. Rolling Down to Rio - Bruce MacIntyre
13. Road to Mandalay - Bill Dunlap
14. Captain Stratton's Fancy (Old Bold Mate of Henry Morgan) - Mike Kennedy
15. The Voyage [Christy Moore] - Pete Hale
16. Jolly Roving Tar - Dave Hallowell
17. Jolly Roving Tar [Irish Rovers] - Nicole Hourihan
18. Jack Tar - sciencegeek
19. Jamestown Homeward Bound - Don Hale
20. General Taylor - Rose Sheehan
21. Mollymauk - Jeri
22. Sweet Minerva [Linda Kelly] - Colin & Olivia
23. [didn't get the title: drunken sailor / Shanghai Brown, etc.] - Mike Kennedy
24. Chicken On a Raft - Bruce MacIntyre
25. Help Me To Raise 'Em - Ernie Pigeon
26. Johnson Girls - Justine Donovan
27. Shantyman Who's Never Been To Sea - Bill Dunlap
28. I Wish I Was Back In Liverpool - Dave Hallowell
29. Rounding the Horn - Don Hale
30. Mary Ellen Carter - Colin & Olivia
31. Clear Away the Morning - Bruce MacIntyre
32. The Mermaid - Pete Hale
33. Adieu My Lovely Nancy - Colin & Olivia
34. On Board of a Man of War - sciencegeek
35. The Goodnight Song - Kip Ferguson
36. Twilight In the Tropics - Mike Kennedy

I've got to go do some stuff before supper -- will finish this later.

Linn

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Jeri
Date: 20 Jul 13 - 10:10 PM

I had a great time, with at least one really stupid moment, but what kind of good time can you have without any really stupid moment? Wonderful to have that many good singers!

I heard Meridian--Colin & Olivia--sing the Hissyfit song Sweet Minerva before, and it was, and is, stunning. Olivia has this clear, honest voice, and Colin is a harmony genius. Can't wait to hear them at the festival in September!

Another nice thing is that the temperature upon departing seemed sane.

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 20 Jul 13 - 09:11 PM

Nice sing! A few regulars missing, a few irregulars back, and, well, sciencegeek and Mike were there. Mike's been there once before, but I don't think sciencegeek has. And Meridian (Colin de la Barre and Olivia Gale) finally were able to get to the session. Colin, of course, has been to The Press Room before, but it was Olivia's first time.

That's all you're getting for right now.

I'll do my archival duties tomorrow.

Thanks, everybody! What a lovely afternoon! (Even though my throat felt as if I'd folded it a couple times last night while holding a cold beverage can in lieu of a fan to try to sleep -- power went out at half past midnight and didn't come on this morning until after I'd brought home coffee and McFill.

Linn

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 19 Jul 13 - 11:32 PM

I still hope to get to one of these, but not this one. I am one of the people who hopes to get to the launching of the Morgan, but it is beginning to sound like that will be quite a crush. (Satellite parking? Shuttle buses? Standing room only? Yikes!) http://www.mysticseaport.org/event/morgan-launch/
For the Press Room Shanty Sings, I am thinking October (maybe). I'll be in touch before then for advice, suggestions, etc.

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 19 Jul 13 - 12:27 PM

We'll miss you, Charlie. (I'll PM you soon about something completely different...)

Looks as if there will be a few people there tomorrow who haven't been around recently. Stephen Craft says it's been too hot to be on the boat, so he's going to try to be there.

Linn

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Charley Noble
Date: 18 Jul 13 - 06:26 PM

I've tied up in Maine with family responsibilities. So I'll have to miss this one. However, I will be heading down to Mystic with two friends for the relaunching on the Morgan on Sunday, and then stopping off at Gloucester on the way back north on Monday to join the sea music session at the Dog Bar.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: sciencegeek
Date: 18 Jul 13 - 09:07 AM

it looks like Mike & I will be there, as well.... if the car doesn't melt... lol

we'll be at the launching of the Morgan on Sunday... not sure where we'll find seats - so BYO looks good.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to get to NH to avoid heavy traffic - no AC in car.

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 18 Jul 13 - 08:18 AM

Good, Ernie! It's been too long! You've been missed.

Linn

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: NbptErnie
Date: 17 Jul 13 - 11:12 PM

Hi Linn,

See you on Saturday.

Ernie

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 17 Jul 13 - 09:47 AM

Looking forward to it!

Linn

Subject: RE: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: ranger1
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 05:01 PM

See you there!

Subject: July Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 10:21 AM

Well, I'm apologizing again...it's been too hot to spend much time at the computer, including Mudcat.

Our monthly shanty, forebitter, and ballad song session will be happening this Saturday, July 20th, at The Press Room on Daniel St. in Portsmouth, NH from 3:30 to 7:30 PM. Last month's session was outstanding!

Tom's been maneuvering well with just a cane, so it looks as if the only advisory is weather. Wish I could promise cooler weather for Saturday, but according to AccuWeather, it's not going to drop below 90F until Sunday. I'm sure our singing can raise quite a breeze, though.

See you at The Press Room!

Linn