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19 Sep 13 - 09:38 AM (#3559815) Subject: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Sorry to be so late in posting -- it's been a hectic week. Our monthly shanty, forebitter and ballad session will be this Saturday, September 21st, from 3:30 to 7:30 PM at the Press Room in Portsmouth, NH. Anyway, this will be a great opportunity to warm up for the 14th annual Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival which will be the last weekend of the month, September 28th & 29th. More info here including the schedule for this year's festival -- PMFF Hope to see you there! Linn |
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19 Sep 13 - 05:18 PM (#3559889) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Planning to be there. Printing Tom's CDs right now. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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19 Sep 13 - 05:36 PM (#3559895) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ranger1 I'll be there, my intern learned the nature program for that day so that both the boss and I can be off doing other things. She's an awesome intern! |
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21 Sep 13 - 12:40 PM (#3560144) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Got your book for you, Tami. Got some papers for Don Hale, so I hope he'll be there. Glad Mudcat is back up. See everyone there! Linn |
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21 Sep 13 - 09:22 PM (#3560231) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Nice turnout and great music. More tomorrow. Linn |
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22 Sep 13 - 07:54 PM (#3560456) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Okay, here goes... The crew included Tom (Curmudgeon), me (Linn Schulz), Charlie Ipcar (Charley Noble), Dianne Lavoie, Don Hale, Ernie Pigeon (NbptErnie), Amy DeSilva, Steve Willard and his wife, and another Cape Ann couple whose names I don't know, Tami Bill (Ranger1), Jeri, Carol Coronis (for a bit before heading to a gig), Susan Young, Alan Eaton, Jeffrey Huntsman (old friend of Charlie's; from Indiana), Mike Dibble (from Somerset, England, visiting his daughter in Portsmouth), John Forti, Ellen and Dave Hamil, Barbara Benn… And then Steve Smith arrived…direct from Portsmouth Reg. Hospital where he's been since Thursday afternoon. I mean, he came right to the session without going home…from the HOSPITAL! (Okay, that says something for the healing powers of music, I think.) And Justine came in, too, to sing a few songs. 1. Alabama John Cherokee – Ernie Pigeon 2. Fire Marengo – Charlie Ipcar 3. Home, Dearie, Home – Linn Schulz 4. Sair Fyeld Hinny – Dianne Lavoie (for Lou Killen) 5. Gals Around Cape Horn – Don Hale 6. Home, Lads, Home (Homeward; C. Fox Smith) – Jeri 7. Jolly Bargemen – Charlie Ipcar 8. Whitby Maid – Carol Coronis 9. Nellie J. Banks – Ernie Pigeon 10. Who Will Feed the People? (Tom Paxton) – Steve Willard 11. General Taylor – Alan Eaton 12. John Dead – Jeri 13. Congo River – Dianne Lavoie 14. Greenland Whale Fisheries – Don Hale 15. Maggie May – Linn Schulz 16. Across the Western Ocean – Susan Young More tomorrow, probably after we get home from Tom's doctor appointment. Linn |
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23 Sep 13 - 07:43 AM (#3560573) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ranger1 You forgot Jeff Warner. |
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23 Sep 13 - 09:04 AM (#3560600) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Jeri Its Home, Lads, Home/Homeward. I changed it. I managed to only get one stanza and the chorus. I used to know the whole thing, but that was some years ago. The song's in the DT from Sara Morgan, with notes: Home, Lads, Home. While it's known (because of the original setting by Sara to a poem in a magazine whose origins were at that time unknown) as "Overseas in India", C Fox Smith's original "Flanders" makes more sense. |
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23 Sep 13 - 10:00 AM (#3560613) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Right, Jeff came in late in the session and I DID write him down, but my attendance notes are cramped and, well, I usually don't have my reading glasses on when I'm scribbling late comers... (That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.) To continue... 17. Deepwaterman - Ernie Pigeon (I think that may be the title, or The Voyage Is Finished At Last) |
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23 Sep 13 - 10:03 AM (#3560614) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Sorry, that got away from me. I'll finish it later. Linn |
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23 Sep 13 - 11:13 AM (#3560632) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: maeve Jeri, thanks for the link to Sarah's notes on "Home, Lads, Home". I miss her voice and grace. She would be delighted you sing the song, alterations and all. |
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23 Sep 13 - 11:42 AM (#3560640) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Jeri Maeve, I believe Sara had changed what she sang to reflect Smith's words. I was listening to Craig, Morgan & Robson in my car the day before she died. The song is on that CD I have. |
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24 Sep 13 - 08:49 AM (#3560800) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess 17. The Deepwaterman – Ernie Pigeon (I think that's the title; "The Voyage is finished at last", etc.) 18. Bottle of the Best – Linn Schulz (there was a reason I sang this, but I can't remember what it was…) 19. Sea People – Steve Willard 20. The Old Rose and Crown – Alan Eaton (Ian Robb will be here at the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival next weekend.) 21. The Old Pubs – Linn Schulz 22. We're Newfoundlanders, Not Canadian – Ernie Pigeon 23. Haul Away the Nets – Charlie Ipcar 24. Won't You Help Me To Raise 'Em – Steve Willard 25. My Name It Is Dan, Dan – Don Hale 26. Fisherman's Lassie – Susan Young 27. Grey Funnel Line – Jeffry Huntsman 28. All For Me Grog – Cianne Lavoie 29. Mariner's Compass Is Grog – Charlie Ipcar 30. Three Drunken Maidens – Linn Schulz 31. Black Bird, Get Up – Jeri 32. Rolla Bolla – Ernie Pigeon 33. I'll Go No More a-Roving – Mike Dibble 34. Plum Island National Anthem – Linn Schulz (Susan's earworm this week) 35. Jamestown Homeward Bound – Don Hale 36. Silver Sea – Steve Willard 37. Battle of the Enterprise and the Boxer – Charlie Ipcar 38. Pace-Egging Song – Jeffrey Huntsman 39. Noah Built the Ark – Susan Young 40. Bully In the Alley – Ernie Pigeon 41. Cairo-Town – Don Hale 42. Row On, Row On – Jeff Warner 43. Mobile Bay (Roll the Cotton Down) – Charlie Ipcar 44. Little Pot Stove [started]; The Rosabella – Mike Dibble 45. Rolling Down the River – Justine Donovan 46. Hurrah, Sing Fare Ye Well – Jeff Warner 47. West Indies Blues – Ernie Pigeon (without the coin landing in the pint) 48. One More Pull, Boys – Mike Dibble 49. Outward Track – Charlie Ipcar 50. Billy Riley [another variant] – Jeff Warner 51. Make Or Break Harbor – Steve Willard [changed to Marblehead Harbor] 52. Good-Bye, My Riley-O – Justine Donovan 53. Cruising 'Round Yarmouth – Linn Schulz 54. Nannie C. Bohlin – Ernie Pigeon 55. Nelson's Prayer – Jeff Warner Almost forgot to mention the "excitement" of the afternoon. Evidently there was some sort of scavenger hunt going on around town and The Press Room was one of the stops, so various crowds of costumed people would loudly gather in the doorway every so often. We all wished the ones with the creative hats had come further in so we could admire the hats. There was also a group of women in white dresses and pink parasols. Linn |
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24 Sep 13 - 08:35 PM (#3561014) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble I'd forgotten some of the songs I led. "Outward Track," however, was not one I led; should be "Outside Track." I posted a set of photos for this session on the Press Room Facebook Forum, if anyone wants to see what was going on: Click here for photos! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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25 Sep 13 - 07:26 PM (#3561308) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Sorry, Charlie. Slip of the fingers, since I know full well it's "Outside Track" (lousy proofreading on this end; sigh). Linn |
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25 Sep 13 - 10:21 PM (#3561345) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Not to worry, Linn. You do a great job of keeping track of who is singing what. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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26 Sep 13 - 10:28 AM (#3561462) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess HAVE to post this article from this morning's Spotlight section of the Portsmouth Herald -- PMFF / Curmudgeon Article Linn |
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26 Sep 13 - 09:01 PM (#3561694) Subject: RE: Sept. Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ChanteyLass Great article! |