Mike informed me of an error in last week's report, which I corrected immediately. The basis for his version of Hanging Johnny was collected by Robbie McGregor, not by Johnny Collins as originally stated.
Colin, being MC as usual, started the evening with The Bold Fisherman (roud 291, laws O24). Mike continued in a similarly traditional vein with Claudy Banks (roud 266, laws N40).
Geoff's first contribution was from the pens of Myles Rudge and Ted Dicks. All the while, like some other songs from the same stable including Right said Fred and Hole in the ground, was written for Bernard Cribbins.
Simon pointed out that we were in the midst of Eurovision season and sang tow previous songs from the contest: All kinds of everything (written by Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith; performed by Dana for Ireland in 1970; placed 1st) and Are you sure? (written by John Allison, Bob Allison; performed by The Allisons for United Kingdom in 1961; placed 2nd).
We now know that in the 2022 contest Ukraine were victorious with the United Kingdom coming second. It is perhaps worth noting that several of the entries alluded to aspects of the countries' folk traditions, including Ukraine, France, and Moldova.
Colin had put a poem to music. He understood the poem, 50 shades of grey (a husband's view), to have been written by Pam Ayres. This belief seems to have evolved online, but Pam has denied it and the poem seems to have been written by John Summers.
Mike sang Sweet Nightingale (roud 371) and Geoff gave us Far away in Australia (roud 25792). While Mike was singing Mark, the landlord and birthday boy, came in, clearly wanting to tell us something. When the song finished he explained that the gents toilets were blocked and that he may have to raise the drain cover in our room though he was first trying other options.
Colin's next song, Les Barker's Van Gogh, turned out to be our last since we were then informed that both the ladies and gents toilets were now out of action and customers would be queuing through our room for the back-up toilets. At this sad news we finished up our drinks as the queue built. We suggested perhaps singing toilet-related songs, coming up with They're moving father's grave to build a sewer and Seven old ladies locked in the lavatory but quickly gave up. We also suggested counting the people in the queue and counting them towards this week's total, but that didn't seem quite fair. Once the drinks were drained we called it an early night. Let's hope the plumbing is fixed by this Friday.
Now listen to a selection of songs sung during this session.
(Number of people present - 4 of whom 4 performed)
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