Ireland, Canada and elsewhere

Lock 7 on the Welland Canal between Lakes Erie and Ontario
(Photo: Simon Meeds)

Your scribe wasn't at the Dragon Folk Club session in person last week so this report is done at some distance, so apologies for any inaccuracies - I hope I've done my best. Considering that several regulars were otherwise engaged it looks as though it was a good evening.

Colin was joined by regular Paul M and his non-performing friend Jane together with our recently acquired friend Paul O and his daughter Issie, who plays guitar in a metal band but wasn't persuaded to contribute on this occasion.

There's one important bit of news to get out of the way for a start. My reports usually say that "You will find us this and almost every Friday...", but there are occasions when that is not possible for one reason or another. I've already announced our Christmas/New Year closure on 25th December 2026 and 1st January 2027, but our Halloween session on 30th October has also been called into question. It may yet happen, either at The Bridge or elsewhere, or it may be cancelled. There are discussions yet to take place, so please watch this space for further details when they become available.

Back to last week, Colin in the MC's chair started the session with Hey Mr tambourine man (Bob Dylan). Paul M followed up with Danny boy (roud 23565 - Frederic Weatherly) and Paul O completed the first rotation with Spancil Hill (roud 22062 - Michael Considine).

Last week's songs which were new to the Dragon database were:

• Colin - Votecatcher in the rye (*# Peggy Seeger) - a satirical comment on Ronald Reagan's visit to Ireland
• Paul O - Missing you (* Jimmy MacCarthy)
• Colin - Jennifer juniper (* Donovan Leitch)
• Paul O - Dirty protesters (*# Paul O'Sullivan)
• Paul O - Summer in the Midlands (*# Paul O'Sullivan)

One other song wasn't found on YouTube and therefore is not in this week's playlist: Paul O - Love in the desert (Paul O'Sullivan).

Now listen to a selection of songs sung during this session.

(Number of people present - 5 of whom 3 performed)

In the above report songs new to the Dragon database (though not always new to the club) are marked with an asterisk (*) and any songs not included in the "a selection" playlist are marked with a hash (#).