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| The later "England Winners" of the UK 1966 4d World Cup Stamp |
This Friday's session will mark the beginning of May, Beltane if you wish. In fact last Derek believed that our canine folky, Indy might have been practising his maypole dance as we wound his extendable lead around the chair and table at which Derek sat, so we are expecting some interesting performances this week. What can you add to the session? If you don't perform then please feel free to attend as an audience member.
Colin, our regular MC, started off last week's session with Richard Thompson's The New St George.
Derek joked that he was unsure of the origins of his first song and suggested that I might be able to research it. That "song" was the Engerland football chant. Mike suggested that it might be contemporary with Lonnie Donegan's World Cup Willie, released in 1965 for the 1966 world cup.
When it came to Mike's own turn, he quickly took up the more serious topic of the recent ANZAC day, singing Eric Bogle's The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.
Derek had two stabs at The Ballad Of English Literature, by Terry Eagleton, a song which he admits to not particularly liking ("Chaucer was a class traitor..." to the tune of Land Of Hope And Glory).
Simon was singing anything he could get hold of with "England" or "English" in the words, including Jackson C Frank's Blues Run The Game but it was Derek who challenged us with the most obscure link of the evening. While he sometimes sings Bunch Of Thyme, he intentionally sang another version The Seeds of Love (Roud 3) which was collected by Cecil Sharp from John England.
Colin sang a themed pair in Do Virgins Taste Better (Than Those Who Are Not)? (Randy Farran) and The Dragon's Retort (Claire Stephens McMurray) in which the dragon confirms it to be so.You can listen to both together here.
Simon closed the session with Blow The Man Down (Roud 2624).
Here's a selection of songs sung during this session.
(Number of people present - 4, of whom 4 performed)
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