Seventeen of us gathered to sing on Tuesday. Not so many as usual, which may have been just as well since Emily had again kindly invited us to practice at their place, the Old House at Home being unavailable.
We ran through some of the more recent songs, Randy Dandy, Old Fid, Bold Riley, The Mermaid, MollyMawk and Northwest Passage. It was decided to try Bold Riley with the men singing the verses and women joining in the refrains. This seemed to work quite well.
After a break for refreshments which included a delicious toffee apple tray bake and home grown grapes – and feeling by now extremely relaxed - we sang MollyMawk very quietly and gently. Before singing The Grey Funnel Line ourselves, we listened to a quick burst of the song on YouTube, as performed by Maddie Prior and June Tabor and an interesting version with the unmistakable voice of Dolly Parton with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris! We ended the evening with the beautiful Mingulay Boat Song.
Thanks to Emily, Jonny and the girls for allowing us to invade their home again.
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