Fourteen is a good number for a cold winter’s evening in our room at The John Harvey Tavern. We were pleased to see Trish and Jan, our most recent recruits, who are picking up the repertoire quickly. We started with Pleasant and Delightful and Country Life, and then worked on the two tunes of Dave’s Caburn Hill until we were happy with the arrangement to present to the rest of the SDFS. On Sussex Hills and Littlehampton Collier Lads concluded the first session and we refilled our glasses and talked about the successful evening at Mac’s Folk Club in Alfriston and finally got to present Tina with a Thank You book token for all the work she puts into preparing the songs for our sessions.
We have made a good start learning The Bee Boy’s Song, Hares On The Mountain and Song Of The Sussex Downsman and also Brighton Camp which is another song we would like to be considered for the SDFS performance list, especially at Bateman’s with its reference to soldiers.
Malcolm has also written a song called Compassion, with reference to homelessness in Brighton, for which Tina will write down the music so that we can learn it too. Then back to the sea shore with They Won’t Let Us Go to Sea Any More, Drink Me Brave Boys and finishing with Thousands Or More.
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