Fifteen of us plus Stanley and Buster, our very well behaved dogs, found our way to Selham to the Three Moles public house on Thursday evening. In the past this was the singing venue for our SDFS West Sussex group and it felt nice to be back in the cosy confines of the public bar. There were also lots of the pub’s regulars in the bar and amazingly they stayed throughout most of the evening to listen to our songs and applaud our spirited singing! We decided to sing all the songs planned for our performances on Saturday at the South Downs Folk Festival in Bognor and a very good choice it was too, as they were all songs which we love and know by heart. So we were able to shut our song books and give it some real welly!
In the first half we sang On Sussex Hills, The Magpie, Pleasant & Delightful, West Sussex Drinking Song, Oak Ash & Thorn, Ale Glorious Ale and Thousands or More. In the second half we regaled the regulars with Gordon’s Three Moles Song, and followed this up with songs about bees, smugglers, turnip hoers and country life. Rosebuds in June sounded particularly sweet, as Storm Bronagh began to brew up outside the pub, and Life of a Man reminded us that the leaves were now really beginning to fall! Two verses of the Song of the Sussex Downsman were enthusiastically tackled before we finally ended the evening at 10.00 pm in time-honoured tradition by singing Rolling Home.
Thanks to all of you who came along to make this a very sociable and enjoyable evening. Next month we will be back once more in the Chichester Inn on Thursday 18th October. If you like a good sing, then do come and join us there. You’ll be made most welcome!
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