We were all in very good voice at our monthly group meeting on Thursday evening. Nineteen singers came along to sing a dozen stirring folk songs in the music room of the Chichester Inn in West Street Chichester. Facing each other around the tables we discussed the fiasco that is Brexit and then decided to sing a couple of songs that make us proud to be English, namely Hard Times of Old England and Fathom the Bowl. We raised the roof with a lusty version of Twanky Dillow followed by a more sensitive rendition of Hares on the Mountain. Then we revisited a couple more of our favourite drinking songs Ale Glorious Ale and Oh Good Ale. With Keith’s expert encouragement and access to some music scores, we finished up the first half singing both verses that we know of the Song of the Sussex Downsman. This song is beginning to sound really good; now we must knuckle down and learn the final verse and chorus!
After a break to chat and re-fill our glasses, Alan led us in singing Our Captain Cried All Hands, a great new song from Sussex that we are learning, and Dave got us all to sing When Spring Comes In, a seasonal ditty from the Copper Family Songbook. Someone suggested we should sing The Cuckoo but no-one could remember the tune, so we’ve earmarked this song to re-learn on another occasion. We sang the pressgang lament All Things Are Quite Silent and after this there was time for just two more songs, so we sang Brisk Young Ploughboy and finished up with the lovely Searching for Lambs. It was a pleasant evening of pastime and good company. If you like singing, you must come along to our next local group sing on Thursday 18th April at 8.00pm at the Chichester Inn. You will be made most welcome!
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