Hello everyone, hello September and welcome to another SDFS ‘at home' session.
With our usual haunts and gatherings closed to us we must continue to
sit tight ‘at home’ until we find other places safe enough to gather together
to sing. Unfortunately, nothing yet considered meets this safety requirement.
Socially distanced small groups and the open air are known to be safer than
crowds and indoors, so to keep such options open as the evenings darken and
for whenever the risk levels and rules allow (hopefully before next Spring) we
may need to consider a temporary move to meeting in the daytime, possibly at a
weekend, and to meeting in small groups. No solution to this frustrating and
worrying situation will be easy or convenient to all, but above anything else
it must be SAFE. (If you have any comments or ideas to add to this discussion
– or if you’d like to host a Zoom session as an alternative interim option –
do let us know by emailing to the SDFS address.)
For now, here are some songs to choose from and enjoy for September.
Country Life always makes for a cheery start and describes the cycle of the seasons. Then,
with the prematurely autumnal weather we’ve had in mind, a few songs for their
various references to stormy winds ands gales! On Sussex Hills, Where
Stormy Winds Do Blow, Song Of The Sussex Downsman.
Life of a Man describes the falling leaves and The Brisk Young Ploughboy, All Among
the Barley and Tommie speak of other seasonal changes and harvests.
The Stedham Oysterman's Donkey is the tale of one man's effort to gather his crop
– perhaps needing a Gooch's Beer and an Ale Glorious Ale at the end of
it!
Two more old favourites to cheer us, Rolling in the Dew and
Green Grow The Laurel, finishing again with Thousands or More.
(Our Burpham sessions CD and this website can again provide help and company for
your singing. Many thanks again to Tina for her recordings supplied with the
Lewes group notices, and to Keith for the extensive collection he
has assembled on the New Songs and Lyrics and Recordings pages.)
Henny
Welcome to our website for singers who want to learn and sing traditional and new South Downs folk songs, sung in the traditional way. "Put another barrel on, landlord, and pull a pint for me! The ale here in Sussex is the best we all agree!"
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