{"id":21,"date":"2013-06-22T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T00:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:53:21","slug":"songs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the joys in life is to sit in a fine pub, throw your head back, and sing your cares away – at least until tomorrow.\u00a0 Chanteys are sung as a call-and-response style that you can learn in the moment, and other songs we present either provide wonderful choruses or tell a tale or story for your enjoyment.\u00a0 When we perform, it really is not\u00a0a spectator sport but rather a participation<\/strong> event; don’t be shy, and the more you sing from deep within, throwing in your voice with the melody or spontaneous harmonies, the more you’ll get out of an evening with us!\u00a0 While you really don’t need to have song lyrics in hand to sing along, I know that some people feel more comfortable at least perusing them from time to time.<\/p>\n

PLEASE NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0We take pains to keep to the style and tradition of this early music with instruments and presentation \u2013 not turn it into rock n\u2019 roll like so many imitations do in order to \u201cbring it into the modern age\u201d; a definite miss on the integrity and point\u00a0of this music. \u00a0However<\/strong><\/em> we also get that we need to present appropriately to the venue we’re in; while we each perform in a more “coffee-house” and “house concert” setting from time to time which allows for more story-telling of the music and less noise to sing over, when we’re in a pub or tavern we perform just like any pub or tavern in history would have us.<\/p>\n

Here I\u2019ll provide lyrics and background information on the various songs we sing.\u00a0So if you have a specific song you might like to see addressed, let me know here.\u00a0 If you have a need for the chords or melody, let me know that as well and I’ll send it separately… Each of us might perform each song differently and in a different key when we lead it, so I often don’t bother to post one set of chords over another.<\/p>\n

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