First, a timely warning...
"The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention.... It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant... the prizes were largely imaginary. Only small sums were actually paid out, the winners of the big prizes being non-existent persons."
George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) pt.2, ch. 5
So remember...
Don't 'do' the lottery. Save your money for next weeks exciting Children In Need night at the City Folk Club...
This evening in detail:
3 Jolly Boys: David/Paul/Colin
Wave Over Wave: Mave
Blackwaterside: Bill 1:1
Claudy Banks: Anne
No Man's Land: John
The 40 Shades of Green: Eddie
Bitter Boy: Jane/Dave
Hole In The Ground: Gerry
Thomas Dudley: Jenny
Snorkel: Mick
The Welsh Song: Allice
Under The Bridges of Paris: Maggie
Look What They've Done to My Song Ma: Lynda/Paul
A Picture of You: Paul
Unicorns: Colin
Kathy's Song: Lucy
You and Me: David
The Auld Triangle: Ken
Come By The Hills: Mave
The Wounded Solider/Captain O'Neil: Bill 1:1
It Ain't Me Babe: Maggie
Grey Funnel Line: Eddie
Dublin In The Rare Old Times: Lynda
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda: John
The Death Bed: Allice
I Don't Care Where They Bury My Body: Paul
Maid Behind The Board/Coolies: Mick
Bay of Biscay: Anne
The Bargain Store: Jane/Dave
Fairfield Crane: Gerry
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me: Lucy
A chronicle of 'doings' for posterity... and other things of little consequence!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Why am I a Soldier?
The eleventh hour approaches.
These are words by Les Barker, arranged and performed by Coope, Boyes and Simpson.
These are words by Les Barker, arranged and performed by Coope, Boyes and Simpson.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
A Joke...
An Englishman is being shown around a Scottish hospital.
At the end of his visit, he is shown into a ward with a number of patients who show no obvious signs of injury. He goes to examine the first man he sees, and the man proclaims:
Fair fa' yer honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain e' the puddin' race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
painch tripe or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
as lang's my arm.
The Englishman, somewhat taken aback, goes to the next patient, and immediately the patient launches into:
Some hae meat, and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.
This continues with the next patient:
Wee sleekit cow'rin tim'rous beastie,
O what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
wi' bickering brattle.
I wad be laith to run and chase thee,
wi' murdering prattle!"
"Well," the Englishman mutters to his Scottish colleague, "I see you saved the psychiatric ward for the last."
"Nay, nay," the Scottish doctor corrected him, "this is the Burns unit."
At the end of his visit, he is shown into a ward with a number of patients who show no obvious signs of injury. He goes to examine the first man he sees, and the man proclaims:
Fair fa' yer honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain e' the puddin' race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
painch tripe or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
as lang's my arm.
The Englishman, somewhat taken aback, goes to the next patient, and immediately the patient launches into:
Some hae meat, and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.
This continues with the next patient:
Wee sleekit cow'rin tim'rous beastie,
O what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
wi' bickering brattle.
I wad be laith to run and chase thee,
wi' murdering prattle!"
"Well," the Englishman mutters to his Scottish colleague, "I see you saved the psychiatric ward for the last."
"Nay, nay," the Scottish doctor corrected him, "this is the Burns unit."
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Being The 31st of October 2008...
Welcome to The City Folk Club Cookery Course...
For our first dish...
Kangaroo Tail Fricassee.
Time: About 3 hours.
Ingredients: 1 tail, 2oz. of dripping, 1oz. of flour, 1 onion sliced, 1 carrot sliced, half a small turnip sliced, 2 or 3 sprigs of parsley, 1 bay-leaf, 2 cloves, 1 blade of mace, 1 dessertspoonful of lemon-juice, salt and pepper, stock or water.
Method: Divide the tail at each joint, cover with cold water, bring to the boil, then drain and dry well. Fry the joints lightly in hot dripping, then take them up and stir in the flour. Fry until well browned, add the stock and stir until it boils, then put back the tail and add the vegetables, herbs and spices. Season to taste, cover closely, and simmer gently until tender. Arrange the tail on a hot dish and strain the sauce over.
Right, that's dinner sorted out...
Now the cabaret....
We Gotta' Get Out Of This Place: David
Lyke Wake Dirge: Colin
She Moved Through The Fair: Paul
Soldiers Three: Bill 1:1
Steal Away: Phil
Ghosts and Skeletons: Mike
Mr. Man In The Moon: Les
Somewhere Over The Rainbow: Berry
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: Brenda/Berry
Bang On The Year: Mike
Bound For The Mountains And The Sea: Lynda
North Country Fair: Paul
The Miller And The Lass: Colin
Tin Box: David
Tunkles: Bill 1:1
Carrickfergus: Phil
How It's Meant To Be: Mike
Baby's In Black: Les
Cabaret: Brenda/Berry
You Can Close Your Eyes: Mike
Raglan Road: Lynda
Dreaming: Paul
Teddy Bear's Picnic: Berry
Johnny Be Fine: Colin
Far Away: Les
Silk Pyjamas: Mike
Early Morning Rain: Liz/Phil
?: Bill 1:1
Now what's for dessert...?
For our first dish...
Kangaroo Tail Fricassee.
Time: About 3 hours.
Ingredients: 1 tail, 2oz. of dripping, 1oz. of flour, 1 onion sliced, 1 carrot sliced, half a small turnip sliced, 2 or 3 sprigs of parsley, 1 bay-leaf, 2 cloves, 1 blade of mace, 1 dessertspoonful of lemon-juice, salt and pepper, stock or water.
Method: Divide the tail at each joint, cover with cold water, bring to the boil, then drain and dry well. Fry the joints lightly in hot dripping, then take them up and stir in the flour. Fry until well browned, add the stock and stir until it boils, then put back the tail and add the vegetables, herbs and spices. Season to taste, cover closely, and simmer gently until tender. Arrange the tail on a hot dish and strain the sauce over.
Right, that's dinner sorted out...
Now the cabaret....
We Gotta' Get Out Of This Place: David
Lyke Wake Dirge: Colin
She Moved Through The Fair: Paul
Soldiers Three: Bill 1:1
Steal Away: Phil
Ghosts and Skeletons: Mike
Mr. Man In The Moon: Les
Somewhere Over The Rainbow: Berry
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: Brenda/Berry
Bang On The Year: Mike
Bound For The Mountains And The Sea: Lynda
North Country Fair: Paul
The Miller And The Lass: Colin
Tin Box: David
Tunkles: Bill 1:1
Carrickfergus: Phil
How It's Meant To Be: Mike
Baby's In Black: Les
Cabaret: Brenda/Berry
You Can Close Your Eyes: Mike
Raglan Road: Lynda
Dreaming: Paul
Teddy Bear's Picnic: Berry
Johnny Be Fine: Colin
Far Away: Les
Silk Pyjamas: Mike
Early Morning Rain: Liz/Phil
?: Bill 1:1
Now what's for dessert...?
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