November 13th Meeting

Hi - My name is Michael Harris and I have been a member of the Old York Song  Swap for the last year.  This group was started by Scott Stevens, the Executive Director of the Museums of Old York.  With Scott's guidance we have had some wonderful and enjoyable evenings playing music together.

All acoustic instruments are welcome!  We have had dulcimers, mandolins, cello, banjo, tin whistle, acoustic bass, squeeze box, and of course some wonderful acoustic guitars!

How it works:  We sit in a circle and go around, giving each player the chance to either: (1) play a piece solo, (2) play a piece with the group joining in, or (3) pass.  We go around the circle as many times as the night allows.  It's pretty simple and a lot of fun.

We're also hoping to start doing a group song (see below for the next gathering's group song).  If you want to give players a heads-up on a song that you would like others to join in on, please write in the comments section below, noting any links to tabs/chords or any other helpful information.

My hope for this blog is to provide a spot to inform players of our upcoming "Song Swaps," and give a forum for players to inform others of what songs that they will play on an upcoming night.  We can use this site to post "Song Tabs" and "Video Links" of songs that we will be sharing during an upcoming night.  Hopefully this will help those who want to play along with all in the group.

This is our site - so any suggestions would be helpful.

Our next meeting is the second Friday in November: 

November 13, 2009, from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.

The group song for our November meeting will be "Will the Circle, Be Unbroken"

	G	G7
	I was standin' by my	window

	C	G
on a	dark and cloudy	day

	G	Em
	when I saw that hearse come	rollin'

	G	D	G
to	carry my	mother a	way

	G	G7
	will the circle be un	broken

	C	G
by and	by, Lord, by and	by

	G	Em
	there's a better home a	waitin'

	G	D	G
in the	sky, Lord	in the	sky

oh, I told the undertaker

undertaker, please drive slow

for this body you are haulin'

Lord, I hate to see her go

will the circle be unbroken

by and by, Lord, by and by

there's a better home awaitin'

in the sky, Lord in the sky

well, I followed close behind her

I tried to hold up and be brave

but I could not hide my sorrow

when they laid her in the grave

will the circle be unbroken

by and by, Lord, by and by

there's a better home awaitin'

in the sky, Lord in the sky

I went home, my home was lonely

Now my mother she was gone

all my brothers, sisters crying

What home so sad and alone

will the circle be unbroken

by and by, Lord, by and by

there's a better home awaitin'

in the sky, Lord in the sky