oh George, I used to LOVE playing and singing that song years ago. It's so beautiful. It does have kind of a 'Scottish-y' flavor to it, doesn't it?I think at the moment "Will Ye No' Come Back Again" is my favorite. Tho I am not sure if it's Scotish or Irish.
Here are a few additional random jamming etiquette lists I linked to on my blog a while back, while writing about proper jam manners: Jam etiquette List 1 Jam etiquette List 2 Jam etiquette List 3 Jam etiquette List 4 Jam etiquette List 5 Jam etiquette List 6 If you still have poor jam manners after reading all these, then there's really no hope for you! LOL
I'd like to mention that fotmd member CarolLynn Langley and her wonderful husband Gene do some marvelous call and response songs- usually with mtn dulcimer and autoharp. They do some of the wonderful old-timey ballad duets where the man and woman ask/answer questions back and forth- some are romantic old fashioned courting ballads, some are just plain funny songs with what I like to think of as cacklin' old woman vs.growlin' old man themes. lol!
but of course you can play it any way you like!We want pictures! :DYes, I'm sure it was meant for noter playing, Strumelia.
Consider a whole cake sent, John Henry. Sorry, but I'd have to use "Cool Whip" but it will be the extra creamy variety. Whipped cream just doesn't stand up very long. And cherry it is. Coming at you, now. FF
LOL Well, ok, maybe some fries. But don't eat up Ken's gourmet shrimp before the others get here! ;DAw, Strumelia, come on! I was the 6th person to show up and I'm getting hungry waiting for the 600th! :) :) :)
Sorry, no nibbling until we reach 600.Mo, that tall burger is even more unsettling than my Jell-O mold!Would somebody pass me those fries, please? Oh, and ketchup, too! :)
Beth, be sure to tell us when you decide on a name- that dulcimer is so lovely!
I like naming things. I name my bicycles, and i name my beehives and my apiary. I named my mandolins and my banjos. I named my Galax dulcimer The Merrimac after the Civil War iron-clad ship....but oddly i haven't named my beautiful curly maple Keith Young dulcimer! 
Can't figure out why.
"Time lag", huh? Sure . ...LOL!!I'm stuffed. :DOk, who's gonna help clean up the big mess here now?Stumelia, ref the party and sleeping on the job. In my defence I must point out that it was necessary for me to check that I was guarding the right stuff (just a little sip), and I think that you are overlooking the time lag between where I live and where the party took place. Where did it take place, and was I there?.........hic, JohnH
Here I am about 25 years ago, holding up two snapping turtles I caught by hand from our duck pond. 
(seriously!)
