A similar idea, but no, the one I'm looking for is definitely "October is a Gypsy Lass". I've found it in a couple spots online, but no one ever says who wrote it...either the words or the music.
One of my fall favorites is "October is a Gypsy Lass" which was published in some magazine for children in the mid-late 50's. I have no idea who wrote it, but my sisters remember all the words and we've always remembered the tune, which can be sung spritelyor slowly and spookily--I like it both ways. If anyone could ever find the info on this, I would be forever grateful. I would also, of course, like to know if it is copyrighted!
Autumn Leaves (you know....the ones that drift by your window....)
October is a Gypsy Lass (if anyone else other than my family knows this, I'd love to hear from them)
Picardy, a French Carol in a minor key ("Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" in the 1906 English Hymnal)
Thanks for sharing this! I remember about 70 per cent of them, I'd guess....great to have the words to all those verses! I will definitely use this wonderful resource.
You did great, Karen--and you didn't seem all that nervous, either! Being "very nervous all week" is another good reason to move the student performance night to Tuesday....get it over with! Also, didn't you notice that after the concert (and during the break) everyone wanted to talk to everyone and ask lots of questions, etc. It's such a good ice breaker...even if all you're doing is saying, "Wow, I could never do what you just did!"
I just found out that the date of the concert I was going to play in has been moved to a date after I leave Arizona, so some of us are talking about doing another, smaller, one before I leave. It's at a nursing home and they promised me that half the audience will be asleep! I think I can do that.
For me, the best thing is to know my music so well that I can keep going--or jump back in at the appropriate spot--whenever I lose my place in my music. For me, TAB is like rubbing your stomach and patting your head, but I do try to learn it in order to practice with a performing ensemble. It would be so much easier to just play it by ear, but I have to admit that I'm making much more progress in my learning this way. 
Karen Keane said:
Hey Jan, I didn't realize that was your Dulcimer debut! Dulcimerville 2012 was also my solo debut on playing the dulcimer for a live audience. (I don't count videos, since you can do several "takes" Hee Hee). At the time, I had been playing for a year and a half and was very nervous all week long, but I survived. I am looking forward to performing again in the near future. I have played flute for almost 40 years and never remembered having such stage fright.
Well....this may set the record for the longest time between learning to play and performing.
I learned how to play a dulcimer back in 1991 and faithfully practiced once or twice a year.....didn't make much progress!
In 2012, 21 years later, I finally performed as part of a quartet, filling in for an absent member. Just one tune--Greensleeves--and I couldn't decide whether to faint or throw up, so I just played the thing and survived! That was at Dulcimerville 2012 on Student Peformance Night. Now I'm thinking about permforming again--with a larger group--in a couple weeks. This will be an hour-long program, with LOTS of music to learn.
I guess the more you perform, the easier it becomes. At least that's what I've been told! 
A big thank you to all our veterans, and JPR I hope that music will be a soothing balm for you.
James Paul Reed said:
In the past, I've played soprano clarinet; soprano, alto, tenor and bari saxes; Native American flutes and percussion (back in my school days). When I had a sax quartet that performed in senior centers and nursing homes, we practiced at my house and my dog would always join us. She'd run away when I played clarinet as it was too high pitched for her. Then, when I'd play my bari sax, Sadie would come over and stick her snout into the bell to check where the noise was coming from. In the sax quartet, our lead alto player was 84 and the kid was only 50. For several years, I played in a New Horizons band (for seniors starting new instruments or returning to playing - there are more than 100-200 around the country); several community bands; a Shrine band; a 16 member jazz or dance band; and performed with a Native American flute circle. These days, I don't get out much as I'm struggling with terminal cancer from exposure to Agent Orange during my 3 tours of duty in Vietnam. So, I've downsized my instruments to some bamboo saxes, dulcimers and kalimbas since I can play them as long as I'm able to sit up. Since I'm still mobile, I'm hoping it'll be a long way off before I become chair-bound.
Kristi's got the best ukulele collection I'veever seen-----call me for a jam, Kristi; I'm local thru the 19th of November!
I play piano, penny whistle, mostly. USED to play clarinet, recorder, guitar. Have been known to experiment a bit withthe djembe (I have one from Senegal).Wish I was better at spoons and bones. REALLY wish I could play the cello..........
Kristi Keller said:
Ukuleles(12), guitar(2), Kona Bass,autoharp (2),
