Oaks Bottom Public House - Mar. 7, 2007

The crocuses are peeking and the daphne are blooming, the peonies are nuzzling the humus. Keep breathing, the spring is not yet sprung, the winter still has rattling lungs -- the morris men (and a few women) visit Oaks Bottom Public House to drive the diners away.

Here are the methods we used to drive them away:

• John Barleycorn -- sung by Dick L.
• Glanville's Homemade Beer -- sung by Charley R.
• Eat Bertha's Mussels -- sung by John M.
• Around Me Brave Boys -- Linda G. and David S.
• To Bellman -- sung by Dick L.
• Fathom the Bowl -- sung by Paul M.
• The Last Battle -- sung by Phil H.
• Recitation of a bit of Joyce's Finnegan's Wake by Johnny M.
• Finnegan's Wake -- the song -- sung by Johnny M.
• Botany Bay -- sung by Dick L.
• Old Dun Cow -- Sung by David S.
• Noggin Noggin Grog -- sung by Charley R.
• Sam's Gone Away -- sung by Dick L.
• Blood Red Roses -- sung by Johnny M.
• Shallow Brown -- sung by Elizabeth C.
• Tommy's Gone to Hilo -- sung by Linda G.
• Drink Old Portland Dry -- sung by Paul M.
• I can Hew -- sung by Dick L.
• Row On -- sung by Dick L.
• Bring Us A Barrel -- sung by Paul M.

'nuf said