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Did you know we have 233 songs in our songbook! That’s a lot of great tunes! (And maybe a few not-so-great ones.)

Rather than add any new songs this month, lets revisit some of the forgotten gems in our archive.

For those too shy to shout out songs at the circle, send me your favourites and I’ll add them to the list.

And don’t forget, April is our 6th birthday and the annual open mic! Everyone is welcome to try their hand in front of the group.

Card catalogue photo by Pete Birkinshaw.

When the weather gets cold, many people like to travel somewhere a little bit warmer. For those of us left behind, let’s sing a few travelling songs.

Send me your favourite travelling songs and we’ll add them to the ones that are already in the song book:

• * King Of The Road — Roger Miller (1965)
• *Last Train to Clarksville — The Monkees (1966)
• * Leaving On a Jet Plane — John Denver (1966), Peter, Paul and Mary (1967), Chantal Kreviazuk (1998)
• On the Road Again — Willie Nelson (1980)
• Take Me Home, Country Roads — John Denver (1971)
• Waiting For a Train — Jimmie Rodgers (1928)

October’s circle is devoted to “non-lexical vocables” or those nonsense words that sneak into some songs.

We already have a few songs in our library, like “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah“, but send me your favourite musical gobbledegook.

And in case you’re interested in nonsense lyrics, my favourite language podcast, The Allusionist, has an episode all about this.

It’s summertime and Laura and Murray have invited us to spend the next circle on their deck.

There won’t be any new songs. We’ve got more than 200 songs in our collection, so let’s take turns picking our favourites.

I can’t post their address publicly, but I’ve sent it to the mailing list. (The sign up form is to your right.)

We’ll be back at the shop in September.