Hello all I guess there are still many of us who remember the sing song evenings round the piano at home. Family and neighbours used to join in and they were really enjoyable. My mother had a beautiful soprano voice and appeared as Madame Hargreaves mostly around Manchester during and after the first World War. My father had a pleasant baritone voice and I shall never forget the duet he and my mother used to sing .. 'THE SPIDER AND THE FLY' how I do remember my father's nose which used to turn quite pink with the effor of keeping up with my mother. Of old songs here is one I quite loved all those years ago .. never dreaming that I would one day live on a pacific island. "Once on a cannibal isle there dwelt a dark eyed maid She lived all alone in a little wooden hut in the palm trees shade And on that island she reigned as queen One day a stranger appeared on the scene Said he "Don't waste your time out in this awful clime but come with me my pretty southern maid tp my hpme across the sea." But he went very red when she turned up her nose and said I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you oo I have one lover and I don't want two oo What might happen there aint no knowing If he comes along so you'd better be a going 'Cos I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you. I also loved (among hundreds of others) EDDIE CANTOR'S Josephina please don't leana on the bell When you musha please don't pusha on the bell I heard Mrs O'Leary say to Mrs O'Flynn Somebody keeps ringing but nobody comes in .....and so on.