#AFolkSongAFortnight No.5: Thousands or More
Two weeks on from the resumption of this project, and not only is spring in the air, but we also have cautiously encouraging news about a return to social gatherings. With this in mind, for this instalment I've selected a song brimming with both forbearance and optimism. Bob, John, Ron & Jim Copper (credit uncertain, happy to remove on request) 'Thousands or More' (Roud 1220) is also a number that only truly ignites when sung communally, and so on this occasion I've bucked the trend of doing new recordings, and instead here present a snapshot of the last singaround I made it to before the portcullis of 2020's first coronavirus lockdown clattered down to curtail such gatherings. My own performance is a little wayward - breathing slightly out of sync, through having to put in the extra oomph alongside the fine, full-throated contributions of others; but I still find it a joyous, somewhat wistful reminder of what we've been missing for a year, and - hopefully
