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EB you describe that muscians nervousness  well.  Before that big gig for some the apprehension of being judged badly by others can cause  some  awful moments of anxiety.

Jandle I enjoyed your Carol King cover, Welcome back to chordie seems like you have been away for a while,

Cheers Baldguitar I would like to hear it as a song but havent got my head around doing it as  a song. Thank you for your feed back on my poem,  Maybe someone on chordie can figure out how to turn it into a song.
My week has been messed up with a good friend of mine passing away suddenly. He is a bachelor with no close family so we his friends have had to think about a funeral for him and deal with our sadness..We his friends will celebrate his life in a fun way once we get his body back from the coroners.
Maybe once I have  worked through the grief of this week I will get my head in a better position to turn this poem into a song.

Cheers  Phill us Kiwis and Welsh love our Rugby Union. It would be good to follow summer around the world. Thank you  for your kind comments on my writting. Newspapers are hard going to read.and TV news gets a bit much. After hearing the same News item on the radio a few times I have had enough. I read the free Newspaper at the library or give the internet a bit of a quick scan.   New Zealand summer temperatures are around the mid twenties this month. We are a little closer   then OZ to the South Pole so dont get as hot, .
TF thank you for your comments. Our politicians here in NZ are also good at sneaking unpopular legislation through Parliament . Here in NZ they do it often in the middle of the night when the rest of the country is sleeping'
I guess we should be thankful for brave reporters a total of 65 reporters were killed doing their job in 2017.around the world,

EB the wild west had many a saloon fight.  USA was the same as New Zealand in the old days when  the Chinese were treated bad There were many interesting real life characters such as Judge Roy Bean.He was the  owner of a drinking saloon which was also his court room. As a judge, Bean relied on a single law book, the 1879 edition of the Revised Statutes of Texas, and when newer law books showed up he used them as kindling.Bean did not allow hung juries or appeals and jurors, who were chosen from his best bar customers, were expected to buy a drink during every court recess. He was also known for his unusual rulings. In one case an Irishman named Paddy O'Rourke shot a Chinese labourer and during the trial a mob of 200 angry Irishmen surrounded the courtroom and saloon. They threatened to lynch Bean if O'Rourke was not freed and after looking through his law book Bean ruled that "homicide was the killing of a human being; however, he could find no law against killing a Chinaman" dismissing the case. Your idea of the Sherriff hoping for a quiet life sounds good to me. Fertile soil this town and it's people,  I cant wait to hear your recording of this one.

Ctech I like your style of music. Your references to your country interesting folklore and history..

I love this thread Badeye.

Hi Jim I thought I should have another crack at this song this time on guitar. Sorry about my poor voice and guitar playing. I will take it down after a few days but in the meantime it is downloadable if you want to save it. I am pleased that Jandle is going to have a shot at it as she has a good  voice for this song.
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/jesus-is-my-hero

Ctech first time I have looked at both or your latest song. Challenging lyrics on both. I went to school until I was fifteen so my learning on life is through experience,  travel and reading so I am no expert on this.  I can see them  making some people uncomfortable which doesn't make them bad. Debate is good and sharing differant views. can only help people form their own ideas, Having said that no one  has questioned your lyrics yet but I suspect they will.
Obviously all religions have sacred histories and narratives, which aim mostly to give a meaning to life. which I am sure we all respect. Most will accept things done in the name of religion that are bad don't always reflect people who practice those  faiths or  beliefs.  Perhaps, a common factor in history  no matter our race or where we are from  is our ancestors hope of immortality made those warriors face death without a tremor.  No matter their  religion they believed, that cowards would miss the bliss of the future state.  AMONG all the problems with which man has busied himself with,  none so appeals to his hopes and fears as that of the future life. Is there a farther shore, and if so, shall we reach it? Few races in history, if any, have doubted the existence of a future state, but their conceptions of it have differed greatly. Of course today in the Western world many peoples perceptions on life have changed. I don't have an answer but it saddens me all the powers of the world spend millions making weapons to kill. The arms trade a big money earner. Peace ,love and goodwill lost to power and greed. Maybe I have it wrong, I think the average person on this planet wants to live in peace. Confucius said,“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.“  Every culture around the world has had some form of power and corruption in it's history. Good that your writing about it in the good Folk song tradition.

TIG the last time I had my hearing checked I had fifty percent hearing in one ear and normal hearing for my age in the other ear. I have no idea why my tinnitus cleared I just thank God it did. Every now and the it returns in short burst but usually I am ok. After I have been on a aeroplane  flight it usually returns for a short while then clears up. Maree complains that I turn the Radio and TV up  too loud. What Maree hears as noise I hear as music.

Zurf that was fun. You had me tapping my foot and chuckling along with you.