Oh, Joe.

[Jim Besser]

'm not morally opposed to cheerful tunes; in fact, I like them, more than ever as the evening news finds new and creative ways to be more of a bummer. So as soon as I heard Andy Turner's recording of "Oh Joe, the Boat is Going Over" on his Squeezed Out blog, I had to try it. Sure enough, it's a happy-making tune and great fun on 30 button Anglo concertina. Andy says the tune "might almost be considered the East Anglian national anthem," and that it derives from a popular song in the late 19th Century.