Singing for my dinner? No - it wouldn't be profitable!
Early One Morning is just so old fashioned, it's untrue. I suppose its challenging for the immature voice, but still, I get no enjoyment out of it. Imagine if somebody overheard, nevermind my terrible wail - they'd think I was an old lady!
Scarborough Fair is marginally better, but I'm still not convinced. Still a bit old and folky. I have to sing 'sedge' instead of 'sage' because its a 'dipthong' which is a vowel combination that is difficult to sing phonetically.
As Long As He Needs Me (from Oliver Twist) is light years away from the other two. At least it has some emotion in it. It has helped me understand what is better for my voice anyway.
Beautiful is a song Husband and I have tried to do together, and on the whole, its been more enjoyable than the above. Only trouble is, you've got to meet Aguilera standards, which are somewhat unlikely.
Glyn let me borrow a book (see image below) which looked initially worrying, but I suppose they would find it difficult not to have some kind of cliche on the front cover!

From this, I take the follow songs as possibles:
Baby Love
Sweet Love
and (shock of all shocks!)
Think Twice
And selected highlights that I will leave firmly in the book for obvious reasons:
Hopelessly Devoted to You
Puppet on a String
I've found SheetMusicDirect.com a real treat. Here I can download sheet music that is interactive, and allows me to transpose the key and 'play' it. You may only print each purchase once, which is why its a good idea not to have a crappy Brother HL1030 that has stopped seeing webpages and chooses to waste your money instead. Anyhow, from this site I've bought:
'Over at the Frankenstein Place' from Rocky Horror
'Like A Prayer' by Madonna
'How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore?' by Prince
'Nothing Compares 2 U' by Prince
'Sign Sealed Delivered' by Stevie Wonder
Wish me luck!

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