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Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - In California
Pairing 40 - Emily
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 42 - Only Skin

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 45 - In California
Pairing 47 - Go Long

Thank you, Jordan~, LawnsOfDawns, and Claire, for getting the ball rolling in these sets. Following completion of these pairs on Thursday, I will post another two sets of 4 pairings each like this one, and then four days later it will be the 11th and final set which will contain all ten songs (5 pairings). My votes for the latest sets are -

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - Cosmia
Pairing 40 - Kingfisher
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 42 - Only Skin

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 45 - Have One On Me
Pairing 47 - Kingfisher

Pairs 44 and 47 both required extra listens

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - Cosmia
Pairing 40 - Emily
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 42 - Only Skin

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Cosmia
Pairing 45 - In California
Pairing 47 - Kingfisher

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - Cosmia
Pairing 40 - Kingfisher
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 42 - Only Skin

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Cosmia
Pairing 45 - Have One On Me
Pairing 47 - Go Long

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - In California
Pairing 40 - Emily
Pairing 41 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 42 - Only Skin

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 44 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 45 - In California
Pairing 47 - Go Long

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - Cosmia
Pairing 40 - Emily
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 42 - Only Skin

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 45 - In California
Pairing 47 - Kingfisher

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - In California
Pairing 40 - Kingfisher
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 42 - Have One On Me

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 45 - Have One On Me
Pairing 47 - Go Long

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - In California
Pairing 40 - Emily
Pairing 41 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 42 - Have One On Me

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Cosmia
Pairing 45 - Have One On Me
Pairing 47 - Go Long

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - Cosmia
Pairing 40 - Emily
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 42 - Have One On Me

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 45 - Have One On Me
Pairing 47 - Go Long

Thanks for the heads up ;)

Thank you for your votes, kev23, under a CPell, Alex Ysoltsev, ragtag, solfatata, madpawn, and mat - please take a peep at your messages, though, mat.

Just a reminder that there are just over 15 hours left to vote in these two sets. I intend to close the door at 23:59 UK time (and don't forget we're on BST at the moment, which is an hour ahead of GMT).

Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 -Cosmia
Pairing 40 -Emily
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 42 - Only Skin

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Emily
Pairing 44 - Cosmia
Pairing 45 - Have One On Me
Pairing 47 - Go Long

Voting is now closed on sets 7 & 8 - thank you for your votes Mat and Headless_Caboose. The results are as follows:

2013 Joanna Newsom Song Tournament III
Final
Set 7 - Pairings 37 to 42
Pairing 38 - In California 6 Cosmia 6 (PP 5 : 5 )
Pairing 40 - Kingfisher 3·5 Emily 8·5 (PP 2·92 : 7·08 )
Pairing 41 - Sawdust & Diamonds 9 Monkey & Bear 3 (PP 7·5 : 2·5 )
Pairing 42 - Have One On Me 4 Only Skin 8 (PP 3·33 : 6·67 )

Set 8 - Pairings 43 to 48
Pairing 43 - Monkey & Bear 2 Emily 10 (PP 1·67 : 8·33 )
Pairing 44 - Sawdust & Diamonds 7 Cosmia 5 (PP 5·83 : 4·17 )
Pairing 45 - Have One On Me 7 In California 5 (PP 5·83 : 4·17 )
Pairing 47 - Go Long 7 Kingfisher 5 (PP 5·83 : 4·17 )

This leaves the table now reading:

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2013 JOANNA NEWSON SONG TOURNAMENT III
FINAL ROUND SCORES AFTER SET 8 of 11
............. Song .............. P  W  D  L   V  WP  PP  BP  Pts
1  Only Skin ...................  7  7  0  0  70  70  55   9  134
2  Sawdust & Diamonds ..........  6  6  0  0  49  60  40  16  115
3  Emily .......................  6  4  0  2  47  40  36  15   92
4  Have One On Me ..............  6  3  2  1  40  40  32  15   87
5  Cosmia ......................  6  2  2  2  36  30  28  15   73
6  In California ...............  6  1  2  3  34  20  28  16   64
7  Go Long .....................  6  2  1  3  30  25  24  13   62
8  Monkey & Bear ...............  7  2  0  5  33  20  26   6   52
9  Baby Birch ..................  6  0  2  4  27  10  21  12   44
10 Kingfisher ..................  8  0  1  7  36   5  29   0   34

Now please cast your votes, over the next 4 days (all but about ½ an hour - ie before midnight on Monday 2nd September) for your choices in the next two sets ...

2013 Joanna Newsom Song Tournament III
Final

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - In California || Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 50 - Baby Birch || Monkey & Bear
Pairing 52 - Emily || Have One On Me
Pairing 54 - Cosmia || Go Long

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Baby Birch || Cosmia
Pairing 56 - Emily || In California
Pairing 58 - Only Skin || Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 59 - Have One On Me || Go Long

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - In California
Pairing 50 - Baby Birch
Pairing 52 - Have One On Me
Pairing 54 - Cosmia

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Only Skin
Pairing 59 - Have One On Me

Really sad about how poorly kingfisher is doing

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 50 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 52 - Emily
Pairing 54 - Cosmia

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Only Skin
Pairing 59 - Have One On Me

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - In California
Pairing 50 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 52 - Emily
Pairing 54 - Go Long

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Only Skin
Pairing 59 - Go Long

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - In California
Pairing 50 - Baby Birch
Pairing 52 - Have One On Me
Pairing 54 - Cosmia || Go Long tied

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - In California
Pairing 58 - Only Skin
Pairing 59 - Go Long

My votes for these two sets ...

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 50 - Baby Birch
Pairing 52 - Emily || Have One On Me (tie)
Pairing 54 - Cosmia (but only just)
Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Baby Birch
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Only Skin (though just at the moment I have a craving for 15 minutes without the 'phone ringing so I can listen to Sawdust & Diamonds all the way through)
Pairing 59 - Go Long

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - In California
Pairing 50 - Monkey & Bear
Pairing 52 - Have One On Me
Pairing 54 - Go Long

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - In California
Pairing 58 - Only Skin
Pairing 59 - Have One On Me

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 50 - Baby Birch
Pairing 52 - Have One On Me
Pairing 54 - Cosmia

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Baby Birch
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 59 - Have One On Me

Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 50 - Baby Birch
Pairing 52 - Emily
Pairing 54 - Cosmia

Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Cosmia
Pairing 56 - Emily
Pairing 58 - Sawdust & Diamonds
Pairing 59 - Go Long