try to have people come in singing on the chorus, and not worry so much about the verses
I think this is just massively obsolete, and dates back to people singing along without being able to read lyrics. Either because you didn’t have printing, or people weren’t (sufficiently) literate.
(Though there are also communities that intentionally don’t involve written words in there folk singing, such as pub singers, which I do think can be a nice aesthetic. If that’s what you’re doing, then the format where someone sings the versus solo and everyone joins in on the chorus works well.)
I think this is just massively obsolete, and dates back to people singing along without being able to read lyrics. Either because you didn’t have printing, or people weren’t (sufficiently) literate.
(Though there are also communities that intentionally don’t involve written words in there folk singing, such as pub singers, which I do think can be a nice aesthetic. If that’s what you’re doing, then the format where someone sings the versus solo and everyone joins in on the chorus works well.)