Well,over the years I have become well aware of the charms of Irene, I bid you good night, the Parting Glass, All the Good Times, Now is the Hour,Wild Mountain Thyme etc etc. But we in the Boat Band finish 90% of our gigs with Iko Iko, because people are looking for rockers at that point, not sad farewells, because they are normally dancing during the second set. However if we get an encore(and I judge we are not going to get two encores) we will then throw in the slow finisher, and generally use Jamaica Farewll which gets evryone singing and swaying.
    If it looks like we're good for teo encores. we'll do one rocker first and hold Jamaica Farewell in reserve.
Of the "standards" I love I Bid You Goodnight. it's a great finisher, and its Anglo/American/Bahamian origins reflect the cultural mix of what I love rather well.