To get back to the request, I would recommend a street song, such as THE FINDING OF MOSES. It would be important to hear a recording of the song to get the style and meter correct. This is one that is best sung "in dialect" if you can pull it off. If you were to Google "Brendan Nolan" you would find a very good version on his CD titled "Familiar Brew". Brendan is a Dublin man, so his version is a very good benchmark. You should also look for recordings by Frank Harte. He will have many of the street ballads. Frank is one of the foremost singers of this style out there. I don't know where you are but if you go to ELDERLY INSTRUMENTS WEBSITE and put "Frank Harte" into their search engine you will find his recordings.

Finally, you would be hard pressed to beat our own DAN MILNER aka LIAM'S BROTHER as a source. His CD "Irish Ballads and Songs of the Sea" would be an excellent resource, as would his book "SONGS OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND, A Bonnie Bunch of Roses". These are available from Dan himself, as well as from Folk Legacy Records. I believe that Dan is one of the foremost musicologists today, and his knowledge of the music as well as his ability to ferret out old songs from earlier eras, is amazing. He searches old collections for songs/music that harken from times before recordings were available, and then "restores" them. Billy O'Shea comes to mind. Another that he found, and my band recorded, was "Sligo Musketeers". This one would be a good one unaccompanied as well. We recorded it with a bodhran, bouzouki, and a jug. Wonderful song.

All the best,

Mick