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Thread #108475   Message #2260674
Posted By: Tootler
12-Feb-08 - 03:22 PM
Thread Name: Folk clubs - what is being sung
Subject: RE: Folk clubs - what is being sung
Here is my list

I started going to folk clubs regularly just over a year ago. I quickly realised a need to learn a lot more songs than I knew if I wasn't going to repeat myself too often. To this end, I kept a record of what I sang. Here is the list (FWIW)

As Sylvie Was a-Walking (Trad)
Banks O' Sicily (Hamish Henderson)
Barbara Allen (Trad)
Barnyards O' Delgaty (Trad)
Boars Head Carol (Trad)
Bonnie Lass of Fyvie (Trad)
Bonny at Morn (Trad)
Bonny Earl of Moray (Trad)
Both Sides the Tweed (Dick Gaughan)
Brigg Fair (Trad)
Carrickfergus (Trad)
Craw Killed the Pussy (Trad)
D-Day Dodgers (Anon)
Dalesman's Litany (F W Moorman)
Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl)
Grim King of the Ghosts (C.17 Broadside)
Harvest Home (C.17 Broadside, but originally John Dryden/Henry Purcell)
Holmfirth Anthem (Trad)
How Can Ye Gang Lassie (Trad)
I Loved a Lass (Trad)
Jennifer Gentle (Trad)
Jock O' Hazeldean (Walter Scott)
Johnnie's Gone to Hilo (Trad)
Jovial Beggar (Trad)
Katie Bairdie (Trad)
Last Thing on My Mind (Tom Paxton)
Leaving of Liverpool (Trad)
Leezie Lindsay (Trad)
Lyke Wake Dirge (Trad)
MacPherson's Rant (Trad)
Mill Mill O (Trad)
Mormond Braes (Trad)
Never Weather Beaten Sail (Thomas Campion)
Nightingale Sings (Trad)
Fhair a Bhata - in English translation (Trad)
Piper O' Dundee (Trad)
Ploughboy Lads (Trad)
Raglan Road (Patrick Kavanagh)
Ramblin' Boy (Tom Paxton)
Rosin the Beau (Trad)
Rounding the Horn (Trad)
Rovin' Ploughboy (Trad)
Ruben Ranzo (Trad)
Shenandoah (Trad)
Side of a Hill (Paul Simon)
Sun is Burning (Ian Campbell)
The Navigators (C.19 Broadside)
Three Ravens (Trad)
Tramps & Hawkers (Trad)
Unquiet Grave (Trad)
Well Below the Valley-o (Trad)
Westlin' Winds (Robert Burns)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (Pete Seeger)
Wild Mountain Thyme (Trad?)
Ye Banks & Braes (Robert Burns)

I make it about 70% of these are traditional songs.