For me, the top three (none of which are particularly folk, but they're all singable) were Reba McIntyre's "Take It Back," Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" and the Waitresses "No Guilt." Best folk -- The Water is Wide or Tiny Sparrow: Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court your man They're like the stars on a summer's morning First they'll appear, and then they're gone I wish I were a tiny sparrow That I had wings, and I could fly I'd fly away to my own true lover And all he asked, I would deny If I had known before I courted What all his lying would have done I'd have locked my heart in a box of golden And never would have courted more...
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