One of my NY resolutions for 2019 is to learn by heart, and perform at singarounds and folk music weekends during this coming year, 2 or 3 genuinely traditional folk songs that I've not sung before. I've limited myself to 2 or 3, so that I can really work at learning them, knowing them and interpreting them well. A few criteria that I've set for myself: 1: I much prefer ballad-style songs, as they best suit my style of singing; so I won't be trying to learn any fast-tempo songs. I do enjoy those in 3-time, although 2- or 4-time is okay too. 2: I usually dislike singing tragedy songs, and miserable folk songs generally (although there are already a couple in my repertoire). Such songs hold an indisputably important place in the folk tradition, to be sure! It's just that I don't much like singing them myself, so I won't want to spend hours and hours of my time learning such songs. 3. I'd like my 'new' songs to be easily accessible to others in the sessions; preferably with a chorus that's already well known, or at least, a chorus that's easy to pick up and join in with. So ... which traditional songs would fellow Mudcatters suggest I might enjoy learning and performing? Thank you in advance for your suggestions!
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