I noted in a much earlier thread that I don't sing "Isn't it grand boys" because when I do people seem to die. I mean people related to me by either blood or marriage, not the listeners. Superstition, perhaps.

I sing Irish rebel songs, but only for myself to keep the lyrics fresh. I'd do them among a group of friends as well, but not otherwise.

These days I'm drawn more towards 1) humorous songs, such as "Johnny Maceldoo" and "I was born about 10,000 years ago", 2) optimistic songs, such as "Mary Ellen Carter" and "The Yew Tree", 3) drinking songs and other "neutral" songs, such a "Mary L. McKay", "The Idiot". I'll also do war songs from the wars such as WW2, the US Civil War, the American Revolution, the Jacobite Rebellion, and so forth -- strife long over. Protest and anti-war songs from the sixties, too.