"Wild Mountain Thyme" is indeed a little cliched, but has the advantage of being a rip-roaring chorus song with plenty of harmony possibilities.

"The Wild Rover" (poor thing) has been sadly overused and has had the soul nearly stripped out of it, but in the hands of an expert - such as Clive from The Old House At Home Acoustic Music Club in Maidstone, Kent - it can take on a new lease of life. His version, using the singing style and music of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World", is nothing short of brilliant.

Under no circumstances should you (or anyone else, for that matter) attempt to play "Streets of London". This song was naff to start with, and if anyone plays it within a fifty-mile radius of Sittingbourne, Kent I have sleepless nights. Actually, if you're playing it in the far north it probably won't affect me (but it could scar you for life!).