I'm working on the crew for the Washington Irish Festival this weekend; here's a list of songs you probably WON'T hear at this great traditional Irish music festival, and if I had my druthers, never again anywhere:

The Wild Rover (with clapping or beer mug pounding on chorus)
The Unicorn Song (written by that great Irishman, Sheldon O'Silverstein. He should be ashamed.)
ANY song involving audience participation with hand gestures, unless the audience is 10 years old or younger.
Danny Boy (see above thread)
Any IRA song sung by a drunken American audience who doesn't have to personally experience the results of their political sentiments.

Re Waltzing Matilda: The Queensland version was also recorded by A. L. Lloyd, who brought a wealth of Australian folk songs to the attention of us folks in the northern hemisphere. I've always liked that tune a lot. For a good time Down Under, check out Mark Gregory's Australian Folk Song site:

http://www.chepd.mq.edu.au/boomerang/songnet/

He's put together a great collection of songs there, and links to other related sites.

To Barry Finn: GREAT song! Okay if I pass it around to our song circle?