Lessee. Broom o' the Cowdenowes, Valley of Strathmore, Rose of Allendale, Mattie Groves, the Gypsy Rover (with the exception of the Boiled in Lead version, which cracks me up), and Rosie Anderson. Unfortunately, I'm rather fond of Blackbird, Anarchie Gordon, and a couple of the others that have been over done.
Oh yes. A word about bagpipes. I love them. But only if the piper does NOT play either Scotland the Brave or Amazing Grace, the only songs known, apparently, by some ninety percent of pipers.
There's a lot of stuff y'all are mentioning as being beaten to death in sing circles that i'm sure I'd have a stronger opinion about

IF I ONLY HAD SOMEBODY TO SING WITH !!!

Whine whine. I live in center city Philadelphia. All of the local song groups I know of require cars to get to. I make do with singing to tapes and the radio. Pathetic, isn't it ?
And so I share my pain :).

Tamara
tamarad@dolphin.upenn.edu