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Our Repertoire - Tunes & Songs
Building a Common Repertoire
The foundation of a fun folk music session is a shared repertoire of tunes and songs that are commonly known. We will teach several new tunes and songs each week so that everyone can participate. We have selected some of our favorites and also want your recommendations for tunes and songs that you think the group might like.
Use this table as a fast-access way to link to chords and sheet music. Click on the "Details" to see a fully detailed page that contains YouTube video lessons and demonstrations, notes and lyrics for songs.
Title | Genre | Key | Chords | Sheet Music | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 Bar Blues in G | Blues | G | Details... | ||
Amazing Grace | Gospel | D | Details... | ||
Angel from Montgomery | Popular | C | Details... | ||
Angeline the Baker | Old-Time | D | Details... | ||
Around the Horn | Old-Time | G | Details... | ||
Ashokan Farewell | Folk | D | Details... | ||
Banish Misfortune | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Bell's Favorite (aka "The Christmas Jig") | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Black Velvet Band | Irish | C | Details... | ||
Blarney Pilgrim | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Boil 'em Cabbage Down | Old-Time | A | |||
Buffalo Gals | G | Details... | |||
Chicken in a Pot | Humor | G | Details... | ||
Cold, frosty morning | Old-Time | Am | Details... | ||
Coleman's March | Old-Time | D | Details | ||
Cooley's Reel | Irish | Em | Details... | ||
Cotton Mill Girls | Old-Time | D | Details... | ||
Country Roads | Popular | G | Details... | ||
Dog Song, The | Humor | C | Details... | ||
Don't Fence Me In | Show Tunes | C | Details... | ||
Down In The Valley | Old-Time | D | Details... | ||
Eddystone Light, The | Folk | G | Details... | ||
Fiddler's Green | Folk | C | Details... | ||
Flop eared mule | Old-time | D | Details... | ||
Goodnight, Irene | Folk | C | Details... | ||
Happy Trails | Closer | G | Details... | ||
Harvest Moon | Popular | D | Details... | ||
Haste to the Wedding | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Hey, good lookin' ! | C&W | C | Details... | ||
House of the Rising Sun | Folk | Am | Details | ||
I'll Fly Away | Gospel | D | Details... | ||
In Tall Buildings | Folk | C / D | Details... | ||
Irish Washerwoman | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Jig Set 1 - Christmas Jig / Star Above the Garter / Kesh | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Jig Set 2 - The Donegal Lass / Moon and Seven Stars | Irish | Ax / D | Details... | ||
Josefin's Waltz | Folk | G | Details... | ||
Joys of Quebec | Québécois | A | Details... | ||
June Apple | Bluegrass | A | Details... | ||
Kerfunken Jig | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Kesh Jig | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Lookin' Out My Back Door (CCR) | Popular | C | Details... | ||
Lovers' Waltz, The | Folk | G | Details... | ||
Margaritaville | Popular | D | Details... | ||
Matilda | Calypso | D | Details... | ||
Midnight on the Water | Old Time | D | Details... | ||
Morrison's Jig | Irish | Em | Details... | ||
Ob-la-di (The Beatles) | Popular | D | Details... | ||
Off to California | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Old Joe Clark | Old-Time | A | Details... | ||
Ookpik Waltz | Folk | G | Details... | ||
Out on the ocean | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Over the waterfall | Old-Time | G | Details... | ||
Paradise (by John Prine) | Popular | G | Details... | ||
Planxty Fanny Powers | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Planxty Hewlett | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Planxty Irwin | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Planxty Morgan Megan/Meghan/Magan/MacGann | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Poor Wayfairing Stranger | Gospel | Am | Details... | ||
Red Wing | Old-Time | G | Details... | ||
Sailor's Hornpipe | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Salt Creek | Bluegrass | A | Details... | ||
Scarborough Fair | Folk | Em | Details... | ||
Scollay's Reel | Irish | Em | Details... | ||
Shady Grove | Old-Time | Em | Details... | ||
Silver Spear (Reel) | Irish | D | Details... | ||
Sloop John B. (aka Nassau Bound) | Folk | C | Details... | ||
Smiling is Infectious | Humor | D | Details... | ||
Soldier's Joy | Old-Time | D | Details... | ||
Southern Cross (CSN) | Popular | D | Details... | ||
Spotted Pony | Old-Time | D | Details... | ||
Star above the garter | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Star of the County Down | Irish | Em | Details... | ||
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) | Show Tunes | Am / Dm | Details... | ||
Teach Your Children (CSNY) | Popular | C | Details... | ||
Tennessee Waltz, The | Popular | C | Details... | ||
The Donegal Lass | Irish | A | Details... | ||
The Mermaid Song | Humor | G | Details... | ||
The New Land | Breton | D | Details... | ||
This land is your land | Folk | C | Details... | ||
Tobin's Favorite | Irish | D | Details | ||
Wasted on the way (CSN) | Popular | C | Details... | ||
Whiskey before breakfast | Old-Time | D | Details... | ||
Wild mountain thyme | Irish | G | Details... | ||
Will the circle be unbroken | Gospel | G | Details... | ||
Wreck of the Nancy Lee | Humor | D | Details... | ||
Yellow Rose of Texas | Old-Time | D | Details... |
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