Folksongs for the Lads
Please check back periodically for updates to this list in preparation for the October Camp-out at Clear Creek. Every update will include a refresh date for easy reference. We’re starting with a simple list of songs and recommended artists’ versions (we’re fans of The High Kings, as you can see). In the near future we plan to include links to additional resources of various kinds, including tools for learning to sing these to simple guitar and mandolin accompaniment.
Song and Artist
Auld Lang Syne, Dougie Maclean
Back Home in Derry, Hair of the Dog
The Barnyards of Delgaty, Makem and Spain
Black Velvet Band, Hair of the Dog
Bold Thady Quill, Makem and Spain
Boolavogue, The High Kings
Botany Bay, The Wolfe Tones
By the Banks of the Roses, The Barra MacNeils
Dirty Old Town, The High Kings
Donegal Danny, Mary Gillespie
The Fields of Athenry, The High Kings
The Foggy Dew, The Wolfe Tones
Four Green Fields, The High Kings
The Galway Shawl, Philip Noone
Holy Ground, The Clancy Brothers
The Little Beggarman, The High Kings
Loch Lomond, Alastair McDonald
Molly Malone, The Dubliners
The Moonshiner, Hair of the Dog
The Mountains of Mourne, Galway City Ramblers
MTA, Kingston Trio
My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose, Ed Miller
The Orange and the Green, The Wolfe Tones
The Parting Glass, The High Kings
Rare Old Mountain Dew, Hair of the Dog
The Rising of the Moon, The High Kings
The Rocky Road to Dublin, The High Kings
The Spanish Lady, Ed Miller
Step It Out Mary, The High Kings
The Wearing of the Green, The Wolfe Tones
Whiskey in the Jar, The High Kings
Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?, The High Kings