The Old Chestnuts Song Circle - Carol's Song Lists, Season 29 (Sep 2023 - May 2024)
See the previous season's song list
Many thanks to Carol for scribing the song lists. Songs are show as "title - composer(s) (song leader or requester)".
An asterisk indicates some original content: an original song, or new verse, or arrangement.
May 2024
Catch Me If You Can - trad. with verse by Jack* (Jack)I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (Ellen)
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce (Dan H.)
When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings - David Rawlings and Gillian Welch (Susan)
Down by the Riverside - trad. (Jay)
Me & Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson (Dan P.)
Dear Old Stan - The Dreadnoughts with verse by Jack* (Rick)
Downtown - Tony Hatch (Margaret)
Circle - Harry Chapin (Janice)
Medley: With Love From Me to You (Lennon and McCartney), All My Loving (McCartney) - arr. by Brad* (Brad)
Singin' in the Rain - w. Arthur Freed, m. Nacio Herb Brown (Len)
Four Strong Winds - Ian Tyson (Carol)
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison (Lori)
We Will Sing - Kate Rusby (Jack)
Act Naturally - Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison (Ellen)
Bye Bye Love - Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant (Dan H.)
Twist & Shout - Phil Medley and Bert Berns (Susan)
That Lonesome Valley - trad., adap. by Woody Guthrie and Jay* (Jay)
Cotton Fields - Huddie Ledbetter (Dan P.)
Someone to Love Me - trad. (Rick)
Robin in the Rain - Claire Senior Burke (Margaret)
Fisherman's Wharf - Stan Rogers (Brad)
Red is the Rose - trad. (Len)
I Know Who is Sick - The Clancy Brothers, adap. from trad. "I Know Where I'm Going" (Kate)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (Lori)
April 2024
The Gathering of Spirits - Carrie Newcomer (Jack with Brad)Crossing the Bar - w. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, m. Rani Arbo (Rick)
Song for the Mira - Allister MacGillivray (Margaret)
Blue Mountain - Fred Keller (James)
Wild Mountain Thyme - trad. (Johanna)
Tell Me Ma - trad. (Marilyn)
Fare Thee Well Love - Jimmy Rankin, as rec. by The Rankin Family (Kate)
Let There Be Peace on Earth - Sy Miller & Jill Jackson (Pam)
Que Sera, Sera - Jay Livingston & Ray B. Evans (Chuck)
Bobcaygeon - Tragically Hip (Wes)
Wildwood Flower - A. P. Carter (Carol)
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce (Brad)
Skye Boat Song - w. Sir Harold Boulton, m. disputed Original lyrics by R.L.Stevenson (Jack)
Follow - Jerry Merrick, as rec. by Richie Havens & Jerry Jeff Walker (Rick)
We Are One - Pat Humphries (Margaret)
Early - Greg Brown (James)
Mingulay Boat Song - w. Sir Hugh S. Roberton, m. trad. (Johanna)
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da - John Lennon & Paul McCartney (Marilyn)
Parting Glass - trad. (Kate)
Summertime - w. Dubose Heyward, m. George Gershwin (Pat)
Chiquitita - Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, as rec. by ABBA (Chuck)
Down to the River to Pray - trad. (Wes)
The River - Garth Brooks & Victoria Shaw (Carol)
Sonny's Dream - Ron Hynes (Brad)
Medley of Rounds: Rose Red; Ah, Poor Bird; Wind in the Willows; Heigh, Ho - trad. (Jack)
The First and Last of Your Kind - Bill Gallaher (Rick)
All the Good People - Ken Hicks (Margaret)
Red Winged Blackbird - David Francey (Kate)
Lies - Stan Rogers (Carol with Brad)
March 2024
Star of the County Down - trad. (Jack)Virginia's Reel - Guy Clark (Margaret)
St. Patrick's Day - Enda Kenny (Rick)
Play Me a Rock and Roll Song - Valdy (Brad)
Anonymous - Wendy* (Wendy)
Hineh Mah Tov - trad. (Marilyn)
Wild Mountain Thyme - trad. (Shelly)
Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten (Scott)
Galway Girl - Steve Earle (Kate)
Leave Her Johnny - trad. (Carol)
Wake Up Little Susie - Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant (Pam)
Waltzing Matilda - A. B. Banjo Peterson (Glennis)
When I Needed a Neighbour - Sydney Carter (Mark)
Red Is the Rose - trad. (Len)
Mountain Song - Holly Near (Madeleine)
McCoy's Privateers - The Back Kitchen (Wayne)
Long Journey Home - trad. (Jakki)
Johnny Cash Medley: A Boy Named Sue (Shel Silverstein), One Piece at a Time (Wayne Kemp), Orange Blossom Special (Ervin T. Rouse), Jackson (Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Leiber), Ring of Fire (June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore), I Walk the Line (m. Johnny Cash, new words by Dan*), Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - arr. by Dan* (Dan)
Pass the Music On - Si Kahn & Tom Chapin (Jack)
O Siem - Susan Aglukark (Margaret)
Ballad of Rachel Davis - Peter Verity (Rick)
All I Have to Do Is Dream - Boudleaux Bryant (Brad)
Bye Bye Blackbird - w. Mort Dixon, m. Ray Henderson (Wendy)
Angel From Montgomery - John Prine (Shelly)
Let It Be - Lennon & McCartney, as rec. by The Beatles (Scott)
All Around My Hat - trad. (Kate)
Dirty Old Town - Ewan MacColl (Len)
Tickle Cove Pond - trad., as rec. by Great Big Sea (Wayne)
I Am a Wanderer - Steve Earle (Jakki)
Medley: You're Sixteen (Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman), Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Joe Young, Sam Lewis, Ray Henderson) - arr. by Dan* (Dan)
Across the Western Ocean - trad. (Jack)
All the Diamonds - Bruce Cockburn (Rick)
I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan (Dan)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (Lori/all)
February 2024
Our Families Came to Sing - Mark Rust (Jack)Home From the Forest - Gordon Lightfoot (Dan)
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison (David)
Dear Old Stan - The Dreadnoughts (Rick)
Woodsmoke and Oranges - Ian Tamblyn (Margaret)
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream - Ed McCurdy (Glynnis)
These Days - Jackson Browne (Wayne)
Love and Happiness - Emmylou Harris, Kimmie Rhodes, Mark Knopfler (Jakki)
Lies - Stan Rogers (Carol B.)
Weave Me the Sunshine - Peter Yarrow (Peter)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John and Tim Rice (Carol M.)
I Saw the Light - Hank Williams (Chuck)
Rivers of Babylon - Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton (Wes)
Tea Time with Aunt Annie Mae - Wendy* (Wendy)
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley (Kate)
Wagon Wheel - Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor (Len)
Karma Chameleon - George Alan O'Dowd, as rec. by Culture Club (Susan)
Flowers of Bermuda - Stan Rogers (Jack)
When a Man Loves a Woman - Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright (David)
Fire and Rain - James Taylor (Dan)
Crossing the Bar - w. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, m. Rani Arbo (Rick)
Harriet Tubman - Walter Robinson, with additional verse by John McCutcheon (Margaret)
Angel Band - J. Hascall and William Bradbury (Glynnis)
Wild Mountain Thyme - trad. (Mary)
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton and Will Jennings (Wayne)
Wildflowers - Dolly Parton (Jakki)
Garden Song - Dave Mallett (Carol B.)
Joy Is Like the Rain - Sister Miriam Therese Winter (Peter)
Someday Soon - Ian Tyson (Carol M.)
Country Roads - Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, John Denver (Chuck)
Song for a Winter's Night - Gordon Lightfoot (Wes)
I'll Fly Away - Albert E. Brumley (Kate)
It Takes a Lot to Laugh - Bob Dylan (Susan)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)
January 2024
Something to Sing About - Oscar Brand, as rec. by The Travelllers (Jack)Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Pete Seeger & Lee Hays, adapted from Lead Belly's "If It Wasn't for Dicky" (Len)
The Bug - Mark Knopfler, as rec. by Mary Chapin Carpenter (Jennifer)
You've Got a Friend - Carole King (David)
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin (Richard)
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness - John Prine (Wayne)
Pack up Your Sorrows - Richard Fariña & Pauline Marden (Jakki)
What a Wonderful World - George David Weiss & Bob Thiele (John)
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (Ellen)
Wash My Hands in Muddy Water - Joe Babcock, as rec. by Stonewall Jackson (Dan)
Little Boxes - Malvina Reynolds (Peter)
Rich Man's Spiritual - Gordon Lightfoot (Johanna)
Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin & Michael McClure (Deb)
Auld Lang Syne - Robert Burns (Margaret H.)
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Jack Tempchin, as rec. by The Eagles (Hugh)
Shenandoah - traditional (Carol)
All Around My Hat - traditional (Kate)
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose - Robert Burns (Rick)
If You Could Read My Mind - G. Lightfoot (Margaret J)
Angel's Share - Ian Tamblyn (Jack)
The Day's We've Been Given - Jakki* (Jakki)
Country Roads - Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, John Denver (David)
St. James' Infirmary - traditional (Richard)
Sonny's Dream - Ron Hynes (Wayne)
I Got a Name - w. Norman Gimbel, m. Charles Fox, as rec. by Jim Croce (John)
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley & Vera Matson (Ellen)
Heart of Gold - Neil Young (Dan)
People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield, as rec. by Eva Cassidy (Peter)
As Tears Go By - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Andrew Loog Oldham, as rec. by The Rolling Stones (Johanna)
Those Were the Days - Gene Raskin (Deb)
Snowbird - Gene MacLellan, as rec. by Anne Murray (Carol)
Under the Boardwalk - Artie Resnik & Kenny Young (Kate)
Crossing the Bar - w. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, m. Rani Arbo (Rick)
The Dangling Conversation - Paul Simon, as rec. by Simon & Garfunkel (Margaret J)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (Lori / all)
December 2023
The Gypsy Rover (Whistling Gypsy) - Leo Maguire (Jack)All the Good People - Ken Hicks (Margaret)
Touch Us Gently Time - From the Star of Bethlehem, Dayton, VA, 1882, additional verses by Ian Bell and Kate Murphy (Rick)
The Dutchman - Michael Peter Smith (Walli)
The Miner's Lullaby - w. Bruce "Utah" Phillips, m. Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin (Monique)
Sail Away to the Sea - Dave Cousins (James)
Swimming Song - Loudon Wainwright III (Janet)
What Is this Fragrance - trad. (Wendy)
No Change in Me - Ron Hynes & Murray McLauchlan (Dan)
Mountain Song - Holly Near (Madeleine)
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Gayla Peevey (Susan)
Brightest and Best - Reginald Heber (Marilyn)
I'll Fly Away - Albert E. Brumley (Theresa)
Frobisher Bay - James Gordon (Kate)
Christmas Must be Tonight - Robbie Robertson as rec. by The Band (Wayne)
Many a Mile - Patrick Sky (Jakki)
Do You Hear What I Hear - w. Noël Regney, m. Gloria Shayne (Len)
Season of Peace - Si Kahn (Carol)
Wexford Carol - trad. (Wes)
Are You Lonesome Tonight (Senior Citizen Version) - m. Roy Turk and Lou Handman, w. unknown (Chuck)
Kinda Looks Like Christmas - Royal Guardsmen (Dick Holler) (Jack)
We Are One - Pat Humphries (Margaret)
There Is No Silent Night - James Gordon (Rick)
Snowin' On Raton - Townes Van Zandt (Walli)
Ripple - w. Robert Hunter, m. Jerry Garcia (Monique)
Mississippi You're on My Mind - Jesse Winchester (James)
Urge for Going - Joni Mitchell (Janet)
From a Distance - Julie Gold (Wendy)
Sequoia - Lennie Gallant (Dan)
Fearless Heart - Lynn Miles (Susan)
Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan (Kate)
Sunny - Bobby Hebb (Wayne)
Rise Up Shepherd - trad. (Jakki)
In the Bleak Midwinter - w. Christina Rossetti, m. Gustav Holst (Wes)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)
October 2023
October Winds - Bill Staines (Jack)City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman, as rec. by Willie Nelson (Carol B.)
Hard Times Come Again No More - Stephen Foster (Carol M.)
Dirty Old Town - Ewan MacColl (James)
My Dear Companion - Jean Ritchie (Monique)
If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt (Walli)
I'll Fly Away - Albert E. Brumley (Kate & Isla)
Done Laid Around - Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar, Tom Six (Len)
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison (Wayne)
Here in California - Kate Wolf (Jakki)
Jerusalem - Steve Earle (Margaret)
American Jerusalem - Rod MacDonald (Rick)
I've Been Workin' on the Railroad - unknown (Mark)
Red River Valley - adap. from James Kerrigan "In the Bright Mohawk Valley" (Glennis)
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (Chuck)
Moon River - Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (Wes)
California Dreamin' - John Phillips and Michelle Phillips (Brad)
Mingulay Boat Song - w. Sir Hugh S. Roberton, m. trad (Rebecca)
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Bob Dylan (Deb)
Goodbye Dear Old Stepstone - A. J. Crider, George B. Chase (Jack)
Home - Karla Bonoff (Carol M.)
Let Me Rise - Eve Goldberg (James, Monique, & Walli)
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison (Wayne & Jakki)
O Siem - Susan Aglukark (Margaret)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)
September 2023
Mary Ellen Carter - Stan Rogers (Jack)All Around My Hat - trad. (Kate)
Together Again - Buck Owens (Jennifer)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Harold Arlen (Len)
Try to Remember - w. Tom Jones, m. Harvey Schmidt (Wendy)
Home - Karla Bonoff (John)
Fearless Heart - Lynn Miles (Susan)
If You Love a Hippopotamus - Connie Kaldor (Madeleine)
Sit With Kings - Dave Gunning & J.P. Cormier (Carol)
Caledonia - Dougie MacLean (Dave)
Thank You for the Music - Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, as rec. by ABBA (Wes)
Blue Moon - w. Richard Rodgers, m. Lorenz Hart (Margaret)
The Perfect Folk Club - Harvey Andrews, adap. by Rick* (Rick)
Rivers - Don McGeoch (Jack)
I’ll Fly Away - Albert E. Brumley (Kate)
Wagon Wheel - Bob Dylan & Ketch Secor (Len)
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz (Wendy)
Annie’s Song - John Denver (John)
That’s How I Got to Memphis - Tom T. Hall (Susan)
Mountain Song - Holly Near (Madeleine)
Down to the River to Pray - trad. (Glennis)
Star of the County Down - trad. (Carol)
Wichita Lineman - Jimmy Webb, as rec. by Glen Campbell (Dave)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - John Lennon & Paul McCartney (Wes)
Mother’s Prayer - Connie Kaldor (Margaret)
Blossoms and Roses - Brad Nelson* (Rick)
I’m on My Way - Mark Haines (all)