The Old Chestnuts Song Circle - Carol's Song Lists, Season 31 (Sep 2025 - May 2026)
See the previous season's song list
Many thanks to Carol for scribing the song lists. Songs are shown as "title - composer(s) (song leader or requester) [source]".
An asterisk indicates some original content: an original song, or new verse, or arrangement.
May 2026
The Cape - Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Jim Janosky (Jack)My River is the Grand / Grand River Waltz - James Gordon / Alison Lupton (Margaret)
Take Me Home - Phil Coulter (Rick)
Thank the Lord for the Night Time - Neil Diamond (Len)
Gone, Gonna Rise Again - Si Kahn (Walli)
Steel Rail Blues - Gordon Lightfoot (Wayne)
Pilgrim - Steve Earle (Jakki)
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Bob Dylan (David)
Love Can Hold It All - Tim Lauer, Lauren Strahm, Peter Groenwald (Ellen)
Frankie and Johnny - trad. (Dan)
The David, Denied - Wendy MacIntosh* (Wendy)
Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts (Ivan)
Sit With Kings - JP Cormier & Dave Gunning (Carol)
I Want to Hold Your Hand - Paul McCartney & John Lennon (Kate)
Wisdom Guide Me - Eileen McGann (Lori)
Prickle-Holly Bush - trad. (Child 95) (Jack)
Bread and Roses - w. James Oppenheim, m. Caroline Kohlsaat (Margaret)
VHS - Terra Spencer (Rick)
Move It on Over - Hank Williams (Len)
Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Eric Bibb & Charlotte Höglund (Walli)
This Ain't the Wishy Washy - Loretta Jane* (Loretta)
Everybody's Talkin' - Fred Neil (Wayne)
Little Lolagal - Jakki Annerino* (Jakki)
Wires and Wood - Johnny Staats (David)
Bad Moon Rising - John Fogerty (Ellen)
Let's Get Together - Chet Powers (Dan)
Roll on, Great Lake, Roll on! - Wendy MacIntosh* (Wendy)
Give Light - Greg Artzner, Terry Leonino (Ivan)
Hope for One and All - Dave Mallett (Carol)
Bless This House - Eileen McGann (Kate)
Titania's Lullaby - w. William Shakespeare, m. Kate Dudek* (Hugh)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (Lori/all)
April 2026 - Should a' Been Juno Winners
Last Watch - Stan Rogers (Jack)Too Stupid for Democracy - Eileen McGann (Margaret)
Ballad of Martin and Gibson - Rick Speyer (Rick)
The Weight - The Band (Russell)
Blowing in the Wind (alternative) - Tune Dylan, words Susan (Susan)
Lukey's Boat - Great Big Sea (Wayne)
Song My Paddle Sings - James Gordon & P. Johnson (Jakki)
Last Thing on My Mind - Tom Paxton (Paul)
Fire and Rain - James Taylor (Dan)
Something to Sing About - Oscar Brand (Ivan)
If you Love a Hippopotamus - Connie Kaldor (Madeleine)
Fisherman's Wharf - Stan Rogers (Brad)
Little Tai - Rick Scott (Lori request of Jack)
Circle of Song - Tony Turner (Jack)
Standing in the Light - Eric Bogle (Rick)
Fishing with John - Bill Gallaher & Mike Jones (Margaret)
More Often than Not - David Wiffen (Russell)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 (Susan)
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers (Wayne)
A House is the Home - Ben Harper (Jakki)
Herman the Worm - unknown (not The Learning Station) (Paul)
Streets of London - Ralph McTell (Yolanda)
Your Song - Elton John (Dan)
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone & Rod McQueen (Ivan)
Keep me in your Heart - Warren Zevon (Madeleine)
Salty Old Sea Faring Sailor - Brad Nelson * (Brad)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (All)
March 2026 (afternoon) - Juno Winners and Spring
Farmer’s Song - Murray McLauchlan (Jack)My River is the Grand / Grand River Waltz - James Gordon / Allison Lupton (Margaret)
Coming Home - Brian Pickell (Rick)
Someday Soon - Ian Tyson (Paul)
The Weight - Robbie Robertson as rec. By The Band (Wayne)
April Come She Will - Paul Simon (Susan)
It Rains Everywhere I Go - Lynn Morris (Jakki)
Rain - David Francey (David)
Red Winged Blackbird - David Francey (Irena and Mary)
Red Red Robin - Harry M. Woods (Len)
Under the Greenwood Tree - m. Ron Sexsmith, w. William Shakespeare (Kate)
Titania’s Lullaby - m. Kate Dudek*, w. William Shakespeare (Hugh)
Snowbird - Gene MacLellan (Carol)
Mirabeau Bridge - Sam Larkin (Brad)
Wheels Like a Chevrolet - Connie Kaldor (Jack)
O Siem - Susan Aglukark (Margaret)
Dante’s Prayer - Loreena McKennitt (Rick)
Budapest - George Ezra (Susan)
Song for the Mira - Allister MacGillivray (Paul)
Tickle Cove Pond - Mark Walker as rec. by Great Big Sea (Wayne)
Rockin’ Robin - Leon René (Len)
Wood River - Connie Kaldor (Kate)
Take It Easy - Jackson Browne & Glenn Frey (Carol)
Alberta Bound - Gordon Lightfoot (Jack)
Mother’s Prayer - Connie Kaldor (Margaret)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Ewan MacColl (Rick)
Keep on the Sunny Side - w. Ada Blenkhorn, m. J. Howard Entwisle, as performed by The Carter Family (Susan)
The Happy Wanderer - m. Friedrich W. Möller, w. Antonia Ridge (Len)
Fare Thee Well Love - Jimmy Rankin (Kate)
Forty Five Years - Stan Rogers (Carol)
That Old Feeling - Coco Love Alcorn (Jack)
I’m on My Way - Mark Haines (All)
February 2026 (first afternoon) - Good Old Singalongs
Farewell to Nova Scotia - trad. (Jack)Boulder to Birmingham - Bill Danoff and Emmylou Harris (Rick)
Keep on the Sunny Side - w. Ada Blenkhorn, m. J. Howard Entwisle (1899), as performed by The Carter Family (Susan)
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (Mike)
We Need Truth - Peter Blood (Lucia)
Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon (Madeleine)
Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan (Wayne)
Don't This Road Look Rough & Rocky - Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs (Jakki)
Take Me Home, Country Roads - Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, John Denver (Sue)
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (Paul)
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie - Huddie Leadbetter (Janice)
Hard Times Come Again No More - Stephen Foster (Carol M.)
In My Life - John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Wendy)
What the World Needs Now Is Love - Burt Bacharach / Hal David (Jennifer)
What a Wonderful World - George David Weiss / Bob Thiele (Len)
Hold On - Heidi Wilson (Kate)
Lies - Stan Rogers (Carol B.)
Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg (Brad)
Sing For a Penny - Grit Laskin (Jack)
Lady of the Harbor - Joe Jencks (Rick)
Punish the Monkey - Mark Knopfler (Susan)
Old Home Place - w. Mitchell F. Jayne, m. Rodney Dillard (Mike)
All I Really Need - Raffi (Lucia)
The Show - Lenka and Jason Reeves (Madeleine)
Give a Man a Home - Ben Harper (Wayne)
The Storms Are on the Ocean - A.P. Carter, Maybelle Carter, Sara Carter (Jakki)
Circle Game - Joni Mitchell (Paul)
Today - Randy Sparks (Wendy)
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke (Jennifer)
Red Is the Rose - trad. (Len)
Pass It Along - Scott Cook (Hugh/Kate)
Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys (Brad)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (Lori/All)
January 2026 - Riffing off Song For A Winter's Night
Song For a Winter’s Night - Gordon Lightfoot (Jack)If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot (Margaret)
Here Tonight - Garnet Rogers (Rick)
Crazy Love - Van Morrison (Susan)
Cumberland County - Fred Eaglesmith (Wayne)
Wild and Windy Night - Dougie MacLean (Jakki)
These Hands - Dave Gunning & George Canyon (David)
Singing Through the Hard Times - Utah Phillips (Lucia)
Forever My Love - Carly Simon (Wendy)
The Moon & St. Christopher - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Dan)
Hope For One and All - Dave Mallett (Carol)
My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose - w. Robert Burns, m. traditional (Rick)
Girl From the North Country - Bob Dylan (Susan)
The Curragh of Kildare - traditional (Wayne)
I Need the Spring - Jakki Annerino* (Jakki)
Coldest Night of the Year - Bruce Cockburn (David)
Flow Gently Sweet Afton - w. Robert Burns, m. Jonathan E. Spilman (Yolanda/Rick)
Hey Piggies! - Wendy MacIntosh* (Wendy)
Long Black Veil - Marijohn Wilkin & Danny Dill (Dan)
Saints and Sinners - David Francey, as rec. by RUNA (Carol)
Oh Darlin’ Don’t You Know - Sheila Carabine (Kate)
With Love From Me to You / Send All My Lovin' to You (medley) - Paul McCartney & John Lennon, arr. Brad Nelson* (Brad)
Winter Lady - Leonard Cohen (David)
Talkin' in Your Sleep - Gordon Lightfoot (Margaret)
Farewell to Tarwathie - w. George Scroggie, m. traditional, as rec. by The Longest Johns (Carol)
I’m on My Way - Mark Haines (All)
November 2025 - Songs From Our Songbook
Shadow Boats - Bill Gallaher (Jack)We Belong to the Earth - Magpie (Margaret)
Whiskey Evening - Maria Dunn (Rick)
Sing High Sing Low - Brent Titcomb (Russell)
Welcome the Traveler - John McCutcheon (Bruce)
Cherry Tree Carol - Child #54 (Yvonne)
Home Place - Kate Long (Ellen)
500 Miles - Hedy West (Dan)
Rare Ould Time - Pete St. John (Susan)
The Log Driver's Waltz - Wade Hemsworth (Wendy)
Wisdom Guide Me - Eileen McGann (Lucia)
Robin Hood's Bay - James Gordon (Wayne)
The Song my Paddle Sings - Johnson & Gordon (Jakki)
Old Tin Cup - Eve Goldberg (David)
Takin' Care of Christmas - Randy Bachman (Len)
Wood River- Connie Kaldor (Kate)
Make & Break Harbour- Stan Rogers (Brad)
Snow Shanty - Eileen McGann (Lori)
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate - The Arrogant Worms (Jack)
The Honour of Your Company - Tom Paxton (Margaret)
Times We'll All Remember - Paul Mills (Rick)
Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot (Russell)
Give Yourself to Love - Kate Wolf (Bruce & Yvonne)
Under The Boardwalk - Resnick & Young (Ellen)
Midnight Special - Huddie Ledbetter (Dan)
Iko Iko - Hawkins & many others (Susan)
End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (Wendy)
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison (Wayne)
Bay of Sails - Ian Tamblyn (Jakki)
Harmony - David Maranta (* David)
Sleigh Bells - Lindsey Stirling (Len)
Frobisher Bay - James Gordon (Kate)
I'll Be There Christmas Eve - Ron Hynes (Brad)
I'm on my Way - Mark Haines (Everyone)
October 2025, (Actually November 1)
Final Trawl - Archie Fisher (Jack)If I Had a Hammer - Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, as rec. by Trini Lopez (Margaret et al)
Which Side Are You On? - Florence Reece as rec. by Artists for Action (Margaret et al)
One in a Million - Janis Ian, Jess Leary (Margaret et al)
Remembrance Day - Rick Speyer (Rick)
Come Sing a Song With Me - Carolyn McDade (Lucia)
Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney, Denny Laine, as rec. by Wings (Bruce)
Try to Remember - w. Tom Jones, m. Harvey Schmidt (Yvonne)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Robbie Robertson (Sue)
Let It Be - John Lennon, Paul McCartney (Bob)
Hey Baby! - Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel (Len)
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton, Will Jennings (Wayne)
Love & Happiness - Emmylou Harris, Kimmie Rhodes (Jakki)
The Scarlet Tide - Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, as rec. by Alison Krauss (Wendy)
Desperado - Don Henley, Glenn Frey (Dan)
Don't Let Us Get Sick - Warren Zevon (Susan)
Two Sisters - Irving Gordon (Kate)
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle (Brad)
Harbour Grace - traditional (Jack)
Cross of Nails - Enda Kenny (Rick)
Home - Fred Lehner, Andy Spooner (Bruce)
Love Is - Yvonne* (Yvonne)
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover - w. Nat Burton, m. Walter Kent, as rec. by Vera Lynn (Len)
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison (Wayne)
It Rains Everywhere I Go - Don Cusic (Jakki)
Don't Mess With a Polar Bear - Wendy McIntosh* (Wendy)
Shama-ling-dang-dong - Jesse Winchester (Dan)
Keep on the Sunny Side - A.P. Carter, Gary Garett (Susan)
You've Got a Friend - Carole King (Brad)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (All)
September 2025 - Mini-theme - Canadian Songs
Music as Usual - Tyler Ellis (Jack)California Dreamin’ - John Phillips and Michelle Phillips (Brad)
Pass it Along - Scott Cook (Kate)
Four Strong Winds - Ian Tyson (Carol)
The Bramble and the Rose - Barbara Keith (Jakki)
Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan (Wayne)
Canadian Tire - Jack Cole* (Jim)
Heart of Gold - Neil Young (Dan)
Sonny’s Dream - Ron Hynes (Ellen)
Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers (Bruce)
Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot (as rec. by Peter, Paul, and Mary) (David)
Take It Down - John Hiatt (Susan)
Urge for Going - Joni Mitchell (Rick)
Too Stupid for Democracy - Eileen McGann (Margaret)
Down in the Coal Mine - Joseph Bryan Geoghegan, as rec. by Friends of Fiddler’s Green (Jack)
McConville’s - James Keelaghan (Brad)
Oh Darlin’ Don’t You Know - Sheila Carabine (Kate)
Field Behind the Plow - Stan Rogers (Carol)
Peace in our Hearts - Ellen Gilkyson (Jakki)
Okanagan Valley Blues - unknown, as rec. by Flapjack (Wayne)
You Four Winds - Jim* (Jim)
That's How the Summer Slips Away - Lucinda Chodan and Dave Clark, as rec. by Steel Rail (Jack)
Five Hundred Miles - Hedy West, as rec. by Peter, Paul, and Mary (Dan)
Forever Young - Bob Dylan (Ellen)
Thanksgiving Eve - Bob Franke as rec. by Garnet Rogers (Bruce)
We Shall Be Known - MaMuse (David)
Somebody That You Used to Know - Gotye (Susan)
Sail Away (Schooner Song) - John Prince, as rec. by John Prince & A Piece of the Rock (Rick)
Music in the Kitchen - Rick Speyer (Margaret)
I’m on My Way - Mark Haines (All)