The Old Chestnuts Song Circle - Carol's Song Lists, Season 26 (Sep 2020 - May 2021)
See the previous season's song list
Many thanks to Carol for scribing the song lists. Songs are show as "title - composer(s) (leader or requester)".
An asterisk indicates some original content: an original song, or new verse, or arrangement.
May 2021 (On Zoom)
Our Families Came to Sing - Mark Rust, additional verse by Jack*Gotta Be Patient - Stay Homas (Len/Jennifer)
We Shall Be Free - Garth Brooks (Len/Jennifer)
River of the Big Canoe - Bob Dyer, as rec. by Cathy Barton and Dave Para (Carol M.)
Red River Valley - trad. (Kate)
Midnight Special - Huddie Ledbetter (Jim)
The Road to El Dorado - Eric Bogle (Rick)
Isabella Gunn - Eileen McGann (Margaret)
Octopus' Garden - Richard Starkey, as rec. by The Beatles (Wayne)
The Piney Wood Hills - Buffy Sainte Marie (Jakki)
Fisherman's Wharf - Stan Rogers (Brad)
Scrabble - Dorothy* (Dorothy)
Down in the Valley - trad. (Luanne)
Farmer's Song - Murray McLauchlan (Bob)
Lockdown (Lodi melody) - w. Sue* + friends, m. Creedence Clearwater Revival (Sue)
Lean on Me - Bill Withers (David)
The Cover of "Rolling Stone" - Shel Silverstein, as rec. by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (Susan)
Kumbaya - trad., as rec. by Joan Baez (Yvonne)
Farewell to Nova Scotia - trad. (all)
Sing You Home - The Ennis Sisters (Jack)
Daisy Bell - Harry Dacre (Kate)
We Will Sing - The Ennis Sisters (Clare)
Ain't Misbehavin' - w. Andy Razaf, m. Thomas "Fats" Walter and Harry Brooks (Jim)
Celia - Phil Ochs (Rick)
Margaret's Waltz - m. Pat Shuldham Shaw, w. Connie Kaldor (Margaret)
Killing the Blues - Rowland J. Salley, as rec. by Chris Smither (Wayne)
Carry it on - Gil Turner, with verses by Marion Wade (Jakki)
The Fox Song - adapted by Burl Ives (Mary)
I Hear You Knocking - Smiley Lewis (Luanne)
Fever - Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell (David)
Bashana Haba'ah - w. Ehud Manor, m. Nurit Hirsch (Charlotte)
Dirty Old Town - Ewan MacColl (Susan)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)
April 2021 (on Zoom)
Fall Down as the Rain - Joe Crookston (Jack)Red Wing Blackbird - David Francey (Walli)
Glory Bound - Ruth Moody (Sylvia)
Bless This House - Eileen McGann (Carol)
Seven Bridges Road - Steve Young; as rec. by The Eagles (Susan)
I Shall Be Released - The Band (David)
Hickory Wind - Gram Parsons (Bob)
In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine (Sue)
If I Had a Hammer - Pete Seeger and Lee Hayes, as rec. by Peter, Paul, & Mary (Jay)
Ballad of the Poor Child - Diana Jones (Jakki)
Robin Hood's Bay - James Gordon (Wayne)
We Be Missing You - Barry* (Barry)
Scarborough Fair - Traditional (Emily)
Woodsmoke & Oranges - Ian Tamblyn (Margaret)
Bracero - Phil Ochs (Rick)
Sonny's Dream - Ron Hynes (Kate)
Songs We Learned as Kids Medley: You Are My Sunshine, Keep on the Sunny Side, Let the Sunshine In - arr. Brad* (Brad)
Move It on Over - Hank Williams (Dan)
Darlin' - Frankie Miller (Ellen)
The Weight - The Band (Jim)
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Bob Dylan (Deb)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams (Jennifer)
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters (Len)
Whistling Gypsy Rover - Leo Maguire (Jack)
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen (Susan)
How Long Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell, with COVID-19 verse by David* (David)
Spanish Pipe Dream - John Prine (Jay)
Okanagan Valley Blues - unknown, as rec. by Flapjack (Wayne)
Roseville Fair - Bill Staines (Margaret)
Get Me Out of Las Vegas - Michael Kelly Cavan (Rick)
Speaking Moistly - Brock Tyler (Anonymotif) and Justin Trudeau, with updated verses by Kate* (Kate)
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Dan/Ellen)
Where the Buttercups Bloom & the Blackbirds Sing - Jim* (Jim)
Be Prepared - Tom Lehrer (Charlotte)
Go Safely Into the Night - The Ennis Sisters (Sylvia)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)
March 2021 (on Zoom)
Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart (Jack)Weave Me the Sunshine - Peter, Paul, and Mary (Jennifer)
Wish I Was Home - Len* & his dad (Len)
Mingulay Boat Song - The Corries (Brad)
June Hymn - The Decemberists (Susan K)
Better Times Will Come - Janis Ian (Jakki)
I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (Wayne)
Fields of Gold - Sting (Carol)
Red Winged Blackbird - David Francey (Mary/Jack)
Wild Mountain Thyme - Trad. (David)
For the Beauty of the Earth - Folliott S. Pierpoint (Kate)
The Summer, Muskoka, & You - Margaret* (Margaret)
St. Patrick's Day - Enda Kenny (Rick)
Gum Tree Canoe - Trad. (Jim)
Morningtown Ride - Malvina Reynolds (Jack)
59th Street Bridge Song - Simon & Garfunkel (Len & Jennifer)
Mirabeau Bridge - Sam Larkin (Brad)
Killing the Blues - Rowland Salley, as rec. by Robert Plant & Alison Kraus (Susan K)
Winter's Come & Gone - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (Jakki)
Cliffs of Baccalieu - Jack Withers (Wayne)
Banks of the Seaway - David Francey (Carol)
The Gypsy Rover (Whistling Gypsy) - Leo Maguire (Mary/Jack)
Blue Skies - Irving Berlin (David)
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles (Kate)
Woodsmoke & Oranges - Ian Tamblyn (Margaret)
When the First Leaves Fall - Steve Gillette (Rick)
Crawdad - Trad. (Jim)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)
February 2021 (On Zoom. Recorded poorly by Jack)
Jack - Sing It High, Sing It Low (B. Titcomb)Kate D - Leave a Little Light (Wyrd Sisters)
Rick - Able, Baker, Charlie & Dog (J. Crookston)
Margaret - Heart Tattoo (E. Kenny)
Jim M - The Happy Wanderer
Wendy - Colours (Donovan)
Brad - My Green Valleys (Glen Reid)
Susan K - Hold On (Waites)
Sue C - Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Bob C - Port of Mars (Jim Layeux)
Jen - A Little Good News (rec. by Anne Murray)
Len - My Back Pages (Dylan)
Claire - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (King & Goffin)
Dan - Mind Your Own Business (Hank Williams)
Ellen - I Can See Clearly Now (J. Nash)
Mary - Carolina in My Mind (J. Taylor)
Everyone - Momma Don't Allow variations
Jack - Come Fare Away (J. Ritchie)
Kate - Upon My Alter (Wyrd Sisters)
Rick? - Man With A Love Song (J. Hill)
Margaret - Wood River (C. Kaldor)
Jim? - Send In The Clowns (Sondheim)
? - When A Man Loves A Woman (P. Sledge)
? - If I Were A Blackbird
? - Long Black Veil
? - Follow Me (Denver)
? - Margaritaville (Buffet)
? - Once In A Very Blue Moon (Griffith)
? - Peace In Our Hearts (Gilkyson)
January 2021 (On Zoom.)
The Wellerman - Trad., New Zealand, as rec. by The Longest JohnsLeave Her, Johnny - Trad.
Rolling Home to Caledonia - Trad., Scotland
Ship's Gonna Sail - Bruce "Utah" Phillips & Paul Kamm, adapted for Canada by Margaret*
Sailor's Hornpipe (inst.) - Trad., England
Dance Band on the Titanic - Harry Chapin
The Wild Goose - Trad., as rec. by Kate Rusby
Rollin' Down to Old Maui - Trad.
The Leaving of Liverpool - Trad.
You Can't Stand Up Alone - Jesse Winchester, as rec. by Daybreak
Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers Band
The Bergen - Jez Lowe
The Great Lakes Song - Pat Dailey & Shel Silverstein
Lukey's Boat - Trad., Newfoundland
Donkey Riding - Trad.
Golden Vanity - Trad.
Marco Polo - Jim Stewart
South Australia - Trad.
Roll Down - Peter Bellamy
Iko Iko - Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters / The Dixie Cups
Channels - Graham Penny
Fishing with John - w. Bill Gallaher, m. Mike Jones
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
Jack was Every Inch a Sailor - Trad., Newfoundland
Mingulay Boat Song - w. Hugh S. Roberton, m. Trad., Gaelic
Lord Franklin - Trad.
Cliffs of Baccalieu - Jack Withers
Fiddler's Green - John Conolly
Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte
Hope for One and All - David Mallett
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines
December 2020. (On Zoom. Emergency Song Circle)
The Eve of Christmas Day - Allison LuptonQue rest-t-il de nos amours - Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet, English lyrics by Albert Askew Beach
There Is No Silent Night - James Gordon
Little Drummer Boy - Katherine Kennicott Davis
Sing Till Sundown - Eileen Spinelli
The Christ Child's Lullaby - Friar Ranald Rankin, as rec. by Kathy Mattea
Christmas is Coming - Trad.
I'm Gettin' Nuttin' for Christmas - Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett
I'll Be There Christmas Eve - Ron Hynes, rec. by The Ennis Sisters
Santa Claus is Coming in a Boogie-Woogie Choo-Choo Train - The Tractors
Letter to a Nation - Raffi with words by Jack Layton
Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo - Jack*
Snow Shanty - Eileen McGann (special guest)
Christmas in Prison - John Prine
We Three Kings - John Henry Hopkins Jr.
O Little Town of Bethlehem - w. Phillips Brooks, m. Lewis Redner
Bright Morning Stars - Trad.
Cherry Tree Carol - Trad.
Go Tell It on the Mountain - Trad., compiled by John Wesley Work Jr.
River - Joni Mitchell
Sweet Bells - Kate Rusby
Christmas in the Harbour - Gary O'Driscoll
Wisdom Guide Me (Eileen McGann)
See Amid the Winter Snow - w. Edward Caswall, m. Sir John Goss
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, as rec. by Judy Garland
November 2020 (on Zoom. Theme: Nova Scotia)
Fogarty's Cove - Stan RogersNorth Country - Rankin Family
Fisherman's Wharf - Stan Rogers
Leaving Nova Scotia Blues- Eve Goldberg (special guest)
Just Another Mile - Bobby Watt
Song for the Mira - Allister MacGillivray
Mary Ellen Carter - Stan Rogers
Gumboot Cloggaroo - Stompin' Tom
Coal From the Train - Dave Gunning
Caledonia - Dougie MacLean
We Rise Again - Rankin Family
Atlantic Blue - Ron Hynes
I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
Cliffs of Baccalieu - Jack Withers
Gillis Mountain - Raylene Rankin
Farewell to Nova Scotia - as recorded by Stompin' Tom
Working Man - Rita MacNeil
Barrett's Privateers - Stan Rogers
Duncan's Cove - Cathy Miller
Song for a Winter's Night - Lightfoot
Ballad of Springhill - Peggy Seeger
Away From the Roll of the Sea - Allister MacGillivray
These Hands - Dave Gunning
Forty-Five Years - Stan Rogers
I'll Tell Me Ma - Trad
When It Comes My Turn - David Myles
I'm On My Way - Mark Haines
October 2020 (On Zoom)
Now I'm 64 - trad., as performed by Figgy DuffBring Me a L'il Water Sylvie
I Just Called to Say I Love You
Rainbow Connection
Urge for Going
Jolene
Let it Be (The Beatles)
Nowhere Man
Time in a Bottle
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
The Locomotion
California Dreamin'
What's That I Hear?
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Peace Train
Paradise (Prine)
Ripple (Hunter)
Hello Canadian Immigration - to the tune of Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, words by Jack*, Carol M*, Len*, Jennifer*, Kate*, Jim*, and Mary*
October Winds - Bill Staines
Angel Band
Woyaya
Witch Hazel
Hearth and Fire
Hurts So Good - John Cougar Mellencamp
Three Little Birds
Iko Iko
Revolution - The Beatles
Mr. Bojangles - for Jerry Jeff Walker
I'm on My Way
September 2020 (On Zoom)
You Were on My Mind - Sylvia Fricker, as recorded by We FiveWildwood Flower - Trad.
Sonny's Dream - R. Hynes
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Bling Blang
Gentle on My Mind - John Hartford
In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine
A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy
Music in the Kitchen - Rick Speyer
The Minstrel of Cranberry Lane - John Allan Cameron
How Can I Keep from Singing
Sailing Down This Golden River
Leavin' on a Jet Plane
Comin' Round the Mountain - with extra verses by Jack*, Jim*, Bob*, Kate*, Len*, Jennifer*, Claire*, Mary*, and Sue*
Turnaround - Stan Rogers
Four Strong Winds - Ian Tyson
The 59th Street Bridge Song - Paul Simon
Hallelujah - Cohen
Wake up Little Susie
Octopus' Garden
Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!
Marvelous Toy
Castles in the Sand - Muriel Anderson
Take a Picture of This - Ron Hynes
Circle - Chapin
Girl from the North Country - Dylan
Someday Soon
Take Me out to the Ballgame
I'm on My Way - Haines