The Old Chestnuts Song Circle - Carol's Song Lists, Season 27 (Sep 2021 - May 2022)

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 2022 (Outdoors)

Side by Side - Harry Woods (Jack C.)
Summertime - w. Dubose Heyward, m. George Gershwin (Carol M.)
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Bob Dylan (Deb)
Everybody's Doin' the Best They Can - Keb' Mo' (Barry)
Can't Help Falling in Love - George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore (Len)
Bye Bye Love - Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant (Jennifer)
Red Winged Blackbird - David Francey (Kate)
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley (Isla)
Song on the drone flute - Jack R.* (Jack R.)
Leave Her Johnny - trad. (Susan)
Nowhere Man - John Lennon & Paul McCartney (Jay)
Changes - Phil Ochs (Kathie)
Shenandoah - trad. (Carol B.)
Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers (Brad)
Roseville Fair - Bill Staines (Margaret)
The Rare Ould Times - Pete St. John (Rick)
The Whistling Gypsy - Leo Maguire (Jack C.)
Those Were the Days - Gene Raskin (Carol M.)
Mountain Song - Holly Near (Madeleine)
Chapel of Love - Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry (Deb)
Ripple - w. Robert Hunter, m. Jerry Garcia (Barry)
Can't Buy Me Love - John Lennon, Paul McCartney (Len)
Weave Me the Sunshine - Peter Yarrow (Jennifer) All Around My Hat - trad. (Kate)
Wagon Wheel - Bob Dylan & Ketch Secor (Isla)
Times They Are a Changin' - Bob Dylan (Jack R.)
Diddy Wah Diddy - Willie Dixon & Ellas McDaniel (Susan)
If I Had a Hammer - Lee Hays & Pete Seeger (Jay)
Farewell to Nova Scotia - unknown (Kathie)
Hard Times Come Again No More - Stephen C. Foster (Carol B.)
Take Me Home, Country Roads - Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, John Denver (Brad)
Log Driver's Waltz - Wade Hemsworth (Margaret)
Uranium Hallelujah - w. Jeff Woods, m. Leonard Cohen (Rick)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)

April 2022 (On Zoom)

We Belong to the Earth - Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino (Margaret)
Island in the Sun - Harry Belafonte & Irving Burgie (Rick)
Bye Bye Blackbird - w. Mort Dixon, m.Ray Henderson (Wendy)
All Around My Hat - trad. (Kate)
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley (Isla)
This Pretty Planet - John Forster & Tom Chapin (Len & Jennifer)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger w. v. by Joe Hickerson (Len & Jennifer)
Will the Circle be Unbroken / Gone At Last mashup - A.P. Carter / Paul Simon (Jack)
Great Lakes Song - Pat Dailey & Shel Silverstein (Carol)
Cover of the Rolling Stone - Shel Silverstein, as rec. by Dr. Hook & the edicine Show (Susan)
Up Here, In Canada - Clark W. (Deb)
Joy to the World - Hoyt Axton (as perf. by Three Dog Night) (Sue & Bob)
Oh Mary - trad. (as perf. by Bruce Springsteen) (Sue & Bob)
Turnaround - Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene, Harry Belafonte (Margaret)
Sailing Down this Golden River - Pete Seeger (Rick)
Ain't Misbehavin' - w. Andy Razaf, m. Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Brooks (Wendy)
Mingulay Boat Song - w. Sir Hugh S. Roberton, m. trad. (Isla)
Wagon Wheel - Bob Dylan & Ketch Secor (Kate)
If I Had a Hammer - Lee Hays & Pete Seeger (Len & Jennifer)
Sing You Home - Maureen Ennis & Mark Murphy (Jack)
Banks of the Seaway - David Francey (Carol)
Down Under - Men at Work (Susan)
What a Wonderful World - George David Weiss & Bob Thiele (Jim)
Teach Your Children - Graham Nash (as perf. by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) (Jim)
The First and Last of Your Kind - Bill Gallaher (Rick)

March 2022 (On Zoom)

Mary Don't You Weep - trad. (Louise)
St. Patrick's Day - Enda Kenny (Rick)
Pussywillows, Cat-tails - Gordon Lightfoot (Margaret)
Gentle on My Mind - John Hartford (Len)
Good Morning Starshine - James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot, as rec. by Serena Ryder (Jennifer)
I'll Fly Away - Albert E. Brumley (Kate, Emily, Dewy, Isla, Iona)
One Tin Soldier - Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter, as rec. by The Original Caste (Kate, Emily, Dewy, Isla, Iona)
Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan (Kate, Emily, Dewy, Isla, Iona)
Kisses Sweeter than Wine - w. The Weavers, m. Huddie Ledbetter (Jim)
Four Strong Winds - Ian Tyson (Carol)
The Cruel War - trad. (Wendy)
Tie Me Down - Allister MacGillivray (Wayne)
Across the Great Divide - Kate Wolf (Jakki)
King of the Road - Roger Miller (Jack)
Seven Bridges Road - Steve Young (Susan)
Peace Train - Cat Stevens (req. by Emily, played by Jim)
Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten (all, new lines by Rick & Margaret, Wendy, Jim, Kate..., Len & Jennifer, Jack)
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream - Ed McCurdy (Louise)
Always on My Mind - Wayne Thompson, Mark James, Johnny Christopher (Rick)
We Are One - Pat Humphries (Margaret)
Love & Happiness - Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler (Len & Jennifer)
Dona Nobis Pacem - trad. (Kate, Emily, Dewy, Isla, Iona)
Two Brothers - Irving Gordon (Kate, Emily, Dewy, Isla, Iona)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger w. verse by Joe Hickerson (Kate, Emily, Dewy, Isla, Iona)
These Hands - Dave Gunning & George Canyon (Jim)
Day is Done - Peter Yarrow (Wendy)
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison, as rec. by The Beatles (Wayne)
The Mountain - Steve Earle (Jakki)
Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin, Michael McClure, Bot Neuwirth (Susan)
Sing for Peace - Tom Chapin (Jack)

February 2022 (On Zoom. Theme: Happy songs)

Happy to Be Here - Mark Rust (Jack)
Blue Moon - w. Richard Rodgers, m. Lorenz Hart (Margaret)
May I Suggest - Susan Werner (Rick)
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone (Dan)
How Far I'll Go - Lin-Manuel Miranda (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
True Colours - Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
We Can Do Hard Things - Tish Melton (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder (Sue)
People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield (Bob)
59th Street Bridge Song - Paul Simon (David)
Library Card - Wendy* (Wendy)
Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter Yarrow & Leonard Lipton w/ addl. verses by Brad* (Brad)
This Island Earth - Paul Cooper (Carol M.)
Iko Iko - Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters / The Dixie Cups (Susan)
Garden Song - Dave Mallett (Carol B.)
Long as I Can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Wayne)
Little Lolagal - Jakki* (Jakki)
Side by Side - Harry Woods (Dorothy)
If You're Happy and You Know It - unknown (Charlotte)
If You're Happy and You Know It - unknown (Sheila)
Can't Complain - Todd Snider (Jack)
What a Wonderful World - George David Weiss & Bob Theile (Margaret)
Rise Again - The Rankin Family (Rick)
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles (Dan)
All I Really Need - Raffi (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
Morning Has Broken - w. Eleanor Farjeon, m. traditional (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
Up & Up - Coldplay (David)
It Doesn't Get Better Than This - Wendy* (Wendy)
With a Little Help From My Friends - John Lennon & Paul McCartney (Susan)
Best Day Ever - Tom Kenny & Andy Paley (Carol B.)
Keep on the Sunny Side - w. Ada Blenkhorn, m. J. Howard Entwisle, as erformed by the Carter Family (Wayne)
Better Times Will Come - Janis Ian (Jakki)
Oh What a Beautiful Morning - Rodgers & Hammerstein (Dorothy)
Dragon Tree - Sara Pirtle, as performed by Annie Patterson (Sheila)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)

January 2022 (On Zoom.)

Everyday - Buddy Holly & Norman Petty (Len)
Weave Me the Sunshine - Peter Yarrow (Jennifer)
Log Driver's Waltz - Wade Hemsworth (Margaret)
Joshua Gone Barbados - Erik Von Schmidt (Rick)
Longest Night of the Year - Joe Jencks (Jack)
Doney Gal - arr. Louise Henson (Wayne)
At the Foot of the Mountain - Eliza Gilkyson (Jakki)
Fire & Rain - James Taylor (Dan)
Winter Song - Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
Yellow Submarine - John Lennon & Paul McCartney (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
Love is Like a Butterfly - Dolly Parton (Carol)
On the Bright Side of the Road - Van Morrison (Sue)
Pancho & Lefty - Townes Van Zandt (Bob)
On New Year's Day in the Morning - Trad. (Sheila)
Bully in the Alley - Trad. (Denis)
String Around My Finger - The Well Pennies (Susan)
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke (Jim)
Love at the Five & Dime - Nanci Griffith (Jack)
Home to Me - Tom Paxton (Margaret)
Heartbeat - Bob Montgomery & Norman Petty (Rick)
Sittin' on Top of the World - Walter Jacobs & Lonnie Carter (Wayne)
Winter's Come & Gone - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (Jakki)
In the Bleak Midwinter - w. Christina Rossetti, m. Gustav Holst (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
January Hymn - The Decemberists (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley - Trad., arr. Raffi (Kate, Emily, Isla, and Dewi)
Wild World - Cat Stevens (Bob)
Hold on - Tom Waits (Susan)
What a Wonderful World - George David Weiss & Bob Thiele (Jim)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)

November 2021 (On Zoom. Poorly recorded by Jack)

One Voice (Wailin' Jennies)
Bicycle Built for Two
Two Brothers
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
What A Wonderful World It Would Be
If I Fell (Beatles)
Two Of Us (Beatles)
Two Pena Coladas (Brooks)
The Glory of Love
Two Way Waltz (Kate Wolfe)
Sweet Roseanna, Star of Logy Bay
Two Hearts
Blowin' In The Wind
Bridges (Bill Staines)
Caledonia
All Together Now (Beatles)
I Won't Give Up
Vincent
Autumn Leaves
Glass Houses
It Makes No Difference (The Band)
The Moon and St. Christopher
2:19 (Tom Waites)
I'm On My Way.

October 2021 (On Zoom)

The Urge for Going - Joni Mitchell (Rick)
The Great Correction - Eliza Gilkyson (Margaret)
Sing for Peace - Tom Chapin (Jack & Lori)
Memories - Maroon 5 (Kate)
North Country - The Rankin Family (Emily)
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding - Nick Lowe (Wayne)
Across the Great Divide - Kate Wolf (Jakki)
Will the Circle Be Unbroken - w. Ada R. Habershon, m. Charles H. Gabriel (David)
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon (Len)
Dancing in the Street - William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter (Jennifer)
The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell (Luanne)
No Change in Me - Ron Hynes and Murray McLauchlan (Jim)
Call Me the Breeze - J. J. Cale, new verse by Lynard Skynard (Susan)
The Rare Old Times - Pete St. John (Rick)
Happy Golden Oldies in C Medley: On the Sunny Side of the Street (w. Dorothy Fields, m. Jimmy McHugh) / Side By Side (Harry M. Woods) / Young at Heart (w. Carolyn Leigh, m. Johnny Richards) - (Margaret)
Hold On - Dan Hill (Jack)
Singularity - Darlingside (Emily)
The Times They Are a-Changin' - Bob Dylan (Kate)
You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (Wayne)
Why Walk When You Can Fly - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Jakki)
And I Love Her - The Beatles (David)
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Len)
For What It's Worth - Stephen Stills (Jennifer)
Mercy Now - Mary Gauthier (Luanne)
Love's Old Sweet Song - w. G. Clifton Bingham, m. James Lynam Molloy (Jim)
Change Partners - Stephen Stills (Susan)
I'm On My Way - Mark Haines (all)

September 2021 (On Zoom)

Summer's End - John Prine (Jack)
Can't Help Falling in Love - George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore (Rick)
Blue Moon - w. Richard Rodgers, m. Lorenz Hart (Margaret)
Mrs. Robinson - Paul Simon (Brad)
Dimming of the Day - Richard Thompson (Carol)
All Around My Hat - trad. (Kate)
Harvest Moon - Neil Young (Len)
Walking After Midnight - w. Don Hecht, m. Alan W. Block (Jennifer)
I've Been Working on the Railroad - unknown (Claire)
Happiness Runs - Donovan Leitch (Jim)
That's How the Summer Slips Away - Lucinda Chodon & Dave Clarke (Jack)
Pussywillows, Cat-tails - Gordon Lightfoot (Luanne)
Be the Man - The Young'uns (Rick)
Robin Hood's Bay - James Gordon (Margaret)
Moonshadow - Cat Stevens (Brad)
Lies - Stan Rogers (Carol)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams (Jennifer)
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin (Len)
The Great Storm is Over - Bob Franke (Jim)
Turn! Turn! Turn! (spoken) - Pete Seeger (Charlotte)
A Conversation - David Francey (Luanne)
Far End of Summer - David Francey (Jack)
The Road to El Dorado - Eric Bogle (Rick)
The Last Thing on My Mind - Tom Paxton (Brad)
Tell Me Why - trad. (Jim)
Hebrew song sung by Charlotte
Day is Done - Peter, Paul & Mary (Luanne)
I'm on My Way - Mark Haines (all)