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Best traditional british folk songs

Explore popular traditional british folk songs and discover sad, happy, energetic, chill and danceable sounds from artists in this genre.

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195 of the best traditional british folk songs

50 selected

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    Hares On The MountainShirley Collins, Davy Graham
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    MagpieThe Unthanks
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    Manic MondayKate Rusby
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    Pad The Road Wi MeMalinky
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    All Around My Hat - 2009 RemasterSteeleye Span
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    TransatlanticAoife O'Donovan, Kris Drever
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    The Lost Words BlessingSpell Songs, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter, Jim Molyneux, Kerry Andrew
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    HeartwoodSpell Songs, Karine Polwart, Seckou Keita
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    Gentleman JackO'Hooley & Tidow
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    All Around My Hat - 2009 RemasterSteeleye Span
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    IOUOlivia Chaney
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    Western IslandArchie Fisher
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    Fare Thee WellKate Rusby, Scots Guards
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  14. 14
    New York GirlsBellowhead
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    Dream AngusJackie Oates
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    The King of RomeThe Unthanks
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    The Game of CardsMaddy Prior, June Tabor
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    Canadee - I - ONic Jones
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    Western IslandArchie Fisher, Wendy Grossman, Kathy Westra, Lani Hermann, Ann Mayo Muir, Lorraine Lee
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    King OrfeoEmily Smith
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    As I Roved OutJune Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren
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    Empty Promise LandHeidi Talbot, Dirk Powell, Mark Knopfler
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    Dirty Old TownEwan MacColl
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    Crossing the BarThe Spooky Men's Chorale
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    Friday I'm in LoveKate Rusby
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    Gaudete - 2009 RemasterSteeleye Span
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    Love Will Tear Us ApartJune Tabor, Oysterband
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    Roll the Woodpile DownBellowhead
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    Hector the HeroBreabach
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    Roll AlabamaBellowhead
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    Doodle Let Me Go (Yaller Girls)A. L. Lloyd
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    The MermaidKate Rusby
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    GhostsLau
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    Cam Ye O'er Frae France - 2009 RemasterSteeleye Span
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    The Dark-Eyed SailorSteeleye Span
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    Knees UpBreabach
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    The Game of CardsMaddy Prior, June Tabor
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    How Firm A FoundationMaddy Prior, The Carnival Band
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    Space GirlThe Imagined Village
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    Space Girl - Bonus TrackShirley Collins
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    She Moves Through the FairAnne Briggs
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    Gaudete - 2009 RemasterSteeleye Span
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    Don't Go AwayKate Rusby
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    The BlacksmithSteeleye Span
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    Carolina In My MindKate Rusby
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    Blues Run the GameMartin Simpson
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    Bird of the BlizzardSpell Songs, Julie Fowlis
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    The ballad of Ho Chi MinEwan MacColl
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    The Old NewsThe Unthanks
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    Midnight FeastLau, Karine Polwart
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Shirley CollinsDavy GrahamThe UnthanksKate RusbyMalinkySteeleye SpanAoife O'DonovanKris DreverSpell SongsJulie FowlisKarine PolwartSeckou KeitaRachel NewtonBeth PorterJim MolyneuxKerry AndrewO'Hooley & TidowOlivia ChaneyArchie FisherScots Guards

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