A Folk Song A Day

Project by folk musician Jon Boden

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Podcast

A Folk Song A Day
Boden in one of the logos
Presentation
Genre	Folk music, Music podcast
Language	English
Updates	Daily
Production
No. of episodes	67
Publication
Original release	24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) – 24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)
Related
Website	https://www.afolksongaday.com/

A Folk Song a Day was a project by the English folk singer and musician and Bellowhead member^[1] Jon Boden where he recorded and released a folk song each day for one year.^[2] The project ended on 24 June 2011.

About

The project started on 24 June 2010.^[3] It has resulted in 12 digital albums (one for each month).^[4] Boden hopes that it will promote social singing and be a resource for those looking for inspiration.^[5]

The songs can be bought in the form of digital download from Amazon or from iTunes.^[6] The project reached number one in the iTunes music podcast in its first week.^[7]

The songs

A Folk Song A Day 1: July 2010

Tyne Of Harrow 05:18
The Hunt Is Up 03:06
I Wish That The Wars Were All Over 02:45
Blackwaterside 02:03
Barbara Allen 05:18
Cruel Mother 05:49
Chickens In The Garden 02:20
Across The Line 02:54
Pretty Cock / As I Stood Under My Love's Window 02:27
Banks Of Green Willow 04:24
Danny Dever 04:41
Mercedes Benz 01:56
Rambling Sailor 02:42
Yellow Roses 03:20
Big Steamers 02:24
Lucy Wan 03:30
Come Write Me Down 02:52
The Bloody Gardener 03:42
Go And Leave Me 03:26
Rain It Rains 03:26
Stonecutter Boy 01:49
Sally Free And Easy 03:19
Young Edward In The Lowlands 03:54
Old Tom Moor 05:00
Tha' Lowks A Proper Swell 05:18
Banks Of Red Roses 02:20
A Blacksmith Courted Me 03:22
Maid Of Australia 04:27
Child Morris 07:04
The Old Songs 04:23
Tom Padget 03:49

A Folk Song A Day 2: August 2010

(Now) Westlin Winds 03:43
Two Young Brethren 02:09
The Land 06:14
Greenland Whale Fishery 03:22
Brown Adam 04:24
Shepherd of the Downs 04:09
Derry Gaol 03:04
Frankie's Trade 04:26
Ca the Ewes 02:51
Two Pretty Boys 02:26
Cruel Knife 02:42
Nostradamus 05:32
Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy 03:28
Bold Sir Rylas 03:07
Dream of Napoleon 03:34
Live Not Where I Love 03:45
Polly Vaughan 02:35
Saucy Sailor 02:53
Abroad for Pleasure 01:43
Oggy Man 02:21
Golden Glove 03:51
Country Life 01:45
Rolling Down to Old Maui 03:41
Jordan Is a Hard Road 02:59
Leave Her Johnny 02:40
Doleful Dance of Death 02:58
Randal 03:38
Bonny House of Airlie 03:20
Yorkshire Couple 02:26
William Taylor 03:09
Yarmouth Town 02:32

A Folk Song A Day 3: September 2010

The Prentice Boy 02:49
Light Dragoon 02:57
London Waterman 02:14
Noah's Ark Shanty 02:11
King of Rome 02:56
On a Monday Morning 02:29
Fakenham Fair 03:30
Rambling Robin 01:45
In the Shade of the Old Harris Mill 02:34
Sleep On Beloved 03:08
Hey John Barleycorn 03:05
Fathom the Bowl 03:07
Water Is Wide 02:47
The Rigs of the Time 02:53
On Board 98 04:20
Oats and Beans and Barley Grows 00:49
The Irish Ballad (Rickety Tickety Tin) 02:20
The Bush Girl 04:10
The Lord Will Provide 02:19
NaCl 01:56
Down Where the Drunkards Roll 03:25
The Trees They Do Grow High 02:25
Blood Red Roses 02:13
A-Begging I Will Go 02:51
10,000 Miles Away 02:13
Sparrow 01:42
Three Ravens 03:04
Waltzing Matilda 03:21
Brisk Young Widow 01:57
All of a Row 02:14
Barbaree (Bonus Song) 03:32

A Folk Song A Day 4: October 2010

Prickle-Eye Bush 03:06
The Huntsman 05:10
Deep Blue Sea 03:38
New York Girls 03:12
Jersey Girl 04:07
The Poor Man's Labours 01:46
Bay of Biscay 02:46
Gallant Hussar 03:18
The Constant Lovers 05:17
Hunting the Hare 01:12
Courting Too Slow 03:51
The Dawn of the Day 02:40
The Sheepstealer 02:30
Marrowbones 02:47
Old Joe Clark 01:49
Bill Brown 04:19
Johnny's Gone to Hilo 03:23
Sea Coal 03:49
Pretty Nancy of Yarmouth 03:06
Close the Coalhouse Door 02:38
All for Me Grog 02:24
Santa Fe Trail 04:51
Jock Stewart 02:07
The Death of Queen Jane 03:27
Good Old Way 02:52
Doffing Mistress 01:30
Blackleg Miner 01:55
Goodnight Irene 02:31
Mad Family 01:35
Dig My Grave 01:05
Tam Lin 09:59

A Folk Song A Day 5: November 2010

Spectre Review 05:10
His Name Is Andrew 05:05
London Town 02:49
Spencer the Rover 03:15
Cob a Coalin 01:59
South Australia 01:53
Love At the Five and Dime 04:46
Boston Harbour 02:05
Mary Ann 02:48
A Chat With Your Mother 04:03
If You Want to See the General 03:09
Bruton Town 03:36
Rose of Tralee 03:04
I'll Go With Him Wherever He Goes 02:41
See See the Cape's In View 02:39
Hard Times 02:52
Unfortunate Lass 03:41
Cholera Camp 06:09
I Once Was a Fisherman 02:37
My Johnny Was a Shoemaker 01:29
Jacob's Well 03:38
Poor Fellows 05:04
Warlike Lads of Russia 03:31
Fire Marengo 02:44
Grey Goose and Gander 03:37
The Hand Weaver and the Factory Maid 02:43
Sweep Chimney Sweep 02:08
Farewell to Old Bedford 01:58
Cold Blows the Wind 03:26
Brown Girl 03:15

A Folk Song A Day 6: December 2010

Babes In The Wood 02:46
Hark Hark 01:53
Snow Falls 01:52
While Shepherds Watched (Pentonville) 03:06
While Shepherds Watched (Sweet Chiming Bells) 02:50
Come All You Weary Travellers 02:43
Mistletoe Bough 04:08
Cells 04:14
Boar's Head Carol 01:45
A Roving On A Winter's Night 03:07
Spout Cottage 02:10
Poor Little Jesus 02:36
All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name (Diadem) 02:53
The Holly & The Ivy 02:23
Remember O Thou Man 03:30
Jingle Bells 03:53
Mount Moriah 02:14
We Wish You A Merry Christmas 01:51
Awake Arise Good Christians 02:37
While Shepherds Watched (Lyngham) 02:38
Stannington 02:12
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 02:09
The First Noel 02:58
Shepherds Arise 03:31
On Christmas Day 01:38
The King 01:31
O Little Town Of Bethlehem 02:21
Little Pot Stove 04:47
I'd Like To Tell To You 01:45
Rocking Me Babies 02:16
Cornish Wassail Song 05:05

A Folk Song A Day 7: January 2011

January Man 03:19
Daddy Fox 02:54
Old Brown's Daughter 03:36
Peggy Bann 03:44
Apple Tree Wassail Song 02:39
Pilgrim On the Pennine Way 03:49
Captain Ward 03:21
Otago 03:39
Peggy Gordon 02:59
In the Month of January 02:58
The Snow It Melts the Soonest 02:25
Off to Epsom Races 01:45
Ruins By the Shore 02:54
Days Gone By 03:00
Smugglers Song 03:29
Lowlands 03:17
Five Hundred Miles 02:20
Maria's Gone 02:45
Ballina Whalers 05:03
The Last Leviathan 02:48
The Cuckoo 02:47
John Ball 03:46
I Drew My Ship 02:24
Two Magicians 04:07
Some Tyrant Has Stolen My True Love Away 02:15
Bungay Roger 02:15
My Son John 01:28
Banks of the Nile 03:05
Anachie Gordon 06:57
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen 03:23
Dark As a Dungeon 02:43

A Folk Song A Day 8: February 2011

Sheffield Apprentice 04:47
Won't You Go My Way 01:19
Clyde Water 04:41
German Musicianer 03:18
Cold Blow and the Rainy Night 02:45
When First I Came to Caledonia 03:35
King Henry Was King James' Son 01:24
Queenie 01:35
Simon John 04:30
Rolling Down to Rio 01:53
Hanging Johnny 01:14
Butter and Cheese and All 03:16
Don't Go Out Tonight Dear Father 03:36
Cupid's Garden 03:23
Young Banker 02:31
Donkey Riding 01:32
I Sowed the Seeds of Love 03:14
Over the Hills and Far Away 03:03
Bird In the Bush 02:55
Shoals of Herring 02:59
Grey Funnel Line 03:06
A Pilgrims Way 04:21
Widow's Curse 05:08
Maid and the Palmer 03:18
Sir Patrick Spens 04:39
Fiddlers Green 04:52
Captain Wedderburn 05:26
Oor Hamlet 04:21

A Folk Song A Day 9: March 2011

Lakes of Pontchartrain 03:33
Four Angels 03:32
Willie's Lady 05:46
Worcester City 02:58
Swansea Barracks 04:36
Wife of the Soldier 01:36
Bold Fisherman 04:11
Sweet Mossom 02:28
Corduroy 03:03
Weaver's Daughter 02:22
Plains of Mexico 02:05
Farewell Sweet Lovely Nancy 01:40
Take This Hammer 03:18
Dalesman's Litany 03:50
Billy Don't You Weep for Me 03:42
Springfield Mountain 02:03
The Green Fields of America 04:09
Jack Orion 04:08
Turkey Rhubarb 00:34
Horn Fair 01:55
Lovely On the Water 03:03
Hail a Brighter Day 05:18
Adam and Eve 00:39
Scarborough Fair 02:35
Turtle Dove 02:08
Tommy 04:01
Ye Mariners All 01:36
Whiskey Is the Life of Man 03:33
Maid On the Shore 04:15
Juniper, Gentle and Rosemary 04:22
Lemady 02:31

A Folk Song A Day 10: April 2011

On One April Morning 02:56
Rose In April 03:58
There Once Was a Lover and He Loved a Lass 01:43
Brave Wolfe 04:00
The Banks of the Tees 02:29
Gaol Song 03:04
The Roman Centurion's Song 04:01
Amsterdam 04:17
Palaces of Gold 03:47
Lord Bateman 03:08
Payday 02:28
John Blunt 01:57
John Barleycorn 03:35
Gentleman Soldier 02:54
Copshawholme Fair 04:27
Seven Yellow Gypsies 05:23
A Week Before Easter 03:19
Sister Josephine 03:51
Bellman 03:44
Maid In Bedlam 03:55
Dust to Dust 03:46
Recruited Collier 02:40
I Am a Youth That's Inclined to Ramble 02:57
Pace Egging 04:49
Sheepshearing 02:04
I Know My Love By His Way of Talking 02:39
Geordie 03:34
New York Mining Disaster 03:19
Auld Triangle 04:17
Reynardine 04:12

A Folk Song A Day 11: May 2011

Hail, Hail the First of May 02:50
Hal and Tow 02:45
The Outlandish Knight 05:21
The Verdant Braes of Skreen 03:00
Bonny Bunch of Roses 04:44
Broomfield Hill 04:04
Death and the Lady 03:12
Gathering Rushes 05:22
Down the Moor 05:01
As I Roved Out 03:41
Searching for Lambs 03:56
My Husband's Got No Courage In Him 01:54
Sweet Nightingale 03:36
The Gardener 03:07
Oh What a Beautiful Morning 03:16
Charming Molly 01:52
P Stands for Paddy 03:31
Gypsy Rover 04:23
Lillibulero 03:17
Big Rock Candy Mountain 03:08
Roseville Fair 03:25
House Carpenter 05:37
Farewell to the Gold 03:48
Little Sally Racket 02:02
Rout of the Blues 02:11
Banks of the Ohio 04:14
Birds Upon the Trees 02:33
Banks of Fordie 06:54
Icarus 05:29
Little Musgrave 10:15
Claudy Banks 03:49

A Folk Song A Day 12: June 2011

Just As The Tide Was Flowing 04:13
Beggar Laddie 04:29
Garden Hymn 02:29
Streams Of Lovely Nancy 02:31
Let Union Be In All Our Hearts 03:41
After The Ball 00:43
Innocent When You Dream 04:04
Poverty Knock 04:04
Abe Carman 03:33
Lock Keeper 03:25
Ghost Song 04:03
Exile Song 01:07
Wild Mountain Thyme 03:25
Rag Fair 01:58
Rose of Allendale 04:04
Farmer's Boy 03:55
Grand Conversation On Napoleon 04:44
Plains Of Waterloo 03:29
Roll Alabama 03:52
Bold Archer 02:55
Road Through The Woods 02:20
Banks Of Sweet Primroses 03:05
Fortune Turns The Wheel 04:12
The Larks They Sang Melodious 04:16
Farners Toast 03:58
Young Roger Esquire 01:53
One Night As I Lay 02:16
Earl Richard 04:01
White Cockade 03:15
Rose In June 07:14

In popular culture

Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day has inspired other spinoffs, most notably the Australian Folk Song A Day project featuring 367 folk renditions on a daily basis between 26 January 2011 and 26 January 2012 by John Thompson.^[8]

Other similar projects include Fifty-Two Folk Songs,^[9] Oli Steadman’s 365 Days Of Folk,^[10] and a A Liverpool Folk Song a Week.^[11]

References

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^ "Jon Boden announces "A Folk Song A Day"". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
^ "Jon Boden's A Folk Song a Day – review". The Guardian. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
^ "A Song A Day website - About section". Archived from the original on June 13, 2011.
^ "A Folk Song A Day on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
^ "Alan Bearman Music". Archived from the original on 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
^ "An Australian Folk Song A Day". www.ozfolksongaday.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
^ "Fifty-Two Folk Songs". Fifty-Two Folk Songs. Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
^ "365 Days Of Folk". 365 Days Of Folk. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
^ "A Liverpool Folk Song a Week". aliverpoolfolksongaweek.blogspot.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2022-05-17.