What's your favorite folk song (you tube clips welcome)

[wrxplayer]

Mine's "The Times They Are A Changing." Was moved by it in the third grade ('67 I think) and still love the words. Don't love Bob's voice, so here's an alternative version.

 

[Rumble]

My favorite song that might count was, "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" by Peter, Paul and Mary:

 

[Lewguitar]

I don't have a favorite. I have a million favorites. But here's a great one by the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem you may not have heard. This is old.

 

[Cream]

Country blues maybe?

 

[FWBubbs]

 

[FWBubbs]

 

[Stardrake]

Like Lewguitar, I have too many favorites--but I've always been particularly fond of the tale of Tim Finnegan's wake….

 

[silentbob]

Blowin' in the wind is one hell of a powerful song, hard for me to go with anything else.

 

[TwoTubMan]

 

[loudboy]

I don't think many of these are folk songs...

Maybe some of the Irish ones?

 

[shane8]

all along the watchtower

 

[Outsider]

"Mr Tambourine Man"-Byrd's version.

 

[gmann]

Where Have All The Flower Gone. I always liked that one. Darn near anything by PP&M. Not only were they great, they made a lot of that stuff accessible. If you were a kid, like I was, you might not dig Dylan doing Blowing In The Wind but you would like it if it was PP&M. Of course later we caught up with Dylan. Still, Peter, Paul & Mary could do no wrong att, and Mary was not hard to look at.

 

[Scott Miller]

The Great Mandala. It doesn't seem like a folk song, but it's sung by folk singers:

 

[Hack Prophet]

Seems like some of these are singer/songwriter songs in the folk genre and not really 'folk' songs in the truer sense of the word. I'm a sucker for any fingerpicked version of John Henry. Haven't bothered figuring out youtube yet. Apologies.

 

[chucke99]

My dad had this album when I was a kid (5-6 years old) and this particular song struck me early. I don't vouch for the imagery in this video. The song is what I want to convey:

"What Did You Learn In School Today?" (written by Tom Paxton)

 

[deeohgee]

 

[Chrome Dinette]

I don't know about a favorite, but this is no slouch:

 

[Bieling3]

"I hate folk music!" - llewyn davis

But seriously: Bob Dylan, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest.

The youtube demons have disappeared the song... but I did find it here:

http://videos.sapo.pt/WwoLzoKUubtoZVIZaVD6

 

[m1911]

In The Carter Family tradition.....