Top 20 Filksongs

I was making copies for this panel this morning, and realized I should have asked all of you what you thought should be on the list, oh, about 2 months ago. It's a bit late now to include your input in the Westercon panel, especially since we're going to run it as a Performer's Choice Circle, and I have a hunch there's going to be some strong regional differences in the choices, but I still thought it could be an interesting exercise for us to engage in here.

The criteria is for any song that is frequently done in our Circles. This can include Folk & Traditional pieces as well as more stereotypical "filk". This isn't a "best" or "favorite" song list, but rather a sampler of songs that people coming to WA / OR filk circles are likely to encounter. My list below was done early this morning when I really should have been doing 250 other things. (Ask me next week and I might make some different choices.) It's more or less in the order they are filed in my primary notebook, which is a bizzarre variant of subject classification.

Tech Support - Jeff Hitchin
The World Inside the Crystal - Steve Savitsky 307 Ale - Tom Smith
Heart of the Appaloosa - Fred Small
The Witch of the Westmorland - Archie Fisher One Tin Soldier - Traditional
Scarborough Faire - Traditional
Lullabye for a Weary World - TJ Burnside-Clapp Falling Down on New Jersey - Mitchell Burnside-Clapp Murderous Little Toy - Unknown
Feline American Princess - Leslie Fish
Ferryman - Lackey / Fish
Signy Mallory - Lackey / Fish
Shadow Harper - Cynthia McQuillin
Horse Tamer's Daughter - Leslie Fish
Helva's Song - Cecelia Eng
Morgaine at Ivrel - Cecelia Eng
Dawson's Christian - Duane Elms
What We're Having Here is a Filksing - Unknown Key of R - Tom Smith
Dawson's Con - Jordin Kare, Duane Elms Little Fuzzy Animals - Frank Hayes
(I don't have the words to "Never Set the Cat on Fire" or that would be here too.)
You Bash the Balrog - Lee Gold
The Phoenix - Julia Ecklar
Hope Eyrie - Leslie Fish
Fire in the Sky - Jordin Kare
Rocket Rider's Prayer - Steve Savitsky Bloody Bastards - Jordin Kare
Sergei in the Milky Way - Fred Small
Star Sisters - Jean Stevenson
Banned from Argo - Leslie Fish

replyWhat would you pick?

Quarong

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