A Folk Song A Day

A Folk Song a Day is a project by the English folk singer and musician and Bellowhead memberThe Guardian: Bellowhead: 'We're a party band with serious intellectual pretensions' Jon Boden where he recorded and released a folk song each day for one year.Folk Radio UK: Jon Boden – A Folk Song A Day The project 'ended' on 24 June 2011, the podcast continues to release the same song it did on that same day in 2010.
==About==
The project started on 24 June 2010.The Line of Best Fit: Jon Boden announces “A Folk Song A Day” It has resulted in 12 digital albums (one for each month).The Guardian: Jon Boden's A Folk Song a Day – review Boden hopes that it will promote social singing and be a resource for those looking for inspiration.A Song A Day website - About section 
The songs can be bought in the form of digital download from Amazon or from iTunes.iTunes: Podcast: A Song A Day The project reached number one in the iTunes music podcast in its first week.
==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
*	Sante 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.John Thompson's OZ Folk Song a Day website
Other similar projects include Fifty-Two Folk Songs Fifty-Two Folk Songs website and a A Liverpool Folk Song a Week Liverpool Folk Song a Week Official website
==References==
==External links==
*A Folk Song a Day Official Site
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