These are the songs (and in some cases the particular versions) that came up:
1. The plooman he's a bonny lad, his mind is ever true, jo Jim and Susie Malcolm, "The Ploughman" from Jim's cd Acquaintance
2. Say it when you're ready! Emile Benoit, "Christina's Dream/Tootsie Wootsie," from his album Vive la Rose
3. Mon père a fait bâtir maison Genticorum, "Genticorum," from their album Le Galarneau
4. There lived a lady by the North Sea shore, lay the bairn tae the bonny broom Old Blind Dogs, "The Cruel Sister," from their cd Close to the Bone
5. Cold wind on the harbour and rain on the road, Wet promise of winter brings recourse to coal Stan Rogers, "The Giant," from his album Home in Halifax
6. As Jack went walking in London city, all the people thought Jack wasn't witty I think this one was the Punters, "Jolly Jack" from their album Said She Couldn't Dance (I have it on a couple other cds, but I think this was the one that came up)
7. Oh, I got a bonnet trimmed in blue, I like to wear it oh I do, I do wear it when I can, when I go to meet my man Nellie Musseau, "I Got a Bonnet Trimmed in Blue," from the album Close to the Floor
8. Miss Gilhooly, she gave a great party, and all of the gentry was there The Mahers Bahers, "Miss Gilhooley's Party" from Frank Maher's 70th birthday party broadcast but also on his cd Mahervelous
9. Oh what a circus, oh what a show Evita
10. You've heard of the miners who tunnel for coal, the tale of their valor has often been told Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne, "Cape Breton Silver," from their cd Wave Over Wave
11. Fareweil tae a' our Scottish fame, fareweil our ancient glory Old Blind Dogs, "A Parcel o Rogues" from their cd Five
12. It's now I'm going to take my leave, my friends and parents against their will Jean Hewson & Christina Smith with Greg Walsh, "The Privateer," from their August Gale
13. Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space, you could take off your shoes, give up the race Ron Hynes, "Sonny's Dream," from his cd Face to the Gale
14. Well you can wait by the railroad track, won't be no trains coming and going David Francey, "St. John's Train," from his cd Torn Screen Door
15. She is waiting in the rain, she is taking a commuter train Susan Werner, "Last of the Good Straight Girls," from either that album or Live at Tin Angel
16. Taxied up and down this town since 1954, wore out ten or a dozen cars over thirty years or more Ron Hynes, "Killer Cab," from Face to the Gale
17. God forbid you ever mention that you're looking for love Susan Werner, "Shade of Grey," from her cd New Non-Fiction
18. From Harvey's I'll start and to Bowring's I'll go, I'll name all the ships and their captains also A Crowd of Bold Sharemen, "Captains and Ships" from their eponymous cd
19. Flyin' cross the desert in the TWA, seen a woman walkin cross the sand The Punters cover of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" from their cd Fisherman's Blues
20. I, said the little brown leatherwing bat, I'll tell you the reason that The Duhks, "Leatherwing Bat," from their cd Your Daughters and Your Sons
And the last one? Dougie MacLean, "This Love Will Carry" from his live cd.
1. The plooman he's a bonny lad, his mind is ever true, jo
Jim and Susie Malcolm, "The Ploughman" from Jim's cd Acquaintance
2. Say it when you're ready!
Emile Benoit, "Christina's Dream/Tootsie Wootsie," from his album Vive la Rose
3. Mon père a fait bâtir maison
Genticorum, "Genticorum," from their album Le Galarneau
4. There lived a lady by the North Sea shore, lay the bairn tae the bonny broom
Old Blind Dogs, "The Cruel Sister," from their cd Close to the Bone
5. Cold wind on the harbour and rain on the road, Wet promise of winter brings recourse to coal
Stan Rogers, "The Giant," from his album Home in Halifax
6. As Jack went walking in London city, all the people thought Jack wasn't witty
I think this one was the Punters, "Jolly Jack" from their album Said She Couldn't Dance (I have it on a couple other cds, but I think this was the one that came up)
7. Oh, I got a bonnet trimmed in blue, I like to wear it oh I do, I do wear it when I can, when I go to meet my man
Nellie Musseau, "I Got a Bonnet Trimmed in Blue," from the album Close to the Floor
8. Miss Gilhooly, she gave a great party, and all of the gentry was there
The Mahers Bahers, "Miss Gilhooley's Party" from Frank Maher's 70th birthday party broadcast but also on his cd Mahervelous
9. Oh what a circus, oh what a show
Evita
10. You've heard of the miners who tunnel for coal, the tale of their valor has often been told
Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne, "Cape Breton Silver," from their cd Wave Over Wave
11. Fareweil tae a' our Scottish fame, fareweil our ancient glory
Old Blind Dogs, "A Parcel o Rogues" from their cd Five
12. It's now I'm going to take my leave, my friends and parents against their will
Jean Hewson & Christina Smith with Greg Walsh, "The Privateer," from their August Gale
13. Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space, you could take off your shoes, give up the race
Ron Hynes, "Sonny's Dream," from his cd Face to the Gale
14. Well you can wait by the railroad track, won't be no trains coming and going
David Francey, "St. John's Train," from his cd Torn Screen Door
15. She is waiting in the rain, she is taking a commuter train
Susan Werner, "Last of the Good Straight Girls," from either that album or Live at Tin Angel
16. Taxied up and down this town since 1954, wore out ten or a dozen cars over thirty years or more
Ron Hynes, "Killer Cab," from Face to the Gale
17. God forbid you ever mention that you're looking for love
Susan Werner, "Shade of Grey," from her cd New Non-Fiction
18. From Harvey's I'll start and to Bowring's I'll go, I'll name all the ships and their captains also
A Crowd of Bold Sharemen, "Captains and Ships" from their eponymous cd
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19. Flyin' cross the desert in the TWA, seen a woman walkin cross the sand
The Punters cover of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" from their cd Fisherman's Blues
20. I, said the little brown leatherwing bat, I'll tell you the reason that
The Duhks, "Leatherwing Bat," from their cd Your Daughters and Your Sons
And the last one? Dougie MacLean, "This Love Will Carry" from his live cd.
Whew! Hope all those tags are right ...
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Now I have to go and listen to the 11, and find the others.
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