Song List

Most are on the slower side and great for processionals and bridal marches. Tunes marked with *** are upbeat and recessional appropriate.

1. Blarney Pilgrim - Traditional***

2. Bunyan’s Hymn - Trad arr. John Renbourn

3. Byrn's March - Traditional

4. The Eagle’s Whistle - Traditional***

5. Eleanor Plunkett - O’Carolan

6. Flower of Magherally - Traditional

7. Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom do Lámh) - Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin***

8. The Harp & Shamrock - Traditional Irish

9. I Saw Three Ships - Traditional***

10. The Island of Woods - Liz Carroll

11. Jigs: Humours of Glynn / Jackie Small’s / The Rolling Wave - Traditional***

12. Laureen’s Tune - Shooglenifty

13. Lindsay - Archie Fisher

14. The Old Waltz - Traditional

15. On Raglan Road - Patrick Kavanagh/Trad

16. The Parting Glass - Traditional

17. Planxty Davis - Thomas O'Connellan

18. Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór [Sheebeg and Sheemore] - O’Carolan

19. Slip Jigs: Dirty Linen / Na Ceannabhain Bhana / Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight - Traditional***

20. The South Wind - Traditional

21. Tramps & Hawkers - Traditional

22. Twisting of the Rope [Casadh An tSúgáin] - Traditional

23. What a Voice - Traditional

24. Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional

Not all vocal pop songs adapt easily as instrumentals, but here are some that I have arranged. Feel free to ask about other options from my vocal list.

1. Blackbird - The Beatles

2. Book of Love - Peter Gabriel

3. Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley

4. Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard/Swell Season

5. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

6. Ho Hey - The Lumineers

7. If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell

8. I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt

9. Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks

10. Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan

11. Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg

12. Paper Wings - Gillian Welch

13. Sea of Love - Phil Philips/Cat Power

14. Songbird - Fleetwood Mac

15. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

These are all fingerstyle instrumentals in various tunings that I have composed. All have a “pretty and relaxing” vibe. I’d be most honored if you wanted to use one for your ceremony! Listen to the playlist here.

1. The Cardinal’s Path

2. Flowers of Roslindale

3. Our Girl Sasha (C tuning)

4. Pearl & Fog

5. Trail End

6. The What Was & the What If

7. Wind in the Evergreens

8. Winter Island

9. Wrenley’s Waltz

1. Angie - Davy Graham

2. Eight of Wands - Bryan Rahija (C tuning)

3. Nothing’s Fifty-Fifty - Bryan Rahija (C tuning)

4. Zoopraxiscope - Bryan Rahija (C tuning)

1. Canon in D - Pachelbel

2. Here Comes the Bride - Wagner

A diverse mix of popular songs from the 1950s onward. Check out my Covers playlist for an overview.

1. All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers

2. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

3. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles

4. Annie’s Song - John Denver

5. Angel From Montgomery - John Prine

6. At Last - Etta James

7. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

8. Better Together - Jack Johnson

9. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin

10. Black Muddy River - The Grateful Dead

11. Blackbird - The Beatles

12. The Bones - Maren Morris

13. Book of Love - Peter Gabriel

14. Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

15. Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan

16. Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan

17. Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley

18. Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor

19. Country Roads - John Denver

20. Cowboy Take Me Away - The Chicks

21. Crazy - Patsy Cline

22. Crowded Table - The Highwomen

23. Crazy Love - Van Morrison

24. Danny’s Song- Loggins & Messina

25. Everywhere, Everything - Noah Kahan

26. Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard/Swell Season

27. Fields of Gold - Sting

28. First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes

29. Galway Girl - Steve Earle

30. Give Yourself to Love - Kate Wolf

31. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

32. Good Enough - Sarah McLachlan

33. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

34. Harvest Moon - Neil Young

35. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

36. Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles

37. Ho Hey - The Lumineers

38. Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes

39. House at Pooh Corner - Kenny Loggins

40. I Choose You - Sara Bareilles

41. I Hope You Dance - LeAnn Womack

42. I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan

43. If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt

44. If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell

45. I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt

46. In My Life - The Beatles

47. Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel

48. La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf

49. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

50. Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks

51. Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers

52. Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch

53. Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan

54. The Man in Me - Bob Dylan

55. My Church - Maren Morris

56. No One Needs to Know - Shania Twain

57. Ophelia - The Band

58. Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg

59. Perfect - Ed Sheeran

60. The Promise - Tracy Chapman

61. Rainbow Connection - Jim Henson

62. Ripple - Grateful Dead

63. Sea of Love - Phil Philips/Cat Power

64. Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder

65. Songbird - Fleetwood Mac

66. The Stable Song - Gregory Alan Isakov

67. Stand by Me - Ben E. King

68. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

69. Sweet Sir Galahad - Joan Baez

70. Tennessee Waltz - Stewart/King

71. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

72. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

73. Top of the World - The Carpenters

74. Turn, Turn, Turn - Pete Seeger

75. Two of Us - The Beatles

76. Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker/Old Crow Medicine Show

77. The Wedding Song - Peter, Paul & Mary

78. The Weight - The Band

79. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

80. White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt

81. When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss

82. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under - Shania Twain

83. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

84. Wildflowers - Tom Petty

85. The Wind - Cat Stevens

86. Yellow - Coldplay

87. You Are My Sunshine - Davis/Mitchell

88. You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor

89. You Were Meant For Me - Jewel

90. Your Song - Elton John

91. You’ve Got a Friend In Me - Randy Newman

I have a lot more traditional Celtic and Irish pub songs in my back catalog that are not listed - please ask if you want more!

1. Ae Fond Kiss - Robert Burns

2. As I Roved Out - Traditional

3. Be Thou My Vision - Traditional

4. Black Velvet Band - Traditional

5. Bonny Light Horseman - Traditional

6. Craigie Hill - Traditional

7. Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly/Trad.

8. Far Over the Forth - Traditional Scottish

9. Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John

10. Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart

11. (My Own Dear) Galway Bay - Francis Fahy

12. Galway Girl - Steve Earle

13. Geordie - Traditional

14. High On A Hill - Kate Rusby

15. Homes of Donegal - Sean McBride

16. Jock Stewart (A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day) - Traditional

17. Lakes of Pontchartrain - Traditional

18. Lovely Molly - Traditional

19. Mingulay Boat Song - Sir Hugh S. Roberton/Trad

20. On Raglan Road - Trad/Patrick Kavanagh

21. The Parting Glass - Traditional

22. Red Is the Rose - Traditional

23. She Moved Through the Fair - Traditional

24. Skye Boat Song - William Ross (from Outlander)

25. Spancil Hill - Mike Considine

26. Star of the County Down - Traditional

27. The Water is Wide - Traditional

28. What Will We Do (When We Have No Money) - Traditional Irish

29. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Olcott/Ball

30. Whiskey in the Jar - Traditional

31. Whiskey, You’re the Devil - Traditional

32. Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional Scottish

33. Willy O’Winsbury - Traditional

• Blackest Crow - Traditional

• Blue Mountain - Fred Keller

• By Way of Sorrow - Wailin’ Jennys

• Cannot Change It All - Pharis & Jason Romero

• Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Dolly Parton

• Faraway Skies - Dean Johnson

• Far Away Down on a Georgia Farm - Norman Blake

• Foreign Lander - Traditional

• Hills of Isle Au Haut - Gordon Bok

• I’d Jump the Mississippi - George Jones

• If I Lose - Stanley Brothers

• Last of My Kind - Paul Burch

• Montana Cowboy - Jack Sutton

• Natural Thing to Do - Larry Sparks

• Nellie Kane - Tim O’Brien

• Paper Wings - Gillian Welch

• Queen of the Silver Dollar - Emmylou Harris

• Rock, Salt & Nails - Utah Philips

• Same Little Heart - Reeb Willms & Caleb Klauder

• Shady Grove - Traditional

• Still Looking For You - Townes Van Zandt

• Train on the Island - Traditional

• Wealth of Sorrow - Cahalen Morrison

• Your Lone Journey - Doc Watson