17 best TRADITIONAL FOLK TENOR songs for karaoke & auditions | Singing carrots

Top 17 traditional folk songs for tenor voice for audition and karaoke

This is a song chart of the top 17 traditional folk songs for tenor, based on the votes of 53292 Singing Carrots users. We count a 'vote' when a user adds one of our 75,000 songs to their repertoire (favorites list). For each song, we show a vocal range (in parentheses). If you click on a song name, you will be able to see the song key, and a list of useful links to the karaoke version, music sheet, and lyrics. If you click on a singer's name, it will take you to the singer's page where you can see all songs by that singer, sorted by popularity and range.

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17 Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land (D3-C4)

16 Woody Guthrie - Roll On, Columbia (C#3-B3)

15 Woody Guthrie - Jesus Christ (C#3-C#4)

14 Woody Guthrie - I Ain't Got No Home (D3-D4)

13 The Irish Weavers - The Whistling Gypsy (C3-C4)

12 The Highwaymen - Cotton Fields (C3-D4)

11 The Dubliners - Farewell Ireland (C3-D4)

10 Soggy Bottom Boys - Man of Constant Sorrow (C3-G4)

9 Pete Seeger - Little Boxes (C3-E4)

8 Lead Belly - The Midnight Special (C3-D4)

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7 John McCormack - 'Tis An Irish Girl I Love (F3-F4)

6 John McCormack - The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls (C3-E4)

5 Garrison Keillor - Powdermilk Biscuit Theme (C3-A3)

4 Doc Watson - Sitting on Top of the World (G3-G4)

3 Doc Watson - Pretty Saro (C3-C4)

2 Burl Ives - A Little Bitty Tear (E3-C4)

1 Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell (D#3-E4)

See also

Top 77 songs for tenor voice

Top 77 traditional-folk songs