Folk Songs about 9-11

September 11, 2001 is the date that Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon near Washington DC. Another hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania on 911. September eleventh has been designated as Patriot Day.

[played in 2007]
David Francey\ Fourth of July\ The Waking Hour\ Jericho Beach
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald\ Josephine\ Fool's Paradise\ Freewheel
Christine Lavin\ Firehouse\ I Was In Love with a difficult Man\ Redwing
The Wrights\ Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning\ Song of America (VA)\ Split Rock

[played in 2006]
David Francey\ Grim Cathedral\ Skating Rink\ Laker
Eric Bogle\ One Morning in Bar Harbor\ The Colour of Dreams\ Rice
Tom Paxton\ The Bravest\ Looking for the Moon\ Appleseed

[also good]
Mark Erelli\ The Only Way\ The Only Way (EP)\ Signature
(also covered on Ellis Paul & Vance Gilbert's CD)
Kitty Donohoe\ There Are No Words\ There Are No Words (MP3 single)\ self
John McCutcheon - Not in My Name
Alan Jackson - Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning

Jack Kid - So Many Angels
"Safe as Houses" by the Weepies
Released only electronically and available on the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=the_weepies_safe_as_houses
Ellis Paul & Vance Gilbert / Citizen of the World / Side of the Road
PETER OSTROUSHKO / Hymn: Page 9/11 / Coming Down From Red Lodge / Red House
“New York City,” Suzzy and Maggie Roche, ZERO CHURCH (Red House)
When Those Two Towers Fell/New Roanoke Jug Band/Play It For A Long Time/Copper Creek 2003
Dan Bern\ City\ Fleeting Days
Sam Shaber\ Simon Says\ Eighty Numbered Streets
Hello God       Dolly Parton
 tk 14  Avant Gardeners
New York City   Suzzy and Maggie Roche
Firehouse       Christine Lavin
There is Hope   Aoife Clancy
Hymn page 9/11 Peter Ostrushko (coming down)
Land of the Living      Lucy Kaplansky
If I Give Your Name     Emma’s Revolution
 Beautiful World        Mark Paffrath (soothe)
Questions       Armstrong, Harman,Taylor (darkest...)
Perfect Day     Atwater Donnelly
John McCutcheon\ Follow the Light\ The Greatest Story Never Told
Paul Kaplan\ After the Fire

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