Folk Songs About Luck

Luck, lucky, luckiness, fortune.

There but for fortune - done by many
Lucky Man -- Grit Laskin or  Kallet/Epstein/Cicone
Get Lucky -- Connie Kaldor on her "Small Cafe" CD
Alison Krauss - Lucky One
Lucky Guy: Todd Rundgren
Chuck McCabe: Lucky Penny

(this list from Gary Martin)
Talk About Luck - Lou & Peter Berryman - Cow Imagination
Lucky Blaze - Lori B - Hurricane Child
Lucky Stars - Susie Burke - Lucky Stars
I Feel Lucky - Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On, Come On
Happy-Go-Lucky Clog etc. - Buddy MacMaster - Cape Breton Tradition
Happy-Go-Lucky Clog etc. - Natalie MacMaster - A Compilation
Lucky Lady B - Howard Emerson - Crossing Crystal Lake
Lucky Stars - Mary Gauthier - Drag Queens In Limousines
The Good Luck Ship - Harry Cox - The Bonny Labouring Boy
Nae Guid Luck Aboot the Hoose - High Level Ranters - Northumberland Forever
Lucky Man - Kallet, Epstein & Cicone - Only Human
Lucky Day - Erin McKeown - Grand
Lucky - Kristina Olsen - Love, Kristina
Ten Lucky Pennies - Tom Payne - Ten Lucky Pennies
Hard Luck Mine - T.R. Ritchie - Homeground
Willy Taylor's Polka/There's Nae Good Luck Jig - Willy Taylor - Voice of the
People vol. 19
Up an' Doon da Harbour/Lucky Can You Link Ony/Da Trig Bag - Tom Anderson &
Aly Bain - The Silver Bow
Sometimes It Doesn't Work/The Lucky Cup/The Potato Tree - Seelyhoo - The
First Caul
Lucky So And So - Dave Van Ronk - Hummin' To Myself
Out of Luck - Ilene Weiss - Obliviously
Luckiest One - Rachel Ries - For You Only
Another Lucky Day - Patti Casey - The Edge of Grace
The Lucky Dozen/The Skylark - Matt & Shannon Heaton - Blue Skies Above
Over the Moor to Maggie/Lucky in Love - Gearoid O hAllmhurain - Traditional
Music From Clare and Beyond
Knocknagow/The Luck Penny - Seamus Bugler - The Luck Penny
The Luck Penny/Pipe on the Hob - Joe Burke & Andy McGann - A Tribute to
Michael Coleman
The Luck Penny/The Merry Old Woman - Matt Cranitch - Take A Bow
Bad Luck to the Marching - Sean Tyrell - The Orchard

Additional song suggestions? Email Richard Gillmann