Folk Songs about Valentine's Day

St. Valentine's Day is February 14th.

[played 2010]
Steve Earle (& Townes & Guy) - Valentine's Day - Together at the Bluebird Cafe

[played 2008]
Bill Morrissey\ St. Valentines Day\ Something I Saw or Thought I Saw\ Rounder
Kimmie Rhodes & Willie Nelson\ Valentine\ Picture in a Frame\ Sunbird
Robinella & The CC Stringband\ Candy Coated Valentine\ Robinella and the CC Stringband\ Columbia

[Valentines]
Tropical Valentine \ MARIE LYNN HAMMOND \ Pegasus \ Vignettes Media
St. Valentine's Day Saturday 1978 / Kate & Anna McGarrigle / Love Over & Over / Polydor
Valentine's Day at Lakeside Bar & Grill \ ELENI KELAKOS \ To the Bone \ Eek!
STOMPIN' TOM CONNORS: Valentine Song (TC Connors)
An Ode For The Road: EMI Canada - 7243 5 39961
THE REPLACEMENTS - Valentine
Pleased To Meet Me (Sire)
Happy Valentines Day, Andru Bemis, Ground Vinyl
My Valentine/Judy Collins (Live at Wolf Trap) Wild Flower

[love]
Le Vent du Nord \ Vive L'Amour \ Quebec (VA) \ Putumayo
Reilly & Maloney - Tear-Stained Letter - BACKSTAGE/Freckle (or Richard Thompson)
Dar Williams - If I Wrote You - END OF THE SUMMER/Razor & Tie
Barry McLoughlin / Thing Called Love / Pieces
Solas\ I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight\ Solas\ Shanachie
IIIrd Tyme Out\ John & Mary\ John & Mary\ Rounder
Merle Haggard\ If I Could Only Fly\ If I Could Only Fly\ Anti-
Lucinda Williams\ Passionate Kisses\ Lucinda Williams\ Koch
Scott Katz\ A Strong Word\ Wrong\ Yellow Tail
Loretta Lynn\ Miss Being Mrs.\ Van Lear Rose\ Interscope
Ricky Skaggs\ Baby I'm In Love With You\ Sweet Temptation\ Sugar Hill
Dolores Keane\ Storm in My Heart\ Solid Ground\ Shanachie
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason\ The Lovers' Waltz\ The Lovers' Waltz\ Angel
Darryl Purpose\ Mr. Schwinn\ Darryl Purpose\ Self
Gillian Welch\ Dear Someone\ Time (The Revelator)\ Acony
The Gibson Bros.\ I'm Gonna Love You\ Spread Your Wings\ Hay Holler
The Yes Yes Boys\ Monday Date\ Why Say No?\ Hobemian
Kate Wolf\ Some Kind of Love\ Give Yourself To Love\ Rhino
Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer\ Annie's Lover\ When I Go\ Self
Greg Brown\ One More Goodnight Kiss\ One More Goodnight Kiss\ Red House
Nanci Griffith\ Boots of Spanish Leather\ Other Voices, Other Rooms\ Elektra
Ed Littlefield, Jr.\ Pretty Peggy-O\ Going to the West\ Sage Arts
Becky Buller\ How I Love You\ Rest My Weary Feet\ SRS
Emmylou Harris\ If I Could Only Win Your Love\ Antholody\ Rhino
Bob Dylan\ I'll Be Your Baby Tonight\ Essential\ Columbia
Longview\ I'll Love You 'Til The Day I Die\ High Lonesome\ Rounder
Dix Bruce and Jim Nunally\ I'll Love Nobody But You\ Brothers at Heart\ FGM
James King\ Crazy Heart\ Lonesome and Then Some\ Rounder
Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early\ Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy\ Love and War\ Self
Ceoltoiri\ The Plain Girl's Lament\ Silver Apples of the Moon\ Maggie's

[un-Valentines]
Marsha Reeves\ Your Precious Freedom\ Sing My Way Home\ HawkDreaming
SILVER APPLES OF THE MOON by Ceoltoiri, cut 4, "Rockin' The Cradle" a
husband is left at home to babysit "a laddie that's none of my own" while
his philandering wife is off at a party;
WOMEN OF IRELAND by Ceoltoiri, cut 1, "The Cruel Sister," jealous sister
drowns younger sister who won knight's heart; cut 2, "Mna na hEireann"
[manah nah HAIRun];man complains of the harsh judgments of women he's
mistreated--they wish him dead.
Ani Difranco\ Not a Pretty Girl\ Not A Pretty Girl\ Righteous Babe
Dar Williams\ I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono\ Out There Live\ Razor & Tie
Bob Dylan\ Positively 4th Street