AmblesideOnline (AO) Folk Song Rotation Schedule 2025-2026

2025-2026 School Year September: The Three Ravens * * * October: On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at - This is a fun Yorkshire song about the dangers of not wearing a hat: "You'll catch your death of cold, we shall have to bury thee, the worms will come and eat thee up, the ducks will come and eat the worms, then we'll eat the ducks, and we'll have eaten thee." - * * * November: The Rose of Tralee * * Over Christmas break, try learning a less familiar carol: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day and/or We Three Kings of Orient Are January: Battle of Otterburn (The Lammas Tide) * * February: Wade in the Water * * * March: Down in the Valley * * * April: Scarborough Fair * * (Simon and Garfunkel's iconic version) May: Along the Road to Gundagai * * June: I'll Tell Me Ma (Belle of Belfast City) * *