Folk songs at 123 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 564 folk songs with a verified tempo of 123 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. Here are some of the best known.
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Popular 123 BPM folk songs
Santa Monica Dream
Angus & Julia Stone (2011)

Thousand Ways
The Tallest Man on Earth (2010)

Två ormar
Finntroll (2013)

Bladi
Souad Massi (2001)

Vò lu mondu
I Muvrini (1995)
Shenandoah
The Kelly Family (1991)

Saach mir wo die Blome sin
Höhner (2007)

Voulvoul
Danyèl Waro (2010)

Tausend Rosen später
Kastelruther Spatzen (2014)

Ideology
Billy Bragg (1986)

Méka Déen
Victor Démé (2010)

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Pete Seeger (1986)

Vlaštovko leť
Jaromír Nohavica (1998)

La carta
Quilapayún (1983)

Do‐Re‐Mi
Woody Guthrie (1964)

The First Time
The Highwaymen (1964)

The Oldest Baby in the World
John Prine (1984)

I Ain't Missing Nobody
Burl Ives (1964)

The Bells of Rhymney
Judy Collins (1964)
Do Re Mi
Ani DiFranco (2000)

She Moves Through the Fair
Fairport Convention (1969)
Dä Daachdecker
Bläck Fööss (2002)
Minstrel From Gault
Richie Havens (1993)
Trina, komm mal voer de Doer
Hannes Wader (1974)
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