100 Best Folk Wedding Songs Modern & Classic + Lyric Quotes
Updated on February 1, 2023 | Written by Matthew Campbell (Editor of My Wedding Songs and wedding DJ)
Some of our favorite songs to play at weddings are folk songs.
They contain so much emotion in their performances which makes your wedding memorable.
We have compiled a list of our favorite folk songs perfect for weddings.

You will enjoy a list of the most popular and unique folk wedding songs for your wedding day.
Every couple’s folk music tastes are different. Thus, we selected wedding songs from modern songs to instant classic hits.
Let’s start with the most popular right now.
Top 10 Folk Wedding Songs
- “Simply The Best” by Billianne
- “Bloom” by The Paper Kites
- “Turning Onto You” by First Aid Kit
- “Soul Mate” by flora cash
- “No Matter Where You Are (Wedding Version)” by Us The Duo
- “Higher Love” by James Vincent McMorrow
- “I Just Love You” by Roo Panes
- “The First Time” by The Brave Collide
- “I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You” by Imaginary Future & Kina Grannis
- “Forever From Now” by Sheffield
Spotify Folk Wedding Playlist
Popular Folk Music For Weddings
We have curated a list of our favorite folk songs perfect for weddings.
If you have a folk wedding song not on our list that you think SHOULD be on our list, be sure to comment on the song below.
2020s Hits
Better Part of Me – SYML and Sara Watkins
Released in 2022 on the album The Day My Father Died
Lovable Lyrics:
Honestly, I can’t help falling for you
Everyday I’ll be brand new
Thank god for you, the better part of me
Forever and for Always – Jarrod Morris
Released in 2022 on the album The Acoustic Covers
Lovable Lyrics:
I’m keepin’ you forever and for always
We will be together all of our days
Wanna wake up every mornin’ to your sweet face
Always
The First Time – The Brave Collide feat. Brian McGrane & Chloe Agnew
Released in 2022 on the album The First Time
Lovable Lyrics:
It’s gonna be you for the rest of my life
It’s gonna be you
Turning Onto You – First Aid Kit
Released in 2022 on the album Palomino
Lovable Lyrics:
Oh, the night holds promises
That the morning can’t fulfill
But look at me, I’m happy still
If I’m turning onto you
Belong with You – The Light the Heat
Released in 2022 on the album Fool for Your Love
Lovable Lyrics:
We make sense
Darlin we just make sense
Ever since the day we met
When You Love Someone (Live) – Gretchen Peters
Released in 2022 on the album The Matador (Live)
Lovable Lyrics:
When you love someone
You’ll sacrifice
Give it everything you got
And you won’t think twice
I Hope You Dance – The Hound + the Fox
Released in 2022 on the album I Hope You Dance
Lovable Lyrics:
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin’ might mean takin’ chances but they’re worth takin’
No One Has What We Have – Levi Parham
Released in 2022 on the album Sure, Okay, Great.
Lovable Lyrics:
I wish I could encourage them to find
A love as strong as yours and mine
Simply The Best – Billianne
Released in 2022 on the album Simply The Best
Lovable Lyrics:
You’re simply the best
Better than all the rest
Better than anyone
Anyone I ever met
You Mean the World to Me – James Walsh
Released in 2022 on the album You Mean the World to Me
Lovable Lyrics:
In this mean old world
Hanging on a thread
Where the ups and downs
Are ever infinite
You mean the world to me
Understand My Love – Brandon Mills
Released in 2022 on the album Understand My Love
Lovable Lyrics:
I’ve been dreaming of you before I was born
I’ll be loving you long after I am gone
If I Say That I Love You – Foster
Released in 2022 on the album The One
Lovable Lyrics:
There’s a place
Deep in our hearts where it matters
We can stay there forever and after
One For Me – Mary Hopkin
Released in 2022 on the album Pieces
Lovable Lyrics:
The sun comes shining through
With starlit nights like diamonds
That shine for me and you
One and Only – Garrett Kato
Released in 2022 on the album One and Only
Lovable Lyrics:
I’ll never go and let you down
No matter what, I’ll stick around
Please know I’ll be
Your one and only
I’d Be Your Man – Parker Twomey
Released in 2022 on the album I’d Be Your Man
Lovable Lyrics:
I’d watch you dream all night
And by the morning light
I’d be your man
Hold You – Amos Lee
Released in 2022 on the album Dreamland
Lovable Lyrics:
Beauty beneath me
Beauty above me
I want you to reach me
I want you to teach me how I can love you
If I Didn’t Love You – Ben Abraham
Released in 2022 on the album Friendly Fire
Lovable Lyrics:
Would I be drifting
With nowhere to land?
I don’t know what I’d do
If I didn’t love you
Sing Me a Song – William Prince, Serena Ryder
Released in 2022 on the album Sing Me a Song
Lovable Lyrics:
So sing me a song babe
What kind of song, babe?
The one you hear when you look into my soul
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Ron Pope, The National Parks
Released in 2022 on the album Good Riddance
Lovable Lyrics:
It’s something unpredictable
But in the end, it’s right
I hope you had the time of your life
Valentine’s Day (Acoustic) – David Tribble
Released in 2022 on the album Valentine’s Day (Acoustic)
Lovable Lyrics:
It’s a 24/7 365 days a year kind of love
It’s not just on Valentine’s Day
Love Is – Zach Winters
Released in 2021 on the album Other Side (A)
Lovable Lyrics:
You’re the dream I keep every day
Even when I’m away
I’ve found you
Until You – AHI
Released in 2021 on the album Until You
Lovable Lyrics:
I was empty, lost without a clue
Until now
Until you
She Is My Everything – Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy
Released in 2021 on the album She Is My Everything
Lovable Lyrics:
When I hear her voice
I’ll tell you boys, I forget everything
She is my everything
Faithfully – Clem Snide & Eef Barzelay
Released in 2021 on the album Faithfully
Lovable Lyrics:
Oh Girl
You stand by me
I’m forever yours
Faithfully
Soul Mate – flora cash
Released in 2021 on the album Soul Mate
Lovable Lyrics:
When night finally comes and the leaves have fallen from the tree
Baby, you’ll have me
Soul mate
Love You – Jasmine Chadwick
Released in 2021 on the album Love You
Lovable Lyrics:
I’m gonna love you
Gonna love you
And I always will
Anything – JJ Heller
Released in 2021 on the album Anything
Lovable Lyrics:
I’d give up anything for you
But I would not give you up for anything
Home – Josh Beeman
Released in 2021 on the album Home
Lovable Lyrics:
I know you won’t leave me behind, even in my darkest times
You’re the one that always stays close
You are home
Someone Like Me – Julia Westlin
Released in 2021 on the album Someone Like Me
Lovable Lyrics:
Just like a fairytale
Someone like you and someone like me
Colors – Langhorne Slim
Released in 2021 on the album Strawberry Mansion
Lovable Lyrics:
Without each other I’d stay asleep
There’s so many colors but only one girl of my dreams
Sunshine – Leucadia
Released in 2021 on the album Sunshine
Lovable Lyrics:
You’re like the sun coming up
You make my world come alive
Till Death Do Us Part – Lily Hormel
Released in 2021 on the album Till Death Do Us Part
Lovable Lyrics:
Till death do us part is for quitters
You and I found a love that’ll never die
We’ll be ghosts who makeout down by the river
Holding hands till we’re in another life
You’re the One (Acoustic) – Luca Fogale
Released in 2021 on the album You’re the One (Acoustic)
Lovable Lyrics:
So bend the rules
Or break them all
You and I
The same old cloth
You’re the one
I’ll Be with You – Matt + Abi
Released in 2021 on the album I’ll Be with You
Lovable Lyrics:
Adventure is in you and I got in me too
I’ll be with you
I Just Love You – Roo Panes
Released in 2021 on the album I Just Love You
Lovable Lyrics:
When you walk into a room
It’s the birthday card you drew
That make me love you
What a Wonderful World – Sawyer Fredericks
Released in 2021 on the album What a Wonderful World
Lovable Lyrics:
I see friends shaking hands, saying: How do you do?
They’re really saying: I love you!
Headlights – The National Parks
Released in 2021 on the album Headlights
Lovable Lyrics:
Hold me close, let’s drive away to some place far
And dance real slow in the headlight shine of our car
Steal My Heart Away – The Paper Kites, Ainslie Wills
Released in 2021 on the album Roses
Lovable Lyrics:
‘Cause you
Steal my heart away
Every time
Right down the line
Marry Me – The Wicks
Released in 2021 on the album Winds of Change
Lovable Lyrics:
Would you still walk 500 miles
to marry me in the morning
marry me in the day
marry me in the nighttime
when the stars all fall away
All The Gold – Alivan Blu
Released in 2020 on the album All The Gold
Lovable Lyrics:
Honey, haven’t felt this for so long
Wouldn’t change it for all the gold
On the ocean floor
Darling, you’re the only one
Forever & Back – Anders Sohn
Released in 2020 on the album Fly Away With Me
Lovable Lyrics:
I’d follow you anywhere that
This world takes you
To wherever you’re at
I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You – Bob Dylan
Released in 2020 on the album Rough and Rowdy Ways
Lovable Lyrics:
I’d preach the gospel, the gospel of love
A love so real, a love so true
I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you
Mairi’s Wedding – Caroline McCaskey
Released in 2020 on the album Altstrings Fiddle Method for Viola, Book 2 (Second Edition)
That’s The Way Love Goes – Hayes Carll & Allison Moorer
Released in 2020 on the album That’s The Way Love Goes
Lovable Lyrics:
Yet you ran with me
Chasing my rainbows
Honey, I love you too
And that’s the way love goes
Helplessly I Fell – Jim Lord
Released in 2020 on the album Little Star
Lovable Lyrics:
Never said it all, had no reason to tell
Then I heard you call, helplessly I fell
Not Enough – JJ Heller
Released in 2020 on the album Not Enough
Lovable Lyrics:
There’s so much to learn when it comes to love
A lifetime with you
A lifetime with you is not enough
Simple Thing – Jonathan Wilson
Released in 2020 on the album Dixie Blur
Lovable Lyrics:
It’s a little simple thing
It goes, “Baby, be mine, baby, be mine, baby, be mine
All mine, come on, baby, be mine”
Over the Moon – Julian Taylor
Released in 2020 on the album The Ridge
Lovable Lyrics:
No matter what we’ve been through
I could always count on you
Yes, it’s true
I’m over the moon for you
I Got You – Michael Franti & Spearhead
Released in 2020 on the album Work Hard and Be Nice
Lovable Lyrics:
Dance like nobody’s watching
Live life like we never did before
And through the highs and lows
Baby I got you yeah
Rest of Our Lives – The Light the Heat
Released in 2020 on the album Wide Awake
Lovable Lyrics:
Dance with me beneath the stars
Moonlight crashing on our wild hearts
With your hand in mine
I Want To Make You Mine – The Suddenlys
Released in 2020 on the album I Want to Make You Mine
Lovable Lyrics:
You and me, it’s all we’ll ever need
Even if the sun refused to shine
As long as you are mine
No Matter Where You Are (Wedding Version) – Us The Duo
Released in 2020 on the album No Matter Where You Are
Lovable Lyrics:
And I won’t let you fall
I won’t let you go
No matter where you are
No matter where you are, I’ll be there
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2010s Favorites
As Time Goes By – Anna Nalick
Released in 2019 on the album The Blackest Crow
Lovable Lyrics:
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
You Have Stolen My Heart – Brian Fallon
Released in 2019 on the album Local Honey
Lovable Lyrics:
And now if you need me, you know where to find me
I’ll be always falling under your spell
I Chose You – Caleb Edens
Released in 2019 on the album I Chose You
Lovable Lyrics:
I Chose You
Cause I love the way you dance & twirl
I Chose You
Cause you only need one pair of shoes
I Chose You
You chose me, too
Make These Colors Real – Hush Kids
Released in 2019 on the album Make These Colors Real
Lovable Lyrics:
Ooooh, if I could hold you
I’d warm the cold you feel
I’d make these colors real
L O V E L O V E – Jeremy Lister
Released in 2019 on the album Sign Language
Lovable Lyrics:
There’s nothing to doubt here
So I spell it out here
The word to tell you how I really feel,
I really feel
L-O-V-E-L-O-V-E
No Place Like You – Joy Williams
Released in 2019 on the album Front Porch
Lovable Lyrics:
Honey, it’s true
There ain’t nothing I can do
Cause there ain’t no place, no place like you
Not Just Any Old Love Song – Luke Cerny
Released in 2019 on the album Not Just Any Old Love Song
Lovable Lyrics:
I’m crazy about you
Well, I’m crazy about you
Yes, I’m crazy about you
Darling you’re crazy about me too
Forever From Now – Sheffield
Released in 2019 on the album Lucky
Lovable Lyrics:
I will love you forever from now
And I will hold you like no one’s around
Forever from now
When We Grow Old – Stace & Cassie
Released in 2019 on the album When We Grow Old
Lovable Lyrics:
I’ll be there when we grow old
we grow old
Latch – The Hound + the Fox
Released in 2019 on the album Latch
Lovable Lyrics:
Could I lock in your love?
Now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
Bride – Aria & Oaken
Released in 2018 on the album Belonging
Lovable Lyrics:
Build you a new home just you and me
Please take my hand you waited so patiently
Earthquake – The Black Lillies
Released in 2018 on the album Stranger to Me
Lovable Lyrics:
You’re the rock in my roll, you shake me down to my soul
You take my breath away, you know just what to say
You shake me down to my soul, you’re my earthquake
Before You – Fortunate Ones
Released in 2018 on the album Hold Fast
Lovable Lyrics:
I really don’t know much but there is one thing
That I do
I can’t remember my life before you
Welcome Home – Fox and Bones
Released in 2018 on the album Better Land
Lovable Lyrics:
I have a tough time giving compliments
But you truly soothe my rough and ragged soul
Yeah you, Yeah you do
Yeah You – Freedom Fry
Released in 2018 on the album Yeah You
Lovable Lyrics:
Out of the faces in the crowd
You won me over, you won me over
Yeah, you
Give All – Jon Danforth
Released in 2018 on the album Time and Vision
Lovable Lyrics:
I will give all till I draw my final breath
You have my love until my soul has nothing in it
If I’m the Sun and You’re the Moon – Aaron Espe
Released in 2017 on the album Passages
Lovable Lyrics:
I was made to fall
But till the end I’ll always try
To fix our fates till one day collide
You and I, Here and Now – Evan Nachimson
Released in 2017 on the album Questions
Lovable Lyrics:
Because when we’re together
It’s you and I, here and now
Chances – Fox and Bones
Released in 2017 on the album The Remarkable Adventures Of
Lovable Lyrics:
In this life we’re only given so many chances
And I like my chances with you
I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You – Imaginary Future & Kina Grannis
Released in 2017 on the album I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You
Lovable Lyrics:
Oh believe me
I’ve been counting my stars
Cause I will spend my whole life
Loving you
As Long as I Have You I’m Home – Imaginary Future
Released in 2017 on the album As Long as I Have You I’m Home
Lovable Lyrics:
I can live in the great unknown
As long as I have you
As long as I have you I’m home
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Imaginary Future
Released in 2017 on the album Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Lovable Lyrics:
I love you baby
And if it’s quite all right
I need you baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you baby
Places We’ll Go – Nate Michael
Released in 2017 on the album Places We’ll Go
Lovable Lyrics:
The places we’ll go, the places we’ll stand
I’ll keep you real close, be holding your hand
If life gets too tough girl, stay by my side
This is my promise to you as my bride
Dance With Me – Phillip Phillips
Released in 2017 on the album Collateral
Lovable Lyrics:
So will you dance with me?
I will lead you
Give every moment that I have
Just to be near you
Lover’s Lullaby – Sweet Tea Project
Released in 2017 on the album Alder Lane Farm
Lovable Lyrics:
All my hopes and dreams
The heaven has sent you to me after all this time
So I’m singing to you this lover’s lullabye
Touching Heaven – JOHNNYSWIM
Released in 2016 on the album Georgica Pond
Lovable Lyrics:
I’m not just waiting for skies to part
You’ve been my glimpse of Kingdom right from the start
And you got me touching heaven
Sea Of Love – Langhorne Slim & Jill Andrews
Released in 2016 on the album Sea Of Love
Lovable Lyrics:
I swear I’ll never fail you
Oh, we’ll sail into the sun
Take my hand and run into
The sea of love
Take The World – JOHNNYSWIM
Released in 2016 on the album Diamonds
Lovable Lyrics:
Though you make it hard not to spill my heart
Every time I see you swaying
Darling You and Me
We can take the world
For You To Be Here – Tom Rosenthal
Released in 2015 on the album The Pleasant Trees (Volume 2)
Lovable Lyrics:
Thinking of the times that forever are ours
I am ready, I am ready for you to be here
For you, for you, to be here
Heart’s On Fire – Passenger
Released in 2014 on the album Whispers
Lovable Lyrics:
‘Cause I know those eyes and I know that touch
I don’t have many and I don’t have much
But oh darlin’, my heart’s on fire
Bloom – The Paper Kites
Released in 2013 on the album Woodland
Lovable Lyrics:
When the evening pulls the sun down,
And the day is almost through,
Oh, the whole world it is sleeping,
But my world is you
Forever – Ben Harper
Released in 2012 on the album By My Side (Retrospective)
Lovable Lyrics:
So give me your forever
Please your forever
Not a day less will do
From you
Only Love – Ben Howard
Released in 2012 on the album Every Kingdom
Lovable Lyrics:
Darling, you’re with me, always around me
Only love, only love
Darling, I feel you, under my body
Only love, only love
Hey Ho – The Lumineers
Released in 2012 on the album The Lumineers
Lovable Lyrics:
I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart
Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow
Released in 2010 on the album Early in the Morning
Lovable Lyrics:
We walk blind, we try to see
Falling behind in what could be
Bring me a higher love
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2000s Tunes
I And Love And You – The Avett Brothers
Released in 2009 on the album I and Love and You
Lovable Lyrics:
Three words that became hard to say
I and Love and You
What you were than I am today
Look at the things I do
January Wedding – The Avett Brothers
Released in 2009 on the album I And Love And You
Lovable Lyrics:
But I know what she’s sayin’
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
And in January we’re gettin’ married
All I Want Is You – Barry Louis Polisar
Released in 2008 on the album Juno Soundtrack
Lovable Lyrics:
All I want is you, will you stay with me
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea?
Let It Be Me – Ray LaMontagne
Released in 2008 on the album Gossip In The Grain
Lovable Lyrics:
That’s when you need someone
Someone that you, you can call
When all your faith is gone
It feels like you cant go on
Let it be me
Boats & Birds – Gregory & the Hawk
Released in 2006 on the album The Boats&birds
Lovable Lyrics:
If you be my boat
I’ll be your sea
A depth of pure blue just to probe curiosity
Ebbing and flowing and pushed by a breeze
I live to make you free
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1990s Tracks
In Spite Of Ourselves – John Prine and Iris DeMent
Released in 1999 on the album In Spite of Ourselves
Lovable Lyrics:
In spite of ourselves
We’ll end up a’sittin’ on a rainbow
Against all odds
Honey, we’re the big door prize
When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss and Union Station
Released in 1994 on the album A Tribute Album
Lovable Lyrics:
The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
Classic Folk
Touch of Grey – Grateful Dead
Released in 1987 on the album In the Dark
Lovable Lyrics:
The only thing there is to say
Every silver lining’s got a
Touch of grey
I will get by
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor
Released in 1975 on the album Gorilla
Lovable Lyrics:
How sweet it is to be loved by you
Feels so fine
How sweet it is to be loved by you
Watching the River Run – Loggins & Messina
Released in 1973 on the album Full Sail
Lovable Lyrics:
If you’ve been thinkin’ you were all that you’ve got
Then don’t feel alone anymore
‘Cause when we’re together then you’ve got a lot
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Released in 1970 on the album Ladies of the Canyon
Lovable Lyrics:
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Wild World – Yusef/Cat Stevens
Released in 1970 on the album Tea for the Tillerman
Lovable Lyrics:
It’s hard to get by just just upon a smile
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh baby baby it’s a wild world
And I’ll always remember you like a child girl oh yeah
Wedding Song (There Is Love) – Noel Paul Stookey
Released in 1969 on the album Wedding Song (There Is Love)
Lovable Lyrics:
Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love, there is Love
If you have a folk wedding song not on our list that you think SHOULD be on our list, be sure to comment on the song below. We read and respond to every comment.
FAQs
Why would I want folk music at my wedding?
If Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and James Taylor speak to you, then that singer-songwriters feel that brings teardrops to everyone’s eyes, is your jam. Folk music is emotional. Folk music captures our stories as people. it’s part of our tradition and how we tell stories. You could say that country and western stem from folk. American folk music has its roots in Ireland.
Because of this, many of our most beloved songs are from the folk genre. We could also include indie and singer-songwriters in this genre as well.
Sweet, low-key weddings outdoors with a solo guitarist are the ideal wedding for folk music. Imagine walking down the aisle to “Something in the Way She Moves” by James Taylor. You could even include an instrumental version of “You Look Wonderful Tonight” in this category. Wow. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, or music performed as a customer over a long period of time.
Folk music is storytelling. It’s simple in its instrumentation but complex in its harmonies. It’s known for beautiful, haunting melodies with choruses that everyone can join.
If you love Folk music, be sure to attend the Montana Folk Festival. It is held in Butte, Montana in the month of July.
Who are popular folk artists?
Folk isn’t for the old folks. According to Ranker, the top 3 folk artists in 2020 include Leon Bridges, Caamp, and Nathaniel Ratliff. We also like The Avett Brothers, The Milk Carton Kids, and Chris Thile.
The all-time popular folk artists include:
- Ben Harper
- Bob Dylan
- Cat Stevens
- Emmylou Harris
- The Grateful Dead
- Harry Belafonte
- James Taylor
- Joan Baez
- Johnny Cash
- Joni Mitchell
Cupid & Psyche – Andrey Psyche
Hi Luke. Thanks for the song suggestion. It was released in 2020 but I have not heard it played at weddings before?
Folly and The Hunter – Travelling ??
Thank you. We will add it to the list!
Tom Rosenthal – For you to be here
Hi Jade. Thanks for the suggestion. Love the song and will add it to the list.