One Man Alone

Even if you wouldn’t recognize it by its name, you’ve probably heard the Irish ballad “Carrickfergus.” Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger covered it. So have Ed Sheeran and Bryan Ferry. Rufus Wainwright has an extant version, and his father Loudon Wainwright’s cover featured on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

I’ve liked this version for quite some time.