The top folk song, as voted by visitors to folkalley.com,...

The top folk song, as voted by visitors to folkalley.com, is "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie. Credit: Handout

"Inside Llewyn Davis" follows a fictional singer as he struggles with his career in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s. The new movie has revived interest in the largely forgotten music and movement that many in the Act 2 generation remember well. Which folk songs do you recall singing?

Here are the top five folk songs and their composers as voted by visitors to folkalley.com. Artists in parentheses recorded the most famous versions.

1. This Land Is Your Land

-- Woody Guthrie

2. Blowin' in the Wind

-- Bob Dylan (Peter, Paul and Mary)

3. City of New Orleans

-- Steve Goodman (Arlo Guthrie)

4. If I Had a Hammer

-- Pete Seeger (Trini Lopez)

5. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? -- Pete Seeger (Kingston Trio)

For the full list of the 100 Essential Folk Songs, go to bit.ly/100folksongs.

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