Folk Songs is a 2009 album by the Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston in collaboration with the Big Eyes Family Players.

As the title suggests, all of the tracks are traditional British and Irish folk songs (along with one from Galicia, Spain).

[1] Many of them are versions of songs recorded by singers in the 1960s British folk revival, such as Nic Jones, Anne Briggs and Shirley Collins.

"[2] The website The Quietus said the album was, "a fine tribute to the folk tradition of a musician taking long established songs, putting his own mark on the tested formulas and then passing them on for consumption by whoever encounters them along the road.

"[1] In 2012, the Big Eyes Family Players released a follow-up album entitled Folk Songs II on Static Caravan Recordings, featuring a variety of guest vocalists including James Yorkston, Alasdair Roberts, Elle Osborne and Adrian Crowley.