Various genres

Countries, Regions
Lyrics France
Lyrics England
Lyrics Ireland
Lyrics US & Canada
Lyrics NL & Flanders
Lyrics Austria
& Germany

Lyrics various genres

The Folkinfo Song Database
Britain, includes background information


Lesley Nelson 's Folk Music Site
Lyrics, Midi, Origins, Historical Information and Background for
traditional tunes from Britain, Ireland and America, circa 1650
to 1900. Includes Child Ballads, Sea Shanties
and Turlough O'Carolan

Folksongs and Ballads
of the Appalachians and England
melodies in midi format; by netstrider.com

Songs of England, Ireland and Wales
melodies in midi format; by netstrider.com

The Mudcat Cafe:
Link List Lyrics and Sheet Music

Canta Libre
lyrics from Ireland, Scotland, Great Britain,
The US and gaelic songs -
Liedertexte aus Irland, Schottland,
Großbritannien, den USA und Gälische Lieder

Airs, Anthems, Ballads, Canons, Ditties, Folksongs, Hymns and War Songs
maintained by Richard Kopp; midi, text

Traditional Music Library
maintained by Rod Smith; midi, gif, text

Folk Songs
A collection of folk songs, primarily from Britain and Ireland,
USA, collected by  Ron Clarke and by other people, with MIDIs,
sequenced by Ron Clarke.
-Attention: a midi sound file starts with opening of a song page.

Shanties and Sea Songs
by Andrew Draskóy

Folksongs of the world
by Frank Petersohn, CDN

Tale's songbook
by Theo Nessink

Deutsche und internationale Folksongs
German and International Folksongs
by Haus der Internationalen Folklore und der traditionellen Musik
text, chords, mp3 samples 

 
Cantaria
a library of "bardic" folk songs, mostly from Ireland, Scotland,
and England, intended to be an educational tool for propagating
the living song tradition



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Countries, Regions


 

Lyrics France:
 

Favourite songs of Sylvain Piron
on his website Trad France

Le Chant traditionnel
by / par Annick Bideault

Chants populaires français
chansons du répertoire traditionnel

Le Parolier

 

Lyrics England:
  

The Yorkshire Garland Group
Folksongs collected in Yorkshire, mp3

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Lyrics Ireland:  
 
 

Celtic Lyrics
text

Molly Mallone
song text, abc, midi 

Digital Tradition Folk Music Database
text, midi , abc, Pennywhistle notation and Dulcimer tab 

Songbook of the Harvard Celtic Society Website
 

Lyrics USA & Canada:
 
 

John Quincy Wolf Collection Ozark Folk Songs

folkarchive.de
text and background information of
early american songs, by Manfred Helfert

The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
traditional american songs  

The Great Canadian Tunebook
text, midi

Le Gramophone virtuel
Enregistrements historiques Canadiens 

The John and Ruby Lomax 1939
Southern States Recording Trip Collection
by US Library of Congress

Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections
by US Library of Congress

Lyrics to Traditional and Bluegrass Songs

Dutch Song Database
Nederlandse Liederenbank

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