Pete Seeger(+) on Jan. 18, 2009, during Barak Obama's inaugural opening ceremonies.
commons.wikipedia.org
 

Various genres

Countries, Regions
Songs,Lyrics France
Songs,Lyrics
Wallonia-Belgium

Songs,Lyrics E1ngland

Songs,Lyrics Ireland
Songs,Lyrics
US & Canada

Songs,Lyrics
Austria
& Germany
Songs,Lyrics
The Netherlands
& Flanders-Belgium

Italy: Popular & Traditional Songs



see also:
Trad & Folk Music Links


 


Andreas' 
Songs &  Ballads
Link List
traditional songs, folk songs and ballads link list
 
On this website I collected links containing traditional songs, folk songs and ballads from Germany, France, England, Britany, Ireland, Scotland as well as from North America and other regions.  ah  

established in January 2004
last revised: September 2023




recommended:
La Fête du chant traditionnel
à Bovel (France, 35)
Youtube

 


   

Songs, Lyrics
various genres


Wikitrad
in French


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.



Shanties and Sea Songs
by Andrew Draskóy

Folksongs of the world
by Frank Petersohn, CDN


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Countries, Regions


 

Lyrics France & French Song
 

Favourite songs of Sylvain Piron
on his website Trad France

Le Chant traditionnel
by / par Annick Bideault

Chants populaires français

French Folksongs / Volkslieder aus Frankreich
by  Richard Kopp 

Wikitrad
Wikitrad songs on Soundcloud


Dastum
Songs and music from Britanny



Songs collected by Dastum 44
Center for oral heritage of the Loire-Atlantique department, France; field recordings
primarily dance songs
Collection on Soundcloud  Dastum 44 Blog




Répertoire d'airs traditionnels
"les Épinettes des Vosges"
maintained by
Christophe Toussaint


La Bourrée
about 100 dance and song tunes collected in
Joseph Canteloube's book "La Bourrée"
published in 1929
abc-transcription by Steve Mansfield
pdf-file with index created from the
abc-tunebook 
  by Chuck Boody
on apem.com (french)




Oral Heritage Portal, France
Collective catalogue of sound and moving images archives on oral tradition in France

Le Réseau Chant Gallo


La Fête du chant traditionnel
à Bovel (35)
Youtube


CERDO - Centre d’Etudes, de Recherche et de Documentation sur l’Oralité
Poitou-Charentes and Vendée
field recordings


Chansons traditionnelles française
youtube compilation, 116 songs




Songs, Lyrics Wallonia - Belgium


Projet Melchior
Resources for traditional music in Wallonia
Ressources pour les musiques de tradition en Wallonie



Songs, Lyrics England:
  

English Language Songs
youtube compilation





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Songs, Lyrics Ireland:  
 
 

Celtic Lyrics
text

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

A Bard's Celtic Lyric Directory
74 Popular Lyrics, Chords, MP3s,

with Background & some Tab -
The Brobdingnagian Bards




Songs, Lyrics USA & Canada:
 

The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
traditional american songs  

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

America singing
nineteenth century song sheets
US Library of Congress


MacEdward Leach and the Songs
of Atlantic Canada

Memorial University of Newfoundland



The ToneWay Mountain Music Collection






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Songs, Lyrics Austria and Germany
 

Historical-critical song-lexicon
of the german song-archive in Freiburg


Historisch-kritisches Liederlexikon des deutschen Liedarchivs in Freiburg


Field Recordings of the German
Song Archive in Freiburg
-
hosted at the Online Public Access Catalogue
(Music - OPAC) of the "Bibliotheksservice-
Zentrum Baden-Wuerttemberg" (BSZ) 


German Folk Song Archive
of Michael Zachcial, Bremen


Folk Songs and Political Songs -
Youtube compilation, songs primarily
in German and regional German languages


Deutschsprachiges Liederverzeichnis
German Language Song Index

by  Richard Kopp 


Das Liederarchiv - The Folk Song Archive



Deutsches Lied - The German Folk Song
www.deutscheslied.com



The Folk Song and Tune Archive
of Westphalia-Lippe

hosted by the Folk-Cultural Commission of the
Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe;
tunes from the region and folk songs, partially
in the old Low-German Westphalian language.
More than 16,000 data-sets of field-recordings,
sheet music and notices; in German

Volkslied- und Tonarchiv der
Region Westfalen-Lippe
von der Volkskundlichen Kommission des Landschaftsverbandes
Westfalen-Lippe; Musik und Volkslieder, teilweise in der alten
niederdeutschen, westfaelischen Sprache. Mehr als 16.000
Datensaetze mit Feldaudfnahmen, Notenbblaettern und
Aufzeichnungen.










Songs, Lyrics
The Netherlands & Flanders



Dutch Song Database
Nederlandse Liederenbank


Dutch Language Songs
youtube compilation






Popular and Traditional Songs
Italy

Canzone Italiana 1900 - 2000
Tradizioni Popolari







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see also:
Trad & Folk Music Links


 
 


Contact: 
Andreas Heising
Cologne, Germany


last revised: September 2023
 
 

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