Various genres

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

Lyrics various genres

The Folkinfo Song Database

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 

Melody Lane Folk Songs
private member website. You must register 
first to gain access to song pages
 

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 - Lieder aus allen Ländern
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.

Lauras Midi Heaven:
Folk & Traditional Songs from Around the World
midi

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, songs 
text, midi , abc, Pennywhistle notation and Dulcimer tab 

The Irish & Celtic Lyrics Pages

Songbook of the Harvard Celtic Society Website
 

Lyrics USA & Canada:
 
 

John Quincy Wolf Collection Ozark Folk Songs

History in Song
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 

Listen to Old Time Music from 78s
by honkingduck.com, ra 

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

Songs of the Labor Movement

Song Pages
 

Lyrics Austria and Germany
 

Deutschsprachiges Liederverzeichnis
German Language Song Index
by  Richard Kopp 
midi, text  

Das Alojado Liederarchiv

Deutsches Volksliedarchiv 

Meri's Italian Folk Singing Page

go to:
Trad & Folk Radio Links
Trad & Folk Music Links
Andreas' Radio Links
 
 

Contact:  Andreas Heising
last modified: 04-april-2010
 
 
 

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