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

Various genres

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



see also:
Trad & Folk-Radio Links
Trad & Folk Music Links

Andreas' Radio Links

 


Andreas' 
Songs &  Ballads
Link List
folk songs, lyrics and ballads link list
 
On this website I collected links containing traditional songs, folksongs and ballads from Germany, France, England, Britanny, Ireland, Scotland as well as from North America and other regions.  ah   11-Jan-2004
 


   

Lyrics various genres




Wikitrad
French
 

Lyric Wiki
Irish


Mountain Music for everyone
American

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

French Folksongs
by  Richard Kopp, midi, text 

Wikitrad

Panorama - Histoire des collectes

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

Christophe Toussaint

Le Parolier

 


Lyrics England:

  

The Yorkshire Garland Group
Folksongs collected in Yorkshire, mp3

Steeleye Span Lyrics



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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
 

A Bard's Celtic Lyric Directory
74 Popular Lyrics, Chords, MP3s,
with Background & some Tab -
The Brobdingnagian Bards




 

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 


Bibliothèque Nationale du Quebec
Enregistrements sonores


The John and Ruby Lomax 1939

Southern States Recording Trip Collection
by US Library of Congress


American Ballads & Folk Songs

Complete Text, Lyrics & Sheet Music; collected and compiled by
John A. Lomax
hosted on traditionalmusik.co.uk  


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 



Wisconsin Folksong Collection, 1937-1946



Mills Music Library Special Collections

part of  the Wisconsin Folksong Collection


Mountain Music for ereryone - songs



ezFolk
-Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics




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Lyrics The Netherlands
and Flanders


The Antwerps Songbook
Het Antwerps Liedboek

Dutch Song Database
Nederlandse Liederenbank


Volksmuziek in de Kempen /
Het Brabants Volksliedarchief




 

Lyrics Austria and Germany
 

Deutschsprachiges Liederverzeichnis
German Language Song Index

by  Richard Kopp midi, text


Das Alojado Liederarchiv


Deutsches Volksliedarchiv 
 




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Many thanks for a link to
Andreas' Songs & Ballads
Link List to:

Country Dance and Song Society




go to:
Trad & Folk Radio Links
Trad & Folk Music Links
Andreas' Radio Links
 
 
Contact:  Andreas Heising
last modified: 28-january-2013
 

 

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