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This lyrics category lists sites which are solely dedicated to folk and traditional lyrics, or have at least a substantial number of folk lyrics posted.

Subcategories

• English Traditional
• Filk
• Ghazals
• Scottish Traditional
• Sea Shanties

Resources in This Category

• A Bard's Celtic Lyric Directory

  http://www.thebards.net/music/
  List of traditional Irish and Scottish lyrics, chords, CDs and downloadable MP3s. Free monthly newsletter for more free MP3s.

• A Traditional Music Library

  http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/
  Includes traditional music in songbooks, MIDI files, and sheet music, with lyrics.

• Alan Sim's Traditional Lyrics

  http://www.alansim.com/
  A collection of traditional lyrics separated by country of origin, including some midi files.

• Australian Folk Songs

  http://folkstream.com/
  Collection of traditional and bush songs with words, music and information about each song.

• Celtic Lyrics Corner

  http://www.celticlyricscorner.net/
  Includes lyrics and translations for several contemporary Celtic artists and groups.

• Digital Tradition Folk Song Database

  http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
  Mudcat discussion forums and information about how to download your own copy of the database.

• Francis J. Child Ballads

  http://www.childballads.com/
  Includes a biography, list of ballads, lyrics, tune information, MIDI files and links.

• Hawaiian Chants: Mele of Antiquity

  http://www.coffeetimes.com/sept97.htm
  A study of the chant texts of the ancient Hawaiians.

• Ingeb

  http://ingeb.org/
  Text and tunes in 50 languages, and many notes.

• Irish Songs Lyrics With Guitar Chords By Martin Dardis

  http://www.martindardis.com/
  A collection of Irish folk songs and ballads, with guitar chords.

• Liverpool Lyrics

  http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gerry.jones/lpllyrics1.html
  Small collection of lyrics to folk songs from or about Liverpool, England.

• Lyrics and Free Song Lyrics

  http://scottishparodies.tripod.com/lyricsandfreesonglyrics/
  Small collection of lyrics to traditional Scottish songs.

• Middle English Lyrics: Texts

  http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/mltexts.htm
  A selection of lyrics from middle English from Luminarium.

• Poets' Corner

  http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/poemtrad.html
  Index to traditional poems, songs, and ballads from the British Isles, Ireland, America, and the Native Americas.

• Quechua Songs

  http://www.andes.org/songs.html
  Includes the lyrics in Quechua, along with their English and Spanish translations.

• Sicilian Folklore

  http://dieli.net/SicilyPage/Folksongs/folkmusic.html
  Lyrics, musical samples and information on some Sicilian folk songs.

• Spike's Music Collection

  http://spikesmusic.spike-jamie.com/folk/folkindex.html
  Folk song sheets in .pdf format, so they can be printed and used by musicians or singers.

• The Celtic Lyrics Collection

  http://celtic-lyrics.com/
  A searchable collection of modern and traditional Celtic song lyrics, with the author credited where known.

• The Children's Music Archive

  http://judyanddavid.com/cma.html
  Lyrics to new and traditional children's songs, some with sound clips, and actions.

• Union Songs

  http://unionsong.com/
  A collection of lyrics to songs concerning the struggles of workers, repressed peoples, and the unions.

Related Categories

• Home > Arts > Literature > World Literature > British > Ballads and Broadsides
• Home > Arts > Music > Styles > F > Folk
• Home > Arts > Music > Styles > R > Regional and Ethnic > Celtic
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