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Ingeb
Text and tunes in 50 languages, and many notes.
http://ingeb.org/
Roots of Folk
Extensive indices to traditional songs and tunes, as well as links, compiled by Bruce Olson.
http://users.erols.com/olsonw/
Contemplator
Traditional tunes from 1600 to 1900. With lyrics, Midi, origins of the songs and information on the events described in the Songs.
http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html
Australian Folk Songs
Collection of traditional Australian folk songs with lyrics, notation, and MIDI files.
http://crixa.com/muse/songnet/
Middle English Lyrics: Texts
A selection of lyrics from middle English from Luminarium.
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/mltexts.htm
Donegal Danny's Irish Folk Songs Archive
A personal collection of lyrics to traditional Irish songs.
http://home.t-online.de/home/Donegal-Danny/lyricsfr.htm
O'Shaughnessy
Alphabetically sorted collection of lyrics to Irish folk songs.
http://www.irishsongs.com/archive.asp
Traditional Irish Lyrics
Collection of lyrics to Irish folk songs, sorted alphabetically.
http://taleisin.tech-mad.org/trad/trad.html
Hawaiian Chants: Mele of Antiquity
A study of the chant texts of the ancient Hawaiians.
http://www.coffeetimes.com/sept97.htm
Quechua Songs
Includes the lyrics in Quechua, along with their English and Spanish translations.
http://www.andes.org/songs.html
Irish Rebel Songs
Includes lyrics and guitar chords for Irish Republican folk songs.
http://www.irish-rebel-songs.com/
Celtic Lyrics Corner
Includes lyrics and translations for several contemporary Celtic artists and groups.
http://www.geocities.com/celticlyricscorner/
Irish Folk Song Lyrics Archive
A collection of lyrics for Irish folk songs, stored in text format.
http://www.iol.ie/~jcorb/irishlyrics/
Irish Songs And Traditional Music
Lyrics collection for many Irish folk songs.
http://m.nu/eirinn/ceol/
The Celtic Lyrics Collection
A searchable collection of modern and traditional Celtic song lyrics, with the author credited where known.
http://celtic-lyrics.com/
SCA Song Database
A collection of lyrics to songs sung by campfires in the Society for Creative Anachronism.
http://www.badzilla.net/~topeju/sca/songs/
Spike's Music Collection
Folk song sheets in .pdf format, so they can be printed and used by musicians or singers.
http://spikesmusic.spike-jamie.com/folk/folkindex.html
The Irish Lyrics And Chords Archive
Contains lyrics and chords to many Irish folk songs.
http://www.jens-nicolaus.de/
Fierce Flawless
Brenda Weiler and Zara Iris lyrics.
http://www.fierceflawless.com/
Sicilian Folklore
Lyrics, musical samples and information on some Sicilian folk songs.
http://dieli.net/SicilyPage/Folksongs/folkmusic.html
Dardo Guitar Chords Irish Songs
First verses of popular Irish songs showing guitar chords.
http://www.expage.com/gobshites
The Ballad of Natalie & New York City
Complete original lyrics to the Eric Norcross folk song "The Ballad of Natalie & New York City."
http://www.geocities.com/ericnorcross/natalieandNYC.html
Francis J. Child Ballads
Includes a biography, list of ballads, lyrics, tune information, MIDI files and links.
http://www.childballads.com/
A Big Bag Of Songs
Includes American folk, blues and gospel lyrics, with some very rare songs.
http://home.t-online.de/home/alexx/index.htm
Poets' Corner
Index to traditional poems, songs, and ballads from the British Isles, Ireland, America, and the Native Americas.
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/poemtrad.html
A Bard's Celtic Lyric Directory
List of traditional Irish and Scottish lyrics, chords, CDs and downloadable MP3s. Free monthly newsletter for more free MP3s.
http://www.TheBards.net/music/
Irish Folk Songs
A searchable directory of lyrics for popular traditional Irish songs.
http://www.cs.hut.fi/~zaphod/irish/
Celtic and Scottish Songs
Collection of Scottish folk lyrics, some with accompanying audio files to download.
http://www.incallander.co.uk/scottishsongs.htm
Lyrics and Free Song Lyrics
Small collection of lyrics to traditional Scottish songs.
http://scottishparodies.tripod.com/lyricsandfreesonglyrics/
The Children's Music Archive
Lyrics to new and traditional children's songs, some with sound clips, and actions.
http://judyanddavid.com/cma.html
The Songs of Woody Guthrie
Collection of lyrics, sorted in recorded order.
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/guthrie.html
A Traditional Music Library
Includes traditional music in songbooks, MIDI files, and sheet music, with lyrics.
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/
Cantaria
Library of traditional folk songs of Western Europe. Many are from late medieval and renaissance period styles.
http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/
Liverpool Lyrics
Small collection of lyrics to folk songs from or about Liverpool, England.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gerry.jones/lpllyrics1.html
Digital Tradition Folk Song Database
Mudcat discussion forums and information about how to download your own copy of the database.
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
Amhrán Gaelach
A collection of Irish Language song texts in the original Gaelic.
http://www.webcom.com/~liam/gaelsong/song.html
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