Words & Music

Listed here are websites that offer words and music for traditional songs and tunes.

We neither endorse by inclusion nor condemn by exclusion - if we're missing someone, or you find a broken link, please send us email.

Australian Folk Songs
DigiTrad - Words to 5,000+ songs, many with music
Fiddler's Companion - encyclopedia of fiddle tunes from the Celtic, British and American traditions
Heritage Muse - digital editions of important folk music texts, including The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child.
Immortalia.com - bawdy songs. You have been warned!
Irish Songs, music, lyrics, and MIDIs
Irish Traditional Music Tune Index. Alan Ng's Tunography
Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
Mountainfolk - 60+ hrs of folk, bluegrass, etc.
Richard Robinson's Tunebook
Sacred Harp Singers
Sacred Harp Reference Available. A Lexical Companion to the Hymns of the Sacred Harp, by Lee Bradley (2005), The book contains explanations of over 330 words and phrases selected from the 1991 Revision and the Cooper book (2000) and also a preface by Buell Cobb. The book may be purchased by mail for US$15 (includes S&H) from the author: Lee Bradley, 602 West Park Avenue, Valdosta, GA 31602-2805 Proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Joe Beasley Memorial Foundation, Inc. See www.valdosta.edu/scolt/lexicon and Joe Beasley Memorial Foundation.
Taylor's Traditional Tunebook