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Les in Chorlton Where do we get songs from? (52* d) RE: Where do we get songs from? 07 Jan 14


Hi Folks, I am re-posting this because it really is an amazing resource and people don't always read early posts.

Here is a list of Internet Sites that I made recently for another purpose.

Tim Radford

INTERNET Song Collections and web sites.
Max Hunter Folk Song Collection - Arkansas
       http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/
Alan Lomax Recordings
       http://research.culturalequity.org/home-audio.jsp
Andy Turner's - Folk Song a Week
       http://afolksongaweek.wordpress.com/
Wolf Folklore Collection - Ozark Folk Songs
       http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/ozarks.htm
Inishowen Songs Project (Ireland)
       http://www.itma.ie/inishowen/songs/a
British Library - Sounds
       http://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/
Jon Boden's - Folk Song a Day
       http://www.afolksongaday.com/
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - Full English web site
       http://www.vwml.org.uk/vwml-home
EFDSS - Take Six Archive
       http://library.efdss.org/archives/
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads
       http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ballads/ballads.htm
Wiltshire County - Alfred Williams Collection
       http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/folk_search.php
Shanties and Sailors Songs
       http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/shanty.html
A Treasury of Christmas Carols
       http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/index.htm
The Folklorist (Song Web site)
       http://trad.appspot.com/
Inishowen Traditional Singer Circle
       http://www.inishowensinging.ie/listen.html
The Ballad Index
       http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladIndexTOC.html
Christmas Carol Lyrics
       http://www.lyricsondemand.com/christmascarols/0/index.html
English Broadside Ballad Index
       http://emc.english.ucsb.edu/ballad_project/index.asp
Anitra Sings Sea Chanteys: History, Background, Lyrics and Tunes
       http://www.anitra.net/chanteys/index.html#intro
The Yorkshire Garland Group = Yorkshire Folk Songs
       http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/
Life and Remains of John Clare (Northampton Poet & Collector)
       http://www.munseys.com/disktwo/lfrem.htm#1_1_129
Yet Another Digital Tradition Page
       http://sniff.numachi.com/
Music Hall Songs
       http://www.trasksdad.com/MusicHall/MusicHall.html

The Child Ballad Collection
       http://members.chello.nl/r.vandijk2/
Songs of The Sea
       http://www.contemplator.com/sea/index.html
The Alfred Williams Heritage Society
       http://www.alfredwilliams.org.uk/
The James Madison Carpenter Collection Onlne Catalogue
       http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/carpenter/
Shanties of The Seven Seas and Beyond -
       http://www.youtube.com/user/hultonclint
Musical Traditions Magazine
       http:///www.mustrad.org.uk/
Mudcat Forum and Access to Digital Tradition
       http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
Tony Barrand's Morris, Sword & Clog videos
       http://www.bu.deu/dbin/dance/
SoundCloud - Share your Sounds (search by name or genre)
       http://soundcloud.com
Shanty Wiki (Bob Walser - in development)
       http://bobwalser.com/shantywiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage

Very big thanks to Tim Radford:


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