Good collection of lyrics, even includes some traditional songs.

Site unobtainable. An archived page from 2012 can be seen at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20121228205523/http://www.123-lyrics.com/

(edited by Will Fly)

Online collection of lyrics, book transcripts, and whatnot. Includes the complete text of two Lomax books.

Mostly and SCA Sheet Music & Lyrics site, but has Medieval/Ren Sheet Music & Lyrics as well as a bunch of Traditional Sheet Music & Lyrics

These pages present images of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society's Axon Ballad collection, named after their collector, G.R. Axon. The collection consists of 132 sheets containing 280 ballads.

Not for the prudish
A lot of parodies as well as links to other sites

Does not have lyrics itself, but has suggestions for currently-available Broadway lyrics Websites.

A wonderful collection of lyrics for Cajun songs.

Lyrics from Ireland, Scotland, Great Britain as well Gaelic lyrics. Information about Irish Folk, music, musicians, Ireland, the Celts and much more.

Site unobtainable. An archived page from 2010 can be seen at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20101223233102/http://www.cantalibre.de/

(edited by Will Fly)

Good source of Irish lyrics. (link updated April 2009)

A really wonderful collection of lyrics for cowboy songs.

Cowpie is to Country what the Digital Tradition is to folk. Cowpie (COuntry and Western Pickers of the IntErnet) is a vast collection of Country lyrics.

This website serves as a vehicle to present the Canadian disaster songs that three academics have collected and are currently studying. We wanted to share our findings with a broader public but also invite a broader public to work with us in augmenting and correcting our collection. We welcome your input!

The ezFolk site is one of the most popular folk music resources on the Internet. Here you will find free MP3 hosting for folk and acoustic musicians, free tablature for guitar, banjo, ukulele, and harmonica, as well as over 3000 links to other web resources. In addition you will find some of the best prices anywhere on instruments, books, CDs, DVDs, and more!

Mostly singer-songwriter lyrics. Also a very good collection of folk links. the FolkBook site has been absorbed into FolkLib.net.

An interesting combination of information from the Digital Tradition and the Traditional Ballad Index. Webmaster is Casey Dwyer.

Lots of versions, and lots of verses.
(link updated April 2009)

Has all, or nearly all, of the lyrics to songs Hank Snow has recorded. (link updated April 2009)

formerly the Hash House Harrier Dirty Songbook. Need I say more?
-Joe Offer-

A large, Australia-based collection of Hebrew songs, along with Yiddish and Ladino lyrics.

Lyrics with tunes (midi files). Bawdy Broadsides, Songs of Newman Levy, Others (not yet classified). (link updated April 2009)

Histories of popular songs, 1950 to the present. Great information, and some fascinating song stories.

Site unobtainable. An archived page from 2015 can be seen at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20150429030321/http://history-of-songs.wikispaces.com

(edited by Will Fly)

A truly amazing collection of protest songs in many languages. "ilDeposito.org is a website that aims to be an archive of texts and music of political and social protest songs, songs that have always accompanied the struggle of the oppressed classes and the workers' movement, which represent a political and cultural heritage of fundamental value, to be preserved and revived. These songs contain and collect the tradition, the memory of the political and social struggles that have characterized history, in Italy but not only, with all the typical contradictions of the historical, political and cultural development of a society. From the French Revolution to the Risorgimento, passing through the anti- Piedmontese songs. From the anarchist and socialist anthems of the early 1900s to the songs of the Great War. From the first post-war period, to the songs of the Resistance, passing through the anti- fascist songs. And then the second post- war period, the reconstruction, the 'economic boom', the student and worker struggles of the late 1960s and 1970s. The reflux period and finally the present world and "globalization". Each period has had its songs, which are more than just soundtracks: they are real historical documents that allow us to enter the heart of events, passing through non-traditional channels." A large collection of songs from this Website are at https://www.ildeposito.org/sites/default/files/canzonieri/ilDeposito-Canzoniere-Completo-testi.pdf

A huge collection of jumprope chants. Once at University of West Florida, Pensacola; now at Mudcat with permission from the originator. Prior URL: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~skulikow/jrope3/jumprope.htm

Approximately 3,300 song broadsides are being preserved, scanned, and derivative images made.

World's largest collection of song lyrics by an individual songwriter.

An extensive collection of 19th Century songbooks, with lyrics transcribed. Sound recordings available for many songs.

A lot of lyrics from Maddys records inc Silly Sisters

A fascinating collection of recitations, monologues, and comic music hall songs.

Scans of some 350 broadsides.

This site contains lyrics, chords, tabs and specialized instruction on: general learning, practice strategy, rhythm, modes, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and bass.

Great number of lyrics of traditional and contemporary folksongs in English, with added information for many of them

A large collection of lyrics and other information.

Extensive collection of lyrics, mostly in Afrikaans.

Probably the best source for French lyrics.

This site has an easy to use index of titles and first lines of many Civil War song lyrics and poems. You will hear a midi of Jay Ungar's modern composition, "Ashokan Farewell", when you log on. There is a nice explanation of it at the bottom of the main page. Very nice site, easy to use and well laid out. (Link updated April, 2009). Not functioning Sept 2014, but you can get it at archive.org.

A good collection of the "standards" from the 30's to the 50's. It has moved around to different Web addresses, but it's still available (all I can get to is the home page in Sept 2014 -Joe Offer)

two sections:

• Lieder and Song Texts
• Classical MIDI with words

First-class research information on dozens of traditional songs. These articles are a monthly feature of INSIDE BLUEGRASS, the publication of the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association. They document links between bluegrass and old-time music and the traditional music of Appalachia, the British Isles, and elsewhere.

Everything you'd like to know about Robert Burns, including a vast collection of poems and song lyrics (look under 'resources'). Also see: World Burns Club

This entry to the site gives menus/indices for the songs by Country, Author, Category. Some of these are Robert Burns, Robert Tannahill, Christmas Songs, Hymns, Isaac Watts, Sea Songs, and many others.

A nice collection of rounds, with notation and MIDI files.

A nice selection of traditional German songs.

"SongMeanings is more than just a site with a bunch of lyrics, we're a community. You can comment on any song, add what you think the song is about, or what it means to you. In addition, you can submit your own lyrics. Our goal is to create the world's largest and most functional lyric site, period. We also have a community aspect with user profiles, message boards and more."

In the late 40s and early 50s Donagh MacDonagh hosted Ireland is Singing, a programme on Radio Eireann where the songs were sent in by the listeners. Here are about 300 of them. There are no tunes so if you fancy a song here you will have to fit a tune to it which is what they did on the radio programme.

Interesting collection of traditional songs, many of which are not found at Mudcat.

A nice collection of historic and other lyrics

This site is aiming to gather together and provide links to songs, old and new, which relate to British and Irish waterways. Lyrics are given with tunes and/or chords where possible. Contributions of missing tunes/chords would be most welcome. Small snippets of recordings are included to give a better idea of the songs' tunes and melodies. The recordings are mp3, mono, 128kbps files which will open for use by your usual media player in a new window. It should therefore be possible to listen to the song whilst looking at the words or music.

A nice collection of S.C. Foster lyrics, with MIDI files.

Find lyrics and chords for folk songs, discover their origins and listen to recordings of them. And you can also contribute to the archive yourself.

Lyrics and background information for twenty disaster songs, mostly traditional.

An Oberlin College Libraries & Sing Out! Collaboration

Reliable collection of lyrics, scripts, and lots more.

A great place to find chords for songs. Huge collection, well-indexed.

Only a links page is available just now, but it's a good one.

Formerly the Immortalia Website, this is a collection of bawdy songs and tales from a wide variety of sources.

on-line lyrics sorted by author (Anonymus wrote a lot of good songs) or time or title or first line

Songs and other folklore from the Vietnam War.

The National Library of Scotland's online collection of nearly 1,800 broadsides lets you see for yourself what 'the word on the street' was in Scotland between 1650 and 1910. Crime, politics, romance, emigration, humour, tragedy, royalty and superstitions - all these and more are here.

An outstanding collection of "old standards" lyrics. (Joe Offer)

A journey through Irish music and history. Large and well-documented collection of lyrics to Irish songs. Not working Sept 2014, but an archive page can be seen at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20141006185133/http://www.vincentpeters.nl/

(edited by Will Fly)

A heap of songs from the Ulster / Orange /Unionist /Loyalist traditions.
Not working Sept 2014, but can be traced through archive.org.

Songs, games, skits, and other camp resources - a wonderful collection.

At long last, the official Woody Guthrie Website has LYRICS!!!

A study of work songs and how they can be used and enjoyed. Includes a large collection of work song lyrics and links to online recordings.