Other Song Sources

If the Ballad Index does not offer the information you want about a particular song, here are some other places you can look on the Internet.

• The Digital Tradition -- an online collection of songs and song texts. http://www.mudcat.org/
• The newsgroup rec.music.folk offers discussions about both traditional and contemporary folk, and people there will often answer questions to the best of their ability.
• The newsgroup rec.music.country.old-time deal specifically with old-time country (Appalachian stringband) music.
• The Historic American Sheet Music site at Duke University offers many examples of nineteenth century sheet music.
• The Songfinder at Sing Out magazine searches out information on obscure folk songs.
• Smithsonian Folkways offers access to one of the largest libraries of recorded folk music available.
• The Library of Congress probably contains information about the song you want (if you can find it).

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