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.
Other Song Indices
Steve Roud's Folk Song Index, available at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, is the other major song catalog on the Internet, and the Ballad Index cites Roud numbers.
Jane Keefer's Folk Music - An Index to Recorded Resources includes an extensive collection of recordings, both from traditional singers and modern pop performers.
Hymnary.org, source notes, author notes, versions of hymns and religious songs (mostly American). Not all the source information is accurate, but it is usually much better than individual hymnals.
Broadsides
You can find broadside prints at the following sites (among others):
Miscellaneous Sources
- The Digital Tradition -- an online collection of songs and song texts.
http://www.mudcat.org/. Mudcat.org is also a folk music community where users can ask questions and contribute information, so it is a good place to find out more about songs.
- Smithsonian Folkways
offers access to one of the largest libraries of recorded folk music
available.
- The Library of
Congress probably contains information about almost any old pop
song you want (if you can find it).
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