Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales & America

Welcome to Lesley Nelson-Burns' (aka the Contemplator)'s Folk Music Site.
Folk and Traditional Music and Popular Songs, with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information and History
behind the folksongs and ballads. Irish, British and American Folk Music
including Francis J. Child Ballads and Sea Shanties.

The background music is Spanish Ladies
Sequenced by Lesley Nelson-Burns




Please be aware that the background midi music controller will not work in Internet Explorer, you will have to download the file in order for it to play. The controller does work in Chrome, Firefox and Opera. I am working on fixing the code, but it will take some time to fix all of the pages. In the meantime, it may be an adventure as some may work and some may not, but you can always download the file from the song page.



If you wish to use any of these tunes in an archive or on a webpage
READ THIS.

If you have questions, please go to the Introduction.

There is a Framed Version with all of the songs listed on the right frame by subject for easy browsing.

Other Pages on this Site

Folk Music Files

If you are looking for a particular folksong, the fastest way to find it is to use the Search Engine


Lesley's Favorites

Songs Sorted By Country

Flute and Piano Players




Lovers by Gate


Songs of Love: Part One
True Love, Sad and Tragic Love

Songs of Love: Part Two
False Love, Unrequited Love
and Battle of the Sexes

Lullabies, Sad Songs,
Songs of Home, and of
Melancholy and Nostalgia



Songs of the Countryside,
Country Life and Common Folk




waving Farewell


war



Songs of War

Songs of the Sea

Sailing Ship



Drinking

Songs of Wastrels, Rascals,
Outlaws, Criminals and Violence

Songs of America



American Homestead


Musicians


Children's and Nonsense Songs

Folk Music Links

Folk Music Resources

Because of the many requests I receive for information on songbooks and other resources I have become an Amazon Associate (that's the book store type Amazon...) For resources click below to check out

The Contemplator's Folk Music and Carolan Resource Center

The Contemplator's Folk Music Site was established in March 1996