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

Welcome to Lesley Nelson's (aka the Contemplator)'s Folk Music Site.

Traditional Music and Popular Songs,
with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information, and
History behind the Music

I am in the process of a long overdue update of these pages. The music on all of the pages now plays.
Updated pages (noted with an asterix) have a control. If you right click on the control you can loop or download the music.
Other pages have a linkt to play/download the music. The music will open in a separate window to play where you can also download the music.

Pages on this site include:

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

Francis J. Child Ballads

Popular Songs in American History

Songs of the Sea

Turlough O'Carolan

Taylor's Traditional Tunebook


and not music, but the Contemplations - which were the beginnings of this site.
Contemplations on Life

http://www.contemplator.com
http://www.childballads.com