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

If you wish to use any of these tunes in an archive or on a webpage READ THIS.
There is a Framed Version which provides faster load time because there are no graphics.
If you have questions, please go to the Introduction.

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


Turlough O'Carolan and his Music

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
The links on this site were checked on June 18, 2009 and corrections were completed on June 24.