Welcome to Lesley Nelson' (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



I am going to work on some long overdue updates to the site. Given the number of pages and the age of the code, this may take some time.
My first thought was to take the site down completely as I work on it, but since the music and information is still available, I will do some lite maintenance first and work on the code as I can.

If you have questions, please go to the Introduction.


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

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

Songs of War

Songs of the Sea

Songs of Wastrels, Rascals,
Outlaws, Criminals, and Violence

Songs of America

Children's and Nonsense Songs

Other Pages on this Site

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