Re: Lyric Websites wanted

Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:27:35 -0500
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On 08 Mar 2003 01:21:26 GMT, email-address-deleted (MarkWGPSU) wrote:
>I'm looking for websites that have American folk song and pop songs from the
>20's and 30's lyrics. I'm putting together lyric sheets for nursing phome
>performances. And I don't look forward to retyping from SongOut! songbook, old
>Folksing book, etc. There has to be an easier way. The time I save not typing I
>could use playing music. Any help anyone?
>
>Good Night Irene
>
A site that concentrates of these? (40's & 50's I think) Maybe "Campfire
Song Book" (S Afr Scouting) at http://www.scouting.org.za/songs/title.html
or Kididdles http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/alpha.html has a good
selection of "family" songs.
Or if you want to browse by title, try the older mirror of Digital
Tradition Folk Music Database http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
Or do a Google search on the song title. (I think using " " helps)
I don't know any online digital collection of "family" songs from the 20's
& 30's. There are a number of sites that use graphic reproductions -
Library of Congress, especially, but that won't help you so much.
Please consider a few good songs involving sex, death, mayhem, political
protest, etc. Your listeners may be old but not necessarily feeble.
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