The primary function of the Roud Folk Song Index is as a research aid correlating versions of traditional English-language folk song lyrics independently documented over past centuries by many different collectors across (especially) the UK and North America.

The index is a database of nearly 200,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs that have been collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud, a former librarian in the London Borough of Croydon.

The Folk Song Index is an online database designed to help people find English-language traditional folk songs from all over the world. Songs and evidence of singing can be found in a wide variety of sources, e.g. books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts, field recordings, published sound recordings, and online resources, and all of these are ...

2024年6月23日 · "The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud. Roud's Index is a combination of the Broadside Index (printed sources before 1900) and a "field-recording index" compiled by Roud.

De Roud Folk Song Index is een database met ongeveer 250.000 verwijzingen naar bijna 25.000 Engelstalige volksliedjes, liedjes die wereldwijd verzameld zijn via mondelinge overlevering.

Steve Roud (/ r aʊ d /; born 1949) [1] is the creator of the Roud Folk Song Index and an expert on folklore and superstition. He was formerly Local Studies Librarian for the London Borough of Croydon and Honorary Librarian of the Folklore Society .

Roud Folk Song Indeks er ein database med kring 250 000 referansar til nesten 25 000 songar som vert inn samla frå munnleg tradisjon innan den engelsktalande verda. Han er kompilert av Steve Roud, ein tidlegare bibliotekar frå Croydon i London .

This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index number; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some publishers have added Roud numbers to books and liner notes, as has also been done with Child Ballad numbers and Laws numbers.

The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud. Roud's Index is a combination of the Broadside Index (printed sources before 1900) and a "field-recording index" compiled by Roud.

Folk Song Index. Designed primarily as a finding-aid for traditional folk songs, which has three functions: Location of items, telling the user where a song can be found; Identification of items: using Roud number and keywords, to identify and differentiate songs,