Balladry on the Web

The Digital Tradition Folksong Database contains over 6000 folksong lyrics, many of them ballads or descendants of ballads.
Pre-1600s English Ballads is a page devoted to preserving and disseminating period ballads and research thereon over the web. A must see!
Irish Ballads-Lyrics and Chords. This site also contains RealAudio and Midi files of Irish music, songs and tunes.
The SCA Minstrel Page. Info on period music, SCA music, ballads, filking, interesting links, etc.
Ashanti Ballads--An african ballad tradition.