Roud Folk Song Index

The Roud Folk Song Index is like a big library where people keep track of all the old songs that people used to sing a long time ago. It's like a big book with a bunch of numbers that help us find these songs easily.

Each song is like a puzzle piece that we try to fit into the right spot, and the Roud Index helps us do that by giving each song a special number.

Imagine you have a bunch of different toys with you, but you need to put them all back in their proper boxes. You might label each toy with a different number so you can always find them again. That's exactly what the Roud Index does with old songs!

So, next time somebody asks you to sing an old folk song, you can look it up in the Roud Index using its special number and find all the information you need!