Jukebox Fanworks Exchange

Blanket content warning for folk ballad-typical mentions of incest, death, rape, and general disturbing content. On the Bus Mall is also more or less about underage survival sex work.

Song: On the Bus Mall - The Decemberists (Song)
Link (YouTube, etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbKN7OrqTxQ
Lyrics link: https://genius.com/The-decemberists-on-the-bus-mall-lyrics

Song: Sheath and Knife - Ellie Bryan (Song)
Link (YouTube, etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJys-jWgtGU
Lyrics link: I couldn't find the exact lyrics for this particular version, but the Mainly Norfolk page with alternate versions is here: https://mainlynorfolk.info/tony.rose/songs/sheathandknife.html

Song: Les oiseaux volaient à l'envers - Jean-Michel Caradec (Song)
Link (YouTube, etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgebYOe2WgM
Lyrics link: French lyrics here: https://www.paroles-musique.com/eng/Jean-Michel_Caradec-Les_Oiseaux_Volaient_a_Lenvers-lyrics,p60017 and my English translation of them here: https://reine-des-corbeaux.dreamwidth.org/5673.html)

Song: Clyde Waters - Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer (Song)
Link (YouTube, etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YSqJN_MAQw
Lyrics link: Here for this version: https://genius.com/Anais-mitchell-clyde-waters-child-216-lyrics, Mainly Norfolk version comparisons here: https://mainlynorfolk.info/nic.jones/songs/thedrownedlovers.html

Song: La fille damnée - Cécile Corbel (Music Video)
Link (YouTube, etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCXFC1pmnc
Lyrics link: French lyrics & translations both here (versions 1 & 2 are good, especially if you sort of... smash them together, but 3 is largely incomprehensible MTL word salad and is best ignored): https://lyricstranslate.com/en/la-fille-damn%C3%A9e-damned-girl.html-1#songtranslation, my alternate translation here: https://reine-des-corbeaux.dreamwidth.org/5673.html

Song: Erl King - Ghost Bees (Song)
Link (YouTube, etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3qhn8NSZY
Lyrics link: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858736216/

Song: Wild Creatures- Neko Case (Song)
Link (YouTube, etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxQ3NNE5Ug4
Lyrics link: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nekocase/wildcreatures.html