Hi there.
I want a script to download all the lyrics to all the mp3s in a directory.
Many things turn up with a web search, most of them being plug-in scripts for various music clients.
I read this page, which got me started:
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114259
It has been the closest match to that for which I'm looking.
Unfortunately it's kinda old. So I looked at the source code of ncmpcpp, a console MPD client that can retrieve lyrics. Here's where I am so far. Running this URL in a web browser:
http://lyrics.wikia.com/api.php?acti...h&song=amazing
produces this output:

-<LyricsResult>
<artist>Aerosmith</artist>
<song>Amazing</song>
<lyrics>I kept the right ones out
An[...]</lyrics>
<url>http://lyrics.wikia.com/Aerosmith:Amazing</url>
<page_namespace>0</page_namespace>
<page_id>6337</page_id>
<isOnTakedownList>1</isOnTakedownList>
</LyricsResult>

As you can see here in the <lyrics> tag only the first part of the lyrics of the song "Amazing" by Aerosmith show up in the result. I'm wondering at this point why it only shows some and not all of the lyrics. If I can whip this I can proceed with the rest as explained in
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114259
to which I referred earlier. If anybody can help with this I'd be most grateful because I have only a dial up internet connection and it's discouraging to start up the connection just for the lyrics to one or two songs. I've downloaded many already using the lyrics search feature I compiled ncmpcpp with. I feel pretty strongly many others are searching for ways to do this too, and not just dial up users -- mainly for convenience if you're using a laptop somewhere there is no internet connectivity. Thanks in advance.

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The problem is apparently with the site. Content owners are forcing severe restrictions on them:

http://lyrics.wikia.com/Help:FAQ

Thanks for the link, that explains a lot. Just my opinion here but I think music should be free. The artists make most of their money on concert tour ticket sales. If the lyrics to a song have to be licensed to post does that mean a person is committing a crime just singing a song in the grocery store?

Here's something strange. When I enter this in a web browser:
http://lyrics.wikia.com/api.php?acti...h&song=amazing
I only get partial lyrics. But when I go to the home page, lyrics.wikia.com and do a search for artist and lyrics I get them all.

Who knows? Maybe they have an agreement allowing it to be displayed directly in the site, but not through the api url.

In any case that site simply isn't reliable for your purposes and you'll have to find another source.

Okay then. Thanks very much. I'll start looking for alternative sites.

Bump. It's me again.
I just downloaded the latest source of ncmpcpp and compiled. It has lots better and more updated sources for lyrics and ways of retrieving. Unfortunately looking at the source code made me dizzy and I had to give up after a couple hours. But I'm going to get back to it soon and maybe I can contribute a script that will at least download lyrics for all songs in a directory (album).