Making A List Of Files In A Folder

Is there a way to make a list of all the files and folders within a root folder? I have thousands of pictures of record label scans in folders by artist name. I'd like to compile a list of some sort of all the folder names and the file names. I tried doing a snapshot of the screen and/or window but it only shows what you see on the monitor not what you would normally need to scroll down to see, which is not many at all. Can anyone please help?? Thanks.

Hi sjaakad,
I second eww's thank-you for that tip! I saw eww's reply mentioning TextWrangler and having a little free time for tinkering I downloaded it and tried your suggestion:
The simplest way is to drag a folder symbol from the Finder into a new BBEdit window
That's neat stuff! I'm sure I'll find uses for this in the future....thanks again,
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