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Traditional ballad
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folk song
Word definitions for folk song in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A song originating among the working people of urban and rural areas, and handed down by oral tradition. 2 A song in this style which may have been written in recent times.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Folk \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl. [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.] (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Folk song or Folksong or Folksongs refers to a song in the traditional or contemporary folk music genre
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture [syn: folksong , folk ballad ]
Usage examples of folk song.
This he sprinkled in a wide circle, all the while singing an old Rashemaar folk song he'd coaxed from the ghost of a slain berserker.
Then it was the Fool's turn, and he humored us with a ribald folk song about courting a milkmaid.
Her voice was good, but not spectacular, and the fact that she sang an old folk song did not help.