Crossword clues for folk song
folk song
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.]
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(Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.
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People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
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The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well. [Colloq. New Eng.]
--Bartlett.Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the common people.
Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.
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.
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]
Wikipedia
Folk song or Folksong or Folksongs refers to a song in the traditional or contemporary folk music genre
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.