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folk ballad

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Noun1.folk balladfolk ballad - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
folk song, folksong
song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
blues - a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
fado - a sad Portuguese folksong
ethnic music, folk music, folk - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community


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The songs - old country and bluegrass numbers, folk ballads and traditional Celtic songs, along with a few original adaptations - had been with them their whole lives, and you can sense how much they love them through the sheer pleasure of their playing.
SOUND CHECK by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Barbara Allen," the apotheosis of mountain folk ballads, receives no less than three different renditions in Maggie Greenwald's Songcatcher.
Songcatcher by Stuart, Jan / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Willard's thirteen diner-inspired poems are airy, pitch-perfect absurdities with dancing rhythms that recall, among other familiar favorites, Mother Goose, folk ballads, limericks, "The Owl and the Pussycat," and the blues.
The Moon & Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Cafe by J.R.L. / The Horn Book Magazine
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