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Meanings of folk ballad in English
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cançó tradicional Anonymous ballad passed along orally from generation to generation, often undergoing many changes.
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Examples for "popular ballad"
Examples for "popular ballad"
1
One of these, Shane O'Neil, has been celebrated in many a popular ballad.
2
This scrap of history is recorded in a popular ballad.
3
The music was that of a popular ballad, and the verses were of rude manufacture.
4
What modern poems suggest the old popular ballad?
5
He bore a great reputation for conviviality, and wrote a humorous Latin version of the popular ballad-
Usage of folk ballad in English
1
The link between poetry and song, and especially between folk ballad and written poem, is unbroken.
2
The Hill Country Corporate Choir recorded it a few years ago as part of their folk ballad series.
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A rich version of "John Henry," the archetypal American folk ballad, stands out in that genre.
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Richard Dawson opens his short, early-evening show at Rough Trade East with a traditional folk ballad, The Cruel Ship's Carpenter.
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Transcript Something that we're very inspired by are traditional and classic folk songs and folk ballads.
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Expect excellent insightful (if slightly abstract) confessional songs as well as some Appalachian folk ballads.
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As always, his tenuous voice is well-suited to these meandering folk ballads, whether they're weary guitar paeans (O!
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After that, Antonin Dvorak's fairy-tale tone-poem The Golden Spinning Wheel, which was inspired by the verse found in a collection of folk ballads, is performed.