Meanings of folksong in English

So I sang the Russian folksong I learned in elementary school:

This simple way of ending a poem Heine has in common with the folksong.

Heine gave it its final form, in which it has practically become a folksong.

This is not the only instance of Dylan performing an Irish folksong on the island.

Father wants to hear that Devon folksong you're learning.

Perhaps especially Edelweiss, a tune that really does sound as if it is an authentic folksong.

Booth sings his folksong arrangements, which include material he collected himself, with an appealing girlish freshness.

Whose name became synonymous with American folksong.

By using the Dorian modes as heard in ancient Finnish folksong Sibelius creates a palette that sounds paradoxically new.

But through all this recontextualising of folksong, Alt J simultaneously manage a pretty good impression of a post-Radiohead, post-rock band.

A song like 'Right Down To The Heart Of London' has a tune that might have its origins in Scots-Irish folksong.

On their latest album traditional English folksong dissolves in a solution of Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Benjamin Britten and Robert Wyatt.

A fellow folklorist once said that she discovered at first hand why Edith was so successful in her folksong collecting and field work.

In its beautiful simplicity this song has become a folksong, Since it presents many metrical irregularities, the following scansion may be found useful.

Humble people had folksongs and instruments like the pipe and tabor for dancing.

Hymn tunes that started life as folksongs feature in today's programme.