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Meanings of old ballad in English

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Usage of old ballad in English
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The old ballad has taught us how to feel on these occasions:
The Prose Works of William Wordsworth / For the First Time Colle...
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He started off fresh on an old ballad that was his favorite.
The Godfather
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It takes the typical Anglo-Saxon gameness of Johnny Armstrong of the old ballad:
The Joyful Heart
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In an old ballad of that period occurs the following passage:-
Folk Lore / Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within...
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It so completely made out the stanza of the old ballad-
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
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She is as lovely and innocent as the heroine of the old ballad.
Kilmeny of the Orchard
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An old ballad written before the Reformation has for a refrain:
A Nonsense Anthology
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Thus runs a quaint old ballad which begins the next adventure.
Robin Hood
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We tried once an old ballad, but it was too long.
The Young Duke
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I know not whether, like the champion of an old ballad,-
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 1
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No old ballad writer would have used such a complicated concetto.
Literary and General Lectures and Essays
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Why is Miss Vesta so fond of the grim old ballad?
Melody : The Story of a Child
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In the words of an old ballad: He is known as Stefan the Little.
Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
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The story is told in the old ballad, as follows:
Women of the Romance Countries
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He sang an old ballad that I had never heard.
The Princess Passes
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Perrine sang an old ballad with her fresh young voice.
An Attic Philosopher in Paris — Volume 1
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