folk song

noun

a song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next, often existing in several versions, and marked generally by simple, modal melody and stanzaic, narrative verse.
a song of similar character written by a known composer.

folk song

noun

a song of which the music and text have been handed down by oral tradition among the common people
a modern song which employs or reflects the folk idiom

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Word History and Origins

Origin of folk song¹

First recorded in 1865–70

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As Elizabethan folk songs replaced Aldous' voice, Francis took a chrysanthemum and held it to Matthew's nose before scattering its petals across the sheepskin rug.

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There was obviously going to be much source music in the film: blues tunes, Irish folk songs, church music, all of it performed onscreen.

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Since then, it has been the subject of many films, books, plays and folk songs.

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She was also the subject of a traditional folk song, which tells the story of a fishmongers' daughter who sold cockles and mussels from a wheelbarrow.

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Price, in all black, made her ring walk first to a huge chorus of boos drowned out by Welsh folk song Yma o Hyd, which blared out of the sound system.

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folk society folksonomy

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