folk song
noun
: a traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody
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Cannabis Karaoke – Nothing beats belting out Irish folk songs after a good high.
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Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
At Del’s birthday party, another folk song was unearthed, this one about a witch dying in 1816.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 31 Jan. 2025
This includes folk songs, spirituals and music from the stage and screen.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
There are references to a 16th-century Venetian playwright, an old American folk song, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
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Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
At Del’s birthday party, another folk song was unearthed, this one about a witch dying in 1816.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 31 Jan. 2025
This includes folk songs, spirituals and music from the stage and screen.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
There are references to a 16th-century Venetian playwright, an old American folk song, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for folk song
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20song. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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