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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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of folk song1
Example Sentences
There was obviously going to be much source music in the film: blues tunes, Irish folk songs, church music, all of it performed onscreen.
Since then, it has been the subject of many films, books, plays and folk songs.
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.
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.
While still at school, Marianne began singing folk songs a cappella in Reading coffee-houses - and, before long, her exquisite looks and obvious talent saw her sucked into the vortex of Swinging 60s London.
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