folk songs
Example Sentences
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Outside the hall, musicians played folk songs on a small stage.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
On a typical day, an American family would be more likely to entertain itself at home by singing traditional folk songs like “Barbara Allen,” patriotic songs such as “Yankee Doodle” or hymns like “Amazing Grace.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
The research team began reviewing folk songs, poems, and myths written or performed in Marathi, some dating back to the 13th century.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
One of my earliest memories is of local women singing Ukrainian folk songs as the sun was setting into the Kakhovka on a warm summer evening.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025
She sings French folk songs in a screechy falsetto, harbors a weakness for sherry, and regularly falls asleep standing up.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
