folk ballads
Example Sentences
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He’s memorialized in corridos, or Mexican folk ballads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
The Scottish star, whose stunning voice and delicate folk ballads earned them a Mercury Prize nomination last year, is also set to perform at the ceremony.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
His repertoire included Japanese folk ballads on which he was accompanied by a shakuhachi, or bamboo flute.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
In the mid-60s Dylan complained that he had never written anything as “far out” as the strangest folk ballads, but on Desolation Row, he succeeded in taking the ballad form to a completely new place.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2020
Popular or folk ballads are ancient and of unknown authorship—handed down by word of mouth and varied by the transmitters.
From Lady of the Lake by William Vaughn Moody
