folksong|folksongs in English

noun

song originating from and passed down by the common people of a country or regio

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1. Alfred Montmarquette, folksong composer and accordionist (1871-1944) Source

2. 13 They form genre of folksongs with exquisitely subtle tunes.

3. Ca dao is a form of folk poetry that can be sung like other poems, and can be used to create folksongs.

4. In Bikol folksong the bird is treated with much care and respect lest it feel sad and cause harm or abandon the people” (Bikols of the Philippines, 148)

5. ‘The alleluias are strong and simple, with mainly two-part Antiphony (back-and-forth) between the men and the women.’ ‘Harris's style is strong and assertive, imbued with an American melos of hymn tunes and folksongs, and using the orchestra to create powerful effects of block Antiphony.’

6. Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, produced by Hal Willner, has gathered up the usual outrageous, inspired, ambitious, sometimes ridiculously grouped musicians to record folksongs of the sea, from the call-and-response grunting and occasionally obscene work songs sung by men from the old seas who worked the riggings in