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FOLK SONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
Synonyms:
folk ballad; folk song; folksong
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("folk song" is a kind of...):
song; vocal (a short musical composition with words)
ethnic music; folk; folk music (the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "folk song"):
blues (a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes)
fado (a sad Portuguese folksong)
