folk ballad
Noun
Meaning
a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
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As the rhythm quickens, they perform acrobatics and form human pyramids. citation Pandwani Pandavani is a folk ballad form performed predominantly in Chhattisgarh.
But for about a year, another Westerman venture has refused to leave my head: his wiggly cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s folk ballad “Kathy’s Song.”
There was also some experimentation with Haley's style during this time; one single for Orfeon was a folk ballad, "Jimmy Martinez", which Haley recorded without the Comets.
" We love a good traditional folk ballad about birds.