folk song
noun
: a traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody
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In 1920, the two spend a winter walking through the forests and islands of Maine, collecting folk songs in order to preserve them for future generations.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 July 2025
The rest of it was kind of boring: old folk songs that everybody sang.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Music at the fourth Orlando Sings Choral Festival included Jewish modern masterworks and folk songs, as well as a Catholic pilgrimage.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 May 2025
The best thing of all are the performances of early American folk songs that the two men record on cumbersome equipment.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 July 2025
The rest of it was kind of boring: old folk songs that everybody sang.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Music at the fourth Orlando Sings Choral Festival included Jewish modern masterworks and folk songs, as well as a Catholic pilgrimage.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 May 2025
The best thing of all are the performances of early American folk songs that the two men record on cumbersome equipment.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for folk song
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20song. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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