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Definition of Folk song

1. Noun. A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.

Definition of Folk song

1. Noun. A song originating among the working people of urban and rural areas, and handed by oral tradition. ¹

2. Noun. A song in this style which may have been written in recent times. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Folk Song

Literary usage of Folk song

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"For true folk-song, as for the genuine ballad, the tests are simplicity, ... An unsung folk-song is more than a contradiction,-—it is an impossibility. ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... from the spiritual folk-song, as also from the treasure of secular folk-song. What 2. The Six. little the Reformation period contrib- Centuries. ..."

3. Critical and Historical Essays: Lectures Delivered at Columbia University by Edward MacDowell (1912)
"The next development of savage chanting (which is the precursor of folk song) may be traced back to its two elements, one of which was a mere savage howl, ..."

4. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"Journal of the Irish Folk-Song Society, 13, 9-17. ... Belden, HM The Study of Folk-Song in America. ... Folk-Song in Missouri—The Bedroom Window. ..."

5. Songs and Song Writers by Henry Theophilus Finck (1900)
"FOLK-SONG IN THE CHURCH The Troubadours and Minnesingers may be regarded as ... Not content with capturing them, the folk-song also invaded the province of ..."

6. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"THE recent finds of Mr. Cecil Sharp in Somersetshire have opportunely called public attention to the subject of folk song, and to the wealth of material to ..."

7. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"JOURNAL OF THE FOLK-SONG SOCIETY. Vol. I., No. i, 1899, pp. viii., 26. ... OUR unpretending but vigorous offshoot, the Folk-Song Society, has now been at ..."

8. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Parish Register Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"JOURNAL OF THE FOLK-SONG SOCIETY. Vol. I., No. i, 1899, pp. viii., 26. ... OUR unpretending but vigorous offshoot, the Folk-Song Society, has now been at ..."

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