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The terms folk music, folk song, and folk dance are comparatively recent expressions.

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues".

The Queen of Scotland (Child ballad 301, Roud number 3878) is a folk song.

Sleep Last Night?", "My Girl" and "Black Girl", is a traditional American folk song originating from two songs, "In the Pines" and "The Longest Train", both.

"La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens.

musical hall began to take over the lead in popular music and folk song declined, folk song ceased to deal with contemporary wars in the later 19th century.

(folk song in Semai poetic form), Mani (a traditional Turkish quatrain form), Dastan (epic), Deyiş (speech), Uzun Hava (long melody), Bozlak (a folk song.

"Young Andrew" is a folk song catalogued as Child ballad 48.

This folk song–related article is a stub.

Sing Out! was a quarterly journal of folk music and folk songs that was published from May 1950 through spring 2014.

the folk song Verbovaya Doschechka).

In the late 1960s and early 1970s Ukrainian folk songs and folk song elements began to be included.

Alison and Willie (Child 256, Roud 245) is a folk song, which is fragmentary in form.

Patrick or Burd Bell (Child ballad # 257; Roud # 107) is a traditional folk song framed with explicit warnings about loving above your station.

Synonyms:

folksong; folk ballad; song; folk music; fado; vocal; ethnic music; blues; folk;

Antonyms:

uncommunicative; soft; elation;