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folk ballad
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Noun folk ballad has 1 sense
- folk ballad(n = noun.communication) folk song, folksong - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture; Array is a kind of song, vocal, ethnic music, folk, folk music
has particulars: blues, fado
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