Complete Definition of "folk song"

English

Etymology
folk + song

Noun

folk song

  1. a song originating among the working people of urban and rural areas, and handed by oral tradition.
  2. a song in this style which may have been written in recent times.

Related terms
Folk music

See also
w:Folk music|Wikipedia has an article on Folk music

it:folk song
fi:folk song

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