Folk song
Folk song noun - A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.
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Verse
Verse noun - A composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect.
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Folk song and verse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folk song" instead a noun "Verse".
Nearby Words: version, versification, versing
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The Geordie folk song "Blaydon Races", about a group of people traveling by bus to see the Blaydon races has one verse talking about the people on the bus singing and dancing.
Source: Dancing on a Bus - Love's "The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This": It's a mellow psychedelic folk song where every verse is followed by a horn fanfare, and the final few repetitions of said fanfare are edited in a jumpy manner to imitate a skipping record.
Source: Last Note Nightmare - The traditional English folk song "The Bonnie Black Hare", as performed by The Fairport Convention, describing how the singer aims his weapon at the furry critter and ... yeah, it pretty much stops pretending it's about a hunter with a rifle by the second verse.
Source: Intercourse with You
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