traditional folk songs
C9059
concept
Traditional folk songs are orally transmitted musical narratives or lyrical pieces that reflect the cultural identity, history, and everyday life of a community, evolving over generations through collective performance and adaptation.
All labels observed (46)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| folk ballad | 10 |
| folk music tradition | 10 |
| Scottish song | 9 |
| Scottish folk song | 7 |
| Irish folk song | 5 |
| American folk ballad | 4 |
| traditional tune | 4 |
| Appalachian folk song | 3 |
| Irish ballad | 3 |
| Child ballad | 2 |
| English ballad | 2 |
| English folk song | 2 |
| Scots song | 2 |
| Scots-language song | 2 |
| folk melody | 2 |
| folk standard | 2 |
| polyphonic singing tradition | 2 |
| traditional American song | 2 |
| traditional English folk song | 2 |
| traditional Irish folk song | 2 |
| traditional Irish song | 2 |
| traditional folk music | 2 |
| traditional folk songs canonical | 2 |
| traditional music style | 2 |
| American work song | 1 |
| British folk song | 1 |
| French-Canadian folk song | 1 |
| Korean folk song | 1 |
| Northumbrian folk song | 1 |
| Russian folk-style song | 1 |
| Scottish folk ballad | 1 |
| ballad tradition | 1 |
| epic song tradition | 1 |
| folk ballads | 1 |
| folk song tradition | 1 |
| traditional American folk hymn | 1 |
| traditional Irish ballad | 1 |
| traditional Lied | 1 |
| traditional Scottish folk song | 1 |
| traditional Scottish song | 1 |
| traditional Welsh lullaby | 1 |
| traditional Welsh tune | 1 |
| traditional folk song | 1 |
| traditional folk tune | 1 |
| traditional melody | 1 |
| traditional song form | 1 |
Instances (102)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song) | folk ballad |
| The Death of Queen Jane | folk ballad |
| The Auld Triangle | Irish folk song |
| Sohar | traditional folk music |
|
Cheivy Chace (historic English ballad and estate name)
surface form:
Cheivy Chace
|
English ballad |
| Scotland the Brave | Scottish song |
| Girl from the North Country | folk ballad |
| Wedding Song | folk ballad |
| Portland Fancy | traditional folk tune |
| Hielan’ Laddie | traditional tune |
| The Rising of the Lark | traditional Welsh tune |
| Flower of Scotland | Scottish song |
|
song "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond"
surface form:
The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond
|
traditional Scottish folk song |
| Auld Lang Syne | Scottish song |
| The Rantin Dog, the Daddie o't | Scots song |
| Green Grow the Rashes, O | Scots song |
| My Nannie, O | Scots-language song |
| The Wexford Carol | Irish folk song |
| Hard Times Come Again No More | folk standard |
| Dumbarton’s Drums | traditional tune |
| You Are My Sunshine | folk standard |
| Cossack dumas | epic song tradition |
| Acadian music | folk music tradition |
| La Mantovana | folk melody |
| Kuyavian folk music | folk music tradition |
|
Jesse James
surface form:
Jesse James (folk ballad)
|
American folk ballad |
| John Henry | American folk ballad |
| Pay Me My Money Down | American work song |
| Pretty Boy Floyd | folk ballad |
| The Keel Row | Northumbrian folk song |
|
Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"
surface form:
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song)
|
Irish ballad |
| Manganiyar folk music | folk music tradition |
|
the ballad "The Battle of Otterburn"
surface form:
The Battle of Otterburn
|
Child ballad |
|
the ballad "Chevy Chase"
surface form:
Chevy Chase
|
English ballad |
| Plena | folk music tradition |
| Blue Bonnets Over the Border | Scottish song |
| Bhailo songs | folk song tradition |
| The Dashing White Sergeant | Scottish song |
| Hello in There | folk ballad |
| ballads of Robin Hood | folk ballads |
| Ukrainian Cossack songs of Dnipropetrovsk region | — |
| Seto polyphonic singing | polyphonic singing tradition |
| Chakri | traditional folk music |
|
"Katyusha" wartime song
surface form:
Katyusha
|
Russian folk-style song |
|
song "Shady Grove"
surface form:
Shady Grove
|
Appalachian folk song |
| Brennan on the Moor | traditional Irish ballad |
| Whiskey You’re the Devil | traditional Irish folk song |
| The Trees They Do Grow High | British folk song |
| Engine 143 | American folk ballad |
| Mary Hamilton | Scottish folk song |