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folk song

noun

Etymology

From folk + song.

  1. derived from *sengʷʰ-✻ — “to sing”
  2. inherited from *sangwaz✻ — “singing, song”
  3. inherited from *sangu✻
  4. inherited from sang
  5. inherited from song
  6. compounded as folk song — “folk + song”

Definitions

  1. A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional…

    A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.

  2. folk music

    • Before my father, Hasidic music was mere folksong. He raised it to the level of art.

  3. A song in the style of folk music, a modern genre of popular music.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA