IN the long-expected work of which the first part lies before us, Professor Child undertakes to give every existing version of every popular English ballad, together with its comparative history, ...

The most popular John Prine ballad is, without a doubt, “Sam Stone”. However, it is far from the only ballad the masterful songwriter created, and one of the more obscure ballads by John Prine is his ...

Carty has always seen folk as reflecting social life and conditions, so has never shied away from social and political issues ...

SLRAMAI copy 39088020219606 has bookplate: Gift of John Hasse. Ballads of the supernatural.-- Religious ballads.-- Romantic tragedies.-- Love and sentiment ...

R&B, soul, and folk are the holy trinity of sad songs. For decades upon decades, these three genres have been releasing existentially soul-crushing ballads about heartbreak, loss, political tragedy, ...

v. 1. American originals, a heritage in song and story. The ballad of the Braswell boys -- Barb'ry Allen -- Behind the great wall -- The broken hearted boy -- Charles Guiteau -- Charming beauty bright ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...