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• n  a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture

• Before she was through telling her story, fleshy, 60-year-old Frankie Baker had poked holes enough in the time-tested legend to scuttle any folksong.
• Jilson Setters has earned wide publicity for Miss Thomas' folksong society.

• folk song
• folk ballad

News & Articles

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• Bearded iris disappearing with invasion of pesky Macronoctua onusta
  Of late, I am reminded of the above lyrics. The song, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” was a popular prophetic song performed in the early 1960s by the folksong trio Peter, Paul and Mary.
  Sept. 8, 2013 - Kearney Hub

Quotes

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• Richard Rodney Bennett in China Daily
  Sir Richard Rodney Bennett told the Guardian newspaper that he had completed the 27-minute piece, for cello and orchestra, titled "Reflections on a Scottish Folksong".
• Pete Seeger in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  Throughout the world,said singer Pete Seeger, "folksong collectors tend to dig up old bones from one graveyard and put them into another graveyard -- their filing cabinets. But Alan Lomax and his father, John, wanted the American people to...