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folk singer
Variant of folk song
folk song
definition
folk song
- a song made and handed down among the common people: folk songs are usually of anonymous authorship and often have many versions
- a song composed in the style of such a traditional song
Etymology: calque of Ger volkslied, loan transl. (by Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1771) of E popular song
Related Forms:
- folk singer noun
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