folk song

The definition of a folk song is a song written by the common people or in the style of the common people.

(noun)

An example of a folk song is a song sung by the Kingston Trio during the 1960's.

See folk song in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: calque of Ger volkslied, loan transl. (by Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1771) of E popular song

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See folk song in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also folk·song

noun

A song belonging to the folk music of a people or area, often existing in several versions or with regional variations.
A song composed in the style of traditional folk music.

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