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  • noun Plural form of folksong.
  • noun Alternative spelling of folk songs.

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Examples

  • And noting that Chopin founded whole paragraphs "either on a single phrase repeated in similar shapes or on two phrases in alternation" -- a primitive practice in Polish folksongs -- he asserts that "Beethoven does not attain the lucidity of his style by such parallelism of phraseology," but admits that Chopin's methods made for "clearness and precision ... may be regarded as characteristic of the national manner."

    Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

  • Re-classified as folksongs, authorities removed Jewish names from their music.

    The Jewish Review - Serving Oregon & Southwest Washington since 1959 2009

  • She would sing Hungarian love-ditties at her work; and somehow calling these "folksongs" did not help matters.

    Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

  • The singer is Charmaine Clamor, the self-described "Queen of Jazzipino," who sings with a lovely voice in both English and Tagalog, a range of songs from traditional jazz and a fine jazzy version of the U2 rock hit "With or Without You," to traditional folksongs of the Philippines in her jazzipino style.

    Gil Asakawa: Charmaine Clamor, "Queen of Jazzipino," Coming To Colorado Jan. 29 Gil Asakawa 2011

  • The singer is Charmaine Clamor, the self-described "Queen of Jazzipino," who sings with a lovely voice in both English and Tagalog, a range of songs from traditional jazz and a fine jazzy version of the U2 rock hit "With or Without You," to traditional folksongs of the Philippines in her jazzipino style.

    Gil Asakawa: Charmaine Clamor, "Queen of Jazzipino," Coming To Colorado Jan. 29 Gil Asakawa 2011

  • Gold-digging slappers who haul their knickers up with one hand and phone Max Clifford with the other are hardly the betrayed maidens of 14th-century folksongs!

    Letters to MediaGuardian 2011

  • His mother sang Welsh folksongs to him that had been passed on to her by her own mother.

    John Jeffreys obituary John Turner 2010

  • I indeed believe that those who are nurturing these folksongs will be the ones to keep the Amami language alive.

    Global Voices in English » Japan: Eight endangered languages in the Japanese archipelago 2009

  • Then we went to the Ukrainian Museum (do you sense a theme here?) for a concert of ballads, folksongs, and instumental music from the East European Jewish and Ukrainian traditions (I'm quoting the program).

    My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010

  • Then we went to the Ukrainian Museum (do you sense a theme here?) for a concert of ballads, folksongs, and instumental music from the East European Jewish and Ukrainian traditions (I'm quoting the program).

    My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010

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