I loved the Traffic version when I was a teenager, but it's not really a folksong, is it?. From Wordnik.com. [Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die] Reference
For a vast proportion of folksong is worksong, with the rhythm that accompanies the action. From Wordnik.com. [The Music of the People] Reference
The very essence of a folksong is that it should be traditional, handed down from generation to generation. From Wordnik.com. [The Music of the People] Reference
"The Lowlands of Holland" is my new favorite folksong. From Wordnik.com. [The Lowlands of Holland] Reference
Anglo-American folksong to provide melodies for many hymn texts. From Wordnik.com. [The Southern Harmony] Reference
A synonym for "never", or for a lie, used repeatedly in the folksong tradition. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Born Cross-Eyed"] Reference
"Row, row, row": The famous folksong with the surreal "Life is but a dream" tag. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Stella Blue"] Reference
An American folksong (see folk music) about the steel-driving man John Henry. From Wordnik.com. ["John Henry"] Reference
Compare the folksong "Blow Away the Morning Dew", (Child No. 112) with its refrain. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Franklin's Tower"] Reference
Enge watched how long it took to get a site about an American folksong into the top 10. From Wordnik.com. [Internet News: Search Engines Archives] Reference
Associated Press The Philharmonic chose the Korean folksong "Arirang" as its third encore. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Performance in North Korea] Reference
The songs are rooted in the folksong tradition, and your father used to sing Armenian folksongs. From Wordnik.com. [Kashkashian Finds Her Voice in the Viola] Reference
Schaechter-Gottesman learned folksong from her mother; her father educated her to the love of Yiddish. From Wordnik.com. [Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman.] Reference
Born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire in 1919, Hamish was a poet, songwriter, folksong collector and academic. From Wordnik.com. [The John MacLean March] Reference
It is clear that Walker was both a folksong collector, arranger, and a composer in the idiom of folksong. From Wordnik.com. [The Southern Harmony] Reference
I was not at all surprised to discover that her username is the name of an old folksong, and what a song!. From Wordnik.com. [Sovay, Sovay!] Reference
It's set in the Old West of american folksong think, "Clementine" or "Oh Susanna" or "Sweet Betsy from Pike.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
This is one of those cases of a spiritual-leaning folksong that has dated, certainly, but in all the right ways. From Wordnik.com. [The Seekers] Reference
"Mr. Bethel Dog Bit Me," a Bahamian folksong, as performed by Theodore Rolle ( "Tea Roll") in 1940 (audio recording). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
Aka "The Gambler;" not to be confused with at least one other folksong of that name, or the Country song of that name. From Wordnik.com. [The benefits of civilization] Reference
Benjamin Franklin White, Elisha J. King and others were composing and arranging hymn tunes based on Anglo-American folksong. From Wordnik.com. [The Southern Harmony] Reference
Then Somers sang to himself, in an irritating way, one German folksong after another, not in a songful, but in a defiant way. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
The style of the music is eclectic -- with influences ranging from chant to reggae to folksong but in all cases essentially vocal. From Wordnik.com. [Psallité] Reference
Every time I play a classical folksong arrangement, I think of something I once heard baritone Sanford Sylvan say in a masterclass. From Wordnik.com. [Girder and Panel] Reference
Inspired by that discussion of folksong and Springhill, I dug my guitar out from under fifteen or twenty years of dust and cobwebs. From Wordnik.com. [The time is out of joint, O cursed spite...] Reference
In the one I know of, the English lines, for the benefit of the English soldiers, are very like an English folksong about soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: QENE.] Reference
KELLY: That's Jessye Norman singing "God's Gonna Cut You Down," a folksong and it appears on her first solo recording in more than 10 year. From Wordnik.com. [Jessye Norman: Back To Her 'Roots'] Reference
Tuburan is a folksong from the central Visayan islands. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to FEATURE : Historic Manila wants tourists to see past the decay] Reference
Father wants to hear that Devon folksong you're learning. From Wordnik.com. [Monitress Merle] Reference
Ahay Tuburan is a folksong from the central Visayan islands. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to FEATURE : Historic Manila wants tourists to see past the decay] Reference
(Cantiga 8), hinted at the possible folksong background of these works. From Wordnik.com. [Ionarts] Reference
"Beethovenian" cadences emerging in between earthy folksong and propulsive rhythms. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Enjoy this version of Kim Barlow's folksong, "Gingerbread", sung by Madelyn & Bob Bossin. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Independence Day in Surf City USA] Reference
Not in vain does the folksong sing of the captive of love being bound with silken chains. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Wrath] Reference
Malinky specializes in traditional Scottish folksong, with three superb lead vocalists supported by tastefully inventive instrumentation. From Wordnik.com. [CapeCodToday Blog Chowder] Reference
The programme included two of the six existing Delphic hymns, Byzantine monody, Greek folksong and songs by contemporary Greek composers. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
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