Meaning of folk song | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.
2. folk music
   uncountable
3. A song in the style of folk music, a modern genre of popular music.

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Examples

“Before my father, Hasidic music was mere folksong. He raised it to the level of art.”

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