0 a traditional song from a particular region, or a modern song, usually with a tune played on a guitar, that is written in a style similar to that of traditional music
1 a traditional song of a particular region or group of people
It was only an old Christmas carol, the music that of a German folk song, but dear to generations of Christmas singers everywhere.
The air was unfamiliar, but it sounded like a folk song of his own country, and he put into it all the poignant, peculiar melody of such a song.
The characteristics of German and English folk songs may be observed in the familiar airs of these nations.
The folk songs are the truest and most interesting national literature.
These folk songs have a strong similarity to Scotch and Irish songs, owing to the absence of the fourth and seventh degrees of the scale.
One important device to this end is the use of folk song.
The attempt to define folk song and its singers in class terms must be dismissed as a failure.
This experience was as decisive as the new folk song movement for his career.
