old folk
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Out in the fields of the Jordan valley, Palestinian women still sing old folk songs as they harvest the olive groves.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
The five musicians would hunker down to play old folk, blues and country songs, then turn their attention to new tunes intended to be songwriting demos for Dylan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
China's 1980 to 2015 one-child policy means smaller families are expected to support the old folk, some of whom would have no choice but to seek professional elderly care, investors say.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
“I don’t like all this patriotic madness, the speeches and slogans and public singing of old folk songs. I don’t have any labels attached to me saying ‘I’m Ukrainian’ because I don’t need them.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
The fact that they were following old folk traditions meant people in Trebon were more superstitious than I would usually expect.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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