folk songs
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His mother taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs when he was a boy and he was later influenced by the music of The Beatles and Bob Dylan.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The series’ musical landscape also includes a myriad of folk songs, such as the drunken tavern tune “Alice With Three Fingers” and the childish rhyming couplets of “The Hammer and the Anvil.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Outside the hall, musicians played folk songs on a small stage.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
There is an album of Christmas songs, once invariably bestsellers for singers of all ranges, as well as a set of old Dutch folk songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
She saw her mother curled beside her in a hut, singing folk songs under her breath, and she saw the way Mama’s eyes had rolled back in her head.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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