The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113833 Message #2425776
Posted By: Steve Gardham
29-Aug-08 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: definition of a ballad
Subject: RE: definition of a ballad
Lyric songs. Arguably some of these could also be classified as ballads as often they are the remnants of ballads where all that remains is a riddle section or a lament. Many versions of the 'Died for Love' family or the 'Waly Waly' family often survive only as a collection of lyric pieces with no progression. Then again some of the ballads in Child's collection are little more than gatherings of commonplaces from other ballads.