Beer,I know this is a foolish question but what do you consider a folk song?Are Ballets considered folk songs? To me a ballet is a song that tells a story and up until 1940 many cowboy type songs told a story and the railroad songs told a story.Love songs tod a story.Marty Robbins recorded some of the finest ballets still being used by the DJ.today and he recorded them in the 1960s,1970s 1980s Louie Roy