noun
- narrative songs or poems that tell stories, often of folk origin and passed down through oral tradition
- slow, romantic popular songs, typically expressing deep emotion
Examples
- The collection included traditional Scottish ballads about ancient heroes.
- Folk singers performed ballads that had been passed down for generations.
- The radio station played romantic ballads all evening.
- She wrote ballads about lost love and heartbreak.
- Medieval ballads often told tales of knights and adventures.
- The singer’s ballads topped the charts for weeks.
- Old English ballads were originally sung by traveling minstrels.