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is ballad
noun
A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
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You can't be sure how much of it is true; Narcolandia is ballad country, a realm of legend and rumor.
"Invisible" is ballad describing loneliness and heartache of going unnoticed.
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But its main currency is ballads, which range from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Also, his songbook is ballad-heavy — can that ballad become an up-tune and still work, or will the audience that loves Barry Manilow songs will they shoot me at the stage door?
"It's tempting to play a lot of ballads with the orchestra," he said, "but I'm trying to get away from it just being ballad, ballad, ballad".
There are ballads.
None were ballads.
Here are ballads, elegies, and legends that read like rites.
There were ballads about mining disasters and factory accidents.
There are ballads, treated with classy guitar work from Moussa Kone.
"He said, 'All the plays you've written so far, they're ballads.
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