folksong

See also: folk song

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Noun

folksong (plural folksongs)

1. Alternative spelling of folk song
   • 1950 June, “Casey Jones Stamp”, in Railway Magazine, page 420:

     The fireman jumped, but Casey Jones stayed to blow the whistle to give the goods train crew time to escape. His sacrifice is commemorated in an American folksong.

   • 2012, Ian Peddie, Popular Music and Human Rights: British and American Music, page 80:

     For the former a folksong or a folkdance was a mere source for a composition, artistic arrangement, or stylization; for the latter it was important to respect the style of the traditional singer […]