What are folk songs? Detailed answer

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What are folk songs?

With the advent of mankind, people began to sing songs. There are so many types of folk songs that it is difficult to define what they are. Initially, folk songs showed how people understand the world, life. And since life consists of many phenomena and situations, folk songs reflect these phenomena. One type of folk song is labor songs, which are sung by those who work on plantations, railways, construction workers, and so on.

There are songs about professions. They can be about shepherds, shoemakers, chimney sweeps, tailors. They might be about miners and cowboys. Another kind of folk songs is associated with love and marriage. Examples of such songs are "I know where I'm going", "Frankie and Johnny", "Matilda".

Some folk songs combine action, fantasy and are simply sung for fun. They can be silly and fabulous. A variety of folk songs - songs-games - arose from children's songs and games, such as "London Bridge", "All Around the Mulberry Bush".

Another variety of folk songs are religious folk songs. The most remarkable of these songs - spirituals - are imbued with high spirituality. There are folk songs that sing of the seasons. There are wedding, lullaby, lamentation songs, war songs, soldiers' songs and many others. Folk songs can be absolutely about everything in a person's daily life.

Author: Likum A.

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