story song

• balladNarrative poem or song
• narrativeAccount of events
• folkRegular common people
• taleSpoken or written narrative
• verseMetered poetic passage

melody · singer · troubadour · lyrics · chorus · tragedy · murder · heartbreak · Appalachian · country · spoken · refrain · weeping · lonesome · railroad · outlaw · legend · Johnny

• vocal musicsong, vocals, soprano, tenor, alto
• balladsballads, balladry, power ballads, pop ballads, country ballads
• folk singingsea shanties, work songs, sea shanty, work song, call and response
• folk songstraditional songs, folk ballads, work songs, lullaby, love songs
• narrative musicballad, folk ballad, murder ballad, country ballad, blues ballad
• Nortenoconjunto, corrido, corridos, norteno, ranchera