Use "folk song" in a sentence

1. They even doubted her existence; there are many creatures celebrated in the lyrics of folk songs or the tall tales of legends

2. She encouraged me to develop all aspects of singing, from lieder to folk songs, maintaining I had a special gift for traditional songs (“Jy het so ‘n menslike stem” – difficult to translate accurately but meaning a warm voice that moves people

3. He tapped his foot four times to set the tempo in his mind, and played the introduction to a light-hearted folk song, playing the chords with his left hand and picking the melody with his right

4. Bridget herself had a trained voice and could give very good renditions of Irish folk songs in particular

5. Once Bernadette got a guitar that year there was no stopping her playing and singing her beloved folk songs

6. particularly the traditional Chinese folk song “Jasmine Flower”! Also, as a matter of interest, “Turandot” had become the National Opera of Korea…perhaps this is an omen that Hu Lyang (whom we have discovered to be Korean) should think about! - especially the aria “Nessun dorma” (None shall sleep)…

7. When my older brother was studying for the priesthood, the Friars had a release of some folk songs that they put together on cassette

8. The taxi driver before driving off put on some traditional Greek folk songs

9. Though she had never sung professionally, she had had the talent to – I learned she could sing folk songs, ghazal s, even raga, which was usually a man's domain