All 5 Uses of
ballad
in
David Copperfield
- All I know of the rest of the evening is, that I heard the empress of my heart sing enchanted ballads in the French language, generally to the effect that, whatever was the matter, we ought always to dance, Ta ra la, Ta ra la! accompanying herself on a glorified instrument, resembling a guitar.†
Chpt 25-27
- After tea, we discussed a variety of topics before the fire; and Mrs. Micawber was good enough to sing us (in a small, thin, flat voice, which I remembered to have considered, when I first knew her, the very table-beer of acoustics) the favourite ballads of 'The Dashing White Sergeant', and 'Little Tafflin'.†
Chpt 28-30
- Once she asked for a particular ballad, which she said her Ury (who was yawning in a great chair) doted on; and at intervals she looked round at him, and reported to Agnes that he was in raptures with the music.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- 'Why, she sings ballads, sometimes, to freshen up the others a little when they're out of spirits,' said Traddles.†
Chpt 40-42
- But there I always found her, the same bright housewife; often humming her Devonshire ballads when no strange foot was coming up the stairs, and blunting the sharp boy in his official closet with melody.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(ballad) a song (or poem) that tells a story