Both Uses
ballad
in
Going After Cacciato
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- He sang marching songs and nursery ballads.†
Chpt 22 *
- Eddie Lazzutti lay face-up on a cot, hands linked behind his head, singing nursery ballads in a voice smooth like night.†
Chpt 36
Definitions:
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(1)
(ballad) a song (or poem) that tells a story or expresses strong feelings -- typically slow in tempo
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)