The Only Use
ballad
in
Araby, by James Joyce
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- We walked through the flaring streets, jostled by drunken men and bargaining women, amid the curses of labourers, the shrill litanies of shop-boys who stood on guard by the barrels of pigs' cheeks, the nasal chanting of street-singers, who sang a come-all-you about O'Donovan Rossa, or a ballad about the troubles in our native land.†
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)