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Ballader :: Ballader (n.) A writer of ballads.

Lament :: Lament (v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like..

Ballade :: Ballade (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy..

Jig :: "Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad..

Chaunter :: Chaunter (n.) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.

Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..

Fancy :: Fancy (n.) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.

Song :: Song (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.

Ballad :: Ballad (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.

Romance :: Romance (n.) A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.

Balladry :: Balladry (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.

Ballad :: Ballad (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

Ballatry :: Ballatry (n.) See Balladry.

Ballad :: Ballad (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas..

Villanel :: Villanel (n.) A ballad.

Ballad Monger :: Ballad monger () A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster.

Lay :: Lay (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

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