This relaxing tune captures the essence of traditional Irish folk music, blending soothing harmonies and gentle rhythms.

It is not the first “murder ballad,” a subgenre of the traditional ballad with a crime or a gruesome death as the theme. “L.A. County” by Lyle Lovett and “Red Headed Stranger” by ...

This poem follows the formal conventions of traditional ballads and folksong. It is tightly controlled by: ...