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Example sentences for: ballads

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Because these tales were not—as far as we know—collected in the Renaissance and because, like ballads and songs, they must have been subject to endless variation and mutual interference, we cannot now know the Pedro de Urdemalas who endeared himself to the folk” (218).
A nostalgia fest for the Singing Cowboy, with obituaries declaring him a "soothing presence" (Mike Clark and David Zimmerman, USA Today ) and "that almost unimaginable thing, the domestic cowboy" (the New York Times ). Critics harp on his loyalty to wife Dale and horse Trigger and his tendency to express himself through ballads, not fisticuffs.
Many corridos (ballads) describe the experience of coming to work in the agricultural fields of the Midwest and the Southwest.
The famous Mexican folklorist Vicente Mendoza has stated that the concept of machismo, and the word macho, were not prevalent in Mexican corridos (ballads) and popular culture until the 1940s.
The harsher critics call it "iffy ballads and lame roadhouse rock" (Jeff Giles, Newsweek ). Despite the weakness of some of these recycled scraps, Springsteen's "unbridled earnestness and positive energy" are still impressive (David Browne, Entertainment Weekly ). (Click here to join an online discussion about Springsteen.)