Waits, who taught himself how to play the piano on a neighbor's instrument, often took trips to Mexico with his father, who taught Spanish ; he would later say that he found his love of music during these trips through a Mexican ballad that was " probably a Ranchera, you know, on the car radio with my dad.

Many times it is the ballad that the child learns first, no Mother Goose melodies are as familiar, and it is strange indeed to listen to a little tot singing of the courtly days of old, the knights and ' ladyes ' and probably the tragic death of the lover.

A few instruments, such as drums and trumpets, are known to have existed in the early history of the Maryland colony, probably as a functional means " of calling the populace to church or to market, or in serving as symbols for sea captains and those from the military "; some folk dancing and ballad singing is also substantiated by the historical record.

Most Yorkshire folk songs were not unique and tended to be adapted to fit local geography and dialect, as was the case with probably the most commercially successful Yorkshire song, ‘ Scarborough Fair ’, recorded by Simon & Garfunkel, which was a version of the Scottish ballad ‘ The Elfin Knight ’.

However, it was probably best noted for his classic ballad, " Someday We'll All Be Free " and a six-minute symphonic-styled instrumental piece called " I Love The Lord, He Heard My Cry ".

The other executed a flanking manoeuvre, probably on the south bank of the Ettrick Water although some interpretations follow a later ballad and say through hilly ground to the north.

The success of " Locking " was probably tested due to strong airplay by the song's B-side, the Young-led ballad " Forever ", which also received a pop charting, peaking at # 78.

" The Bonnie Earl O ' Moray " is a popular Scottish ballad, probably written as far back as the 17th century, and has been catalogued under the name " Bonny Earl O ' Murray " as Child Ballad No. 181..

He said that he had probably sung the ballad over 1, 000 times since the original recording.

The sister in this ballad has lived under a different name, probably oblivious of her background until her brother revives her.

The latter quote is probably a reference to Lincoln's association with Springfield, Illinois, although there are no mountains in Springfield, and the ballad was instead written about Wilbraham, Massachusetts, which was formerly named Springfield Mountain.

Ironically, it is in the musicals of Kander & Ebb — especially Chicago and Cabaret — that the kind of satire embodied in The Beggar's Opera and its immediate successors is probably best preserved, although here, as in Weill's version, the music is specially composed, unlike the first ballad operas of the 18th century.

Although the lyrics do not specifically say so, the ballad is probably about a girl saying goodbye to the one she loves -- the song is sung by the female character, Hitomi.

Martin Parker ( c. 1600-c. 1656 ), was an English ballad writer, and probably a London tavern-keeper.

The Gypsy Laddie is ballad number 200 in the collection, and Child describes that the printed versions of the ballad probably date to 1720 and is a traditional Scottish folk tune.

This term derives from the word ballad, and these events are often celebrated by crowds of many people.

The album closes with " Sugar Baby ", a lengthy, dirge-like ballad, noted for its evocative, apocalyptic imagery and sparse production drenched in echo.

The first single from Spellbound was the ballad, " Rush, Rush ," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five consecutive weeks, and was noted for its music video and Rebel Without a Cause motif featuring Keanu Reeves in the James Dean role.

Early pop music drew on the sentimental ballad for its form, gained its use of vocal harmonies from gospel and soul music, instrumentation from jazz, country, and rock music, orchestration from classical music, tempo from dance music, backing from electronic music, rhythmic elements from hip-hop music, and has recently appropriated spoken passages from rap.

" Francis James Child indeed retitled Child ballad 102 ; though it was titled The Birth of Robin Hood, its clear lack of connection with the Robin Hood cycle ( and connection with other, unrelated ballads ) led him to title it Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter in his collection.

and its first three singles, two more singles were released in the second half of 2003 with up-tempo " Thank You Baby " (# 11 in the UK, Top 20 in Germany ) and just before Christmas the romantic, acoustic ballad " When You Kiss Me ", at least a minor hit in both territories.

Unterberger argued that although the song was " sometimes described as a ballad because of its light and mild nature, it's actually taken at a pretty brisk tempo.

" Among the most prominent are the Irish ballad " Finnegan's Wake " from which the book takes its name, Italian philosopher Giovanni Battista Vico's La Scienza Nuova, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the plays of Shakespeare, and religious texts such as the Bible and Qur ' an.

Of these Nimphidia is perhaps the best thing Drayton ever wrote, except his famous ballad on the battle of Agincourt ; it is quite unique of its kind and full of rare fantastic fancy.

Famous after participating in the reality Operación triunfo ( Spanish version ) and its hit Bulería, drew up now as a ballad Bisbal true to form.

Among other things, the score is noted for its use of the celesta, an instrument that the composer had already employed in his much lesser known symphonic ballad The Voyevoda.

Helen Lightner writes, " This sentimental ballad is folk-like in character with its repetitious but lovely melody and its basic harmonic accompaniment … The quiet and calm of this mood is portrayed by the monotony of the arpeggiated accompaniment, by the repetitiveness of the melodic pattern, and by the strophic form itself.

The festival, held annually in the town of Tralee in County Kerry, takes its inspiration from a nineteenth century ballad of the same name about a woman called Mary, who because of her beauty was called The Rose of Tralee.

Like a ballad, the poem uses repetition of words and phrases purposely to create its mournful effect.

The album featured a remake of the Olivia DiNucci penned Samantha Mumba ballad " Don't Need You To ( Tell Me I'm Pretty )," retitled " I Don't Need You To ," as its first single.

A reflection of its versatility is that BeauSoleil has also earned a Grammy nomination in the Contemporary Folk category, for the 1999 album Cajunization, with songs that effortlessly span Cajun, Calypso, French ballad, blues and other musical styles.

The poem moves from a sentimental and romantic evocation of rural life to a brutal work of protest against military conscription and garrison life at the border forts ; then it becomes an extended outlaw ballad of the life of a violent knife-fighting gaucho matrero ; then it becomes a story of captivity among the Indians, followed finally by bringing its protagonist face-to-face with a series of human echoes of his past.

It is mentioned in, for instance, the Tuscan proverb " Canta come una calandra ", he or she sings like a lark ( Giusti 1853 ), and the Spanish ballad " Romance del prisionero ", where its song is the only way the prisoner knows when day breaks ( Applebaum 2004 ).

In 1739, Glover published a poem entitled London, or the Progress of Commerce ; and in 1740 he published a ballad, Admiral Hosier's Ghost, popular in its day.

After love songs, the ballad was a very popular form of song, with its tales of manual labour, agriculture and the every day life.

Davis also purchased the country ballad " It Makes No Difference Now " from its composer Floyd Tillman.

A number of its lines and the general plot resemble those of a contemporary broadside ballad " Patrick Fleming " ( also called " Patrick Flemmen he was a Valiant Soldier ") about an Irish highwayman executed in 1650.

Wells ' success continued in 1963 when she hit the Top 20 with the doo-wop ballad " Laughing Boy " and scored three additional Top 40 singles, " Your Old Standby ", " You Lost the Sweetest Boy ", and its B-side, " What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One ".

* Juan Maria Solare's piano ballad " Jura ser anomalía " ( literally " he / she swears to be an anomaly ") is an anagram of the composer's full name.

Suda's extraordinary account of the poet's death is found in other sources, such as Plutarch and Antipater of Sidon and later it inspired Friedrich Schiller to write a ballad called " The Cranes of Ibycus " yet the legend might be derived merely from a play upon the poet's name and the Greek word for the bird or ibyx — it might even have been told of somebody else originally.

The most notable use of the name John Henry is in a ballad, " John Henry ", describing the folk figure John Henry as a " steel-driving man ".

Beneath Casey ’ s name, the following legend appeared: “ A famous ballad, the folklore of American railroading, and a postage stamp commemorate the colorful and courageous engineer who was killed in a wreck here in 1900.

The ballad Master McGrath concerns a greyhound of that name from Lurgan who became an Irish sporting hero.

In the 17th Century English ballad The Spanish Lady ( one of several English and Irish songs with that name ), a Spanish lady captured by an English captain falls in love with her captor and begs him not to set her free but to take her with him to England, and in this appeal describes herself as " A lady in distress ".

Notwithstanding his vices and his lack of all solid capacity, there is no reason to suppose that Napper Tandy was dishonest or insincere ; and the manner in which his name was introduced in the well-known ballad, " The Wearing of the Green ", proves that he succeeded in impressing the popular imagination of the rebel party in Ireland.

A free English translation in verse of the ballad was written by Harrison Ainsworth, who changed the name of the English leader to " Sir Robert Pembroke ".

* Светлана / Світлана ( Svetlana / Svitlana, meaning " Shining One "; although it looks like a pre-Christian Slavic name, it was invented by Alexander Vostokov in 1802 and became popular when Vasily Zhukovsky published his ballad Svetlana in 1813 ).

The Reverend Richard Harris Barham, in a ballad he wrote under the pen name " Thomas Ingoldsby " for the Victoria's coronation as part of the Ingoldsby Legends, referred to her as " Miss Anjaley Coutts ".

But a Faroese ballad recorded in 1840 names Odin's son as Veraldur, this Veraldur being understood as another name of Frö, that is of Frey.

" Boxcar Willie " was originally a character in a ballad he wrote, but he later adopted it as his own stage name.

The ballad " You Light Up My Life " ( written and produced by Joe Brooks ) was originally recorded by the late Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack to the film of the same name, in which actress Didi Conn lip-synched to Cisyk's recording.

Although the name " Reynardine " is found in one 19th century version, the association with foxes, as well as Reynardine's supernatural characteristics, first arise in connection with a fragment of the ballad ( a single stanza ) that was collected in 1904 by Herbert Hughes.

Though Falstaff is more likely modeled on his father William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham ( also descended from John Oldcastle ) who was married to Francis Newton, whose family name was originally Caradock ; referenced in 2 Henry IV when Falstaff sings " The Boy and the Mantle ," a ballad in which Sir Caradoc's wife comes away with her fidelity and reputation intact ( McKeen 1981 ).

There is also a plaintive duet of sorts between Rice and McDowall ( who would later record an album of suicide songs under the name of Spell ) on the traditional murder ballad, " Down in the Willow Garden ".

Before turning 15, Terrell signed under the Wand subsidiary of Scepter Records after being discovered by Luther Dixon, recording the ballad, " If You See Bill ", under the name Tammy Montgomery.

Jeff Waters is reported to have written many " hit " songs for other artists, under an assumed name, in the country ballad and pop ballad genre.

A ballad bearing his name, relating the story of his execution, is popular to this day.

" After he recorded, Phillips asked Keisker to note down the young man's name, which she did along with her own commentary: " Good ballad singer.

The Green Knight later appears as one of Arthur's greatest champions in the fragmentary ballad " King Arthur and King Cornwall ", again under the name " Bredbeddle ".