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Ballads
A poem or piece of music with tells a story (narrative). It usually identified in a ABAB or AABB pattern. Some ballads are also set to music. Some ballads are based on heroism, some are narratives of suffering and heartbreaking and some just tell a funny story. In modern music, "ballad" has been referred to as a slow, emotional song.

Origins
The ballad probably gets its name from medieval French dance songs which they call "ballares". They may also originate from Scandinavian and Germanic traditions of storytelling that can be seen in poems such as Beowulf. The earliest example of a ballad in England is ‘Judas’ in a 13th-century manuscript.

Famous Song Ballads
• "Cant help falling in love" - Elvis Presley • "Close to you" - The Carpenters • "At Last" - Etta James • "Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Ray Charles and Betty Carter • Imagine - John Lennon • Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel • Let It Be - Beatles • Candle in the Wind 1997 - Elton John • I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

Famous Poem Ballads
• Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa by Hilaire Belloc • Ballad of the Army Carts by Tu Fu • Ballad of the Old Cypress by Tu Fu • The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly by James Joyce • Border Ballad by Sir Walter Scott • Donica - A Ballad by Robert Southey • Mary - A Ballad by Robert Southey • Rudiger - A Ballad by Robert Southey • A Ballad Of The Trees And The Master by Sidney Lanier • Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; II: On Malicious Cruelty To Harmless Creatures by Ellis Parker Butler