Answer: ballad

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BALLAD"The Foggy, Foggy Dew," for one
BALLADGuitarist's specialty.
BALLAD"Reading Gaol," e.g.
BALLADChanteuse's specialty
BALLAD"When Day is Done" is one
BALLADMinstrel's forte
BALLADTroubadour's offering
BALLADSong for Sinatra
BALLADFolk song
BALLAD"Home, Sweet Home," e.g.
BALLADLay
BALLADLite-rock radio fare
BALLAD"Ode to Billie Joe," e.g.
BALLADNarrative song.
BALLAD"The ... of Reading Gaol" (Wilde poem)
BALLADIrving Berlin's "Always," e.g.
BALLAD"Yesterday," e.g.
BALLADMany a love song
BALLADSomething to slow-dance to
BALLADHair metal power ...
BALLADSlow number
BALLADLight-rock radio fare
BALLADEasy listening tune
balladA slow sentimental or romantic song
balladto make ballads about, also BALLANT, BALLAT, BALLET
balladA poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture
BALLADStory set to music
BALLADStory in song
BALLAD...and a typical creation of his
BALLADNarrative song
BALLADMinstrel's number
BALLADLove song
BALLADStory-telling song
BALLADSentimental song
BALLADGordon Lightfoot song, e.g.
BALLADRomantic song
BALLADMinstrel's song
BALLADCrooner's tune
BALLADSong from a troubadour
BALLADStory song