Songs and ballads were used to help preserve history when a lot of the people didn't know how to read or write - it was easy for them to remember the words of a song.
Elfriede Underberg has written: 'Die Dichtung der ersten deutschen Revolution, 1848-1849' -- subject(s): German Political ballads and songs, German poetry, History, Poetry, Political ballads and songs, Political ballads and songs, German
William Motherwell has written: 'Poems, narrative and lyrical' 'Minstrelsy, ancient and modern' -- subject(s): Ballads, English, Ballads, Scots, Bibliography, English Ballads, English Songs, History and criticism, Poetry, Scots Ballads, Scots Songs, Scottish ballads and songs, Songs, English, Songs, Scots, Texts 'Posthumous Poems Of William Motherwell' 'The poetical works of William Motherwell' -- subject(s): Poetry 'Poems, narrative and lyrical'
Lajos. Vargyas has written: 'Folk music research in Hungary' -- subject(s): Historiography, Folk music, History and criticism, Music 'Magyar vers-magyar nyelv' -- subject(s): Hungarian language, Versification 'Researches into the mediaeval history of folk ballad' -- subject(s): Ballads, Folk songs, French, Folk songs, Hungarian, French Folk songs, French ballads and songs, History and criticism, Hungarian Folk songs, Hungarian songs and ballads
Louise Manny has written: 'Il Miramichi songs, sung by Marie Hare' -- subject(s): American ballads and songs, English ballads and songs 'Songs of Miramichi' -- subject(s): English Folk songs, Folk songs, English
H. E. Piggott has written: 'Songs that made history' -- subject- s -: Political ballads and songs, History and criticism, National songs
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has written: 'Wenn Musik der Liebe Nahrung ist' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Music 'Texte deutscher Lieder' -- subject(s): Texts, Ballads, German, Songs, German ballads and songs, German Ballads, German Songs
Harry Kemp has written: 'The prodigal son' 'Chanteys and ballads' -- subject(s): Texts, English Ballads, Sea songs, English Songs, American ballads and songs 'More miles' 'The sea and the dunes' 'Boccaccio's untold tale' 'Judas' -- subject(s): Accessible book
John Lomax has written: 'American Ballads & Folk Songs'
David C. Fowler has written: 'E-Serials Collection Management' 'John Trevisa' -- subject(s): Authors, English, Biography, Catholic Church, Clergy, English Authors, History, Intellectual life, Scholars, Translating and interpreting, Translators 'A literary history of the popular ballad' -- subject(s): Ballads, English, Ballads, Scots, English Ballads, English ballads and songs, History and criticism, Popular culture, Scots Ballads, Scottish ballads and songs 'The Bible in Middle English literature' -- subject(s): Bible, Christian literature, English (Middle), Christianity in literature, Criticism, interpretation, English literature, History, History and criticism, In literature, Influence
Hi: Do you mean 'ballots'? Ballads are songs. : /
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Robert S. Thomson has written: 'The development of the broadside ballad trade and its influences upon the transmission of English folksongs' -- subject(s): Ballads, English, Broadsides, English Ballads, English Folk songs, Folk songs, English, History, History and criticism