What type of ending does a ballad have?

Answer 1

Ballads traditionally do not have happy endings, with questions still being asked. In Australian Ballad, which often extol virtues of courage or loyalty, they often finish happily, or sometimes with a lesson being learnt.

Answer 2

Ballads typically have a conclusive or resolved ending that ties up the narrative and provides closure to the story being told. The ending can offer a moral lesson, a twist, or a sense of finality to the events depicted in the ballad.