Here are entered collections of ballads in various unrelated languages. Works in a single language or group of languages are entered under this heading with language qualifier, e.g. Ballads, English; Ballads, Germanic. For works consisting of ballads of an individual ethnic group, additional subject entries are made under the heading [ethnic group]--Music and under the heading Folk music--[place] or Music--[place].
Songs that repetitiously list a series of associated items, actions, or people, in which each stanza incorporates the words from all previous stanzas in incremental fashion. For songs that repetitiously list a series of associated items, actions, or people see Enumerative songs.
