A long ballad gives a surprisingly detailed account of the battle.

The article capitalizes on the tendency of popular songs to evolve from long and content-rich ballads to highly repetitive texts with little or no meaningful content.

Tristan still recalled Keren's long ballad about the hero that he had played at Arlen's funeral.

They also sang long ballads and played Irish and Scottish jigs and reels.

The program consisted mostly of very rare songs, including two long narrative ballads from 1811-15.

Gravely she listened, laden with flowers, as he sang the long ballad of long-ago grief.

In 1879 a long ballad was composed about the event.

Bob Dylan's long narrative ballads, for instance.

They suffered through long ballads, obscure meeting cancellations and traffic-accident reports before finally hearing an announcement of school closings.

Probably the longest ballad we ve ever written, which, beca...