The son of a border farmer, he became steward and amanuensis to Walter Scott, and was the author of a well-known ballad, Lucy's Flittin.

The well-known ballad "The Raven King" describes just such an abduction.

Boiestown is the setting for Peter Emberley, a well-known traditional ballad and the favourite lumbering song of New Brunswick.

La Pastourelle was a well-known ballad by the cornet player Collinet.

In 1983 Metalmorfosis, their third studio album also recorded in London, was released and contained, amongst many other tracks, the well-known ballad "Siempre estáis allí".

On "I'll Be Easy to Find," she draws on musical theater, rhythm-and-blues, and well-known ballads.

"On Top of Old Smoky" is a traditional folk song and a well-known ballad of the United States.

The well-known narrative ballad of "John Henry" is usually sung in at an upbeat tempo.

Versions of well-known traditional/medieval ballads make up the main part of their repertoire, but the band has written an increasing share of original material in recent years.

He began with a well-known ballad and followed with one of the newer songs that had come east to Ciaron from Rathane.