A ballad is a type of poem that was traditionally set to music. The word ‘ballad’ comes from the Latin ‘ballare’ which means to dance – it’s also where the word ‘ballet’ comes from.

The project, named The Ballad of the Crocodile and the Underpass ... to transform some of the collected stories into original ...

She returned in 1979 with Broken English, which featured one of her highest-charting singles, “The Ballad of Lucy Jordan.” The many chapters of Faithfull’s life embody both reinvention and ...

Although Lucy Terry was a poet, only one of her poems, a ballad called "Bars Fight," has survived. In 1756, Lucy Terry married Abijah Prince, a prosperous free black man who purchased her freedom.