In many places narration in the ballads is in the third person and, occasionally, in direct speech.

在许多地方民谣的叙述是以第三人称，偶尔，是以直接的引语。

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Robin really entered the public space through the ballads of the 14th and 15th centuries -- "Robin Hood and the Monk, " "Robin Hood and the Potter, " and "A Gest of Robyn Hood."

15世纪的民谣，让罗宾汉走进了民众：《罗宾汉和僧侣》、《罗宾汉和制陶工》，还有《罗宾汉演义》。

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The ballads Weekly published by Beijing University was not only China's first periodical on folk literature and folklores, but also the only periodical then that focused itself on studies of ballads.

北大《歌谣周刊》不仅是中国第一个民间文学刊物和民俗学刊物，还是中国最早的和惟一的专门的歌谣研究刊物。

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The cowboy has told his own story in many songs and ballads.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

The record he made was called "Dust Bowl Ballads."

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(Music) "I am just rocking away, and then I get to sing the beautiful contemporary ballads, which I love so much.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Try the ballads such as Win and Can You Hear Me? or the up-tempo grooves of Fascination and Right.

BBC: David Bowie

He is the subject of many narcocorridos, the popular ballads that celebrate outlaw exploits.

NEWYORKER: The Kingpins

Frank Sinatra sang the same ballads, but made them sound sexier.

ECONOMIST: Frank Sinatra