Applied to narrative ballads in Spain, it came to be used by the 18th century for simple lyrical pieces not only for voice, but also for instruments alone.

The rest of the album included adult-contemporary and narrative ballads, a genre diffused at the time.

It is a common plot device in narrative ballads.

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

It as a master of narrative ballads, often on historical themes, that Meyer is mostly remembered.

The song is a narrative ballad told in the first person and tells the story of two long-ago lovers meeting by chance in a grocery store on Christmas Eve.

Bob Dylan's long narrative ballads, for instance.

At certain moments, including these, narrative ballads are heard on the soundtrack to help voice the characters' inner thoughts.

The narrative ballad "Guess Who I Saw Today" has June Carroll telling her husband that she saw him with another woman.

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