- BALLAD
- Story song
- Let It Be or "November Rain"
- First dance song, often
- Story in song
- ...and a typical creation of his
- Sentimental song
- Gordon Lightfoot song, e.g.
- Romantic song
- Love song
- The ___ of the Green Berets (1966 #1 song)
- Minstrel's song
- Crooner's tune
- Narrative song
- Minstrel's number
- Song from a troubadour
- Story-telling song
- Story set to music
- It's not a complex number
- Song with a story
- Crooner's rendition
- Songfest offering
- Senta's ___ in Flying Dutchman.
- Popular song.
- Casey Jones, for instance.
- Folk song.
- Song or poem.
- Poem.
- Song.
- Lay.
- Guitarist's specialty.
- Reading Gaol, e.g.
- Chanteuse's specialty
- When Day is Done is one
- Minstrel's forte
- Troubadour's offering
- Song for Sinatra
- Home, Sweet Home, e.g.
- Lite-rock radio fare
- Ode to Billie Joe, e.g.
- The Foggy, Foggy Dew, for one
- The ___ of Reading Gaol (Wilde poem)
- Irving Berlin's "Always," e.g.
- Yesterday, e.g.
- Many a love song
- Something to slow-dance to
- Adele's "Someone Like You," e.g.
- Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," for one
- Hair metal power ___
- Slow number
- Troubadour's song
- Light-rock radio fare
- Power ___ (type of song)
- Song to slow-dance to
- Power ___ (emotional song)
- Easy listening tune
- I Will Always Love You, e.g.
- Hey Jude, e.g.
- Sweet number
- The Long and Winding Road, for example