Definition of Song

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Definition of Song

Song

That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.

More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.

Poetical composition; poetry; verse.

An object of derision; a laughingstock.

A trifle.

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Song Quotations

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
Maya Angelou

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
Ronald Reagan

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Lou Holtz

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Henry David Thoreau

A song is anything that can walk by itself.
Bob Dylan

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.
Bob Dylan

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
Plato

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
Pope John Paul II

I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
Pope John Paul II

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.
William Blake

Song Translations

song in Danish is sang
song in Dutch is gezang, zang, lied
song in German is Lied, Gesang
song in Italian is canzone
song in Latin is carmen

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