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• religious song go
  religious music for singing
  
• anthem go
  a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
  
• aria go
  an elaborate song for solo voice
  
• ballad, lay go
  a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
  
• barcarole, barcarolle go
  a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
  
• ditty go
  a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)
  
• lament, dirge, coronach, requiem, threnody go
  a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
  
• drinking song go
  a song celebrating the joys of drinking
  
• folk song, folksong, folk ballad go
  a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
  
• lied go
  a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
  
• love song, love-song go
  a song about love or expressing love for another person
  
• lullaby, cradlesong, berceuse go
  a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
  
• oldie, golden oldie go
  a song that was formerly popular
  
• partsong go
  a song with two or more voice parts
  
• prothalamion, prothalamium go
  a song in celebration of a marriage
  
• roundelay go
  a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
  
• scolion, banquet song go
  a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet
  
• serenade go
  a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
  
• torch song go
  a popular song concerned with disappointment in love
  
• work song go
  a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work