A ballad is any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental, dramatic, funny, or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. Ballad, sheet music:SCOTTISH BALLAD (SHOTLANDSKAYA BALLADA), Op.46, No.2 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA. Finn’s Ballad (Mikhail Glinka)THE SEA (MOR’YE) (Alexander Borodin)Like this:Like Loading...