Ballad 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)Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)